If you do not have a mold, put on some kitchen or medical gloves so the ingredients don't stick to your hands and shape the bath salts into balls, as if you were rolling meatballs. Quickly get your preferred bath fizzy mold or a cupcake tin and very tightly pack the damp ingredients into the mold.Use a spoon or your fingers to combine ingredients until you have a texture that is similar to damp sand.Slowly add the liquid mixture to the powdered mixture, a little at a time.If you want to make a multi-colored bath bomb, separate your ingredients into several bowls and add a different coloring to each. Do not mix colors to avoid making a muddy-looking mixture. In a separate small bowl, measure the mineral oil and add a few drops of your favorite food coloring.
Whisk them together to ensure they are evenly mixed. Combine all dry ingredients in a larger bowl.8 tsp unsweetened powdered lemonade mix.Here is one of our favorite baking soda bath bomb recipes, which makes 2-5 bath bombs, depending on the size mold you use. How Do You Make a Bath Bomb With Baking Soda? Additionally, some recipes can include surprises inside the bath bomb like flower petals, biodegradable glitter, or toys that are just for fun and do not affect how a bath fizzy works. Many DIY bath bomb recipes also include essential oils and salts for added aromatherapy or to help sooth sore muscles or moisturize skin. Often this is some type of oil, or other ingredient like witch hazel, isopropyl alcohol, or water. Bath bombs also tend to include food coloring and a binding agent that keeps the ingredients packed together in the molded shape. The modulator prevents the two active ingredients from fizzing before the bath bomb is put in the tub and slows down the fizzing reaction so it lasts several minutes once it's in the water. When those two ingredients come in contact with water, they produce carbon dioxide, which you see in the form of air bubbles or fizz.īeyond baking soda and a dry acid, bath bombs typically contain a modulator, such as corn starch. Bath bombs work by combining the higher pH alkali (baking soda) with a low pH dry acid (such as citric acid). If you've ever seen an experiment where baking soda combines with vinegar to make a foamy reaction, that same principle is at work behind a bath fizzy. The main ingredient that powers a fizzy bath bomb is sodium bicarbonate, also known as baking soda.
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