Just put warm water in your bath tub, drop your bomb, and Voilà! You have a fizzy explosion of color, fragrance, moisturizing oils, relaxing salts, aromatic herbs, rose petals, or any other fun surprise.

After a hard day of work, is always relaxing to come home and drop one of these bombs in the bath tub. Their fizzy eruption release a super charge of essential oils and relaxing salts, that will make you feel like a queen.

Bath bombs have been very popular lately, they make great gifts, or you can just simply use it to pamper yourself, and make your own Spa at home.

Bath bombs are very easy to make at home, and the most exciting part of making your own bomb, is to choose the ingredients: Combination of colors, flavors, aromas, and moisturizing ingredients. No need to be an expert in aromatherapy to choose the right ingredient for the fizzes, just decide which aroma you prefer, or what kind of effect you want your bomb to have on your mind and body.

Here is a simple recipe to make a basic bath bomb, after a while and with more practice, you can customize this recipe and create a formula of your own.

Ingredients:

  • 4 oz. baking soda
  • 2 oz. cornstarch
  • 2 oz. epsom salt
  • 2 oz. citric acid
  • 1 tbsp. coconut oil
  • 1 tsp. water
  • 1 tsp. food color
  • 1 tsp. essential oil

Procedure:

  1. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.
  2. Mix all wet ingredients in a separate bowl.
  3. Add the wet mix to the dry mix, and mix all together.
  4. Put the mix in a plastic mold, or mold it by hand.
  5. Let it dry for approximately 6-8 hours.
  6. After they harden, they are ready to use. Enjoy!!