You could become your own little bath salt factory this month! Here are some tips for creating soothing salt bags that can be great gifts for your friends.

Click here to buy a 20-pound bag of Dead Sea salt, which you can divide into smaller gift boxes or bags in the comfort of your kitchen.

Here are therapeutic bath salt recipes that will explain how and when to add essential oils and herbs. The best book on homemade spa treatments and baths I’ve ever found is called “Water Magic: Healing Bath Recipes for the Body, Spirit, and Soul,” by Mary Muryn and Cathy Cash Spellman.