Turn Your Bath Into A Home Spa With Luxury Bath Bombs
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!
Bath bombs are colored spheres that fizz like a big Alka Seltzer when put in the bath. Drop a bath bomb in your tub and watch it fizz and swirl away, dissolving skin softeners and fragrant scents into your bath water to relax mind and body. But don't keep this great bath bomb recipe all to yourself - bath bombs make fantastic gifts that your friends and family will love!
Try this Easy Bath Bomb Recipe:
Fizzing bath bombs uses common ingredients that are found in almost any store and they are simple to make.
Dry Ingredients:
* 1 c baking soda
* 1/2 c citric acid
Wet Ingredients:
* 2 1/2 Tbsp oil (Cocoa 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)
* 15 to 20 drops 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 colorant
You will also need ice cube trays, soap molds or a bath bomb molding tool to shape your bath bombs.
How to combine the bath bomb ingredients
First you will need to blend the dry ingredients together. A mixer is useful for this step. Next you will add the dry coloring. There is no need to overdo it, since the addition of the witch hazel will make the color show up - but don't add it just yet.
Now you can add your favourite fragrance and the witch hazel. Using a mister, add it into the batch while continuing to stir. Once the mix begins to stick, the mixture can be transferred into the molds.
Now you're at the final stage. Place the mixture in the molds and wait for a few minutes before tapping them out to dry. Dry the bath bombs for a minimum of 3 to 4 hours. The harder your bath bombs get, the fizzier they will be in the bath!
That's the basic basic bath bomb recipe, but the variations are only limited by your imagination! Keeping baking soda and citric acid as the core ingredients, you can add a half-cup of fine sea salt, cornstarch, borax, epsom salts or Dead Sea salt along with a other ingredients to create a totally different bath bomb experience.
The recipes in this article are just the very beginning. Buy a recipe book such as "The Handcrafter's Companion" for some more great ideas and variations. These books make it easy for you to turn your bath into a "home spa", complete with your own homemade luxury bath bombs.
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About the Author
Jane L. Church is the author of "The Handcrafter's Companion, a how-to manual that shows you how to make spa products, for fun or profit. For more recipes and tips on how to make bath bombs , visit the official "Handcrafter's Companion" web site.
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