Basic Recipe for Bath Bombs
Ingredients you'll need:300g Bicarbonate of Soda Equipment you'll need: A large mixing bowl How to do it: Measure out the bicarbonate of soda and the citric acid into the mixing bowl, seiving if necessary and thoroughly mix together until you have a consistent texture - always mix dry ingredients first. We usually use our hands! If using liquid food or cosmetic/soap colours, add, in drops, enough colour to make the shade you want, mixing it in quickly to avoid it fizzing up. If using a powdered colour, simply add, a little at a time, until you have your desired colour. Measure 10ml of either fragrance or essential oil into mixture. Most essential or fragrance oils will not cause the mixture to fizz, but certain citrus oils may, so if this happens, mix in quickly and thoroughly. Do not leave the mixture to stand or it will slowly start to set. Now, a little at a time and working the mixture all the time, spray a little water on it with the hand sprayer. Mix continuously to avoid it fizzing-up in the bowl and only add enough water to have the mixture start to hold together when lightly squeezed in your hand. Once this point is reached you need to work quickly to compress the mixture into your moulds, making sure you pack it in tightly, leaving no air holes. Once all of your ingredients have been well mixed it is time to start forming your bath bombs. If using a bath bomb ball mould, fill each side about 2/3 full of the mixture. Now immerse each almost-filled half of the bath bomb mould into the mixture and cram them together, catching more of the mixture between each half and filling them up the rest of the way. Tightly press each half together until they have bonded. It doesn't matter if the two halves don’t meet and close, you don’t need them to. Leave a small mixture-filled gap between the two halves for easier removal of the moulds. Once the bath bomb has been formed carefully remove one half of the mould by twisting ever so slightly and pulling away. Now place the bare side of the bath bomb in the palm of your hand and repeat with the other half of the mould. This can be tricky for first-timers but you'll get the hang of it quickly! If you just can’t get your bath bombs out, just use only one half of the mould to make dome-shaped bath bombs instead and remove the mould by tapping the open end in the palm of your hand to release the bath bomb. After 20-30 minutes they should be quite hard. Simply take the bath bomb from the mould and leave it to dry. There! You've made bath bombs. Wasn't that easy! Now you can package them up and give as gifts! We recommend placing each bath bomb in a small clear plastic gift bag and securing it with a colour-co-ordinating ribbon. Once you've mastered the basic bath bomb it only takes a little imagination to start adding to your recipe; to personalise it for yourself, or to give as gifts specific to the recipient; adding favourite scents or essential oils, even dried petals - there is no limit to what you can do! But if you are happier following a recipe I have loads of previously tried-n-tested bath bombs that we have made over the course of the years, just try whichever one you fancy...
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