The Holidays are made to spoil our loved ones and ourselves as well. With our super easy bath bomb DIY recipe, you’ll have enough to bring as a gift for your Christmas dinner hostess as well as keep some for you. This way you won’t feel like the Grinch when you’ll step into a nice and hot floral scented bath.
Materials List
- 2 bowls
- 1 tsp
- Bath bomb molds
- Plastic gloves
- A knife to help unmold the bath bombs
Ingredients
BASIC INGREDIENTS
- ¾ cup of cornstarch
- ½ cup of citric acid
- 1 cup of baking soda
- ½ cup of sea salt or Epsom salt
OPTION #1- True Lavender / Cedarwood / Jojoba / Lavender flower
- 30 ml (1 bottle) of Jojoba beauty oil
- 4 tsp of True Lavender floral water
- 70 drops of True Lavender essential oil
- 40 drops of Cedarwood Atlas essential oil
- Dried Lavender (optional)
OPTION #2- Roman Chamomile / True Lavender / Carrot / Chamomile flower
- 30 ml (1 bottle) of Carrot beauty oil
- 4 tsp of Orange Blossom (Néroli) floral water
- 67 drops of True Lavender essential oil
- 30 drops of Chamomile essential oil
- Dried Chamomile (optional)
OPTION #3- Rose / Ylang Ylang / Rosehip / Rose flower
- 30 ml (1 bottle) of Rosehip beauty oil
- 4 tsp of Damask Rose floral water
- 5 ml (1 bottle) of Rose (Otto) Extra 5% essential oil
- 35 drops of d’Ylang Ylang Totum (complete) essential oil
- Dried Rose petals (flaked, optional)
OPTION #4- Peppermint / Rosemary Verbenone / Almond / Horsetail flower
- 30 ml (1 bottle) of Sweet Almond beauty oil
- 4 tsp of Labrador Tea floral water
- 70 drops of Peppermint essential oil
- 30 drops of Rosemary Verbenone CT essential oil
- Dried horsetail leaves (optional)
Preparation
- Mix all the dry ingredients (baking soda, cornstarch, salt, citric acid) in a bowl.
- In a seperate bowl, mix all the liquid ingredients (floral water, beauty oil and essential oils).
- Gradually add the liquid mix into the dry mix.
- Manually blend all the ingredients together (wear plastic gloves for safety and hygiene purposes).
- Add the dried flowers if you have them (optional).
- Add additional floral water 4-5 sprays at a time until you obtain the desired consystency. The mixture should stick together without crumbling when firmly pressed into a closed fist.
- Fill the molds by pressing hard, a critical step in order to allow the powder to compress as it should.
- Leave in the molds for 24-48 hours in a dry room, until the mixture is hard enough to unmold without crumbling.
- Unmold (use a knife if needed).
Precautions & recommendations
- Keep in a tighly closed container, away from humidity.
- Add a bath bomb into your bath, right before or after stepping in the bathtub.
- Tip: should there be leftovers of the mixture, you can use the balance as a toilet cleaning scrub!
