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Bath Bombs

Fizz up your bath with a bath bomb explosion.

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You will need rubber moulds for this project, ice cube ones work well.
Crush down the baking soda with a mortar and pestle and then place it in a separate bowl.

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Pour the witch hazel, lemon juice, food colouring and aromatherapy oils in to a spray bottle.
Spray the soda until the mixture starts to stick together.

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

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Cat Morley

October 3rd, 2006 21:21

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

Cat Morley

October 3rd, 2006 21:49

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

Miriam

Oct 3, 2006 10:52pm ago

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

Oct 3, 2006 11:21pm ago

How much baking soda did you use?

Jen

Oct 3, 2006 11:48pm ago

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

Oct 5, 2006 4:30pm ago

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

Kim

Oct 5, 2006 4:31pm ago

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

Kim

Oct 5, 2006 4:31pm ago

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

October 7th, 2006 11:50

Yeah, they do look strangely edible.

Nina

Oct 7, 2006 1:49pm ago

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

Oct 7, 2006 1:50pm ago

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

Oct 8, 2006 3:32pm ago

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

Oct 9, 2006 5:24pm ago

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

Marie Christopher

Nov 14, 2006 8:01pm ago

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

Kassandra B.

Jan 22, 2007 10:36pm ago

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

Kim

Apr 4, 2007 2:34pm ago

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

Apr 19, 2007 5:38am ago

Sounds fanastically relaxing

At Home Mom

May 7, 2007 1:30am ago

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

May 23, 2007 9:52pm ago

I JUST LOVE THIS HAVE TO TRY IT

jennifer

Jun 7, 2007 10:55pm ago

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

samara

Jun 18, 2007 12:45am ago

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

Cat Morley

June 18th, 2007 00:46

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

Melissa P.

September 16th, 2007 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

October 4th, 2007 16:48

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

Jaded R.

October 17th, 2007 19:43

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

Jaded R.

October 17th, 2007 19:44

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

Grace

Dec 8, 2007 2:43pm ago

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

December 8th, 2007 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.

December 17th, 2007 17:06

Where did you get those heart moulds?? :S

Cat Morley

December 18th, 2007 19:42

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

Courtney Couture

December 19th, 2007 02:33

moooooooooooooooo from Kaitlin

Stephanie N.

January 19th, 2008 06:04

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

Shauna B.

February 24th, 2008 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