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!

By: Tim Roberts, II

About the Author:
http://www.bubblesandsoap.co.uk

If you have made it to this article, then the odds are that you are looking for different ways to make some extra money. You are probably looking for something that doesn’t take a lot of time to do, and something that is a little different than what everyone else is doing. Well look no further, because we have found one of the easiest and most fun ways to make some extra money. That way is through bath bombs.

So what exactly is a bath bomb? You may know them under the name bath fizzies. Bath bombs are chunks of sodium bicarbonate mixed with citric acid and then combined with colors, essential oils and other skin friendly ingredients. As soon as you drop them into the water, they begin fizzing wildly because the citric acid and sodium bicarbonate begin to produce carbon dioxide. If you have never used a bath fizzy or a bath bomb, then you are really missing out. Not only are they fun to watch, they turn your ordinary old bath into an experience all its own. That is why bath bombs are becoming all the rage.

If you want to start your own bath bomb business, then it’s pretty simple. The ingredients are inexpensive, and you can find recipes all over the web to start off with. After you have made and tested a few batches, you can start experimenting with your own combinations. Add a few crazy names for each bath bomb and you are ready to go. You can sell them in person or over the internet and you are sure to gain a lot of attention and sales!

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It’s time to sadly admit that winter is in and it’s only going to get chillier from here on out. Not that I’m unhappy about that, I love layering clothes and wearing giant coats and making snow angels. But for as many days I love the winter, there are just as many when the wind tries to tear my face off and I just can’t get the chill out of my bones.

I find there is nothing as relaxing as steeping in the tub, and nothing makes a bath better than the accompanied fizz of a bath bomb. It makes sense somehow that in the winter, when our sources of natural water have been converted to hard ice or snow, that we would want to lay in a hot bath.

Those times after a long day, I’ll use bath salts to ease my muscles and light a candle and just lay there. When I’m feeling a little friskier, I keep some Mr. Bubble on hand. Most often though, I want something in between, relaxing and energizing. This is where bath bombs come into play; they’re fizzy and fun but still have the aromatherapy and essential oils to calm me down.

Bath bombs are not only wonderful to use, but they’re surprisingly easy to make and personalize yourself. After scouring various books and websites for the best, easiest to make bath bombs, I decided to experiment with elements from each. Most of the ingredients can be bought at a grocery or drugstore. The hardest thing for me to locate was the citric acid used to make the bath bombs fizz. The best place would be your local winemaking shop or, as I had to do, buy it online.

There are several ways to customize this recipe by using food coloring, special molds, one girl I saw even made bath cupcakes, but I’m not that savvy unfortunately.

Dry Ingredients:
1 cp Bicarbonate of Soda (baking soda) 1/2 cp Epsom salts or Coarse Sea Salts 1/2 cp Acitric Acid 1/2 cp Cornstarch (optional, makes the bomb float)

Wet Ingredients:
1/2 tsp of essential oil or fragrance 3/4 tbsp water or water and liquid glycerin 2 1/2 tbsp of any nut oil (optional)

1. Mix cornstarch, baking soda, essential oil and nut oil until it looks fluffy.
2. Add your Epsom salts and acitric acid. Mix again.
3. Mix in water. This is the hardest part because water starts the chemical reaction in the acitric acid. I use a spray bottle and used about two sprays, just enough where the mixture molds in your hand. Note: Spray every two to three molds as needed to keep enough moisture in the mix.
4. Mold the bombs into shape. I use the bottoms of cheap Easter eggs. Be careful not to twist out of the mold, just tap and it should, with a little luck, fall into the waiting cookie sheet or Pyrex. Repeat with all of the mixture.
5. Cover with a cloth overnight to dry. If you live in a wetter climate, it is possible to put the bombs in the oven at 200 to help the drying process, but my apartment was dry enough.
6. Use one bomb per bath and enjoy.

Here’s another recipe that I though was really too fun not to include, it is also easier than the bombs and great to make with kids.

Bath Cookies:

Ingredients:
2 cps finely ground sea salt (or Epsom salts) 1/2 cp Baking Soda 1/2 cp cornstarch 2 tbsp light oil 1 tsp vitamin E oil (I use capsules and just break the gel coating) 2 eggs 5-6 drops essential oil/vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix all ingredients until doughy.
3. Take about a teaspoon of dough and roll it into a ball or roll the dough out and use cookie cutters. Feel free to add flower petals, cloves, or herbal tea (as I did) in the dough.
4. Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet. Make sure the cookies are a good distance apart otherwise they will run together like my first batch did.
5. Bake for about 10 minutes, no need for browning. Be sure not to over bake them.
6. Allow the cookies to cool completely, I say overnight. Carefully remove them with a spatula; they will be fragile.
7. Use one to two cookies per bath and allow to dissolve.

If your first batch of cookies crumbles like mine did, you can still use them; just place them in a nylon and under the running water as the tub fills up. A nylon is also helpful if you added anything to the dough, such as tea.

By: Freya D'Amico

About the Author:
Freya runs http://www.fishnorfowl.net – where she writes about how to start and achieve your creative goals, cute indie shopping, and the occasional pumpkin eating dinosaur. She lives in Chicago with a six-toed cat and supply of hair dye in every color.