Vanilla Milk Bath Bomb Recipe
DIY Milk Bath Bombs that sooth skin and smell wonderful. Great beginner bath bomb recipe. The powdered milk is more forgiving and helps the bath bomb hold together easier than cornstarch.
Ingredients
- 1 cup baking soda sodium bicarbonate
- ½ cup citric acid
- ½ cup powdered milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla essential oil oleoresin (or 15-20 drops of your favorite skin-safe fragrance oil or essential oil such as lavender)
- 2 teaspoon fractionated coconut oil almond oil or jojoba oil are also good choices
- 2 teaspoon water
- bath bomb mold
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine you dry ingredients; baking soda, citric acid and milk powder. Mix together.
- Add the vanilla oil and coconut oil to the dry mixture. Mix well. Then add the water while stirring. Once well mixed test to see that a gasped handful of the bath bomb mixture will lightly clump, if not add another ½ teaspoon of water, mix and try again until it will.
- Overfill each half of the bath bomb mold considerably, then press firmly together. Gently remove the mold and set the bath bomb aside to dry out.
- Once dry store in an airtight container or shrink wrap bags.
Notes
Drying time with vary based on how much liquid was added and the humidity on a given day. It is best to avoid making any bath bombs on very humid days.
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