I tried Megan Markle’s bath salt recipe and it wasn’t what I expected

Ever since the release of Meghan Markle’s lifestyle series on fans have been keen to try out some of the tricks and recipes showcased on the series.

But one particular has been causing controversy and health warnings among experts. In the very first episode of With Love, Meghan, the 43-year-old is seen preparing a guest basket for her friend, make-up artist Daniel Martin, which includes some bath salts containing Epsom salt, Himalayan salt, arnica oil and lavender oil. However, some experts have warned against the blend, claiming it could potentially harm users’ skin and even cause burns.

Now Vogue writer Emma Specter, has given making the bath salts ago and shared her findings.

Heading out to buy the ingredients she needed like arnica and lavender essential oils she discovered she can only purchase industrial amounts of arnica.

Later she joked: “I am trying not to think about the ungodly amount of money Meghan’s parents spent to educate her so that she could essentially author a 20-step guide to taking a nicer-than-average bath and call it a day’s work”.

Emma’s jokey mishap trying to follow Meghan’s bath salts follows a series of more serious criticisms from experts, with Jennifer Christopherson, an experienced esthetician and YouTuber, among those expressing concern.

“Don’t try this at home!” she warned in a video cautioning viewers about the , claiming that Meghan fails to measure ingredients properly, and dismisses a crew member’s question about quantities by simply saying, “Quite a bit”.

Jennifer’s primary concern is her failure to add a “carrier oil” to dilute the essential oils, which experts say should be mixed in ratios of at least eight to one. Instead, Meghan adds three drops of lavender and two full pipettes of arnica oil directly to the salt.

The esthetician says that essential oils are “unregulated substances” that can irritate skin if overused: “You can’t just dump an essential oil in, give it to a friend and be, like, hey, have fun. You can’t just throw in essential oils, give them to someone, and expect it to be fine.

Jennifer also claims: “Based on that, she doesn’t know about essential oils, I can tell you that right now. So just use caution. Just use care.”

The Duchess’s homemade concoction has been flagged by otherherbalists and skin care specialists who fear it could damage or even burn users’ skin.

Other celebrities also piled in to warn about the Duchess’s balh salts. Fellow US columnist and blogger Perez Hilton said: “Her bath salt could also be potentially dangerous as you need to dilute essential oils in a carrier oil so it wont irritate your skin.”