Solid Bubble Bath
Learn how to make a solid bubble bath (aka bubble bar) with this simple recipe. Unlike a bath bomb that fizzes and doesn't provide bubbles, a bubble bar creates all kinds of bubbles. Simply crumble your solid bubble bath bar under the running bath water and you'll have heaps of bubbles in your bath.
Servings: 4 ounce
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Scale
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2.30 ounce | 57.6% Baking Soda
- 0.26 ounce | 6.5% SLSa
- 0.52 ounce | 13% Cream of Tartar
- 0.16 ounce | 4% Arrowroot Powder
- 0.04 ounce | 1% Kaolin Clay
Liquid Ingredients
- 0.04 ounce | 1% Cocoa Butter
- 0.32 ounce | 8% Vegetable Glycerin
- 0.22 ounce | 5.4% Coco Glucoside
- 0.06 ounce | 1.5% Polysorbate 80
- 0.08 ounce | 2% Sugared Strawberry Fragrance Oil
Mica Powders
Instructions
- In a small container mix together the wet ingredients (vegetable glycerin, coco glucoside, polysorbate 80, fragrance oil and melted cocoa butter) until they are fully combined.
- In a large container mix together the dry ingredients (SLSa, baking soda, cream of tartar, arrowroot powder, and kaolin clay). The SLSa is a very fine powder and you may want to wear a face mask when adding it.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well. I like to start out with a spoon or spatula and then finish mixing it with my hands.
- If you are adding more than one color, separate the dough and add the coloring to each part. Note: When choosing the color, you will need to decide if you want the bath water to be colored. Mica will color the bar but not the bath water. To get the bath water colored, you will want to use a lake dye.
- If at any point, the dough gets too sticky, just add more baking soda to it.
- Place the bubble bar dough into your Mold. Place your silver sticks into the mold and cover with the bubble bar dough. You will want to press down firmly on the dough to really pack it into the mold.
- Allow the bars to sit out for a few days to dry completely. If you live somewhere that is very humid, it may take longer for it to harden. Pull at the edges of the mold to loosen the bars. Turn the mold upside down to release.