Bath bombs are such a fun little project and not at all difficult! The great thing is that your imagination is the limit with homemade bath bombs. You can customize your bath bombs with dried herbs and flowers, colorant and the fragrance of your choice, whether in the form of essential oils or fragrance oils. Large bath bombs can sell for up to $8.00, so why not learn to make your own bath bombs for luxurious baths, or give them as gifts?
Homemade Bath Bombs - Create Your Own Versions That Rival Expensive Retailers
By Michelle Lee Summers
Why pay premium prices when you can make your own homemade bath bombs that will wow your friends and look as great as those ones that you pay $6.00-$8.00 for in exclusive shops? With just a few simple, inexpensive ingredients, and a little practice, you can turn out bath bombs that you will be proud to give as gifts or even to sell at local markets and specialty stores.
I'm sure that you are saying that homemade bath bombs could never rival versions purchased in stores. Nonsense! You can customize your creations with dried herbs and flowers and essential oils to produce beautiful, one-of-a-kind versions. The nicest thing is that you can make them for much less than the commercial versions too. If you've never experienced the delight that is a bath bomb, they are added to your bath water just like you would bath beads. The difference between them is that, unlike bath beads, they fizz, then dissolve, creating a beautiful fragrance along with adding luxurious moisturizing oils to your bath.
The basic ingredients for making homemade bath bombs are very simple: baking soda, citric acid (which produces the fizz), witch hazel, and a moisturizing oil of your choice (sweet almond oil is commonly used.) You can also add color to your bath bombs and choose to add fragrance to your creations with either essential or fragrance oils. Don't go too overboard with color, as they can stain older-type bathtubs. You will also need some type of mold for your product. If you don't mind not having a perfectly round bath bomb like the type commonly sold in the stores, you can use ice cube trays (the silicone type works especially well) muffin tins or anything you can pack your mixture tightly into.
Some people choose to line their molds with plastic wrap, but with experience you will see if this will work well for you or not. There are commercial molds designed for this purpose, but they will run you around $20.00. A popular choice for a round mold is the two-sided plastic Christmas balls that can be found in many hobby stores. You will have a line in your homemade bath bombs where the sides of the Christmas ball mold fits together, but this is not a big deal. Sometimes a little imperfection adds to the charm of the finished product. You can also mold your product into balls with your hands if you feel that you can get them packed tightly enough this way.
The biggest trick to making homemade bath bombs is packing the material into your molds as tightly as possible. Cram it in as just as tight as possible for best results, or your bath bomb will crumble. One suggestion if you want to incorporate dried flowers and herbs into your bath creations is to enclose them in a bit of muslin or cheese cloth, then pack your bath bomb ingredients around this. This will allow the lovely effect of these items to filter through your bath water, but save you some time cleaning them up later.
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