Adding a small amount of moisture, whether this is water, witch hazel or comes from your ingredients, you want enough that softens your mixture to bind your ingredients. It turns your powdered mixture into a snowball like consistency, allowing your ingredients to blend and hold together. Then as they dry and harden they build strength and hold together perfectly. What do bath bombs do for you? Making bath bombs can be just as fun as using them! Understanding the process to create your very own bath bombs, where you can tailor the colours, the scent and the properties to suit your needs is all part of the fun. Propylene glycol is a clear, syrupy liquid, with no color, odour or taste. It is a synthetic liquid, completely soluble in water, which helps the skin to absorbs moisture. It also helps the hair to be soft and easy to brush. Because propylene glycol is usually derived from petrochemicals it was removed from most things and replaced by sorbitol and in 2017, a rapeseed oil-based source was found and the compound has been reintroduced into cosmetic products.

Biodegradable Purple Fine Glitter – Rayon, Glycerin, Aqua, Urea, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, CI 77000, CI 74160, CI 15850 Biodegradable Red Fine Glitter – Rayon, Glycerin, Aqua, Urea, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, CI 77000, CI 11710, CI 15850 Biodegradable Silver Fine Glitter – Rayon, Glycerin, Aqua, Urea, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, CI 77000 Citral can be a colourless or pale, yellow liquid with a strong, fresh odour of lemon peel. Citral is widely found in essential oils such as bergamot, cardamom, geranium, ginger, grapefruit, lemon, lemongrass, lime, neroli, sweet orange, petitgrain, rose and red thyme. It is found as a constituent of essential oils in some of our products. Sometimes it is added in its synthetic form to give a fresh, lemon odour to perfumes or help to develop rose note in soap perfumery. Geraniol is a colourless liquid; it has a sweet, rose-like odour, with a hint of citrus Geraniol occurs naturally in essential oils, such as geranium, rose and lemon, and sometimes we add it to formulas in a synthetic form to fragrance with a floral touch.Biodegradable Green Fine Glitter – Rayon, Glycerin, Aqua, Urea, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, CI 77000, CI 19140, CI 42090 Before you start building your bath bombs you need to make sure the mixture has a snowball like consistency. From a distance spray your mixture with water and mix until you start to feel the consistency change.

Add the bicarbonate of soda and the citric acid into the mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly until you have a consistent texture. Do you want to find out what all of the hype is around bath bombs and why people everywhere are so excited about them? Bath bombs are an amazing combination of unique ingredients that creates an incredible, fizzy and foaming effect when they are dropped into water. Not only that, they release delightful aromas that fill your tub with amazing fragrance and vibrant colors that make every bath an adventure! Creating DIY bath bombs is not only enjoyable but also incredibly useful. Whether you are an experienced crafter or just starting out with the art of making beauty products, this blog post will walk you through each step so that you can craft perfect bath bombs from the comfort of your own home – even if it’s your first time attempting any kind of cosmetics or toiletries project. Keep adding small sprays of water until your mixture starts to hold together on its own. Repeat with your white mixture.Linalool is used in floral fragrances. It occurs naturally in many essential oils. Linalool is a colourless liquid with a soft, sweet odour. It occurs naturally in many essential oils, such as tangerine, spearmint, rose, cypress, lemon, cinnamon and ylang ylang. It has a soft, sweet scent. You can get extremely creative when it comes to making bath bombs, from foaming to fizzing, milky to even turning your water to slime! There are hundreds of ingredients you can use in bath bombs to produce a variety of effects depending on your desired finish. Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone is a safe synthetic compound used a lot in cosmetic to fragrance by reproducing the smell of violets, with a sweet and powdery touch. Ionones were discovered by Tiemann in 1893, changing the face of perfumery by giving an alternative to very rare, unaffordable or volatile flower oils. They are now used in different forms, including Alpha-Isomethyl, in almost every fragrance. Kaolin Clay - Has unique skin benefits and properties and is widely used to help to harden your bath bombs. Bath bombs are also used for aromatherapy and to create a spa-like experience, far more than a way to get clean, they are the perfect way to enjoy some me time. This along with the properties from the variety of ingredients used, help cleanse your body, soothe your skin and invigorate your mind. Do bath bombs make a mess?

This is just a small selection of oils and butters, we have a much wider selection that you can browse here. We also have an extensive range of fragrance oils and essential oils, so there will certainly be a scent perfect for you! Sodium Laureth Sulfate Used primarily as a detergent cleansing agent. Can be derived from coconut. It’s considered gentle and effective as typically used in cosmetics products (typically facial or body cleansers and shampoos). Despite the name similarity, sodium laureth sulfate is NOT the same as sodium lauryl sulfate. The former is a milder cleansing agent due to a higher amount and different chemical structure of the fatty alcohols required to manufacture this cleansing agent. The safety of sodium laureth sulfate has been reviewed by numerous industry experts and deemed safe as used. Cream of Tartar - Helps to bind and hold your bath bombs together and harden them, with a smoother, silky finish. Sea Salts - Are known to cleanse, hydrate and heal your skin, as well as add texture to your bath bombs. For this recipe, we are going to be creating a pink and white patterned bath bomb so you will need to separate about a third of your mixture into a smaller bowl and leave to one side.Cornstarch - Works as a stabiliser, helping to slow down the fizz and make your bath bombs last longer. Benzyl Salicylate is a liquid with a very light sweet, floral and balsamic aroma.Benzyl salicylate is a naturally occurring constituent of essential oils, including cananga and ylang ylang oils.Sometimes we add it in a safe synthetic version to fragrance products and for its fixative effect on floral scents, helping perfumes to last longer.