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Bath Bombs

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Fizz up your bath with a bath bomb explosion.

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    You will need rubber moulds for this project, ice cube ones work well.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Crush down the baking soda with a mortar and pestle and then place it in a separate bowl.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Pour the witch hazel, lemon juice, food colouring and aromatherapy oils in to a spray bottle.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    Spray the soda until the mixture starts to stick together.


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    Compact in to the moulds.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    Press the bombs out on to a plate and leave to dry for a few hours.

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Cat Morley

Cat Morley

03 Oct 21:21

Half a cup, it's not appearing for some reason. :s

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

03 Oct 21:49

Yeah, you could even put crushed flowers or lavender buds in it.

Miriam

03 Oct 22:52

Far out, that looks so easy! My daughter has chicken pox at the moment, so a baking soda bath bomb might be just the ticket. Thanks!

Heidi

03 Oct 23:21

How much baking soda did you use?

Jen

03 Oct 23:48

Yowza, it's that easy? It also sounds very soothing. I like the idea that you can control the "perfumey-ness" level; I love the stuff from Lush but sometimes they overdo the scent department...

emily

05 Oct 16:30

hmm... i dont think those should look so tasty! :)

Kim

05 Oct 16:31

oh nevermind...I see the ingredient portions now!

Kim

05 Oct 16:31

what's witch hazel and where can you buy it? do you have the amounts of all of the ingredients? anyways, sounds like a great idea! i can't wait to try it :)

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

07 Oct 11:50

Yeah, they do look strangely edible.

Nina

07 Oct 13:49

I'm definately gonna some of those. I just have to find some cute moulds. Do you have to use witch hazel or is that optional?

Beverley

07 Oct 13:50

Hi, can you get Baking Soda in large enough quantities, I have only seen it for sale for cooking in small pots! Also could you add a packet of Koolaid to this instead of the colouring or would it all go very strange?

Beverley

08 Oct 15:32

Duh, I just read my question to see if you had replied and I see i put Baking Soda instead of Bicarbonate of Soda, that might have been interesting, must read what I type more often! Off to try the Bran muffins.

Caroline

09 Oct 17:24

I'm so excited about making these! I'm going to use orange oil instead though =)

Marie Christopher

14 Nov 20:01

Lovely project for Christmas gifts.
How long do these last?

Kassandra B.

22 Jan 22:36

Wow! What a nice recipie! Ill have to try but i think I will add dried flowers. Nice. Ok then, thanks alot!

Kim

04 Apr 14:34

interesting, replacing the citric acid with lemon juice...I did that the first time I made bath bombs, but as a mistake - I didn't know what citric acid was. The bath bombs didn't turn out. The basic recipe is 2 parts baking soda, 1 part citric acid. A couple sites I found helpful when I started: www.notmartha.org/tomake/bathbombs/
http://web.ncf.ca/aj471/BathBombs.html

Akua

19 Apr 05:38

Sounds fanastically relaxing

At Home Mom

07 May 01:30

These look great and much easier to make than some of the recipes I´ve seen around. I should have no problem getting the ingredients, so I think I will make some as gifts for my sister whose birthday is in a week. Thanks!

lindaSANTORA

23 May 21:52

I JUST LOVE THIS HAVE TO TRY IT

jennifer

07 Jun 22:55

This is an awesome recipe and my daughter has placed this site in our bookmarks. We love it.

samara

18 Jun 00:45

Whats the difference between the two powders cause it said baking soda yesterday which is what I used.....

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

18 Jun 00:46

There is no difference between the powders, I think something must have went wrong in the admin somewhere.

Melissa P.

Melissa P.

16 Sep 11:30

wow...this is really a different recipe...
last night I tried a recipe with citric acid, so I think I will try your recipe tonight, :)
thanks a bunch...

todasana

todasana

04 Oct 16:48

Need to know what Witch Hazel is... No clue at all! Anyone?

Jaded R.

Jaded R.

17 Oct 19:43

Todsana: Witch Hazel comes from a plant. You can get it at most pharmacies.

Jaded R.

Jaded R.

17 Oct 19:44

...Oh, and it comes in liquid form. Usually in the same row as almond oil, glycerines and stuff.

Grace

08 Dec 14:43

How do you know long bath bombs last? I just made some as christmas presents and thought if I put them in a air tight container they'll be ok til christmas right?

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

08 Dec 23:41

I'm sure they will be fine Grace, I've kept my ones for a couple of months and they still worked fine. No one will eat them, so I guess leaving them for ages wont do any damage.

Courtney.

Courtney.

17 Dec 17:06

Where did you get those heart moulds?? :S

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

18 Dec 19:42

Ikea. They had loads of different shapes, I got arrows and circles and crosses too!

Courtney Couture

Courtney Couture

19 Dec 02:33

moooooooooooooooo from Kaitlin

Stephanie N.

Stephanie N.

19 Jan 06:04

I'm making them, but instead of oils, im using powdered bath salt. i think itll work =D

Shauna B.

Shauna B.

24 Feb 02:24

Great idea! Love that they have baking soda. I teach art and some crafts to kids so I think we will try these for Mother's Day gifts. For molds for this project or others can often be found at Target in the $1.00 section. They typically have them in seasonal shapes and sometimes just misc. I've purchased stars, hearts, fruit shapes, etc. $1.00 is a great price for silicone molds/ice trays! You can also get them at Michaels in the candy/cake making aisle but they cost more of course. Then at Hobby Lobby in the same candy/cake but also some for much cheaper in the party supply section. Then, in the polymer clay aisle they have some small but more expensive silicone molds in more artsy designs. You can also use the plastic soap/candy molds for these instead of the silicone. Once you use them for crafts just don't use them for food!
Shauna

Jennyfacé

Jennyfacé

05 May 00:44

I have that mold :]
I think I'll be making these for Mothers day.

Gary L.

Gary L.

20 Aug 20:39

hmmm more bath bombs!!! Man so many christnas and bithday ideas!!!

Chococat

Chococat

01 Jul 09:51

can you use citric acid instead of lemon juice and how many does this recipe make???

Chococat

Chococat

01 Jul 09:53

whats distilled??

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Cat Morley »
October 03, 2006 18:11
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