ladybug1 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 When making bath bombs, do I need to use a preservative? Some the recipes ive seen online have water in the frosting for cupcake bath bombs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Not usually. Though, some frosting recipes loaded with confectioner sugar i have seen DO mold. Rather than preserve those, i would choose a more shelf stable, tub friendly formula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladybug1 Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 so I should be ok with the frosting not getting mold? it calls for water in the confectioner sugar, what is do mold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Personally, i'd find a better bath frosting recipe. Sugar draws moisture. Moisture + Sugar = mold.The photos i have seen show mold growing between the bottom of the frosting and the top of the cupcake part. Definitely not something i would be comfortable with. as a customer, i would not look forward to dropping a heaping bit of confectioners sugar into my bath tub. Nor would i want to buy a cute cupcake bath product to throw half of it away. Just my $.02. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladybug1 Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Is there any recipes you could suggest, I tried the melt and pour with the liquid soap, like anne marie from brambleberry does in a video, but it was either to runny areto thick to pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 You could try your current recipe, substituting powdered surfactant (like SLSa) in place of the powdered sugar. Not sure it would be a 1:1 substitution, but a little experimentation would give you a good idea.I use powdered surfactants in place of things like Cream of Tartar in bubble bars, etc. too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladybug1 Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 what are other powered surfactants that can be used? I have sodium Lactate, Could that be used, thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Sodium lactate is not a surfactant, so no, it will not be a good sub. Plus, sodium lactate is used at very low percentages.SLSa, SLS, SCI would all be examples of solid forms of surfactants. You may like some more than others. I would take a quick look at SwiftCraftyMonkey.blogspot.com and search for surfactants for ideas. Some people use simple melting butter bath truffle blends for the frosting. For instance, citric acid, baking soda and a hard butter like cocoa butter. If you are on facebook there a re quite a few groups that have recipes for stuff like this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladybug1 Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Thanks so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladybug1 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 I do have facebook, can you tell me a name of a group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 There are so many FB groups, it might just be easier to search them by category - do a "Bath and Body groups" or "Cosmetics groups" search. Many many come up under each category. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Jc is right. On FB search "bath" and half a dozen come up. Search "bubble" and another half dozen show up. All are useful to join. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladybug1 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 thanks for all the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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