Let’s talk about one of the most underrated items in your bathroom cabinet—Epsom salt. It’s cheap, it’s unassuming, and it has more uses than a Swiss Army knife at a Boy Scout jamboree.
But what is Epsom salt anyway? Is it salt? Is it magic? Nope. It’s a naturally occurring mineral compound of magnesium and sulfate—nothing close to (actually quite the opposite) edible table salt, which is sodium chloride.