Bath Bombs - Fizzing
1 1/2 cups cup of Baking soda or Bicarbonate of Soda
1/2 cup of Citric acid
2 tsp of Almond Oil or Apricot kernel oil
1/2 tbs of Water
5 drops of Food coloring
10-15 drops of Fragrance oil or essential oilMakes 7 medium sized Bath Bombs.
Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and stir until well mixed.
Drizzle in the almond oil and stir until mixture is moistened. Add more oil and fragrance and stir until well mixed.
If the mixture is crumbly then add more oil or a dash of water.
Roll the mixture into a ball using your hands or press it into a lightly oiled mold. Use a bath bomb mold or a chocolate mold.
Let it slip out from the mold and then put the ball/shape on a sheet of wax paper and leave it to dry till it is hard. It make take several days.
Store them in a airtight container.
Use 1 Bath bomb per bath.
* For alternative oil substitutes read the "Moisturizing oil" article.
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Wow! This is great for last minute gifts!
you can find this @ lush but it is not cheap at all!
This sounds good!
You can use muffin tins.
the bath bomb just won't come out round....
easy n fun! thanks
A good cheap mold is a tennis ball cut in half. Make sure you lightly coat the inside of the ball with some oil first. A can of tennis balls will go a long way!
Ok, don't add too much water - oil is better!! Add water with spray to evenly distribute - thank you x
This is a gr8 craft.4 years I had bought these, at $3.00 a pop. The cheapest place to buy ANY citric Acid is a health food store. you can buy it @ bulk. Other places such as grocery stores or pharmacy's are out of this world as far as pricing
This is so cool!
2 cool!
I would like to try this one year. It sounds real fun. (:
You can find citric acid at mountainroseherbs.com for very cheap...
this looks cool to make, i can't wait to try it out. i needed something to spice up my bath. sweet.
:-)I have to try this!
this craft is sooo cool.i cant wait to try it out.
is there anything that i can substitute for the citric acid, or is there a spacific place I can find it?
These are great but i had to use much more oil than the recipe stated.
cool
sounds so cool and fun to make
great simple recipe and easy for children to make
sounds so cool and fun to make
I have found citric acid @ "grain/feed" stores & hardware stores (in rural areas), also found at wal-mart
Can I put any coloring into it? If so is there a certain kind
For Easter you can shape them into eggs useing those little hollow plastic eggs.
i love this craft! its great for any mothers day gift or for any young teens party! i was very impressed with how well this worked!!
You can replace the citric acid for more dry ingredients, The citric acid is what gives it a fizz, but you can substitute and they turn out great.
I am gathering my ingredients and the only problem is citric acid. I found what i think it could be in a health food store, but the directions said it was for baking. It looked like it was in crystal form, is this the one? I am flumoxed!
I live in a slightly rural area and and could not find citric acid in any supermarket.I found it at an amish bulk food store,just an fyi for anyone with the same problem
I really like haveing these in my bath at night so do my kids
A great recipie
nice to find a basic bath bomb kit
To Debs1980: Yup, it says so in the instructions that you can put them in a mold.
I'd love to try this but can you put these in molds to harden if you lightly oil them? I'm new to all this lol haven't tried anything yet :-/
I found a "Fruit Fresh" product that contained citric acid would this work?
Hi, what is the citric acid for? I have been to three different stores this morning and could not find it. Would it be by another name?
Hello, I have added a link above with alternative oil.