Winter Wonderland Bath Bombs

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Bath bombs are basically a dry version of that baking soda and vinegar volcano we all made as kids. The baking soda part stays the same, and for the acid we’re using citric acid, which has the bonus of smelling much nicer than vinegar (citric acid doesn’t really smell like anything) in addition to being dry. We’ll mix the baking soda and citric acid together with some good-for-skin things like Epsom salts and safflower oil, add some colour and essential oils, and then use the smallest amount of liquid possible to hold them together. Too much and they’ll react with themselves before they hit the bath, so it’s important to be as sparing as possible.

You can use water in a mister bottle if that’s all you’ve got, but I highly recommend using witch hazel instead. I find the mixture reacts less with witch hazel, and the finished formed bath bombs dry out much faster as well—double bonus! Water or witch hazel, you’ll definitely want that mister—it makes it possible to add teensy amounts of moisture to the dry mixture and get that teensy amount very well dispersed from the get go.
 
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