You can create a wide assortment of aromatherapy oils for the bath by adding essential oils to the Nourishing Bath Oil Blend below, or to any other nut or vegetable oil of your choice. The resulting oils can also be used for massage.

Ingredients for Carrier Oil
3 oz. almond oil
1 ½ oz. olive oil
1 oz. sesame oil
1 oz. canola oil
½ oz. wheat germ oil

Use 1-2 teaspoons of Aromatherapy Bath Oil per bath. (Note: Concentrated essential oils make the carrier oil stronger, so less oil is needed for the bath.)

Aromatherapy Oils to Add
Add 15-25 drops of essential oil to the carrier oil.

Essential Oil Choices
Juniper: Know for its purifying and detoxifying ability; it works especially well with the fatty layer of the skin, a place that holds many toxins.
Lemon: Cleansing and uplifting, it stimulates the circulatory system and helps fight against infection.
Grapefruit: Works on skin problems such as cellulite and “congested” skin; helps with substance abuse, is antiviral and antibacterial.
Geranium: Stimulates the lymphatic system to release toxins.
Rosemary: Combats fluid retention, cellulite, and lymphatic congestion.

A few others that are less commonly known essential oils used for special purposes:
Helichrysum: For alcohol and drug detox; helps the liver

By Annie B. Bond, author of Homemade Detox Baths (Green Chi CAfe, LLC, 2009), and other books including the recently published True Food (National Geographic, 2010).