All of my ingredients weighed into the bucket.
As I was getting ready to take my shower I realized, “Whoa! Andee. What do you do for work? You probably have some things here at home that could make this shower less irritating. Go raid your stash and find something!” So … I listened to my inner voice and trotted off to my craft storage closet to rummage through my ingredients for something that would help my skin.
Beginning to mix the ingredients.
Collect needed items:
| Ingredients Oatmeal, Finely Ground Calendula Petals, Finely Ground* Milk Powder Epsom Salts |
Equipment Jumbo Heat & Seal Tea Bags Mixing Bowl or Bucket Coffee Grinder or Mortar & Pestle Spoons Scale Iron |
| Recipe in ounces: 2.12 ounces Oatmeal, Finely Ground 0.35 ounces Calendula Petals, Finely Ground 1.76 ounces Milk Powder 2.82 ounces Epsom Salts |
Recipe in grams: 60 grams Oatmeal, Finely Ground 10 grams Calendula Petals, Finely Ground 50 grams Milk Powder 80 grams Epsom Salts |
| Recipe in Percentages: 30% Oatmeal, Finely Ground 5% Calendula Petals, Finely Ground 25% Milk Powder 40% Epsom Salts |
Rotating the bucket to mix the ingredients.
Weigh all the ingredients into a mixing bucket or bag. Mix thoroughly. After the ingredients have been mixed together, fill each Large Heat & Seal Tea Bag with 1 ounce of the tub tea mixture. Seal with the iron.
Completely mixed oatmeal tea.
I like to mix this in a 1 gallon pail with a lid. I put the lid on and shake the bucket. This recipe was fun to make and it filled 7 Large Heat & Seal Tea Bags.
How would you change this recipe? Would you add a fragrance, change the botanicals or something else? I would love to hear what you would do with this recipe!
Enjoy!
Thanks for the fun recipe!
I recently started showering with a muslin bag filled with colloidal oatmeal, powdered herbs (usually lavender and calendula) and moistened with a bit of ACV. With the summer months coming up I’d wondered what would be good additions for sunburned skin. I know ACV is good for sunburn and would also like to add some honey powder as well.
Anastasia,
I think you have a great start with the items you are using. If you want to add something else for sunburned skin, I would make a lotion with Allantoin to aid the faster growth of healthy skin. I really like the Right Out of the Shower Emollient Cream for this purpose.
Good luck!
Andee
i was wondering if you could add soap shavings to the teabag, then you’d have soothing, scented suds – and use up your bits of left overs from shaping etc.?
jax,
That is a great idea. I bet this would be well liked by those who want bubbles in everything. (Ehm, Taylor.) I would use thin shavings so they dissolve quickly without leaving chunks left in the bags after.
i love the recipe and can’t wait to try it out. i do have a question though. i can see soaking in the tub with those tea bags, but how do you use them in the shower? do you just rub them all over yourself? and if so, how do you keep them from busting wide open and spilling the contents?
Christine,
I put the bag under the water and let it absorb water. I use it to gently wipe my skin, like a washcloth without the harsh scrubbing. I’ve had bags burst open when I manhandle them with too much force. If I’m gentle, the bags don’t break and I can get through a shower with happy skin.
Taylor told me if she were to use the tea bags in the shower, she would put the tea bag in a bucket of water and then pour the water over her skin instead of wiping her skin.
Hope this helps!
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