Bath bombs

[DarwinLoves]

My daughters love lush bath bombs but they are so expensive (the kids are only 8 and 6).

Can anyone recommend a cheaper alternative that's still colourful and fun?

Only people who clean the bath should bellowed to use bath bombs!

Be allowed..

I got DD some for her sticking from Asda at the weekend, they had some Christmas themed ones (we got a Santa & reindeer) and some rainbows, unicorns etc.

Stocking even!!

I quite like The Body Shop ones which I think are about £1.50

Make them!

1 cup of bicarbonate soda
1/2 cup of citric acid
1/2 cup of cornflour
1/2 cup of Epsom salts
Tablespoon of melted coconut oil
Teaspoon of essential oil such as Lavender or Orange.

Mix together. Use a spray bottle to spritz mixture gently with small amount of water and pack into a mould (you can use yogurt pots if necessary).

Fun for the kids to do and no bits of flower to clean out of the bath!

i buy primark ones for my son who wants a bath bomb in every bath he has. they’re a pound each, all different shapes and colours.

Bomb cosmetics have amazing bath bombs that I've used a few times.. They're a bit cheaper than lush ones and are just as good, if not better..
bombcosmetics.co.uk/bath-and-shower/bath-blasters

Try Just My Look online - they're around £2.50, they're cute and I had great feedback about them last year and have ordered more to give as gifts this year

Boots had some nice ones, snowman, candy cane, snowflake etc - £4 each, 3 for 2

Thanks for that recipe @WhenYouCantRunYouCrawl
Might try making some with the dc.

Try Geekyclean: geekyclean.com/ and Becky's Bath Bombs: www.beckysbathbombs.co.uk/

I am a big Lush fan but rate the above highly too!

Home Bargains and Asda have loads in at the moment, will be stocking up for my littlest for Christmas.

Yes the body shop ones are reasonable price and decent ingredients too, they don't leave a mess either. You can get 3 for $5 or similar. They don't have a big 'bomb' look though but my DDs like them.

They smell lovely and colour the water.

You can make (and buy cheaper) than Lush. Much as I love a bit of Lush, the glittery crap in their BBs is very annoying and makes a mess of the bath (and DH’s beard one time ).

I quite like Bimble too www.bimble.co/ and Bomb Cosmetics (as above) do some lovely ones, I find some smell better/more than others, but I had a lovely soap and vampire bath bomb from there recently!

I second the ones in primark and boots! The poundshop have a pack of 3 dinosaur shaped bombs for a pound, my son likes those ones x

Home Bargains 49p each or a pack of 3 Mr. Men/Little Miss £1.99.

How about buying them a kit to make their own, they might enjoy that.

I love CocoBubble - they're all kiddy designs (when they melt there's a toy inside, or a snowman on) but also gentle ingredients for their skin.

I've tried so many and don't think any match up to Lush. The smell is so much better for one thing. Which is annoying because they never have special offers!

Asda seem to be selling loads of them this year and I think they are BOGOF, they look similar to bomb cosmetics bath bombs.

My dc’s love lush too but they have sensitive skin dh’s always makes them itch .

I got a box of 12 of them for 13 quid for DD off Amazon, brand is STNTUS and just as good as Lush.

I get them from Wilkinson's and the Range. Both smell lovely and reasonably priced too

Thank you @dontalltalkatonce those ones look really good. I'll have to try them.