We thought that making bath bombs would be easy! Fun even! So far neither of those descriptions are accurate. Messy would be a better word or perhaps Damn Frustrating more precise.
We tried five different recipes over five days. That is a LOT of wasted ingredients. Although in saying that we did harvest some to package as Bath Salts ð
We watched numerous YouTube videos. Everybody seems to have their own technique. Some use rubbing alcohol, others prefer witch hazel. Some use corn starch whilst others say it could potentially cause a yeast infection. Some like Epsom salts yet others claim it is too drying. Bottom line is that there are a lot of potential ingredients but at the end of the day you have to decide what works best.
The final recipe we tried was found on a Bath Bomb forum. The creator kindly shared it for free. We discovered that a lot of people guard their recipe like a precious treasure, telling nobody it’s secrets. It was the most successful of all, the mixture held together perfectly with no cracks or breakages. The euphoria we felt after making them was priceless. You would only understand if you had experienced the previous disasters ðĪŠ About an hour after making them we noticed that some had formed tiny bubbles on the surface. Not being Bath Bomb experts we could only guess what was happening. It was a particularly hot day, 41 degrees Celsius. Perhaps they had started to activate in the heat. The only way to tell will be making them again on a cooler day.
The final test, putting them in the ð. The performance was slightly lack lustre. They didn’t have much fizz and the bubbles were almost non existent. The reason for that, or so we think, was the fact that the recipe lacked SLSA. SLSA is the main ingredient for making bath bombs bubbly. It can be an irritant for those with sensitive skin and therefore some people choose not to use it. We read that certain ingredients can replicate the bubbles such as powdered buttermilk. It is commonly sold on soap making sites so perhaps that is true. We were also disappointed with the colour. Our pink mica looked pretty on the bath bomb but lacked substance once in the bath. From our You Tube viewings we knew that bath colour was an important part of the process. A lot of people place embeds in their bombs. Embeds are small versions of the bath bomb but with fewer ingredients that are placed inside the bath bomb for added fizz and colour. We also discovered that when using colourants water soluble dyes are the preferred option. They give a much deeper and effective colour in the bath.
Here is a photo of one of our finished Bath Bombs. We added pour and melt soap on the top with sugar sprinkles in order to hide the crater look that had formed on our bombs. I’m not sure that sitting in a bath filled with sugar ( from the sprinkles) is a good idea but it is probably better than eating it ( at least for the waistline ð)
SLSA
We tried five different recipes over five days. That is a LOT of wasted ingredients. Although in saying that we did harvest some to package as Bath Salts ð
We watched numerous YouTube videos. Everybody seems to have their own technique. Some use rubbing alcohol, others prefer witch hazel. Some use corn starch whilst others say it could potentially cause a yeast infection. Some like Epsom salts yet others claim it is too drying. Bottom line is that there are a lot of potential ingredients but at the end of the day you have to decide what works best.
The final recipe we tried was found on a Bath Bomb forum. The creator kindly shared it for free. We discovered that a lot of people guard their recipe like a precious treasure, telling nobody it’s secrets. It was the most successful of all, the mixture held together perfectly with no cracks or breakages. The euphoria we felt after making them was priceless. You would only understand if you had experienced the previous disasters ðĪŠ About an hour after making them we noticed that some had formed tiny bubbles on the surface. Not being Bath Bomb experts we could only guess what was happening. It was a particularly hot day, 41 degrees Celsius. Perhaps they had started to activate in the heat. The only way to tell will be making them again on a cooler day.
The final test, putting them in the ð. The performance was slightly lack lustre. They didn’t have much fizz and the bubbles were almost non existent. The reason for that, or so we think, was the fact that the recipe lacked SLSA. SLSA is the main ingredient for making bath bombs bubbly. It can be an irritant for those with sensitive skin and therefore some people choose not to use it. We read that certain ingredients can replicate the bubbles such as powdered buttermilk. It is commonly sold on soap making sites so perhaps that is true. We were also disappointed with the colour. Our pink mica looked pretty on the bath bomb but lacked substance once in the bath. From our You Tube viewings we knew that bath colour was an important part of the process. A lot of people place embeds in their bombs. Embeds are small versions of the bath bomb but with fewer ingredients that are placed inside the bath bomb for added fizz and colour. We also discovered that when using colourants water soluble dyes are the preferred option. They give a much deeper and effective colour in the bath.
Here is a photo of one of our finished Bath Bombs. We added pour and melt soap on the top with sugar sprinkles in order to hide the crater look that had formed on our bombs. I’m not sure that sitting in a bath filled with sugar ( from the sprinkles) is a good idea but it is probably better than eating it ( at least for the waistline ð)
SLSA
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