Aromatherapy Foot Soak
With Beautiful Beaded Scoop

Give the gift of happy feet with an aromatic foot soak in exhilarating eucalyptus and rosemary.
©2007-2008 The O’Neil Sisters, All Rights Reserved
As seen in
Crafts 'n Things
magazine
YOU’LL NEED
Materials & Embellishments
  • Wide-mouth glass jar with lid, 16-ounce size.
  • Aluminum flashing tape, 2” wide.
  • Stainless coffee scoop.
  • Copper wire, 20 gauge, 48” long.
  • Glass beads, assorted.
  • Garnet satin ribbon, 1” wide, 24” long.

Foot Soak Ingredients
  • Epsom salts, 1 cup.
  • Coarse sea salt, ¾ cup.
  • Baking soda, ¼ cup.
  • Dried rosemary, 2 tablespoons.
  • Eucalyptus essential oil.
  • Rosemary essential oil.
  • Glycerin, 1 tablespoon.

Tools & Supplies
  • Bowl.
  • Spoon.
  • Chopstick.
  • Needle-nose pliers.
  • Wire snips.
  • Ruler.
WHAT TO DO
1. To create the foot soak, pour the Epsom salts, sea salt, baking soda, and dried rosemary into a mixing bowl and stir. Add 20 drops of eucalyptus essential oil and 20 drops of rosemary essential oil, then drizzle in the glycerin and stir. Spoon the foot soak into the jar.

2. To label the foot soak, cut a 3” piece of the aluminum flashing tape (do not remove the backing yet!). Using the chopstick, handwrite “Rosemary Foot Soak” on the tape, pressing firmly to emboss the letters into the metal tape. Carefully peel the backing off without bending the aluminum tape and place the label onto the jar.

3. To bead the salt-scoop, wrap the wire around the handle adding a bead every other time around. Finish off the ends of the wire with a swirl.

4. Tie your beaded salt-scoop to the jar by wrapping a piece of garnet ribbon around the neck of the jar and tying a knot around the scoop. Now that foot soak is good for the sole!


DIFFERENT SOAKS FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS
To spice up your foot soaks, mix the salts and baking soda together and separate the mixture into three batches. Add different loose herbs and a different essential oil to each batch. Then pour the blends into three spice jars and label them with spice jar labels.

CRAFTY SHOPPING TIP
Epsom salts have been used in bath soaks since the mid 1600s, when a farmer in Epsom, England discovered that the salt seemed to heal scratches. Chemically, it is Magnesium Sulfate, but you can find it in cartons at the drugstore simply labeled “Epsom Salts.”
©The O’Neil Sisters 2008