Home made bath bombs

Ingredients (base mixture):

• 3 cups bicarbonate of soda.
• 1 cup citric acid.
• 5 tablespoons sweet almond oil.
• Food colouring.
• Essential oils (scent/s of your choice).

Method:

• Make sure all the equipment you use is completely dry.
• Combine bicarbonate of soda with citric acid in a bowl.
• Pour sweet almond oil into a small bowl, add food colouring & essential oils to suit.
• Mix the oil/colour mix in with the dry ingredients of bicarbonate of soda & citric acid.
• Using your hands, mix the ingredients together until well blended. You can either place the mix into a soap mould or you can use your hands to shape into balls. The size is entirely up to you. Aim for between the size of a golf ball & a tennis ball. If you are using soap moulds, rub sweet almond oil along the sides before placing the mixture in them to prevent them from sticking. If you are not using moulds, place the balls onto a sheet of baking paper.
• Leave the mixture for 24 hours to dry.

Notes:

·         You can different scented/coloured balls to suit or one batch using one single flavour/scent.

·         You can dried petals such as rose or lavender for a prettier look.

·         Try to match the colour with the scent, ie; green for lime, purple for lavender etc.

·         Nice essential oils to use include; bergamot, lavender, rose, lime, chamomile, peppermint.

·         Don’t go crazy with either the food colouring or the essential oils. Add these a small amount at a time until you have the right combination.