Discover these Simple Lavender Bath Bombs for Lucious Relaxation

Soothing physically and mentally are these lavender bath bombs. Made with home grown lavender buds and essential oil. We love them and they’re fun to make.

Ingredients

The recipe for bath bombs is super simple. All you need is two parts baking soda to one part citric acid, a little bit of good oil such as jojoba or sweet almond oil, fragrance (I like to use essential oils) and a little bit of water in a spray bottle.

I let my 3 year old help out with the part of mixing the ingredients because she thinks it’s fun to mix things and make messes. Perfect combination.

Process

Mix the dry ingredients first then add the oils. When the mixture feels like damp sand spritz a little water on it the make it stick better. Don’t add too much or your bath bombs will expand and loose their fizzy powers. Just moisten the mixture slightly until you can squeeze it into a ball shape.

In a metal mold add some dried lavender buds or Himalayan pink salt then put the bath bomb mixture on top and in both sides of the molds. Using metal molds helps to compact the mixture better because you can press harder.

Once you’ve pressed the mold together lightly squeeze the edges of the mold to release the bath bomb from the mold. Gently remove the bath bomb and place it on a tray to dry for 24 hours.

Troubleshooting

Bath bombs are temperamental, depending on the weather or rather the humidity level they can react in different and sometimes unpredictable ways. If you live in a very dry area then you will likely need more water in your mixture.

If your mixture is sticky or gummy texture then you need to add more baking soda. I’ve found on those sticky days that if my mixture is clinging to the sides of my mold then I need to add baking soda directly to the mold as if I were dusting a cake pan with flour. The added dry ingredients will help the ball to release from the sides

Sometimes you have humidity in the air that you didn’t count on and your bombs have started to react. Depending on the situation you might be able to add more dry ingredients to the mixture or if the bombs have already been formed and little eruptions have marred your otherwise perfect sphere you can wait until they are fully dried and sand them down. Yep, I know it sounds crazy but if you’ve just made hundreds of these things to sell and they look less than perfect then you need something to fix any mistake.

Both of these bath bombs look ok but you can see that they have little bumps on them that have expanded from too much water. Sanded down they look much more appealing

Here is the full recipe

What cute bath bombs are you making? Share your tips.