Making bath bombs

Making bath bombs
Making bath bombs
Anonim

Wapping around in warm water is one of life's sweet pleasures, especially after playing in the snow. And that bliss is even greater when topped off with kid-made bath bombs.

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The basic recipe

Ingredients

  • A glass of baking soda
  • A quarter glass of cream of pie
  • Half a glass of cornstarch
  • Half a glass of Epsom s alt or sea s alt
  • 2 teaspoons of essential oil
  • A tablespoon of any moisturizing oil (sweet almond, coconut, olive)
  • Food coloring
  • A little water in a spray bottle
  • Moulds of your choice

Preparation

  • Mix the powders.
  • Mix the liquids.
  • Pour the liquids over the powders, slowly, mixing well as you go, with your hands. Be careful, it must not foam!
  • The texture should be crumbly, but the material should still keep the shape you give it.
  • Add a little water if you need.
  • Take a mold of your choice and compact it with the preparation. Tamp well.
  • Let stand overnight before unmolding.
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Blueberry Avocado Oil Bath Bombs

Ingredients

  • 1 part baking soda
  • ½ slice of cornstarch
  • ¼ slice of cream of pie
  • 1 tablespoon avocado oil
  • Vegetable dye
  • Blueberry floral water spray
  • Sugar decorations (for cakes)

Preparation

  • Mix all the powders with a whisk for a good minute.
  • Add the hydrosol or floral water using a spray until the mixture looks like wet sand. Be careful, above all, do not add too much floral water.
  • Add the tablespoon of vegetable oil and stir well.
  • Add colorant if liquid colorant.
  • Add a few drops of essential oil.
  • Cast your bath bombs.
  • Insert sugar decorations, insert before mixing.
  • Leave to rest for 24 hours before unmolding.
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Unicorn bath bombs

They are everywhere. The little ones, and also the big girls, love them. Unicorns are all the rage. It’s a somewhat inexplicable phenomenon, but that’s how it is! So, let's not spoil our pleasure and let's go to the land of glitter.

Bath Bomb Ingredients

  • 225 grams of citric acid
  • 450 grams of baking soda
  • 28 grams of shea butter
  • 2 teaspoons of essential oil of your choice
  • 1/2 teaspoon pink food coloring
  • 1/2 teaspoon yellow food coloring
  • 1/2 teaspoon blue food coloring
  • Water
  • Glitter

Ingredients for the little horns

  • 28 grams of glycerin
  • Gold Mica 24k

Preparing bath bombs

  • Prepare three mixing bowls. One with pink dye, one with yellow dye and one with blue.
  • In half-ball molds, put a pinch of mixture of each color.
  • Compress.
  • Turn out onto a baking sheet.
  • Sprinkle glitter bombs.

Preparation and installation of small horns

  • In glycerine, carve horns, dipped in gold mica.
  • Install the horns on the bath bombs and secure them with melted glycerine.
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La vie en rose

Ingredients

  • A glass of baking soda
  • A quarter glass of cream of pie
  • Half a glass of cornstarch
  • Half a glass of Epsom s alt or sea s alt
  • 2 teaspoons rose water
  • A tablespoon of any moisturizing oil (sweet almond, coconut, olive)
  • A little water in a spray bottle
  • Rose Petals
  • Moulds of your choice

Preparation

  • Mix the powders.
  • Mix the liquids.
  • Pour the liquids over the powders, slowly, mixing well as you go, with your hands. Be careful, it must not foam!
  • The texture should be crumbly, but the material should still keep the shape you give it.
  • Add rose petals.
  • Add a little water if you need.
  • Take a mold of your choice and compact it with the preparation. Tamp well.
  • Let stand overnight before unmolding.

Inspiration: Black Confetti

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Lemon bath bombs

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • 1 cup baking soda
  • ¼ cup Epsom s alt
  • 1 cup citric acid
  • Lemon and orange essential oils
  • Red and yellow food coloring (20 drops in all)
  • Spray water bottle
  • Mussels

Preparation

  • Mix the powders.
  • Mix the liquids.
  • Pour the liquids over the powders, slowly, mixing well as you go, with your hands. Be careful, it must not foam!
  • The texture should be crumbly, but the material should still keep the shape you give it.
  • 10 drops of essential oils (5 of each).
  • Add a little water if you need.
  • Take a mold of your choice and compact it with the preparation. Tamp well.
  • Let stand overnightbefore unmolding.

Our tips

  • Wear gloves.
  • Use utensils that you will no longer use for cooking.
  • Use stainless steel utensils since plastics and wood retain odors and remain stained.
  • The smaller the bombs, the less crumbly they will be.
  • For pregnant womenand children under 3 years old, it is best to avoid essential oils.
  • Using silicone moulds… it's more efficient.

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