Detox Bath Recipe: 12 DIY Essential Oils For Detox Baths

Toxins enter our bodies through the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe and the clothes we wear. There’s no way to stay completely toxin-free (unless you happen to have a Bubble Boy-style contraption at hand!) but there are a number of ways we can help eliminate as many of the harmful chemicals and compounds as possible.

One such method? Detox baths!

Not only are they super effective at helping keep our bodies toxin-free, but they’re also relaxing, rejuvenating and fun.

A couple of words of warning first. Be prepared to sweat— a lot. Which is exactly what you want to happen, since sweating is your body’s natural way of ridding itself of all those toxins. 20 minutes is plenty of time for a newbie; don’t force yourself to stay in longer if you’re miserable!

Also, be sure to drink plenty of water before and after your bath to replenish all the fluids you’ll be sweating out.

Detox Bath For Cold & Flu

Baking Soda

Mind-Body Green

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Epsom salt
• 1/2 cup baking soda
• 4 tbsp ground ginger
• Few drops of essential oils (tea tree or lavender work well here)
  
  

Directions: Fill bathtub as hot as is tolerable. When it is halfway full, add all ingredients. Soak for 20 minutes and wait approximately 30 minutes before getting dressed after you get out. Recommended only once or twice a week.

Coconut Oil  

Into the Gloss

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Epsom salt
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• Few drops essential oil of your choice
  
  

Directions: Add all ingredients to a hot bath.

Green Tea

Good Life Eats

Ingredients:

• 5 green tea bags
• 1 3/4 cup Epsom salt
• 2/3 cup baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp vitamin E oil
• 15 drops eucalyptus essential oil
• 10 drops lavender essential oil
  
  

Directions: Open tea bags and remove the loose leaf tea into a bowl. Add Epsom salt, baking soda, vitamin E oil, eucalyptus and lavender oil to a bowl of a food processor fitted with a blade. Process until the ingredients are combined. Transfer to a glass bowl or jar.

When ready for a bath, add a 1/2 cup of the mixture to a hot bath.

Detox Bath For Inflammation

Ginger

Beauty Bets

Ingredients:

• 3 pints hydrogen peroxide
• 2 oz ground ginger
  
  

Directions: Run a hot bath and pour ingredients in when the tub is halfway full.

Detox Bath For Eczema

Apple Cider Vinegar

Home Remedies for Life

Ingredients:

• 2 cups apple cider vinegar
• 1/3 cup coconut oil
  
  

Directions: Run a hot bath and pour ingredients when the tub is halfway full.

Detox Bath For Hangover

Bentonite Clay

Wellness Mama

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Bentonite clay
• 1/2 cup Epsom salts
  
  

Directions: Mix clay with a small amount of water in a glass bowl (don’t use metal!) until all clumps are dissolved. Once smooth, add the clay and Epsom salts to a hot bath.

Detox Bath For Sore Muscles

Epsom Salt  

Healthy Home Economist

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Epsom salts
• Essential oils (a detox bath with essential oils)
  
  

Directions: Add both ingredients directly into a hot bath.

Lavender 

This House of Joy

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Epsom salts
• 1 cup baking soda
• 3 drops Lavender essential oil
  
  

Directions: Add all ingredients when the tub is halfway full.

Detox Bath For Acne

 Dead Sea Salts

Blender Babes

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup Epsom salts
• 1/3 cup dead sea salts
• 1/3 cup baking soda
• 2 1/2 tbsp ground ginger
• 1 cup apple cider vinegar
  
  

Directions: Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Fill the tub with hot water and add all ingredients halfway through.

Lemon Juice

The Beauty Bean

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup Epsom salt
• 5-6 lemons
  
  

Directions: Squeeze and drop the lemons into your hot bath. Add Epsom salts

Activated Charcoal

Gold Mountain Beauty

Ingredients

• 1 cup activated charcoal
• 1 cup ground oatmeal
• ½ cup Himalayan salt
• 24 drops of tea tree essential oil (or 6 directly added to bathwater)
• 24 drops of lavender essential oil (or 6 directly added to bathwater)
• ¼ lavender buds (optional)
  
  

Directions: Making a customized detox bath for a cold, hangover, inflamed muscles or acne couldn’t be easier. You can’t go wrong combining the foundational ingredients to suit your preferences and needs!

Because detox baths are so simple and such a pleasure, they also make great gifts. You can easily create your own detox bath kits for friends and family as gifts for any occasion (we especially like them for a housewarming gift).

Detox Bath in a Jar 

My Crazy Blessed Life

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Epsom salts
• 1 tbsp ground ginger
• 1/3 cup baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon lavender essential oil
  
  

Directions: Pour Epsom salts into a bowl. Add ground ginger, baking soda and lavender essential oil and mix ingredients until combined. Pour into a Mason jar and seal with lid. Tie ribbons or twine around the jar with a card that gives the ingredients and tells the recipient to fill the tub with hot water and pour in 1/2 cup - 1 cup of the mixture into the detox bath.

We hope you enjoy using these detox bath recipes in your own healthy living arsenal!