How to DIY Bath bombs ?

Honey
by Honey
  5 answers
  • I am assuming you might like to try to make some of these but without a specific ingredient. Can you add to your question? thanks.

  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Nov 13, 2017

    http://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=diy%20bath%20bombs

  • FL FL on Nov 13, 2017

    "Everybody loves bath bombs. It is like taking a bath in champagne, only without the show tunes and chorus boys. They are fairly simple to make, keeping in mind that the strangest things can make a batch go weird; humidity, room temperature, oil viscosity, the moon rising in the seventh house of Aquarius . . . they are a mysterious wonder." Read more here: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-Bath-Bombs/

  • Ana Bacallao Ana Bacallao on Nov 13, 2017

    I found these instructions using citric acid:


    https://abeautifulmess.com/2015/03/homemade-bath-bombs.html


  • Brenda Brandt Deason Brenda Brandt Deason on Nov 13, 2017

    There are a lot of tutorials on YouTube. I have found it works best to mix the dry ingredients without the citric acid first. Next I mix the wet ingredients and slowly mix that into the dry mixture. It's a little tricky this way, because the citric acid will dry it a little more, so it will be a little bit on the wet side at this point. When the citric acid, baking soda, and water are mixed, they start the fizzing reaction. You can't stop it completely, but you want to save as much of the reaction as possible for the bath tub. So I add the citric acid at the end and mix it quickly. This is different from the videos I have seen, but I feel like it's easier to mix the wet ingredients in when there is not fizzing happening. My official bath bomb tester says mine are better than anything available in stores. Maybe it works better my way? Most of the time a batch makes 3-5 bombs. You can start by cutting the recipe in half to practice. If it gets fizzed out, you haven't used up so much of your ingredients. I use the ones that don't set up for my own baths and it works just fine, even if the fizzy part at the beginning doesn't happen as much.


    I have also learned that you need to oil the molds to make it easier to get the bombs out. If you mold them tightly, it helps save the reaction, but it also makes them hard to remove because they take longer to dry. If you unmold them too early, or if you use too much liquid, they will react/expand quite a bit as they dry. Plastic molds will crack, so metal ones are a good investment. You will find it gets easier as you do more of them. The people on the videos make it look easy because they have practiced and figured out what works for them. The first ones I made were disasters, but I kept trying until they almost always come out good.


    It's a very fun thing to do, and everything you need is available on Amazon. In fact, once you choose a couple of items, it will recommend the rest of what you need, so ordering is really easy. You can also make gift baskets by mixing your epsom salts with color and essential oil and putting that in a cute jar. If you buy meltable soap base, you can use your colors and oils to make soaps, as well. It's kind of like Taco Bell. Once you have your set of ingredients, you can make a variety of items that will go great together.


    I've given baskets as gifts, and my friends don't use them because they are too pretty. Yikes, I want to give them another one for Christmas this year! I like to get little rubber duckies at Dollar Tree, (three for a dollar), a pretty washcloth, and a pouf to finish out the baskets.