How to: Beautiful Bath Bomb

Customize your bath bombs with your own fragrances and colors, too!  This homemade bath bomb recipe can include your favorite essential oils, perfumes, fragrances and colors. Make some for yourself or for your friends.

Ingredients and Supplies:

- 1 cup baking soda

- 1/2 cup citric acid

- 1/2 cup Epsom salts

- 1 tsp. water

- 2 tsp. essential oil

- 3 tsp. oil (olive oil)

- food coloring (any color you want)

- bowl

- whisk

- jar

- bath bomb mold

Procedures:

1. Place the dry ingredients in a bowl and then mix them all evenly with the whisk.

2. In a separate container, mix the liquid ingredients together. Note that in this step, the essential oils, fragrances and colors are added. Make sure to pick out lots of fragrance oils to try out here, as you can make many fabulous combinations for bath time. Lavender bath bombs for relaxation and sleep, perhaps tinted purple. Ylang-Ylang and bergamot for a sensual bath bomb, perhaps even add some rose. Tint this one pink. This is the fun step!

3. Slowly add the liquid mixture to the dry mix one small spoon at a time.

4. When well mixed, you simply pack this mixture into a bath bomb mold and pack tightly, then let it dry. Work quickly make sure the bath bomb mixture doesn’t dry out.

5. Tap on the mold lightly and open it. You should end up with a good, beautiful, and well scented bath bomb. 

6. Finally, dump it into your bath tub and enjoy your beautiful bath.