Here’s how you don’t have to spend a fortune for a relaxing spa treatment by making your own pampering “bath bombs” and turning your bath time into a luxurious spa time! Drop one of these fragrant balls in your bath and it will start to fizz away, releasing a relaxing aroma that adds a touch of luxury to your life - without leaving home or spending a fortune!
A bath bomb is a large colored ball that acts similar to Alka-Seltzer when put in the bathtub. When you drop bath bombs into your bath they spin and swirl, releasing both skin softeners and aromatic scents to create a home spa in your own bathtub. They are great not only for your personal use but they make amazing gifts as well.
Get started with this Basic Bath Bomb Recipe
Fizzy bath bomb uses basic ingredients that are easily found in almost any store and they are fairly easy to make.
Dry Ingredient List:
* 1 c baking soda
* 1/2 c citric acid
Wet Ingredients:
* 2 1/2 Tbsp oil (for oils use 1 Tbsp cocoa, mango or shea-butter melted)
* 1/2 Tbsp carrier oil (sweet almond, grapeseed or jojoba)
* 3/4 Tbsp witch-hazel in a mister (can also use flower water, e.g. rosewater)
* 12 to 22 drops of essential oils or fragrance
* 1/4 tsp or 1 large capsule Vitamin E oil to preserve the oils
* 1/4 tsp borax (an emulsifier)
* Vegetable or other natural color
You’ll also need a bath bomb mold, ice cube tray or soap mold in order to mold your bath bombs.
Instructions for combining the ingredients
Firstly, start by mixing the dry ingredients together. An electric mixer will help. Then add the dry coloring (but not too much, because the witch hazel will make the color show.) Don’t add the witch hazel just yet.
Now you’re ready to add a fragrance of your choice, followed by the witch hazel. Using a squirty bottle or mister, mist it into the batch while stirring. When the mix begins to stick together, you are ready to transfer the mixture to the molds.
This is the last step. Just put the bombs in the molds and wait a couple minutes before tapping them out of the molds. Give the bath bombs from three to four hours to air dry and they are ready to go. The harder the bath bombs get, the better reaction you will get.
There are variations to the basic bath bomb recipe that you can use to make it a little more adventurous. While baking soda and citric acid are still basic in the recipe, you can also add a half-cup of cornstarch or borax, Epsom salt, fine sea salt or Dead Sea salt along with a few other ingredients for a totally different bath bomb.
These ideas are just to get you started. Grab yourself a recipe book and instruction manual such as “The Handcrafter’s Companion” for more fun and creative spa product ideas. This manual makes it easy for you to make your bath tub into a home spa - with your very own “signature” brand of luxury bath bombs!