Bath bombs (balls). How to make at home, recipe with glitter, surprise, oil from soda, citric acid, salt, soap

Fans of aromatic baths and relaxing spa treatments have long been familiar with such a popular product as bath bombs, which are sold in any cosmetic store. Such products can be made independently at home using recipes containing the most accessible ingredients.

What are bath bombs

Most often, these products have the form of a ball. When immersed in a bath, they bubble, hiss, which creates the feeling of an approaching explosion. Hissing and the bubbling effect occur as a result of the interaction of citric acid and soda with the release of oxygen.

In addition to their aesthetic appeal, bath bombs can be supplied with a whole arsenal of useful components.

Their composition includes the following base components:

• soda - 2 parts;
• citric acid - 1 part.

Additional components can be added to the base:

• sea ​​salt;
• coffee;
• cosmetic clay;
• dry cream or milk;
• cocoa and chocolate pieces;
• favorite essential oils;
• pigments (natural, food, cosmetic);
• decorative natural elements (dried flowers, herbs, citrus zest, berries);
• artificial decor (glitter, mother-of-pearl).

Benefit

Homemade bath bombs (the recipe for their production is given further in the article) made from natural components cannot harm the skin. In addition to aesthetic pleasure, the components of the product are designed to care for and have a cosmetic effect on the skin of the body.

The main components and their benefits are described in the following table:

Component name	Characteristic
Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)	softens hard water; is a natural scrub; clears skin of rashes; is a natural deodorant; makes hair shiny and more manageable. balances the acid-base balance of the skin; restores intracellular metabolism; Salt vapors cleanse the upper respiratory tract. promotes increased absorption of oxygen by tissues.
Citric acid	natural antioxidant that removes toxins and slows down the aging process; promotes the processes of regeneration and restoration of the skin; has an antibacterial effect.
Essential oils	have an aromatherapeutic effect (relaxation or activation); activate metabolic processes.
Clay	helps cleanse skin pores; regulates the functioning of the sebaceous glands; tones the skin; activates cell regeneration processes; is a natural scrub; softens the skin, reduces tissue swelling; has an antibacterial effect; has an anti-cellulite effect.
Sea salt	has a unique mineral composition; cleanses and tones the skin; relieves irritation and eliminates rashes; has a wound healing effect; promotes tissue saturation with oxygen; makes the skin smooth and elastic;
Body oils	soften dry skin; help maintain moisture; have a warming, relaxing or cooling tonic effect
Dry milk	has a moisturizing effect; rejuvenates and tones the skin; promotes cleansing and elimination of toxins; has an anti-inflammatory effect; saturates the skin with vitamins.

Possible harm

Water procedures have their own characteristics, therefore they are limited by some rules:

• the water in the bath should be moderately hot (optimal temperature 37-42 °C). High temperatures disrupt the acid balance of the skin and its epidermal barrier, which leads to dehydration and damage to capillaries.
• Bath time is limited to 20 minutes. At first, the skin is saturated with minerals and vitamins added to the water. Then the opposite effect begins: the skin begins to lose turgor and become dehydrated.

In addition to not following the rules for taking a bath, individual ingredients can cause harm to the body and skin. This occurs due to individual intolerance. It is also worth limiting the amount of simultaneous use of the product. The components of 1 bomb are enough to saturate the water with useful substances.

Any ingredient can cause negative consequences for the skin if used carelessly. Increased concentration of citric acid in water can cause burns of the skin and respiratory tract.

Necessary inventory

To prepare the fizzing agent, you can use regular kitchen utensils or purchase special equipment.

To make bath bombs you will need:

• glass or plastic deep containers with a smooth inner surface for mixing mixtures;
• measuring spoons for measuring the volumes of ingredients and mixing them;
• rubber gloves to protect the skin of the hands;
• plastic and metal forms of different sizes;
• spray bottle;
• an arsenal of tools that includes fillers and ingredients needed to create bath bombs.

Variations of ingredients

Bath bombs (at home, the recipe and step-by-step instructions for making include all sorts of combinations of components) can have different compositions. The main thing is to derive your own working formula and then add the desired ingredients to it.

When combining ingredients, you can rely on your own preferences and the cosmetic needs of your skin. Or you can make products using ready-made recipes, in which combinations of components are selected by color, smell, and combination of useful properties.

Manufacturing nuances

Beginners often complain that the bombs made according to recipes crumble or do not foam. To obtain a quality product, you need to take into account important nuances:

• Mix the ingredients in any order and add citric acid powder only last. This important rule helps to avoid premature reaction of the acid with soda.
• Do not spray with water to moisten the composition if the recipe includes oil and water-soluble pigment. Often this moisture is enough to form a ball.
• When placing the mixture into the molds, you need to pack it very tightly, pressing it with a spoon or fingers.
• The halves of the spherical mold need to be filled so that a small mound is formed on the surface. This is necessary for a strong adhesion of the halves of the ball to each other.
• The finished bomb should be removed from the mold and dried under normal conditions for 4 hours to 1 day. Another option is to put it in an oven preheated to 150 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

Easy Bath Bomb Recipes

If you give the fizzing bombs an attractive appearance and package them in an original way, you will get pleasant gifts in the handmade style.

For oily skin

Cosmetics for oily skin are designed to dry it, eliminate rashes, and stabilize the sebaceous glands. A beautiful ball of 2 types of clay, yarrow flowers, and neem, with a delicate aroma of tea tree oil, is the perfect skin care set.

To create a foam geyser you need:

1. Combine and stir the baking soda and dry cream, measuring with tablespoons in a 4:1 ratio.
2. Add half a spoon of yarrow flowers and neem powder
3. Pour a tablespoon of Jojoba oil and tea tree oil (12 drops).
4. Divide the mixture into 2 cups in equal parts. Put black clay (half a large spoon) into one cup and half a spoon of red clay into the other.
5. Add citric acid (1 tbsp) to each portion. The ingredients should be thoroughly mixed.
6. Place the composition into the spherical mold in layers of different colors one after the other.
7. Tightly connect the halves of the ball, simultaneously squeezing and slightly twisting the halves relative to each other to ensure a strong bond between the compositions.
8. Dry in the usual way.

For dry skin

Dry skin needs hydration, nutrition, relief from irritation and flaking. Rose oil and sweet almond are better suited for such purposes than anything else.

The recipe for making pink bubbling hearts includes:

• soda - 4 tbsp;
• citric acid, pink salt - 2 tbsp each;
• almond and apricot oil - 1 tbsp each;
• rose essential oil – 10-20 drops;
• pink pigment – ​​30-40 drops;
• dried flowers.

Manufacturing sequence:

1. First, you need to mix all the dry ingredients from the recipe in sequence.
2. Next, you need to mix in the liquid ingredients (oils and aromas).
3. The mold should be filled gradually, pressing the composition tightly with a spoon or fingers. You can decorate the bombs by placing dry buds or crushed petals on the bottom.
4. It is recommended to dry the prepared hearts for at least 24 hours before use.

Formula with honey and oatmeal

Honey has unique properties to rejuvenate, saturate the skin with nutrients and activate capillary blood flow. Oatmeal is a natural soft scrub.

To work you will need 4 parts of soda (4 large spoons) and 1 part of each of the following components:

• citric acid;
• starch;
• dry milk powder;
• oatmeal;
• olive oil;
• honey.

To create a nutritional product you need:

1. Prepare molds (spherical or any other).
2. Mix the composition, stirring the components until a homogeneous mass is obtained. For aromatization, pour in the essential oil "Ylang-ylang" (15 drops).
3. Place the mixture into the molds, remove the bombs and dry them for 24 hours.

Oil bomb without water

The classic recipe for effervescent products can be modified and supplemented with base oil (in the amount of 1 tbsp). When using oil ingredients in the preparation, there is no need to add water. In this case, the oil acts as a binding component.

Depending on your preferences, you can use any type: oil with aroma, or just a filler without a pronounced smell.

Orange-grapefruit version with water

As is known, citrus fruits help improve mood, relieve stress, and also have a cosmetic property, expressed in the breakdown of cellulite fat cells.

You can make citrus oil bath bombs at home by following the instructions and recipe:

1. Add dry ingredients (2 tbsp. baking soda, 1 tbsp. crushed sea salt) to the container. Mix the ingredients thoroughly with orange pigment (40 drops).
2. Next, you need to add sea buckthorn oil (1 tbsp) to the mixture and flavor it with essential oils (grapefruit, orange - 15 drops each).
3. Form spherical bombs. You can also use any other mold you like in your work.

Lavender with foam

A delicately coloured foam bomb with a lavender aroma will create a relaxing effect and relieve tension.

To make 3-4 large foam balls you will need:

1. In a bowl, mix 8 tablespoons of soda and 4 tablespoons of sea salt. Pre-grind the salt in a coffee grinder.
2. Add 12-15 drops of fragrances (Lavender and White Soap) and color with lilac dye. To obtain a delicate shade, 35-40 drops are enough.
3. Add 2 tbsp shampoo or liquid soap base.
4. Add citric acid, remembering to constantly mix the ingredients well.
5. Start putting the mixture into the molds. Put a small amount of dried lavender flowers at the bottom of one of the halves, then continue putting the mixture in, constantly compacting it. Connect the halves.
6. Dry the finished bombs at room temperature for 4-24 hours.

Recipe with dry milk

Dry milk has important qualities for skin care: it nourishes, moisturizes and gives elasticity.

To create a large ball you will need the following components:

• 4 tbsp each of baking soda and dry cream;
• 2 tablespoons of citric acid, almond oil;
• a few drops of neroli and lavender oil;
• 1 tbsp dried lavender flowers;

To work you will need:

1. Mix all the above components in sequence, remembering to mix the substances very well, without leaving lumps or unmixed areas.
2. Place the mixture in the molds layer by layer and tamp it tightly. Place dried flowers as decoration on the bottom of one half.
3. Press the halves of the mold tightly together using circular rubbing movements.

Fizzing hearts for kids with white clay

Playing with fizzing bombs brings special pleasure and joy to children. Waves of rainbow foam will delight any child. Bombs can be both entertaining and beneficial. The well-known therapeutic and healing properties of essential oils can be used for children's bathing.

If you prepare a bath containing calming aromas (lavender, bergamot, sandalwood, rose, chamomile) before going to bed, the child will sleep well. The aromas of lemon, jasmine, petitgrain, mint increase a positive mood, activate thinking and intellectual abilities.

To make fizzy drinks you will need:

• Mix the dry ingredients (soda - 5 tbsp, citric acid - 2.5 tbsp, ground sea salt - 1 tbsp, white clay - 4 tsp), rubbing out all the lumps.
• Add olive oil (2 tablespoons) and mint oil (5 drops) to the mixture.
• Finally, add baking soda and mix the ingredients thoroughly.
• Place the tangerine zest at the bottom of the moulds. Tamp the mixture down tightly.
• Dry the finished sizzling hearts.

Vitamin Geyser Bombs

Bath bombs (at home, the recipe can be varied in terms of additional components) can be made using a non-standard scheme. For example, the following recipe excludes the main components in the form of soda and acid. But they are replaced by ground effervescent vitamins, which foam just as well.

To make geysers you need:

1. Gradually mix all dry ingredients (3 large spoons of crushed tablets and starch).
2. Add 1 tbsp of melted cocoa butter, stir in flavors and coloring.
3. Cool the finished bombs a little (about 2 hours). Then they should be dried.

Lemon Chocolate Bomb

Foaming balls filled with citrus notes combined with the velvety aroma of chocolate will allow you to truly enjoy taking a bath.

To make a “tasty” ball you will need:

1. Mix soda, citric acid, starch in the proportion 10:5:3. Mix the mixture thoroughly.
2. Add 3 parts almond oil and a few drops of lemon essential oil to the resulting composition.
3. Add cocoa (2 parts) to 1/3 of the mixture.
4. Place the mixtures in portions in layers. Press each layer firmly with a spoon.

Mineral version with glycerin and magnesium sulfate

Mineral baths create a tonic effect, which helps to improve blood circulation.

Necessary components:

• soda - 180 g;
• magnesium sulfate - 90 g;
• glycerin solution - 30 ml;
• almond oil - 30 ml;
• rose oil - 10-15 drops;
• water.

The preparation of fizzy balls is carried out in the classical way. All substances are thoroughly mixed. If the composition has insufficient moisture, it is lightly sprayed with water from a spray bottle and tightly placed in the forms.

Sea Salt Bombs

Sea salt is rich in minerals. It improves the external condition of the skin, increases its turgor, promotes saturation with minerals, and has a rejuvenating effect.

Ingredients for making mineralized bath product:

• soda – 5 tbsp;
• citric acid – 2.5 tbsp;
• salt (coarse sea salt, ground, colored) - 2.5 tbsp.;
• olive oil - 4 tbsp;
• ground coffee - 2 tbsp;
• dried flowers for decoration;
• peppermint oil - 15 drops.

To make a salty bomb you will need:

1. Mix all ingredients together.
2. Add citric acid last.
3. Check the readiness of the mass for molding by squeezing it in your fist. If the mass has retained its shape, you can begin filling the molds.
4. It is recommended to sprinkle lavender flowers on the bottom of the mold. They will serve as decoration.
5. Dry the resulting bombs.

Formula with soap

Bath bombs prepared at home according to a recipe can contain a surprise. For example, the bombs presented in this master class contain small soap figures inside.

Number of required components:

• soda – 4 parts;
• citric acid - 2 parts;
• salt - 1 part;
• castor oil - 1 part;
• orange flavoring or oil – 10 drops;
• pink paint - up to 30 drops.

To make a fizzing soap surprise figurine you will need:

1. Prepare soap according to the following recipe: cut the soap base into cubes, melt in a water bath, add 2 drops of aromatic oil, pour into a small silicone mold, cool.
2. Prepare the mixture to fill the mold by gradually mixing all the ingredients in the specified quantities.
3. Start filling the mold: first put a layer of the mixture and tamp it down. Put the soap figurine in the middle, and then fill the mold to the top with the fizzing mixture.
4. When making a round bomb, place the soap in the middle between the halves of the mold.

Option with soda

The most classic version of effervescent geysers consists of 3 ingredients: soda, citric acid, salt, mixed in a ratio of 2:1:1. For humidification, you can use water or alcohol. As an adsorbent, instead of salt, you can use starch (corn or potato), dry milk powder.

To prepare the composition, dry components must be mixed, moistened with a spray bottle and tightly packed into prepared molds.

New Year's gifts for the bath

Bright balloons made in an exotic African style can be an unusual gift. The surface of the balls is painted in the style of painting the skins of desert animals. It can be a zebra, tiger, leopard, giraffe. The paint is applied with colored pearlescent pigment dissolved in alcohol.

To work, you will need to prepare a classic mixture for bombs and color it with orange dye. Soften the mixture with any oil base and flavor it with spicy essential oil.

Instructions for making:

1. First, you need to color the soda with a yellow or orange water-soluble pigment. You can do this manually. Some people use a coffee grinder for even mixing.
2. Next, you need to mix the remaining ingredients evenly.
3. Once the forms are filled and the balls are created, you can start painting.
4. The dye should be placed in a small container in small portions and sprayed with alcohol. It is recommended to apply the pattern with a thin brush.
5. The painted bombs need to be dried. This can be done in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.

How to Make a Glitter Bomb

All kinds of decorative elements, such as glitter, mother-of-pearl, bright colors can be added to the composition of absolutely any recipe for bombs. These components serve for decoration. They are applied on top of the ball or hidden inside.

How to make a surprise balloon

Children may be delighted by a hissing foaming ball with a surprise hidden in the middle of a simple bomb. The surprise is a bright neon-colored filler,

To make the basic bomb you will need the following components:

• soda – 8 parts;
• tutti-frutti flavoring – 5-10 drops;
• citric acid – 4 parts;
• corn starch – 2 part;
• apricot oil – 1 part;
• spray bottle with alcohol.

Make the same composition for the filler and paint it with a bright color. If you place compositions painted with bright pigments inside, you will get rainbow foam stains on the surface of the water. There is no oil or water in the specified formula. The composition is moistened by spraying it with alcohol.

To make a fizzing ball, fill part of the mold with white mixture, put bright mixture inside, and tamp it. Put the main color mixture again. The ball should be filled so that the bright filler is not visible.

Common mistakes in manufacturing

Sometimes, following the recipe, it is not possible to achieve the desired result. The bombs crumble, do not fizz when placed in water.

The reason for this may be some errors that are made during production and storage:

• uneven mixing of components, which results in the mixture being uneven and lumps appearing.
• too dry a mixture makes it impossible to mold the shape.
• If the mass is too moistened, it will start to foam even when mixed, and the finished bomb will not produce the desired effect when placed in water.
• Storage in a humid environment reduces the effectiveness of the chemical reaction with the effervescence effect.

How to use

Recommendations for using bubble balls:

• It is recommended to take a shower before taking a bath.
• Place the bath bomb in water, wait for it to dissolve and immerse yourself in the water. Take a bath for 10-20 minutes.
• When using oil bombs, you need to be prepared to wash the oil out of your hair with shampoo.
• Colouring components may stain the surface of the bathtub.

How to store

Do not make too much stock of effervescent products. When humidity changes, the chemical components may react and then the desired effect when taking a bath will not be achieved. It is recommended to store the bombs in plastic bags or film in a cool, dry place.

Spending time in the bath can be diversified and made exciting for children if you make bubbling colored bombs. The homemade recipe for making effervescent products is very simple and requires only certain conditions to be met to achieve the result.

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