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Bath Salt: Winter Survival

Name: Bath Salt: Winter Survival
Brand: Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve
SKU: bsaltwinter
Price: 15.5 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (13 reviews)

A bold winter soak designed to wake up tired bodies and senses. Mineral-rich salts and crisp, invigorating essential oils create a cooling, energizing bath that feels bright, refreshing, and deeply reviving during the cold months.

Size:

10 oz net wt

$15.50

Product Overview

Some scents feel like glistening snow

Winter Survival is crisp, bold, and unmistakably energizing—created for the cold months when skin feels dull, muscles feel sluggish, and the senses need a jolt of fresh air. Cooling herbs and minty greens rise quickly in warm water, cutting through heaviness and bringing the body and mind back to life.

It’s not a quiet soak. It’s a reset.

The Salts

Our bath salts are made with a mineral-rich blend of Himalayan Pink Salt, Mediterranean Sea Salt, and Noirmoutier French Grey Sea Salt, chosen for their texture, trace minerals, and the way they dissolve smoothly into warm water.

Salt baths have long been part of traditional bathing rituals, valued for the way they soften water, leave skin feeling smooth and comfortable, and enhance the deeply relaxing nature of a warm soak.

The Aroma Experience

Peppermint and eucalyptus surge first—cool, sharp, and bracing—followed by rosemary’s herbal bite and tea tree’s clean, green edge. Lavender lingers just beneath, adding balance without softening the blend’s energy.

The result is bright and penetrating, like stepping outside into cold, clear air—invigorating to breathe in, refreshing to the skin, and impossible to ignore.

A Natural Way to Scent Salt

Rather than using carrier oils, we blend a trace of essential oil directly into the salt base and allow it to cure slowly over several weeks. This resting period allows the volatile aromatic compounds to mingle, mature, and bind to the salt crystals, creating a soft, integrated scent. As the salts melt into warm water, the aroma is gently released — leaving the water beautifully scented without any oily residue.

The Moment

For winter mornings, post-workout baths, long gray days, or anytime your body feels heavy and your mind feels foggy—when you want heat in the water, clarity in the air, and energy back in your step.

Crafted for Winter • Available for a Limited Time

How To Use

Simple Salt Bath Directions

Soaking in a warm bath is one of the simplest ways to relax and unwind. Adding mineral-rich bath salts enhances the experience by softening the water and allowing the aroma to unfold gently in the steam.

Start with 3–4 heaping tablespoons (about ¼ cup) of bath salts
Pour salts directly into the tub under warm running water
Swirl with your hand to help dissolve
Crystal sizes dissolve at different rates — this is normal
Tub sizes vary, so adjust the amount to your preference
When using scented salts, take a few slow breaths to enjoy the aromatherapy
Soak for 20–30 minutes, then rinse if desired

No Time for a Bath? Try a Salt Shower

Steam infusion

Place ¼–⅓ cup of salt into a muslin bag and hang it from the shower head. Warm water will release the aroma into the steam for a simple, refreshing shower experience.

Salt wash

Place ¼–⅓ cup of salt into a muslin bag and use it as a gentle saltwater washcloth with soap or as a final saltwater rinse.

If you are under a doctor’s care for any medical condition, consult your healthcare provider before taking salt baths.

📚 For more ideas, visit our blog: How to Use Natural Bath Salts & Fun Recipes

FAQs

Effective, Feel Good Ingredients

The goal is simple: to Harness the Power & Simplicity of Nature® to cleanse, soothe, heal,  and protect your skin and hair!

Our unique formulas rely on moisturizing oils and butters, healing botanicals, and pure essential oils. We choose every ingredient with one end-result in mind….the BEST possible natural skin care for YOU!

Featured Ingredients

Himalayan Pink Salt

Himalayan pink salt brings natural minerals and gentle refinement to skin care. Dissolved in warm bath water, it helps soften and comfort the skin while enhancing the overall bathing experience. In soaps and masks, its fine crystals exfoliate and gently polish, leaving skin smooth, refreshed, and comfortable. Read More

Organic Peppermint Essential Oil

Peppermint essential oil delivers a cooling, invigorating boost to skin and senses. Its minty aroma calms irritation and helps ease motion sickness and muscle tension. Its purifying properties support clearer skin and a healthier scalp. A bright, minty aroma enhances focus, energy, and overall well-being. Read More

Organic Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Eucalyptus essential oil helps clear congestion, ease muscle discomfort, and calm irritated skin. Its fresh, camphoraceous aroma supports clear breathing, sharper focus, reduced stress, and deeper relaxation. In hair care, it refreshes the scalp and helps reduce dandruff-causing fungus. Read More

All Ingredients

Himalayan Pink Salt

Mediterranean Sea Salt

Noirmoutier French Grey Sea Salt

Organic Lavender Essential Oil

Organic Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Organic Rosemary Essential Oil

Organic Peppermint Essential Oil

Organic Tea Tree Essential Oil

Our salts are tested for purity, naturally harvested, untreated and organic compliant.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are essential oils?

What Are Pure Essential Oils?

Have you ever enjoyed the scent of a fragrant flower or herb? The fragrance comes from potent, aromatic compounds called essential oils found in the flowers, stems, seeds, bark, roots, fruits, and other parts of plants. It often requires several pounds of a plant to produce a single bottle of essential oil.

Essential oils not only give plants their unique scents but also help lure plant pollinators and protect plants from insects and other predators.

The chemical composition of essential oils may provide valuable psychological and physical aromatherapeutic benefits for some people.

It is important to note that to be a true essential oil, the oil must be isolated from the plant material by physical means only. Essential oils are NEVER extracted using solvents.

Although synthetic fragrances or "nature identical" oils are available at a much lower cost, only natural plant essential oils will provide any aromatherapeutic benefits.

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What Are Essential Oils (Much more detail)

How Essential Oils Are Extracted

Why We Use Only Real Plant Essential Oils?

What is Aromatherapy?

If you are pregnant or under a doctor's care for any medical condition, please consult your healthcare provider before using essential oils.

Pregnancy & Children: We do not provide information on the safety of essential oils during Pregnancy or for use in Children because the available information is very ambiguous and often contradictory. If you’re interested in using essential oils during pregnancy or with young children please do your own research and consult your doctor, midwife, or health care professional before use.

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Are Chagrin Valley Ingredients & Products USDA Certified Organic?

Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve is a USDA Certified Organic Company

The most important consideration in any business is its customers. Today's world of misleading claims, false advertising, and simple deception, often leaves consumers trying to discover the truth about personal products and their ingredients.

We want our customers to know that we are committed to transparency in everything we do.
We want our customers to know that when we say "organic," we mean it.
We believe that in becoming a USDA Certified Organic company, our customers do not have to wonder if we really use certified organic ingredients or if our organic products are truly organic.
So we choose to be a certified organic company and abide by the strict standards required for organic certification.

Some of my favorite products are made with ingredients that just do not exist as certified organic. Why? At this time there are no standards created for ingredients specifically used in the personal care product industry. Organic certification of personal care products is based on the organic food standards set by the National Organic Program of the USDA.

But since we are a certified organic company, we are required to submit documentation that even our "non-organic ingredients" were produced without the use of toxic pesticides, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), sewage sludge, or irradiation.

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Why Did We Become a Certified Organic Company?

What Do All of the Organic Labels Mean?

Organic Soap Labeling

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Is There an Expiration Date On My Natural Skincare Product?

Product Expiration Dates

Natural Organic Skin Care Products We hand make all of our own products in small batches to ensure freshness, consistency, and perfection.

Our products are not made to sit on store shelves for years and years.

Although there are natural preservatives within the chemical structure of many natural ingredients, they not as potent as the synthetic preservatives used in commercial products to prolong shelf-life.

Other than soap, our products are remade every few weeks and none are very old when they are sold. Our non-soap products should be opened within 6 months of purchase.

Since we use no preservatives or chemical stabilizers, the more important question is, "how long will the product last once it has been opened?

Once opened, skin care products become exposed to dirt and microorganisms (bacteria, yeasts, and molds) that are found in the air and on the skin.

As soon as you open and begin to use any product, simply the way in which you use it will affect its lifespan.

So, we use the PAO (period-after-opening) symbol. These symbols are already available on the product pages of our website and we are in the process of adding them to all of our labels.

The POA symbol is a standard symbol that identifies the useful lifetime of a skin care product after it has been opened for the first time.

As you can see from the picture, the symbol is an open jar with a written number and the letter "M" for the word "months."

A product with a "9M" would mean that it is good for 9 months after opening.

Tip: write the date you open a product for the first time on its label so you can keep track of the period after opening.

Our POA number represents our best suggestion. There are many factors that can affect the lifespan of a product. If a product is discolored, has an unpleasant smell or looks odd, the product should not be used and should be discarded.

Each time you place your warm fingers into a tin or jar, you melt some of the butter which can change the consistency of the product.
Fingers also introduce bacteria and other contaminants into the product.
If a product has not been stored properly, for example, if the lid has been left off for long periods of time, the product may ‘go off’ before the period after opening has passed.
As scented products age, some of the natural essential oil scent may be lost. Pure essential oils just do not have the staying power of synthetic fragrance oils.
Over time, natural colors may also fade.

If you’re like me, and you find an old dusty product hiding in a drawer, makeup bag, or even a suitcase from your last trip, you can call us with the lot number and we can verify its age. Obviously, if it seems off in any way, toss it!

Please note: This PAO symbol is widely used in Europe to recommend the length of time a product remains usable after opening, for products that have a shelf-life of at least 30 months. Our products do NOT have a shelf-life of 30 months before opening.

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I Have Allergies What Natural Skincare Products Are Safe For Me?

Help! I Have Allergies

Trying to choose the right natural soaps or skincare products can be a bit overwhelming especially when you have allergies and/or skin sensitivities.

Since we proudly list every ingredient in all of our products, reading the ingredient list will help to eliminate ingredients that may cause you problems.

We always recommend doing a patch test before using any new products especially if you have sensitive skin or allergies.

We receive so many emails asking for help with allergies, we created categories in our “Help Me Choose” section to provide information for those with allergies or sensitivities to nuts, coconut, shea butter and gluten.

Check out our help me choose pages!!

If you are allergic or sensitive to any of the ingredients in our products, they may cause skin irritation. Even natural ingredients may cause sensitivities.

People with severe allergies--please note: If you have severe anaphylactic-type reactions to ANY of the ingredients in ANY of our products, please do not buy our products. We have dedicated soap rooms and product rooms that are kept meticulously clean, but we cannot guarantee against possible cross-contamination of individual ingredients.

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