Sea-Salt Bath Bombs: Archive Safety Notes

This archived bath-bomb recipe is not a treatment for illness, depression, or skin conditions. Citric acid, fragrance, pigments, alcohol, and essential oils can irritate skin and eyes; do not ingest them, keep them away from children, patch-test suitable diluted products, and use a non-slip bath surface because oils can make it slippery.

Taking a bath can not only relieve fatigue, but also improve skin condition, quickly cope with a cold, and even overcome depression. All it takes is adding bath bombs with a suitable essential oil to comfortably warm water. What sets them apart from the basic recipe is their composition, which includes natural sea salt—a natural healer and valuable addition to beauty treatments.

I suggest decorating these bath bombs in an African style—painting them in shades of black and gold using your own imagination and pearlescent paint.

How to Make Salt Bath Bombs

We will need:***

1. A mixture of baking soda, citric acid, and sea salt in 2:1:1 proportions. All ingredients need to be dried very well, otherwise the finished bath bomb will immediately crumble.

2. Base (carrier) oil—jojoba, grapeseed, or wheat germ—1 part.

3. Essential oil.

4. Food coloring (optional).

5. Black and yellow pearlescent pigment.

6. Alcohol.

7. Protective gloves.

Preparation Process

Dry the baking soda thoroughly in the oven, and grind the salt and citric acid in a blender to a powder state. Mix all components in the proportions specified in the recipe, for example, take 2 tbsp. of baking soda and 1 tbsp. each of natural sea salt and citric acid. Stir the mixture thoroughly and pass it through a sieve to eliminate any possible lumps. If you want to color the bath bomb, the dye (dry food grade) is mixed with the baking soda at the first stage.

When the mixture is ready, add 1 tbsp. of base oil and 5-6 drops of essential oil to it. Next, thoroughly mix the composition with gloved hands, rubbing it between your fingers until the mixture begins to hold its shape, that is, acquires the consistency of slightly damp sand.

Fill the 2 halves of the bath bomb molds, pack them down tightly, heap a little mixture onto one of the halves, and press both halves together. To make mini bath bombs for manicures, the mixture can be packed into an ice cube tray.

Decoration

For African-style decor, you can use pearlescent pigment mixed with a little alcohol. Apply the design with a thin brush and let the bath bombs dry completely.

I advise approaching the choice of essential oils carefully, as they affect the body differently. You can make a bath bomb with an invigorating effect, a relaxing action, or even a real aphrodisiac.