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A-Z Guide How to Make Bath Bombs: Easy Guide on Masterfully creating beautiful bath bombs.
A-Z Guide How to Make Bath Bombs: Easy Guide on Masterfully creating beautiful bath bombs.
A-Z Guide How to Make Bath Bombs: Easy Guide on Masterfully creating beautiful bath bombs.
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A-Z Guide How to Make Bath Bombs: Easy Guide on Masterfully creating beautiful bath bombs.

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• There are many uses of bath bombs, the primary one being the feeling of being pampered and indulged. You feel relaxed after a few minutes in such an environment. Create a spa-like atmosphere. Add music, take a book and soak in. Or have something hot to drink or just wear a face mask. By the time you finish the bath, your mask would do its job and help you look great.





• Bath bombs that have essential oils like eucalyptus oil help you with sinus relief. Just use warm water in the tub and drop in a bomb and relax. Other bath bombs with specific essential oils help you relieve muscle pain and improve sleep.





• Use bath bombs for aromatherapy, which will make you feel less stressed and more awake. It will reduce anxiety and lift depression and leave you energized and lively. Hence, choose the bath bombs accordingly.





• You can also display a bath bomb in a nice cool dish in the bathroom. It will disintegrate slowly and act as an air freshener with a nice subtle fragrance.

LanguageEnglish
PublishersbBooks
Release dateNov 14, 2017
ISBN9781537883687
A-Z Guide How to Make Bath Bombs: Easy Guide on Masterfully creating beautiful bath bombs.
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Lisa Bond

Lisa Bond lives with her husband and 4 children in Belmont, California. After 20 years in accounting, she decided to write about the little things in life that made her and her family very happy. She stopped analyzing spread sheets and profit and loss and began writing about her many hobbies such as making bath bombs, gardening, raising backyard chickens, bee keeping and many more topics in her vast collection of skill sets. Fortunately, she learned the skill of research at Smith College and she is always studying new things that help her and her family live a better life. Lisa loves sharing ideas with the world.

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    A-Z Guide How to Make Bath Bombs - Lisa Bond

    Introduction

    Bath bombs are compact little balls that bubble and fizz when they're tossed into a tub full of water. As they bubble, they release the contents of the bath bomb into the tub, filling it with the vegetable oils, butters, salts and essential oils contained inside.

    They look like they're difficult to make, but once you get the hang of it, bath bombs are actually fairly easy to put together. That doesn't stop manufacturers from charging a premium for them, as they can cost a small fortune in the store, with some companies charging as much as $10 to $15 per bath bomb. When you make them at home, you can get the cost down to a buck or two per bath bomb.

    There are only 6 ingredients that go into making a basic bath bomb:

    Baking soda.

    Citric acid.

    Corn starch.

    Epsom salts.

    Vegetable oil.

    Water or witch hazel.

    Of those 6 ingredients, the 2 key ingredients are the baking soda and the citric acid because they're the ingredients that make the magic happen. Combine them when they're dry and nothing happens. Add water to the equation and a chemical reaction occurs that creates carbon dioxide. The effect you get when you throw a bath bomb in the tub is similar to that of carbonation in a soda, as the carbon dioxide bubbles pour out of the bath bomb and into the water.

    The corn starch is added to provide buoyancy, as most people prefer their bath bombs to float at the top of the tub. When the corn starch is left out, a bath bomb will still create bubbles; it'll just do so from the bottom of the tub.

    Epsom salts are added to provide volume and because they're good for the skin and for the body. A bath with Epsom salts in it is relaxing and can help relieve stress. Other natural salts like Himalayan pink sea salt can be substituted for the Epsom salt to good effect.

    Vegetable oils are used as carrier oils to disperse the essential oils and other bath bomb ingredients into the tub. These carrier oils carry essential oils deep within the skin, where they can be absorbed into the blood stream and carried throughout the body. Certain butters can also be added to bath bombs to ensure they moisturize the skin and leave it feeling supple and smooth.

    The last ingredient required to make bath bombs is either water or witch hazel. This ingredient is added to the bath bomb mixture to make sure it's damp enough to where it can be pressed into the mold and will retain its shape until it's had a chance to dry. When adding water or witch hazel to a recipe, it's important to only add a little bit at a time or you could set off the reaction between the baking soda and the citric acid. If this happens and you start to see bubbles, you can usually stop the reaction by quickly stirring the area that's bubbling.

    All other ingredients are optional, and are added to create a

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