DIY BATH BOMBS – The Perfect Valentine’s Day Gift

Winter is the season for hot relaxing baths and with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, these DIY bath bomb’s are the perfect little gift for your loved ones or to treat yourself because you deserve it!  Here’s how to make them…

BATH BOMB INGREDIENTS 

*makes approximately 10 bath bombs*

2 cups baking soda

1 cup corn starch

1 cup epson salt

1 cup citric acid

4 teaspoons of essential oil or scent

2 teaspoons of water

4 teaspoons of oil

[optional] – sprinkles, dried flowers, food colouring, etc.

mixing bowls

measuring cups & spoons

mold

• Mix the baking soda, corn starch and epson salt into a bowl.
• In a separate bowl, mix essential oil (I used a rose essential oil from Michaels), oil (I used coconut oil) and water.  Also, you can add colour to your bath bomb by mixing food colouring into your oil mixture.  You can eye-ball it until you get the exact colour you wish for.
• Slowly add the oil mixture into the dry mix.  Mix well until you get a wet-sand consistency.  If you find it’s too powdery, make more oil mixture and keep adding small amounts until to you achieve the right consistency.
• Add 1 cup of citric acid and mix well. *Make sure to add the citric acid last or else your mixture will turn into a fizzy goop!
• At the bottom of your mold, place any dried flowers or sprinkles you would like to add, then start packing in the bath bomb mixture.  (Suggestions for molds are cookie cutters, chocolate/candy molds, christmas ornament molds).  I found these heart containers at the Superstore and lined them with plastic saran wrap to help pull out the bath bomb.
• Be very gentle with the bath bombs as they are very fragile at this point.  Line a baking sheet with wax paper and let your bath bombs dry & take shape in room temperature for 24hrs.
• After 24hrs they are ready to be used or to give away this Valentine’s Day.  For that special someone, add a new lush robe with a bottle of wine and you have the ultimate pampering experience!

  

Here are some other great items you can pair with your homemade bath bombs.

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Sending you all love this Valentine’s Day!

XO

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