How to make bath bombs at home as naturally as possible using essential oils & natural colours
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- Опубликовано: 15 фев 2023
- Today we are going to show you how we make bath bombs as naturally and safely as we believe possible.
When it comes to natural, there is no specific definition of what the term "natural" really means in relation to bath and body products, so it is very much down to personal definition.
Both citric acid and bicarbonate of soda can be found naturally within the environment, but due to cost and supply and demand issues, the majority of citric acid and bicarbonate of soda used within the bath and body industry is actually manufactured in a lab. For this reason, we don't believe it is possible (by our own definition) to create a 100% natural bath bomb as to us, using an ingredient that has been lab manufactured (even if that same ingredient can be found in nature) makes it synthetic (to us at least!)
We also add an ingredient to act as an emulsifying agent into our bath bombs (for us, this is SCI powder, but other emulsifying agents are available). SCI powder is naturally derived from Coconuts, our suppliers do refer to it as a natural ingredient, but we prefer the term "naturally derived" as to us this seems more honest. We add in the SCI powder to ensure the oils and water in our recipe combine together and do not separate when the bath bomb goes into the water. Making bath bombs containing oil (including essential/fragrance oils) without adding in an emulsifier of some kind can lead to the oil and water separating, leaving a layer of oil floating on top of the bath water, which can lead to safety issues, both in the form of slipping and also in relation to the risk of neat essential/fragrance oils coming into direct contact with your skin, which can cause sensitisation issues. Though there are recipes available online which use oils but do not contain an emulsifier of any kind, we personally wouldn't recommend these for the reasons mentioned above.
If you wish to recreate our bath bombs, then here is the recipe which we used today which will make 6 bath bombs of approximately 170g each.
Portion One (White Part)
Bicarbonate of soda 336g
Citric acid 168g
Cream of Tartar 18g
SCI powder 15g
Grapeseed Oil 9g
Sweet Orange essential oil 5g
Water 8g
Portion Two (Orange Part)
Bicarbonate of soda 336g
Citric acid 168g
Cream of Tartar 18g
SCI powder 15g
Grapeseed Oil 9g
Sweet Orange essential oil 5g
Water 6g
Liquid Annatto extract (from The Soap Kitchen) 2g
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I just made some using this recipe, I can't tell you how long I been scratching my head at how I could make bath bombs naturally as possible, thank you so much Ann. I am so excited to see the results, one batch I put french pink clay and purple brazilian clay using a natural fragrance oil that smells like raspberry and sweet pea and the other batch I left uncolored and scented with a natural milky coconut fragrance :)
Making them I've always had the problem of the oils separating and the tub becoming super slippery with that scummy film. I never knew of this ingredient used as an emulsifier so thank you for this information! Blessings 🙏🌸💗✨️
just a tip for you put some cling film over the drying tray and it will stop the bombs having to be dropped into mold keeps their shape perfectly but also supports them. much easier to get out too
Great video. Thank you for sharing.
these sound incredible Ann. I have to sleep now, its almost 3am, and im binge watching your videos ( again ) haha ...Terry
Thanks
Thank you 😘
Hi, Ann. I love your videos. They are supper instructive. Thank you for all the great tutorials. I was wondering, what level of humidity do you work in?
Hi Ann this is fab and thank you for sharing. Just wondered if you could clarify the water and Sci amounts as I see the purple bath bombs you made in an earlier video used more water and more Sci for the same volume of bircarb/citric acid ? Thank you
Ann, once again, you explain fully and clearly. Thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos. Big thumbs up
Thanks Anne great tutorial as always 👍
Really enjoyed your video i'm starting to make bath bombs so thanks so much
interesting and informative, as per usual. Love listening to your voice.
Awesome 😎
😲 I've never seen a bath bomb made before, but wow when you released it from the mold! 😲 it's essentially still just powder with such a tiny amount of moisture!
I absolutely love my bath bombs like this, beautiful products!
Loved the video, can’t wait to try this recipe! One question, though, do you think I can skip the blender and mix by hand?
Fantastic video! I've been thinking of trying some bathbombs using clays to colour too. I have annatto extracted into oil, I wonder if I could use that instead? 🤔 anyway thanks Anne.
I can’t seem to locate the Annatto extract on the soap kitchen website-is it still available do you now. Thanks Anne threat video as always 😀
Is there any other thing you could use from the pantry to replace the SCIi, if you don't have any onhand?