DIY Chocolate & Roses Tub Tea

This luxurious chocolate and rose DIY tub tea contains all-natural ingredients that are soothing to your skin and to your senses! Organic rose petals, cacao tea and cacao absolute combine to give this recipe its lovely, romantic fragrance. This tub tea creates a delicious, invigorating bath experience that promotes relaxation, improves circulation and softens the skin.

Tub teas are one of my favourite bath and body DIY’s due to their simplicity. You can easily make this chocolate and rose petal tub tea recipe in less than ten minutes. So if you’re new to DIY bath products, this simple chocolate rose bath salts recipe with essential oils is a great starting point.

The scent of this tub tea is both decadent and floral thanks to the combination of chocolate essential oil, cacao tea and dried rose petals. Roses and chocolate may be a cliché combination, but you can’t deny that their aromas complement each other very well.

I think this romantic chocolate and roses bath tea would be equally wonderful to either enjoy alone, or with a special someone! Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, after all. We also have a chocolate and roses bath bomb recipe that you will also want to make if you enjoy this scent combo!

DIY Chocolate & Roses Tub Tea Ingredients

Epsom Salt

The main ingredient in this chocolate and roses tub tea recipe is Epsom salt. Epsom salt, a compound of magnesium and sulfate, is easily absorbed through the skin. This makes bathing in Epsom salts an ideal way to help get your daily dose of magnesium.

Since magnesium deficiency is associated with various unpleasant conditions such as migraines, hormonal imbalance, and other health issues, it’s important to get enough. Chronic stress or traumatic experiences can also contribute to the depletion of magnesium, so bathing in tub teas made with Epsom salts provides a pleasant solution to help mitigate magnesium deficiency.

Epsom salts are also often recommended to treat tired, achy muscles and to ease the inflammation caused by minor injuries or arthritis.

Remember that it’s important to use the appropriate amount of magnesium for your body weight, especially if you want to use this tub tea to supplement your daily dose. You can easily adjust the amount of Epsom salts in this tub tea as follows:

For children under 60 lbs – 1/2 cup of Epsom salts is required.

For children 60-100 lbs – 3/4 – 1 cup of magnesium per bath.

For Adults 100-150 lbs – 1 1/2 cups per bath.

For those 150-200 lbs – use 2 cups per bath.

For those 200+ lbs, use an extra 1/2 cup for every 50 additional pounds.

Himalayan Pink Salt

Himalayan salts have a plethora of skin benefits when used in a bath soak. They are both antibacterial and antiseptic which makes them ideal for treating a variety of ailments. As well, sea salts can boost circulation, help ease bloating and leave your skin glowing. They also contain many trace minerals such as calcium, chloride, magnesium and potassium which are readily absorbed during bathing.

Organic Milk Powder

Most people have heard of celebrities bathing in copious amounts of milk. Even Cleopatra herself was rumoured to have kept her skin supple by indulging in milk baths sprinkled with rose petals. However, since likely no one around here is a celebrity or Egyptian queen that can afford to bathe in gallons of milk, I have included organic powered milk in my chocolate and roses bath salts recipe rather than the real deal.

Adding powered milk to your bath water can provide gentle exfoliation for your skin due to the lactic acid found in milk. Lactic acid is a natural alpha hydroxy acid which of course is used in a variety of skincare products, since AHA’s stimulate cell turnover and renewal.

Cacao Absolute

Cacao absolute, or chocolate essential oil, has an incredibly potent dark chocolate scent. Its aroma can be compared to the finest, most expensive chocolate money can buy – no exaggeration. Who doesn’t love the smell of deep, dark chocolate? However, proceed with caution if you tend towards sensitivity. Although, I have sensitive skin and regularly use DIY bath and body products containing cacao absolute with no issues whatsoever. But do a patch test when in doubt just to be on the safe side.

Cacao Tea

Cacao tea is rich in antioxidants and minerals like magnesium that are great for skin health. When steeped, it creates a rich and flavorful tea that smells and tastes like – you guessed it – chocolate. It’s probably even more beneficial to sip some cacao tea while bathing in these chocolate rose scented bath salts, as it’s one of the most antioxidant rich foods!

Another benefit to using cacao tea in this tub tea recipe is that it is sustainable, as it’s derived from cacao husk, which is often a waste product of chocolate making.

Cacao tea also helps impart even more rich chocolate fragrance into these rose bath salts if you don’t want to include the cacao absolute.

Rose Petals

There’s something very luxurious about bathing in flower petals. The fragrance of rose petals is uplifting, soothing, and synonymous with romance. While roses are known for their astringent, moisturizing and anti-inflammatory properties, the roses included in this chocolate and roses bath recipe are mostly for adding a lovely fragrance and for making your tub tea look prettier. And for an even more intoxicating rose fragrance, you can also add a few drops of rose essential oil to this recipe.

Bathing in a tub tea blend that includes a variety of skin-benefiting ingredients can be a relaxing addition to your self-care routine. Additionally, indulging in an evening bath that includes Epsom salt can help promote a more restful sleep.

I believe this chocolate and roses tub tea recipe would be lovely for use on Valentine’s Day or as bridesmaid gifts, wedding or baby shower favours, or as a thoughtful, eco-friendly hostess gift for the bath lover in your life.

To package your chocolate and roses bath salts, just add a bow to your mason jars and include muslin bags with each gift. This could also be a fun, yet easy project for your guests to make at a birthday party, or at a wedding shower.

As always, remember to store your chocolate rose tub tea in a jar with an air-tight lid away from heat, light and moisture. Check the expirary date on the milk powder for the best estimate on how long your tub tea should last.

Have you ever tried making your own tub tea? Let us know what you think of our original chocolate and roses bath salts recipe in the comments below!

Want more homemade salt bath ideas with roses or essential oils? Check out these recipes:

• Pink Himalayan Salt Bath
• DIY Milk and Honey Floral Bath Soak
• DIY Pink Lemonade Tub Tea
• DIY Rose Petal Vanilla Bath Bombs
• DIY Green Tea Bath
• DIY Rose Petal Vinegar for Skin & Hair

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