Eucalyptus Essential Oil Shower Melts
I don’t know about you, but my nose has been stuffy all winter long. Not much has worked to clear it, but inhaling eucalyptus or Vick’s usually does the trick. Here is an easy recipe for Eucalyptus Essential Oil Shower Melts to help clear the nose and to help make it easier to breathe. {Note: To appease the FDA, I’m not saying that eucalyptus will help everything, nor is it a cure-all. Each person reacts differently.}
Supplies needed:
- Ice cube tray, miniature works best
- 1 cup of corn starch
- 2 tablespoons of water
- Mixing bowl, spoon
- 5-7 drops of Eucalyptus Essential Oil (May need to add more EO based on personal preference)
- Green food coloring, optional
Directions:
- Place the eucalyptus essential oil and corn starch in a bowl. Mix well. The mixture will look like a crumbly powder. You may need to adjust the amount of essential oil based on personal preference. See note below.
- Add in a few drop of green food coloring (optional) and continue to mix well. You may not notice a great deal of coloring until you do step 3 below.
- Add in the two tablespoons of water. Continue to mix until the colors disperse and clumps begin to form. Please note that this amount of water will NOT be enough to make the paste you are after. It is however a starting point so you can carefully ration water in and form your paste.
- Continue adding a few drops of water at a time, mixing well as you do. Once you have a thick paste, transfer the mixture to your mini ice cube tray. Smooth the mixture out flat.
- Freeze the contents for 1 hour or until the mixture is set.
To use your eucalyptus essential oil shower melts, place the melt on the floor of the shower and turn the water on. You can put the melt in a shallow dish or near the shower drain to keep your shower floor from getting slippery. Enjoy the shower as you usually would, yet as the water and steam hits the melt, it will break down and diffuse the aroma of the oil into the air.
As long as you didn’t overdo the mixture with water, you do not need to leave the melts frozen. You can place them in a jar and store them in a cool, dry place. If your cubes seem like they are runny, opt to store them in the freezer instead.
NOTE: I recently received a message saying that the amount of essential oil did not produce scent in the shower. As there are variations in different companies’ products, the amount of essential oils may need to be adjusted. I’ve done some research on other recipes and have found a wide discrepancy in the amount of essential oil called for going from 5-7 drops to 1/2 ounce (which is an insane number of drops). If you find that the amount of essential oil called for here doesn’t make enough smell in the shower, you should be able to add more by crushing the melts you made, adding extra essential oils, and stirring in tiny amounts of water until a paste forms. Then go back to step 4.
These are neat!
What a great way to pamper yourself. I love shower melts!
Ohh this sounds great! I will have to try it.
I love this! I definitely want to try to make my own – thank you!
I’ve been wanting to make these but with peppermint oil. Now I have the recipe. Thanks.
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Oh my goodness this is amazing! I’ll be sure to keep these in my repertoire for the next time I get sick!
Just made these! How much water did you end up using?
Did you get a paste?
I wish I could figure out how to make them dissolve more gradually. When Vicks made them one season they were great. I have made them and they are ok, but go away too fast.
What a cool idea – literally and figuratively! I’ve never seen anything like this before. I have some essential oil, I want to try it!
Hi! Could I use baking soda instead of corn starch? Thanks!
I’m not sure. I have seen some that use a combination of the two, though.
Well I am very disappointed with these because there is NO SMELL! Followed the directions to a T! Made 3 different kinds and all of them have no smell. Great idea but really doesn’t work.
Sounds like you may need to add more EO, if you are comfortable with that. You don’t have to make a whole new batch. You can crush the ones you made, add extra oils, and stir in tiny amounts of water until a paste forms.
Hi ! Trying this but mine is solid but liquid-acts like Mercury not pastry . What am I doing wrong?
Do you think you could substitute arrowroot powder for corn starch?
I’m not sure. I’ve never used arrowroot powder.
My mixture came out like cement. Argh! It only made 8 cubes. I assume less water is better. I kept on adding drops because it just was like cement. ???