Bath Bomb Recipe
This fizzy bath bomb recipe combines skin-softening baking soda, moisturizing shea butter, and soothing kaolin clay for a spa-like soak. Enhanced with fragrance and topped with whipped soap and a heart-shaped soap embed, it’s a fun, functional treat for your bath!
Servings: 8 oz
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Mold
Ingredients
- 4 ounce | 50% Baking Soda
- 2 ounce | 25% Citric Acid
- 0.80 ounce | 10% Cornstarch
- 0.24 ounce | 3% Kaolin Clay
- 0.40 ounce 5% Shea Butter
- 0.24 ounce | 3% Polysorbate 80
- 0.16 ounce | 2% Fragrance Oil
- Witch Hazel
- Colorant
Instructions
Mix Dry Ingredients
- In a large bowl, whisk together baking soda, citric acid, cornstarch, and kaolin clay until fully combined.
Add Wet Ingredients
- Gently melt the shea butter in a double boiler.
- Add the shea butter, fragrance oil and Polysorbate 80 to the dry mixture and mix well.
Spray with Witch Hazel
- Lightly spritz the mixture with witch hazel, a little at a time, mixing constantly until it reaches a damp sand consistency.
Mold
- Pack the mixture firmly into your molds. Let dry for 24–48 hours before decorating or using.