How to make bath bombs

Learn how to make your own bath bombs with not one, but two homemade bath bomb recipes.

Relaxing bath bombs

(Makes two)

Ingredients

• ½ cup baking soda
• ¼ cup citric acid
• ¼ cup Epsom salts 
• 6 tsp cocoa butter (melted)
• 10–15 drops lavender essential oil
• Optional: 1 tsp dried lavender

Method

1. Mix baking soda, citric acid and Epsom salts in a bowl.
2. Add cocoa butter and essential oil. Mix.  
3. Add more oil or water until mixture easily forms a ball.  
4. (Optional: Place dried lavender into the base of silicon moulds.) Press mixture into the moulds. 

Decadent bath bombs

(makes two)

Ingredients

• ½ cup baking soda
• ¼ cup citric acid
• ¼ cup Epsom salts 
• 4 tbsp cacao powder
• 6 tsp cocoa butter (melted)
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste (or beans from 1 vanilla pod)
• 10–15 drops Christmas Spirit (or bergamot) essential oil

Method

1. Mix baking soda, citric acid and Epsom salts in a bowl.
2. Add cacao powder, cocoa butter, vanilla bean paste and essential oil. Mix.  
3. Add more oil or water until mixture easily forms a ball.  
4. Press mixture into the moulds. 

Want more? Here’s a peppermint bath bomb recipe.