Aromatherapy Shower Steamers Recipe With Relaxing Essential Oils

All of us can use a time out for self care to relax from a long stressful day. Therefore, I’m showing you how to make relaxing shower steamers with essential oils to help ease away stress and promote calm.

I love a good bath bomb. However, I’m really more of a shower person. So once I tackled how to make bath bombs, I learned how to make aromatherapy shower steamers. I love that shower steamers are such an easy, no fuss way to enjoy aromatherapy benefits in the shower.

What is a shower steamer?

Shower steamers are like a bath bomb for the shower. They are made with similar ingredients, though skin nourishing ingredients are excluded, as you don’t soak in this type of bath product. These ingredients may include citric acid, baking soda, cream of tartar or Epsom salt and essential oils. Similarly, when shower tablets are activated in water, they dissolve. As they dissolve, the aromatherapy shower steamers release essential oils. The essential oils then turn your shower into a large diffuser because of the steam. This essentially creates a mini spa in your own bathroom.

One difference between bath bombs and shower steamers, however, is that these relaxing shower steamers with essential oils aren’t diluted in a carrier oil. They also contain higher concentrations of essential oil than are considered skin safe. Due to this, you should not use these aromatherapy shower tablets as a bath bomb in your tub, even though they are similar recipes.

Get answers to common questions on how to make shower steamers, learn where to buy materials plus find relaxing essential oil blends here to use to make your aromatherapy shower tablets.

Relaxing Shower Steamer Ingredients

You will need the following ingredients for your relaxing shower steamers recipe:

½ Cup baking soda

½ Cup epsom salts.

.25 oz. / 8 mL / 160 drops relaxing essential oil blend

1 - 1 ½ Tablespoon rose hydrosol

Rose bud petals, to suit

This silicone mold

How to Make Aromatherapy Shower Steamers

Follow these steps to make aromatherapy shower steamers:

1. Use a measuring cup to measure out the baking soda and Epsom salt. Mix the dry ingredients together in a small bowl. Stir until combined.
2. Once the dry ingredients are evenly mixed, add the rose and ylang ylang essential oil blend, or another relaxing essential oil blend of your choice. Stir well.
3. Now add one tablespoon of either rose hydrosol or witch hazel in a slow drizzle. With a gloved hand, mix the shower steamers mixture. It should hold its shape when you squeeze it. If it’s too dry, add up to ½ tablespoon of liquid and try again.
4. Next, place the dried rose petals in the bottom of nine of the cavities in your silicone mold.
5. Then evenly add the shower tablet mixture to each of the nine cavities you filled with rose petals.
6. Pack the relaxing shower steamers mixture into the cavities of the mold. Press the shower tablet mixture firmly to pack down.
7. Allow the shower steamers with essential oils to set up for 24 to 48 hours. Make sure to keep them in a cool, dry location away from humidity during this process.
8. After the allotted time has passed, carefully unmold your aromatherapeutic bath products.

How to Use Shower Steamers

To use your aromatherapy shower steamers, place one or two tablets on the bottom of your shower away from the direct spray of water. They will release the essential oils as they slowly dissolve in the hot water.