Easy DIY Bath Melt Recipe With Lavender and Shea Butter

What’s the difference between a bath bomb and a bath melt?

Maybe you’ve used bath bombs plenty of times and are wondering how they’re different than bath melts. Well, I’m glad you asked because they are very different products with a very different bath experience!

A bath melt is a super nourishing bath recipe that slowly releases the ingredients into the water and provides a more intense moisturizing bath. Think of bath melts like a solid bath oil.

Since it’s made with pure plant butter and oils as the base, this will make for a much different bath experience than a bath bomb. It contains no salt or fizzing ingredients like a bath bomb. A bath melt melts into your bath.

A bath bomb is a salt-based recipe that will include a moisturizing oil but at a much smaller amount than a bath melt. A bath bomb gives you the fizzy action from baking soda and citric acid and is a salt-based bath. A bath melt does not fizz and is an oil-based bath.

Bath Melts Recipe Ingredients

If you’d like to prepare the bath melts, you’re going to need the following ingredients to get started:

• Shea Butter – a rich, nourishing botanical butter that is great for the skin and adds moisture to the body while combating rough, dry, and cracked skin.
• Sweet Almond Oil – another highly nourishing oil that leaves skin soft and supple.
• Vitamin E Oil – This oil is perfect for the skin, helping hydrate it to leave the skin feeling soft and supple.
• Lavender Essential Oil – The scent of lavender essential oil promotes feelings of calmness and relaxation – perfect for a bath!
• Dried Lavender Buds – as the bath melts dissolve into your bath water, the lavender buds will begin to infuse into the bathwater for a double dose of lavender in your bath.

You’re also going to need a silicone mold to create the bath melt, like this flower-shaped mold. If you have these ingredients and supplies, you can get started immediately.

How to Use Bath Melts

Once you know how to make bath melts, you can use them as often as you’d like while taking a bath.

1. The first thing you want to do is fill your tub with warm water.
2. Once it’s full to your liking, toss the bath melt into the water, allowing it to melt entirely before stepping into the water.
3. Now it’s time to sit down and enjoy the aromatic, therapeutic experience of soaking in a bath with such incredible ingredients that are good for your skin.

Variations of the Bath Melts

While this recipe calls for lavender essential oil, you can prepare different variations of the bath melts using other essential oils and various botanical ingredients.

You can get as creative as you’d like, even switching out the carrier oil from almond oil to other options, such as coconut oil or avocado oil.

Peppermint – try using peppermint oil with dried mint leaves for an uplifting, sinus-clearing bath that is also super nourishing.

Lemongrass green tea –Substitute lavender oil for lemongrass oil and use dried green tea leaves instead of lavender buds. I’ve used this combination for years, and it’s zingy and refreshing!

Citrus Burst – add your favorite citrus essential oil blend, or try sweet orange oil or grapefruit essential oil. Leave out the botanicals for an easier clean-up!

Rose – try rose essential oil and rose petals for a luxurious flower bath. Toss in a bit of homemade rosewater to take your rose bath to the next level!

The sky is the limit with variations here – pick your favorite scents and give them a try! Let me know below – what is your favorite scent for a bath?

More Bath DIY Recipes to Try:

Homemade bath salts recipe

Lemon and Green Tea Bath Bombs

Oatmeal and Coconut Milk Bath Recipe