Making bath bombs

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I just love bath bombs.... and want to make some

AM 'watching' some citric acid and bicarb on ebay... Presume they neutralise each pther and are safe to pu in bath water?

Any folks tried to make them? Am womdering about uing herbs or spices, maybe things from the garden rather than essential oils. What do you think?

I want to bath in goreousness....... (usually with my 2 year old!!!! She like decadence too....)

Have made these with my science classes

you need to play around to get the proportions right

use essential oils (ones that are ok for skin ie massage oils) to scent it

Sorry just reread things from the garden should be ok if you stick to herbs etc you are familiar with

don't chuck in random pretty flowers you could have a skin reaction

You will still need some oil to bind it together though

Coooool.... ANy recomendations for proportions or does it depend on the batch you get?

Was thinking I might use rosemary... Though I really like patchouli oil.

Quite fancy somthing like patchouli and pepper corns...

I crave delicous baths.... hot and deep..

Can you put coconut oil in or anything?

From my salters chem club book:

20g bicarb
10g citric acid

mix well, add scent/herbs. Add oil bit by bit till mixture is the consistency of wet sand. If it gets too moist you can add more of each dry ingredient

take care citric acid is an irritant, it will sting in any cuts, and in eyes(but is safe and nontoxic)

have fun

Bicarb and citric acid are both 'safe'.

I make bath salts using mostly magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts). It has nice skin-friendly properties.

I do this with my pupils at school and colour using food colouring, and scent using essential oils, such as lavender. You can add other aesthetic ingredients, but they are just that - image and fun, not therapeutic.

Look on the soap kitchen website, they have some free recipes, I made bath bombs at christmas and they worked really well. THe main thing is to use a spray bottle to mist the water in and then squish it all together quickly so that is doesn't all fizz up while making it.

Nice one,

There are theraputic - means I'm resting long enough to have a bath!!!!

there is a great recipe in the 'grow your own drugs '(no, not that kind) book (from BBC 2 series - by david (i think) Wong.

Worth noting that the citric acid can damage eyes if it gets into them so just to take extra care if making these with small children (or older kids mucking about lol)

I have done these with groups of children and we got all ' LUSH' with them and chucked in (cosmetic grade)glitter, lavender and rose petals etc - great fun ! Enjoy : )

I used 2 parts bicarb to 1 part citric acid. then 2-3 tbsp of oil (i used olive) then you can add dried lavander. I also coloured it slightly with food colouring but you need to bind this in quickly as it starts to fizz.

Have you tried OAT and LAVANDER baths? These a brilliant and very moisturising.