Epsom Bath Salts

Epsom bath salts are an amazing way to help improve your life all the while relaxing in a nice bath.  There is benefits from achy joints to mood support, and much more! 

The magnesium is so good for you. A soak in an Epsom salt bath will help replenish blood magnesium levels directly via the skin, helping to relax muscles, reduce cramping and spasms, restore red blood cells and reduce inflammation. 

Follow directions for use on the epsom salt you buy, typically it says about 1 cup in your warm bath as you fill the tub. 

Epsom Salt for Magnesium

Magnesium-rich Epsom salt baths can help balance your levels of magnesium in your body

Epsom Salt for Mental Health

Magnesium-rich Epsom salt baths can promote mental wellness and ease the stress of modern living. They can boost serotonin levels, which is important to regulating your moods. They can also relieve stress and anxiety by helping you relax and get a better night's sleep. 

Epsom Salt for Muscles Aches & Cramps

Low magnesium levels can be a factor in the aches and pains in your body.  Epsom salt baths can help relax your muscles and get you back to feeling better.  This is great for daily aches, after work out, or anytime you are feeling achy and want to get the benefits of magnesium. 

More Benefits Include

• Helps muscles & nerves function properly. 

• Helps prevent hardening of arteries

• Relieves constipation. 

• Eliminates toxins in the body.

Epsom salt is a mineral compound with many different uses, but people with diabetes should avoid using it. No form of foot soak is appropriate for individuals with diabetes.  Always ask your health care professional in advance.  This is not medical advice, always speak to your health care professional first. 

Bath Flakes vs Bath Salts

Bath flakes are usually made from natural soap or gentle surfactants that dissolve into a creamy, soothing bath. They’re great if you want luxuriously soft skin, mild cleansing, and a foamier feel without harsh detergents — perfect for sensitive skin or a gentle, relaxing soak.  The “flake” part just refers to the shape — thin, lightweight crystals — not that they’re soapy or foamy. 

Unless, they are Mineral Bath flakes, then they are more like traditional bath salts, and are usually high in magnesium, dissolve quickly, can be gentler on the skin than some salts. They’re perfect if you’re going for that spa-style, therapeutic soak rather than bubbles or cleansing. 

Bath salts (like Epsom or Dead Sea salts) are all about mineral benefits. They dissolve into the water to help relax muscles, ease tension, and soothe soreness. Salts don’t foam, but they deliver that signature spa-style soak with detoxifying and circulatory benefits.

In short:
🌿 Flakes = softer, skin-nourishing soak  (unless mineral bath flakes, then you are getting mineral benefits like with the salts.
🧂 Salts = mineral-rich, tension-relieving bath

So...The Main Difference

🧂 Mineral Flakes
Usually made with magnesium chloride (often sourced from seawater or ancient seabeds). Magnesium chloride dissolves very quickly and tends to feel smoother and less drying on the skin.  (So better for sensitive skin, dry skin)

🛁 Traditional Bath Salts (like Epsom salt)
Most commonly made with magnesium sulfate. This is the classic form found in Epsom salts and has been used for muscle soaks for generations.

Both can absolutely deliver a relaxing, therapeutic bath.