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Curious About Topical Magnesium or Already a Believer?
If you’re intrigued by the benefits of magnesium oil spray or simply want to see what the fuss is about, you don’t need to spend a fortune on boutique bottles. With just two simple ingredients, you can make your own homemade magnesium spray in minutes, quickly, easily, and affordably.
- Why Magnesium Matters for Our Health
- Ocean Energy in a Bottle: The Restorative Ritual of Homemade Magnesium Spray
- Homemade Magnesium Spray Recipe
- Do Topical Magnesium Sprays and Oils Actually Do Anything?
- The Simple Power of a Magnesium Spray
Why Magnesium Matters for Our Health
Magnesium fuels over 300 biochemical reactions in the body. It helps regulate energy, calm the nervous system, ease muscle tension, improve sleep, control blood glucose, and aid in blood pressure regulation to name but a few things.
Modern life is hectic, stressful, and for many, often sedentary. Along with a diet stripped of nutrients and exposed to pollutants, depletes our magnesium levels fast. While most people look to oral supplements, there’s growing interest in transdermal options like sprays and soaks.
Why? For some with digestive sensitivities, topical magnesium can be used directly on the skin, bypassing the digestive system and potentially going straight to where it’s needed: muscles, joints, and even underarms, where it can help balance skin pH and control odour-causing bacteria.
Read the Magnesium fact sheet for Health Professionals at the NIH below: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/
To learn more about some of the pollutants we cannot escape, check out TheSortingHouse article below:
Ocean Energy in a Bottle: The Restorative Ritual of Homemade Magnesium Spray
Magnesium is abundant in seawater, so it’s no wonder floating in the ocean often feels reviving. That deep relaxation? It’s not just the sun and the waves, although they certainly help. There is something ancestrally reviving and organically restoring about immersing our body of water in our Earth’s body of water.
Creating a self-care ritual around magnesium at home helps us connect to that same powerful, primordial energy we all feel at the coast.
Check out my poem ‘If The Ocean Was a Woman’.
When we craft our own products by hand, like this homemade magnesium spray recipe, we infuse it with loving intention as we complete the steps. Our creation then becomes more than a useful remedy. It’s a practice in reconnecting with the loving, restorative current in nature and ourselves.
A mineral abundant sea-bath remedy in a bottle for those depleting moments when directly bathing in the ocean just isn’t possible!
Do Topical Magnesium Sprays and Oils Actually Do Anything?
According to the current scientific literature, topical magnesium oil, soaks, and sprays may help locally with muscle relaxation or tension via effects on peripheral nerve endings or “placebo-driven” relaxation, but many believe that it likely doesn’t dramatically raise systemic magnesium levels for most people.
The scientific consensus remains: oral supplementation and dietary intake are still the most proven and accepted ways to improve magnesium status. That said, many people report subjective benefits, particularly with magnesium chloride sprays and salt baths for muscle soreness and sleep.
Otherwise put, “the science” isn’t confirming the miracle of topical application contrary to what many wellness brands would have us believe. Likely this is due to them having their own vested interests; most sell their own two or more ingredient magnesium oil sprays in their boutiques!
Nonetheless, I did a bit of quick research. As far as I am aware, there is no reported harm in spraying magnesium chloride on one’s skin. So I decided to try making it for myself.
Why Make Magnesium Oil Spray Yourself?
Now should you decide to go this route and try topical magnesium spray to see how it makes you feel, there are two options: either you fork out for a costly bottle made by a wellness company. Often formulated with not-so-natural fillers, synthetic perfumes and sold in retail for a premium, OR you make your own DIY magnesium spray with the much cheaper, cleaner raw materials.
Spoiler: I chose the second option!
Given that the two ingredients necessary for the homemade Magnesium spray recipe are easily available and the process is simple, I decided to dust off my lab coat and start the personal experience.
The Simple Power of a Magnesium Spray
It is widely accepted that magnesium is an essential mineral often lacking in our modern diets.
Magnesium can be replenished not only through food or supplements but also via the skin (according to some sources, but it is debated).
This homemade magnesium spray recipe offers a natural, inexpensive, and potentially effective way to support your body’s needs without forking out funds on unnecessary additives or the complexity of extensive ingredient lists.
Control the production process, control the final product.
When you make anything yourself, you know exactly what you put in it and how it was stored.
Benefits of a Homemade Magnesium Spray
Making your homemade magnesium spray means:
- You control the ingredients; no hidden preservatives or fillers, no questionable conditions in transit and storage of the final magnesium oil product.
- Cost-effective compared to niche wellness brands and store-bought versions.
- Customisable; adjust the strength, scent, and skin-soothing qualities to suit your needs.
Now, let’s get to the part you’re here for: the homemade magnesium spray recipe.
Where can I buy magnesium flakes?
Most organic or specialist, Asian food stores stock Nigari or pure magnesium chloride flakes. Magnesium salts (Nigari) are most commonly used in the preparation of tofu.
Homemade Magnesium Spray Recipe
Ingredients:
The ratio for the homemade magnesium spray recipe is 1:1 –
- 1/2 cup (50g) magnesium chloride flakes aka Nigari
(not Epsom salts as these aren’t as readily absorbed through the skin) - 1/2 cup (50g) distilled water (or boiled and cooled filtered water if you don’t have distilled on hand, don’t use tap!)
- (Optional) A few drops of essential oil (lavender for calm, peppermint for cooling, see some options below)
Method:
- Heat the water until it’s just about to boil.
- Pour the magnesium flakes into a large, heat-safe glass bowl.
- Add the hot water and stir until the flakes are fully dissolved.
- Let it cool completely.
- Transfer the solution to a spray bottle.
Preferably a recycled dark glass one to protect it from light.
If you do not have a spray bottle available, use another screw-top or flip-cap bottle and apply using (ideally organic) facial pads.
Store your spray at room temperature, best in dark place away from sources of heat.
Shake before use and spray daily onto clean skin.
I’ve never kept it that long, but sources say it ought to keep for up to six months without issue, any longer than that might alter the product and make it less stable.
Soothing Additions for Homemade Magnesium Spray Recipe
1. Essential Oils (for scent and relaxation) if well tolerated:
- Lavender – calming, great for sleep and sensitive skin
- Peppermint – cooling, invigorating, helps with muscle aches
- Chamomile – soothing and anti-inflammatory
- Frankincense – grounding, skin-nourishing
- (Use 3–5 drops per 100 ml / 3.4 oz of spray)
2. Aloe Vera Juice or Gel (for skin hydration and soothing)
- Add 1–2 teaspoons to help reduce any itching or dryness, especially useful if you have sensitive skin.
3. Vegetable Glycerin (adds moisture and reduces stinging)
- Use a few drops (no more than 1 teaspoon per batch). Helps retain skin moisture and makes the spray feel smoother.
4. Herbal Infusions (for added skin benefits, natural scent)
Make a strong tea (then strain and cool) and use it as the water base:
- Chamomile – calming, anti-inflammatory
- Calendula – promotes skin healing
- Rose petals – gentle, soothing, fragrant
5. Witch Hazel (Alcohol-free) (optional astringent and skin toner)
- Use 1–2 teaspoons. Can help with inflammation and acts as a natural preservative.
How to Use Homemade Magnesium Spray Recipe
- Apply to clean skin; arms, legs, stomach, once or twice daily. Start with a few sprays and little by little work up to as many as 20 if well-tolerated. Each person will be different. Watch out for negative symptoms and reduce use or stop entirely if you are concerned.
- Some people may experience itching or tingling and choose to rinse it off. It is recommended to leave it on for 20–30 minutes before washing it off.
- Hydrate with your favourite natural moisturiser afterwards if your skin feels dry.
Personally, after dry-brushing and a hot shower so that my skin is exfoliated, clean, and the pores are open, I like to massage it in with some organic, cold-pressed, food-grade coconut or jojoba oil and find that I can leave it on with no adverse issues. Nevertheless, we are all different, so testing anything new with caution to see what works for you personally is always the best policy. If in doubt, consult a health, wellness or beauty care professional.
Is it Normal that the Homemade Magnesium Spray Recipe is Burning?
Some people may feel a stinging or itching sensation when they first start using magnesium spray. This can be a sign of magnesium deficiency or simply sensitivity. If it becomes uncomfortable, wash it off or alternatively, dilute the spray with extra water, or apply it over a layer of pre-applied natural oil to buffer the sensation.
At first, I found the sensation quite unpleasant, but over time I built a tolerance to it by slowly increasing the exposure on less sensitive body parts like the feet.
Ready to give the homemade magnesium spray recipe a go?
If you’re curious, or just tired of paying a premium for something so simple, why not try making your own?
Whether you’re a sceptic, entirely convinced, or somewhere in between, there’s something satisfying and self-sufficient about taking your health and wellness into your own hands. Especially when it’s as simple as boiling distilled water and stirring magnesium flakes in a bowl.
Magnesium oil spray might not be a miracle cure, and the science is still catching up with the claims, but for many of us, the ritual itself, the intention, and the potential relief are reason enough to try.
If you’re intrigued to see how your body responds, making homemade magnesium spray is an easy, low-cost, low-risk place to start.
An Interesting Side Effect of Magnesium Spray
I’ve noticed that using it on the under-arms is a very effective way to keep any potential transpiration odours at bay!
Why not try this homemade magnesium spray recipe for yourself and see how it feels?
And if it works, even a little, you’ll have saved yourself a trip to the overpriced wellness aisle.
Magnesium spray divides opinion.
If you’ve used it, homemade or not, what was your experience?
Useful, neutral, irritating, ineffective? Share below.
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