• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Before Header

Subscribe for Email Updates

logo

Providing printables, encouragement, tips and resources to help busy mums balance homeschooling, homemaking and frugal living.

  • Craft
  • Faith
  • Recipes
    • Recipe Index
  • Homeschooling
    • Free Printables
    • Google Slides ~ How To | Distance Learning
    • Printables By Grade
    • Printables By Subject
  • Homemaking
    • DIY & Frugal Living
  • Wellness
    • Essential Oils

Mobile Menu

  • Craft
  • Faith
  • Recipes
    • Recipe Index
  • Homeschooling
    • Free Printables
    • Google Slides ~ How To | Distance Learning
    • Printables By Grade
    • Printables By Subject
  • Homemaking
    • DIY & Frugal Living
  • Wellness
    • Essential Oils

DIY Shower Decongestant Melts

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my full disclosure policy.
  • Share
  • Tweet

Winter is upon us again and with that comes the cold and flu season. To help keep the cold and flu symptoms at bay, we use these DIY Shower Decongestant Melts that are simple to make and easy to use.

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

these DIY Shower Decongestant Melts that are simple to make and easy to use.

Shower Decongestant Melts

These melts are easy to make and are great gifts to give to your friends and family who may be suffering from a cold or flu this winter as well.

To Make these Shower Decongestion Melts, you will need:

  • 1 cup baking soda
  • 1/4-1/3 cup water
  • 3 drops Eucalytpus Essential Oil
  • 3 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
  • 2 drops Rosemary Essential Oil
  • 2 drops Lavender Essential Oil
  • silicon mold
  • glass bowl and metal spoon for mixing

Method:

  • Place the baking soda in a small glass bowl.
  • Very slowly add the water, mixing as you go until the mixture is wet enough to stick together, forming a very thick paste.
  • Add the essential oils and mix well to incorporate them through the whole mixture.
  • Place the mixture in your mold, pressing it down and flattening the top.
  • Allow to air dry overnight or longer, until the melts are hard.
  • Remove from mold and store in an airtight container.

To use these melts, drop one at the bottom of the shower where it will get slightly wet, but not soaked. The slower the water hits it the longer it will last and the better it will work.

Other essential oil blends you could use are:

Clear Sinuses – Eucalyptus and Peppermint

Relaxation – Lavender and Bergamot

Clear your Mind – Lemon and Rosemary

Calming – Geranium, Lavender and Rose

Stress Relief – Orange, Clove, Cedarwood and Lemon

 

Peppermint essential oil is great for clearing your respiratory tract while helping to improve your mental focus. It will also help give you an energy boost when you are not feeling at your best.

The Eucalyptus essential oil helps to cleanse your body of toxins and harmful microorganisms that can make you feel sick.

Lavender essential oil has anti-inflammatory powers and offers respiratory relief which is beneficial to the respiratory tract, helping to ease breathing.

Rosemary essential oil helps with relieving the congestion caused by cold and flu symptoms. It is also an oil that is not recommended for use in pregnancy, for those with high blood pressure or with epilepsy.

More Self Care Products

  • 35+ Self Care Products You Can Make at Home
  • Healing Calendula Salve
  • Homemade Vapour Rub
  • Essential Oil Binder
  • Natural Remedies for a Sore Throat
  • DIY Hand Sanitiser
  • DIY Perfumes
  • Lavender Bath Bombs
  • Magnesium Body Lotion
  • Cracked Foot & Heel Balm
  • Citrus Soap
  • Grapefruit and Mint Soap
  • How to make Calendula Oil
  • Peppermint Foot Soak
  • Peppermint Sugar Scrub Bars
  • Lavender Soap
  • Pink Himalayan Salt Scrub
  • Lavender & Sweet Orange Bath Salts
  • Dandelion Lotion Bars

DIY Shower Decongestion Melts

To help keep cold and flu symptoms at bay this winter, we have been using these DIY Shower Decongestant Melts.
Print Pin

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup baking soda
  • 1/4-1/3 cup water
  • 3 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil
  • 3 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
  • 2 drops Rosemary Essential Oil
  • 2 drops Lavender Essential Oil
  • silicon mould
  • glass bowl and metal spoon for mixing

Instructions
 

  • Place the baking soda in a small glass bowl.
  • Very slowly add the water, mixing as you go until the mixture is wet enough to stick together, forming a very thick paste.
  • Add the essential oils and mix well to incorporate them through the whole mixture.
  • Place the mixture in your mold, pressing it down and flattening the top.
  • Allow to air dry overnight or longer, until the melts are hard.
  • Remove from mold and store in an airtight container.
  • To use these melts, drop one at the bottom of the shower where it will get slightly wet, but not soaked. The slower the water hits it the longer it will last and the better it will work.

Notes

Other essential oil blends you could use are:
  • Clear Sinuses - Eucalyptus and Peppermint
  • Relaxation - Lavender and Bergamot
  • Clear your Mind - Lemon and Rosemary
  • Calming - Geranium, Lavender and Rose
  • Stress Relief - Orange, Clove, Cedarwood and Lemon
Tried this recipe? Share a pic on Instagram#simplelivingcreativelearning

 

Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment because of something you have read on this website.
  • Share
  • Tweet

Category: Homemaking, WellnessTag: DIY, Essential Oils, Simple Living

Love Free Printables?

Subscribe to receive weekly emails!

Previous Post: « Monday Memory Verse: Zechariah 4:6
Next Post: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho Printable Pack This Joshua and the Battle of Jericho Printable Pack is a great way to teach children ages 2 - 9 about this amazing battle.»

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Come and Join Us

Support My Work

Love Free Printables?

Subscribe to receive weekly emails!

Categories

AMAZON ASSOCIATES DISCLOSURE

Simple Living. Creative Learning is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclosure
  • Cart
  • My Account

Return to top

Copyright © 2013-2020 · Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in