DIY Bath Bombs
Create your own DIY bath bombs with this simple, all-natural recipe. Made with eco-friendly ingredients, these bath bombs offer a refreshing bath while being kind to the environment.
Servings: 6 bath bombs
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup baking soda
- ½ cup citric acid
- ½ cup cornstarch
- ¼ cup epsom salt
- ¼ cup coconut oil 2 oz melted
- 15-20 drops essential oils optional
- 1 tsp vanilla extract optional
- Water
Instructions
- Add dry ingredients to a medium-sized bowl and stir well.
- Mix in the coconut oil, essential oils, and vanilla. Whisk together until well combined.
- Using a spray bottle, spray the mixture with water until the ingredients hold together when squeezed in your hands. Just do one spray at a time (it is easy to oversaturate). See notes below.
- Prepare your bath bomb molds by lightly greasing them with oil.
- Press the mixture into both halves of your lightly greased bath bomb molds until it is overflowing. Then, press the two halves together. Wipe the excess mixture off the sides and set it aside.
- Allow it to dry for 24-48 hours before popping out of the molds. See notes below for removing them from the molds.
Notes
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- If you are having trouble getting the right consistency for the mixture, you may want to check out the video tutorial in the post above!
- You don't want to use too much liquid, or the baking soda and citric acid will begin to react, causing your bath bombs to expand prematurely. Just highly mist 1 mist at a time and mix well. Then, with gloves, lightly squeeze some of the mixture together. It should just hold its shape without crumbling and falling apart.
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- Make sure you overflow each side of the mold with the mixture so that you can firmly compact the ingredients for the best result.
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- If the molds don't pop off easily, you can lightly tap the sides with the blunt end of a butter knife to break it free.