SALTS

Cosmetic salts for the bath, scrubs and soaps

Salt is the simplest route to homemade bath cosmetics: dissolve it in water and a mineral bath is ready. We stock seven kinds — from Epsom through Himalayan and sea salt to Dead Sea salt and pure iodine-free sodium chloride — in pack sizes from 1 kg to 25 kg sacks, with a certificate for every batch.

Which salt for what

• Epsom salt: magnesium sulphate — magnesium instead of sodium. A bath after sport helps to relax tired muscles, and the fine grind suits body scrubs as well as going straight into a bath bomb mix.
• Himalayan salt: pink granules coloured by iron and other minerals, with antibacterial properties. Coarse for bath salts and decorating soaps, finely ground for cosmetics.
• Sea salt: rich in potassium and magnesium. Coarse-grained for the bath and for soaps, finely ground for body scrubs and hair sprays with a beach effect.
• Dead Sea salt: another bath classic — available from a one-kilo pack up to a 25 kg sack.

Bath blends and scrubs

Give your bath salt a twist with a few drops of essential oil, colour it with mica or fruit powders, or mix it with herbs — and always protect any unused blend from moisture. For a scrub, choose the finely ground kinds so that they do not irritate the skin, and combine them with a plant oil or melted butter from the oils category; after an oil bath, mind the slippery tub. In bath bombs, finely ground salt goes straight into the mix, while coarse-grained salt works as decoration on the bottom of the mould.

From a one-kilo pack to a sack

We keep every cosmetic salt in 1 kg, 5 kg and 25 kg packs, so the same raw material serves both first experiments and regular production, with the price per kilogram falling as the pack grows. The range is rounded out by regenerating salt for dishwashers and crystalline salt for treating drinking water — industrial salts that have no place in cosmetics, but that soften water and protect appliances from limescale.