Christian Stress Management: How to Make Natural Shower Steamers with Essential Oils

How to make natural shower steamers or shower melts is part of our at home spa series.

This easy, DIY recipe for shower steamers without citric acid will enable you to make some of the best shower steamers since they do not contain potentially hazardous preservatives and dyes as it only uses natural ingredients.

Easy DIY shower steamers recipe without citric acid

How to make natural shower steamers

Ingredients

1 cup baking soda

1/2 cup corn flour or corn starch

1 teaspoon water

20 drops lavender essential oil

Instructions

Mix the baking soda, corn flour and essential oil.

Add the water drop by drop until the mixture becomes sticky but not wet.

Press the mixture into a mold.

Let the shower steamers dry overnight before removing them from the mold.

Store them in an air tight container.

Homemade aromatherapy recipe for shower steamers

How To Use

Drop one shower steamer to your bathroom floor before you begin taking your shower and inhale the relaxing aroma it releases as it melts.

Reference
To learn more recipes of natural skin care products with essential oils read Aromatherapy for Stress Management 3rd Edition.

Aromatherapy for stress management book teaches you how to manage stress with 12 essential oils.

Notes
Lavender essential oil is an excellent aromatherapy oil for managing stress since it has nervine (soothing effect on nerves) properties, sedative (sleep inducing) properties and antispasmodic (relaxes muscle and nerves) properties.
Lavender essential oil has also been proven by this study to help adults feel more relaxed while this study found that it reduced stress levels.

Baking soda or sodium bicarbonate can help detox the body and relieve itching.