Soft And Oat Y Bath "Bomb"

Make yourself a yummy, softening and relaxing bath.

Posted by Alyssa O.

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I love making these bath "bombs". It's so nice to pop in a CD, throw one of these in the bath, and just zone out for a good twenty minutes. More than that, you can make so many different types of these! Just experiment!
(None of these pictures are mine!)

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • Oats Flakes
  • Cheesecloth
  • Elastic

Steps (6 steps, 5 minutes)

  1. 1

    Assemble your ingredients and make sure to cut yourself a decent square of cheese cloth. Each side should be at least (I'm estimating here haha) about 6-7".

  2. 2

    Take about three huge spoons of oat flakes, and put it in the middle of your square. Sorry about the measurements ladies, I do this very casually ;-)

  3. 3

    Now the fun part: choose the herbs, teas or whatever else you'd like to put in your bomb. I usually add dried orange peel, as it helps exfoliate. Add more than one!
    What you could add:
    - Any type of tea leaves. I love adding chamomile, as it makes the bath smell lovely
    - Powdered flowers are great in this. Try rose powder, lavender powder... the list goes on
    - Dried herbs are very benefitial externally, believe it or not. I like to add dried parsley flakes to my bomb, as it is a cleansing herb. I suggest looking up herbs and their properties to choose one that's best for you
    - Dried lemon or orange peel, as well as powdered milk/buttermilk, are a wonderful additive, as they make your skin super soft (through chemical exfoliatiation)

    Depending on how many additives you are using, I would add a heaping spoonful or half a heaping spoonful to the middle of your cheese cloth.

  4. 4

    Using a spoon, carefully mix the dry ingredients within the cloth so nothing gets outside the square. Bunch the entire piece together, and keep it fastened with an elastic band.

  5. 5

    Turn on the bath and make the water run at a temperature that pleases you. Throw in the bomb, walk away and prepare whatever you need for your bath (for me its music). At this point, I also wash my face, as when in the bath the bomb doubles as a mask and is best applied to clean skin.

    For extra results, add some honey to your bath or even epsom salts.

  6. 6

    Now that you're in the bath, enjoy the bomb. You'll find that if you mush it between your hands (after it has soaked for a little bit), a milky substance comes out of the cloth. This is from the oatmeal and mixed with other herbs (or even alone), it is a wonderful mask. I scrub the bomb all over my face to leave a layer of oat milk on it, and repeat several times during the bath.

    I also like to stand up in my bath and use the sachet all over my body like a scrub.

    After soaking for as long as you'd like, get out and moisturize! I hope you liked it :D