Rose Milk Bath Recipe
Learn how to make a romantic rose milk bath recipe for your self-care routine or for sharing with someone special. Naturally fragranced with essential oils, the intoxicating fragrance of rose oil and vanilla oleoresin creates a relaxing, fragrant DIY bath soak that will delight your senses.
Servings: 6 cups
Cost: $8
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Small mixing bowl
- Wooden spoon or spatula
- Sieve for a smooth texture
- Storage containers, such as mason jars, milk bottles or bath salt jars
Ingredients
- 3 1/4 cups full-fat milk powder or goat's milk powder or coconut milk powder (vegan option)
- 1 cup Epsom salts
- 3/4 cup colloidal oatmeal
- 1/2 cup Natrasorb Bath powder
- 1/2 cup dried rose petals or rose buds more as desired
- 1/2 teaspoon beetroot powder or ethical pink mica or natural pink food coloring powder
Rose Bath Essential Oil Blends
Rose Vanilla
- 30 drops rose absolute rose otto, or rose geranium essential oil
- 45 drops vanilla oleoresin Vanilla Woods, or vanilla botanical extract
Lavender Rose
- 45 drops rose essential oil or rose geranium essential oil
- 30 drops Bulgarian lavender essential oil or lavender 40/42
Citrus Rose
- 45 drops sweet orange essential oil blood orange essential oil, or orange essence
- 30 drops rose absolute rose oil, or rose geranium essential oil
Instructions
- Sift dry ingredients. Using a sieve, sift milk powder, colloidal oatmeal, and your natural bath soak colorant of choice (pink mica or pink beet powder) into a large bowl. Mix well with a wooden spoon to combine.
- Mix essential oils. Place Natrasorb Bath starch into a separate, smaller bowl. Sprinkle the rose essential oil blend over the starch, then mix well until the oils are completely absorbed.
- Add essential oils. Pour the emulsified essential oils and starch blend into the rest of your rose milk bath ingredients, then mix well to incorporate.
- Add Epsom salts + roses. Lastly, add Epsom salt, rose petals, or other decorative flower petals of your choice.
- Package rose bath. Transfer all ingredients into airtight containers with lids, such as a few mason jars, bath soak jars, or small milk bottles. This recipe makes 6 cups, or enough for 3-6 baths.
Notes
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- This recipe makes 6 cups, or enough for 3-6 baths.
- Store your DIY rose milk bath away from heat, moisture, and humidity, such as in a dark, dry cupboard or drawer. Use it within 4-6 months, as the milk powder will spoil.