Blooming Bath Oil

Let’s make a blooming bath oil that activates once it makes contact with your bath water. The difference between blooming bath oils and regular bath oils, is that the blooming bath oil will disperse into the water instead of floating on top. I get a thrill out of the way the water turns a milky color on contact with the blooming bath oil.

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Directions for using blooming bath oil

I wanted to make this bath oil super nourishing for our skin and hair. The unique formula allows the oils to blend into the water and infuse into our skin.
Add 2 or 3 tablespoons to your running bath water. You might need a little more or less, depending on your tub size.

Once the oils touch the water, you will notice the water will turn a whiteish color. This is the emulsion taking place. Like think about when you are making lotion and the second you add water it turns white, same kind of thing happens here.

Although we used a dispersing agent, use caution when getting out of the tub as it can sometimes still be a little slippery.

Oils

The two oils that I chose for this recipe are macadamia nut oil and sweet almond oil.

Macadamia Nut Oil

Macadamia nut oil is a lightweight non-greasy oil, that hydrates our skin. It is actually one of the highest oils with palmitoleic aid, which is super close to the sebum that our bodies produce. It is commonly used in hair care to help to soften the hair. 

Sweet Almond Oil

Sweet almond oil is packed full of skin loving goodness, including vitamin e, potassium, zinc, essential fatty acids and vitamin A.

Dispersing Agent

Polysorbate 80

As we all know, oils and water do not mix. Yet, they are the biggest part of our blooming bath oil recipe.

In order to use the oils and get them to mix with water, you must have a dispersing agent. This is where our polysorbate 80 comes in. It is a water soluble and it makes the oils to mix into your bath water.

Preservative

When formulating recipes, sometimes a preservative is necessary. Technically, you might be able to get away without using a preservative in this recipe.

However, I always use a preservative when I am making something that will be stored in the shower. I am not trying to get some water in there and grow bacteria, better just to be safe and add the preservative.

Making blooming bath oil

1. Weigh out all your ingredients.

2. Put your macadamia nut oil and sweet almond oil into a mixing bowl.

3. Add the mango fragrance oil.

4. Add the polysorbate 80 and mix well.

5. Add your preservative and mix.

6. Package and enjoy!

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Blooming Bath Oil

Let’s make a blooming bath oil that activates once it makes contact with your bath water. The difference between blooming bath oils and regular bath oils, is that the blooming bath oil will disperse into the water instead of floating on top. I get a thrill out of the way the water turns a milky color on contact with the blooming bath oil.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Total Time10 minutes mins

Keyword: Bath Essentials, Bath Milk, Body and Skin Care

Servings: 8 Ounces

Cost: $5

Equipment

• Scale
• Mixing container
• Spatula

Ingredients

• 1.92 ounce | 24% Macadamia nut oil
• 4.48 ounce | 56% Sweet almond oil
• 1.20 ounce | 15% Polysorbate 80
• 0.32 ounce | 4% Mango Fragrance Oil
• 0.08 ounce | 1% Optiphen

Instructions

• Weigh out all your ingredients.
• Put your macadamia nut oil and sweet almond oil into a mixing bowl.
• Add the fragrance oil.
• Add the polysorbate 80 and mix well.
• Add your preservative and mix.
• Package and enjoy!