Silky Bath Fizzies Recipe With Essential Oils

How to Use Bath Fizzies

These small bath bombs can be used when you are soaking in a bath. They are not soap that will clean your skin. They shouldn’t be used in a shower, either.

When you are ready to use them, you can add one or two to the hot water of your bath. The number you need will depend on the size of the fizzies you make and the size of the tub. Then soak and relax!

Be careful when standing up and getting out of the shower after using any bath products. The oils and ingredients could leave a film in the bath. Always use caution and hold on to a hand rail to get out.

You might also like my Sinus Congestion Relief Bath Salts, too!

Store bath fizzies in an airtight container for up to 6 months. It’s best to store in an environment with less humidity. So while the bathroom makes the most sense to store them, you might want to keep them in the linen closet if your bathroom gets really hot and steamy with no ventilation.

The number of bath fizzies made will depend on the size of your molds (as you can see in the picture, I made several different sizes, from small to palm-sized). While this recipe can be made very quickly, you will need about a day for the molds to set.

Ingredients

• 1 cup baking soda
• ½ cup Epsom salt (be sure to get unscented, as many come with an unnatural lavender scent added)
• ½ cup citric acid
• ¼ cup corn starch
• 10 to 20 drops of essential oils
• 2 tablespoons of almond oil or avocado oil
• Water in a spray bottle with a fine mist (you will need very little water and want to add it very slowly)
• Dried lavender flowers

Supplies

• Bath Bomb mold
• Gloves, optional (the mixture on its own can be a bit drying for your skin if you are making a bunch of them)

Step 1

Slowly mix all of the dry ingredients together. Don’t dump them all together quickly, otherwise there might be a cloud of dust.

Step 2

Add in the essential oils and mix together with your hands.

Stir in the almond or avocado oil.

Very slowly, start to add in a tiny bit of water at a time. You will want to make sure that each time you add water it is completely mixed in before you start to add more water. Only add enough water so that when you squeeze a handful of the mixture it will hold together.

**Note: If you add too much water or add water too quickly, it will activate the citric acid, causing it to fizz and expand before you want it to, which is in the bath! So it is 100% worth going slow on this one step.

Step 3

Add a pinch of the dried flowers to the center of one half of the mold (one of the two cups).

Next, place some of the mixture on top of the flowers. It doesn’t have to be pressed in, you can just scoop some up with your fingers or a spoon. But you do want the cup to be overfilled with the bath fizzy mixture.

Step 4

In the other half of the mold (the other cup), scoop up more of the mixture. You want both cups to be overflowing with the mix.

Quickly smash the two cups together and give them a gentle twist. I find this helps to sort of lock the sides together. Wipe off the extra mixture back into the bowl.

Step 5

Gently tap each half of the mold with a soft item like a pencil eraser (if you use something hard it could dent the mold) to loosen the mold from the mixture. Then, carefully remove the mold cups and set the bath fizzies on a tray to fully dry. This will take about 24 hours, depending on humidity.

Step 6

You will know when the bath fizzies are completely dry when they feel like porcelain and are rock hard.

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