Dendritic Salt

Dendritic Salt is a high surface area salt that is used in bath salt formulations to improve fragrance retention and reduce/prevent clumping.

Sodium chloride

Small white crystals; visually indistinguishable from table salt.

I find ~10% is typically sufficient to prevent clumping.

Fine, crystalline.

Nothing noticeable.

Water

We include Dendritic Salt in bath salt formulations so they don’t seize into rock hard bath bricks over time. I consider Dendritic Salt (or products that do a similar job, like Natrasorb) to be essential in formulating bath salts and other free-flowing bath powder formulations.

If you like making bath salts I’d say Dendritic Salt is a must-have ingredient. If you don’t care about bath salts you don’t need it.

Dendritic Salt only exists as a refined product.

Excellent at preventing clumping/seizing and improving fragrance retention in bath salts.

Dendritic Salt can be hard to find, depending on where you live.

Natrasorb might work; do not use non-dendritic salt as an alternative.

Massage wet ingredients (fragrance, essential oils, solubilizers) into the Dendritic Salt, and then massage/blend in the rest of the dry ingredients.

Stored somewhere cool, dark, and dry, dendritic salt should last indefinitely.

Since the INCI for Dendritic Salt is “sodium chloride”, just like table salt, this ingredient is a bit of a secret for bath salts makers—the ingredient list won’t reveal its presence, but it’s doing a very important job!

100g (3.5oz)

 Buy it from an online DIY ingredient supplier or Amazon.