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Foaming Bath Bombs?


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Well, I am still trying to find a recipe for bath bombs that can be made in high humidity areas(other post here)but I have seen photos posted of a foaming bath bomb - one that makes bubbles like a bubble bath. I did a search but didn't locate a recipe. Does anyone have one?

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Heres one from the old board. Posted by Sandy.

1 cup baking soda

1 cup epsom salts

1/4 cup cornstarch

Mix those with a wisk. Might be good idea to sift it too. I didn't color mine, but I might color this part, or color the epsom salts.

Drizzle and mix well with:

2.5 tablespoons turkey red oil (sulfonated castor oil)

2 tablespoons FO

Add:

1/2 cup citric acid

1 cup sodium lauryl sulfoacetate

Pack tightly into molds. Unmold carefully and let dry 24 hours. Can use a meatballer, a plastic ornament that comes apart, tea light containers, a metal 1/4 cup measuring cup....

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If you are having trouble with humidity, you could leave out the citric acid and up some of the other dry ingredients. The fizzing from the CA/BS combo help increase the bubbles, but it's not critical. That way you don't have to deal with the combo being set off by the humidity.

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If you are having trouble with humidity, you could leave out the citric acid and up some of the other dry ingredients. The fizzing from the CA/BS combo help increase the bubbles, but it's not critical. That way you don't have to deal with the combo being set off by the humidity.

thanks for this hint Robin. I didn't know this. Now I am ready to try bath bombs again as mine use to start fizzing before they were molded:rolleyes2

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Moving this to general discussions so it will get more hits.

I've only started coloring them, now I use Labcolors. But I've got my eye on Brambleberry's bath bomb colors, they intrigue me.

I add the color after I've mixed everything together except for the citric. You can do it whenever, some color their FO/oil mix before adding it.

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