Basic Bath Bomb Recipe
You will need:-
Bicarbonate Soda - 500g
Citric Acid - 250g
Corn Starch 100g
Witch Hazel approx 50ml
Food colouring
Essential Oisl up to 5ml
Moulds (silicon moulds recommended)
Method:-
Blend the dry ingredients together very thoroughly (use a sieve or a mixer). Add food colouring and essential oils into to the Witch Hazel and place in a spray bottle. Now, this is the difficult part. Spritz (with the spray bottle) the Witch Hazel onto your batch while stirring with the other hand. When your batch sticks together when squished, you need to start putting it in the moulds – time is of the essence. If you wait too long, the mixture will get hard. If you spritz too much, the mixture will be too wet and “grow” and begin the fizzing reaction. Put the bombs in moulds – wait a few minutes and tap them out. Let them air dry for 3 or 4 hours and you will have amazing bath bombs. The harder you pack the bath bombs, the more dense, heavy and durable bomb you will get.
Bath Creamers (like small golf balls)
You will need:-
600g Bicarbonate Soda
300g Citric Acid
100g of Cocoa Butter
50g Shea Butter
50ml Almond Oil
100gm Corn Flour
1.5ml of essential oil or fragrance oil
Botanicals (petals etc) laid out in cling film
Method:-
Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly. Melt the Cocoa Butter in a bain-marie then add the Shea Butter. Add the essential oils or fragrance oils to the melted butters. Add the wet products to the dry and wearing gloves gently combine. Roll into golf ball sized shapes and roll them on the botanicals (contained on the cling film sheet). Leave to cool. Note: the level of skin nurturing butter in this product will make the bath slippery.
Safety note: these recipes are not commercial formulas they are for personal use only. If you would like a bespoke product made for you please contact Base Formula.
