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Materials
3 tablespoons Epsom salt (or coarse sea salt)
1/2 cup baking soda
1/4 cup cornstarch or arrowroot powder
1/4 cup citric acid
1 tablespoon coconut oil (I used baby oil)
spraying bottle with witch hazel or water
liquid food or soap coloring
essential oils (optional)
Tools
Bath bomb molds or plastic craft ornaments (I put them in cupcake cups)
I used the pamper chef wood tool to pack it down.
1 large and 1 small mixing bowl
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Instructions
Color the Epsom Salt. Divide 3 tablespoons of Epsom salt between 2 bowls. Add one drop of
food or soap coloring to one bowl and add a drop of another color to the other. Add more drops
for a more intense color. Stir to evenly distribute the color over the salts.
Let the salts sit while they soak up the dye. Divide the salts over more batches if you want to
use more colors.
Combine dry ingredients. Put the baking soda, cornstarch and citric acid in a large mixing bowl.
Whisk together with a spoon or fork.
This would also be the time to add your essential oils, if using. Add between 10 to 30 drops,
depending on how strong you want the scent to be and how sensitive your skin is to essential
oils.
Add coconut oil. Carefully add 1 heaping tablespoon of coconut oil (or other carrier oil) to your
dry mixture. Mix all the ingredients together and make sure to smooth out all the lumps.
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If you want you can melt the coconut oil first. This will make it easier to mix the oil with the rest
of the ingredients.
Spritz with witch hazel/water Take a handful of the mixture and squeeze it together with your
fingers in the palm of your hand. The powder should clump together.
If it doesn't you can spritz it lightly with some water (or witch hazel) in a spraying bottle. Stir
well between each spritz and make sure the mixture doesn't start to fizz in the bowl! Check
regularly to see if the mixture clumps together. Once the mixture looks like slightly damp sand,
it's ready.
Molding time. Add the colored salts to the batch. Carefully stir the salts into the mixture. I put a
few salts at the bottom of my mold because, well, it looks pretty! Fill your mold one spoonful at a
time. Press the mixture down firmly after each scoop.
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Let your molds sit for a few hours or overnight. Carefully take the bath bomb out of its mold and
wrap as a gift or keep for yourself!
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Originally Submitted
3/24/2017
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