Homemade Bath Oil with Fragrant Potpourri

Homemade Potpourri Bath Oil - Good for gifts or a craft sale
Supplies:

 -  Pretty, wide neck bottles or fancy jars from thrift stores and garage sales. Even the dollar store sells some fairly nice ones. It doesn't matter if they are colored or not. Just make sure they seal well.

- Unscented Baby oil or light mineral oil

 -Potpourri that includes rose leaves, rosebuds, lavender or other fragrant, decorative flowers of your choice ( although commercial potpourri could be used, or a selection of small dried flowers). Don't use potpourri that has been dyed

-Two eucalyptus clippings, slightly smaller than the length of your jar.

-Two cloves

-Two or three pieces of dried orange or lemon peel.

- A few drops of a fragrant oil or a spritz or two of your favorite perfume

-Rafia and a few silk rosebuds on wires

-A few small seashells or pinecones (optional)

Homemade Bath Oil Instructions:

- Clip two slips of dried eucalyptus to be slighter smaller than the height of your jar. If this is not available, you might substitute a sprig of baby's breath or other dried 'twiggy' material to lend height and form to your floating floral arrangment. Insert each slip of eucalyptus into the jar.

- Add rose leaves, rosebuds, or your choices of dried fragrant potpourri flowers (lavender, lilac, lily of the valley, calendula, lemon balm, mint leaves etc.} Fill the jar about half full with potpourri selection.

- Add cloves and Orange/lemon peel

- Add a few drops of fragrance oil or a spritz of your perfume. You might find perfume easier to add if you spray it on the flowers first. 

- Fill the jar almost to the cork line with unscented baby oil. I used an inexpensive drug store brand that included Vitamin E and Aloe Vera as well, but plain light mineral oil would be okay too.
- Cork or use the screw top, capping the jar tightly. You may wish to dip the cork in wax to seal and prevent any leaks.
- Add decoration to the neck of the jar. I used a bow made from raffia and attached three miniature wire-stemmed rosebuds. Alternative would be narrow ribbon. To save money, you could hot glue a few of the dried flowers to the knot
- Suggestions:  Try adding tiny pinecones or small seashells to the potpourri  in the bottle for purely aesthetic effect. If using a cork stoppered jar, be aware that placing the jar on its side could cause leakage, so keep it upright for storage.

If you are selling some of the bath oil at your garage sale or craft sale, make sure you place a list of the ingredients in plain view or print them on little tags to add to the neck of the bottle/jar. Some people have allergies or sensitive skin.
Have fun with your project.