There's nothing like a hot tub to soak away the stresses of the day or to pamper your self before that all-essential date. Most bathtub connoisseurs go the additional step to add bath salts or bubbles to their ritual. Sadly, a great deal of bathtub products contain some rather suspect substances (believe parabens, petrochemicals, synthetic fragrances..., but there are tons of DIY remedies for this issue, and homemade bathtub bombs are not only fun, they leave your skin feeling soft and rejuvenated.
Bathtub bombs work a good deal like those volcano projects you built in grade school, the ones where you added vinegar to baking soda for an explosive, fizzy reaction?except the acid in bathtub bombs is great deal a lot more body-friendly, and there's no mess to clean up at the end of the day. They combine baking soda and citric acid powder, which react only once you drop the bomb into water. In the tub, the bombs bounce around, fizzing and releasing vital oils into the h2o and air, making your tub a fun and luxuriously custom affair.
You can get bathtub bombs at a good deal of drugstores, and numerous businesses produce some wonderful nearly-natural bath bombs. But they're fairly easy to make, and if you have a scent or skin sensitivity, this is the ideal solution for you.
You'll need:
Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)
Citric acid (fine)
Witch Hazel
Important oils
Molds (max. diameter 2 inches)
Rubber gloves (optional)
How to Make Your Own Bath Bombs:
To make bath bombs, blend one component citric acid and two parts sodium bicarbonate (baking soda). If you love sea salts or Epsom salts in your bath, you can also add 1 portion of either salt, just be positive it's a fine grain. Make sure these dry substances are blended well, otherwise your bath bomb may be a dud.
After the dry components are blended, add in your essential oils for scent. Important oils are derived from plants, so numerous folks who are sensitive or allergic to synthetic scents can handle the real thing. If you have pollen allergies, steer clear of oils from flowers and opt instead for herbs. There is no limit on your creativity here. You can add just one oil, such as lavender, or a personal mix, such as rosemary and mint.
The next step is a bit tricky. Making use of a spray bottle, spray witch hazel into the combination whilst blending continuously. As soon as the mixture starts to stick collectively when you press down on it, you need to have to get it into the molds.
Most tub bombs are spherical, but you can also use rubber ice-cube molds to make much more festive shapes like hearts, four-leaf clovers and even Santa Claus. Be confident to firmly pack the mixture in the ice-cube molds.
Making a sphere is a little much more effort, but absolutely worth it if you're gifting the bath bombs. Simply pack the mixture into two dome molds, heaping additional blend on top, then squeeze the open ends of the molds collectively to create a sphere (don't worry if some of the combination spills out at the seam?spillage means the blend is dense sufficient so that the tub bomb won't crumble when it hits the water).
After a couple of minutes, gently tap the bombs out of the molds and enable tub bombs to dry on a towel for at least a couple of hours, but preferably overnight. Wrap bathtub bombs in plain tissue paper and keep in a plastic, airtight container until you're ready to use them. Don't keep the bombs in metal containers, and don't rest them on metal between baths, as the substances will react with the container.
Every single bathtub bomb really should last at least a couple of baths, if not far more-it really just depends on the size of the bomb...and how long you soak in the tub!
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