[lrjohnson]

I've never done recipes for things that create bubbles, though I have made both bath salts and bath oils. I'd be happy to e-mail you a bunch of recipes,some have around the house ingredients, some just need one or two cheap purchased items (Borax, for example).

Epsom salts are in the health section of grocery stores or at drug stores-by the feet products, sometimes in cardboard milk carton like containers. I've gotten a "half gallon" for 99 cents, but a "quart" for ninety nine cents is good. People evidently used to saok tired feet in epsom salts.

I make a skin softening bath salt that isn't drying, by mixing ground oatmeal (I use a coffee grinder), ground powdered milk, and epsom salts, with sometimes a dash of glycerin in the salts-not enough to dissolve them. Then I put in drops of essential oil, but it's not necessary. Some are cheaper than others. Food coloring is a nice touch.

Glycerin is cheap at feed stores: I don't know why, I don't have a need to frequent feed stores, but a quart goes a long, long way and can be 2 or 4 bucks. Don't pay high prices at craft stores.

I made a bath oil for my dad because he was worried about the drying effects. I put in grapeseed oil-the cheapest of the oils usually found in these recipes, cheaper than almond, etc.-it's a thin, light, oil. Then some glycerin. Some fragrance-my dad likes Melon, and since that isn't natural it was actually super cheap. A couple squirts of vitamin E oil-I could have also squoze out capsules or done without. I put in some aloe vera I had gotten too. Borax acts as a nice emulsifier-like a teaspoon to a tablespoon. The emulsifier means it will mix better with water. I am inexact with proprtions, it seems to work out. The specially made label was a special touch.

I am not afraid to mix and match to make it cheaper, because I'd rather have darned good and cheap than perfect and pricey.

Another recipe, more exact:
"Dispersing Bath Oil
This bath oil mixes with water and has a long shelf life at room temperature.
1 whole egg
1/2 cup baby or mineral oil
2 teaspoons liquid soap or dishwashing liquid
1/4 cup vodka (I substituted rubbing alcohol)
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup whole fresh milk (I substituted reconstituted dry)
Fragrant oil (optional) estimate about 1 teaspoon"
Mix all ingredients in a blender for 30 seconds. Use only one or two tablespoons of this oil in a bathtub of water."

Let me know if you want more.