After a long day, what could be nicer than a homemade bath bomb? I know what you are thinking, making homemade bath bombs sounds like a lot of work. Especially after a long day. But, hear me out. This recipe is so easy to make! You probably have everything you need for this recipe at home already. This is just about as fuss free as making bath bombs gets!
Lavender Bath Bombs
Made with common pantry staples like corn starch, cream of tartar and coconut oil, these are so simple to make and they really make your skin feel luxuriously soft and silky. They are totally worth the effort! I used a simple muffin pan to shape mine, but there is no limit to the shapes you can form these bath bombs into.
I love the scent of lavender and I always try to keep a bottle of lavender essential oil on hand to help me relax, so that is the fragrance I went with for these. But, this is a versatile recipe; you can switch out the fragrance or the colour to suit your preferences.
Bath Bombs Gifts
Soaking in the tub after work is my favorite form of self care. I love feeling the tension melt away in the warm water. It gives me a chance to reflect on my day and relax. Whenever possible, I like to give self care gifts to my friends and family, and these DIY Luscious Lavender Bath Bombs are perfect for gifting without going broke! Be sure to bookmark or pin this post for later; you will certainly want to make these again closer to the holidays.
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Lavender Bath Bombs Recipe
Select your favourite pure essential oils for the scent you’re looking for. And add food colouring to give each lavender bath bomb some colour.
Ingredients
- 4 ounces Cream of Tartar
- 4 ounces Corn Starch
- 8 ounces Baking Soda for your skin and the bath water
- 4 ounces Epsom Salts
- 3/4 tsp. Water
- 2 tsp. Lavender Essential Oil for scent
- 2 tsp. Coconut Oil
- Food colouring to make purple coloured bombs
Equipment Needed
- A mini muffin pan
- A bowl
How To Make Lavender Bath Bombs
In a large mixing bowl, mix all dry ingredients: baking soda, cream of tartar, cornstarch, and Epsom salts.
In a separate small bowl, mix all wet ingredients: water, lavender essential oil, coconut oil, and food colouring.
Mix wet and dry ingredients. Your mixture should resemble wet sand. Adding the food colouring helps you figure out if you combined all the ingredients well. An even colour means a good mix! When you squeeze some in your fist, it should hold together. If it doesn’t, add water—just a few drops at a time until a desired consistency is reached.
Tightly pack mixture down into your mold.
Let it dry for 24 hours. Do not remove your lavender bath bombs from the mold until the mixture is completely dry.
Recommendations
To make your bath bombs extra special, add dried flowers, non-toxic glitter, and/or sugar cake decorations
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DIY Lavender Bath Bombs
Equipment
- A mini muffin pan
- Bowl
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Baking Soda for your skin and the bath water
- 4 ounces Cream of Tartar
- 4 ounces Corn Starch
- 4 ounces Epsom Salts
- 3/4 tsp. Water
- 2 tsp. Lavender Essential Oil for scent
- 2 tsp. Coconut Oil
- Food colouring to make purple coloured bombs
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, mix all dry ingredients: baking soda, cream of tartar, cornstarch, and Epsom salts.
- In a separate small bowl, mix all wet ingredients: water, lavender essential oil, coconut oil, and food colouring.
- Mix wet and dry ingredients. Your mixture should resemble wet sand. Adding the food colouring helps you figure out if you combined all the ingredients well. An even colour means a good mix! When you squeeze some in your fist, it should hold together. If it doesn’t, add water—just a few drops at a time until a desired consistency is reached.
- Tightly pack mixture down into your mold.
- Let it dry for 24 hours. Do not remove your bath bombs from the mold until the mixture is completely dry.
I never would have thought of making my own bath bomb — or that it was so easy!
This sounds like fun to make and use. It also doesn’t sound too difficult to make and it certainly looks good as a present too.
Wow,this sounds easy enough for me to try it also looks so pretty
What a nice home made gift idea! I imagine it would work well with other essential oils, no? Lavender is a scent that is very low on my preference list!
Sounds lovely. I’ve never tried making my own before!
thank you for this i will now be making my own bath bombs:)
Let me know how you like them Donna!
I’ve never tried making my own before but next month when my sister comes home we are going to try these
These are surprisingly easy to make! This would make a great project for me and my daughters to do with my grandchildren! Thanks
I had no idea you could make bath bombs this way!
We had a blast making these
Glad you liked the recipe Kathy!
Going to have a night together with friends and make some of these next weekend,they will make great gifts
These were so simple to make and they small lovely !
Wow! Thank you for this recipe! I am excited to try making bath bombs.
This would make a lovely gift for my sisters birthday, thank you!
This would be a lovely Mother’s Day gift and fun experience for youngsters to get crafty!
These bathbombs looks amazing!
There is nothing as nice as Lavender scents.We will enjoy making these and gifting some too.Thanks for the great post.
I had no idea that making these bath bombs was so easy but I’d have to find a different scent because I don’t like lavender
This is a wonderful idea! I especially like the recommendations of mixing in dried flowers and/or non-toxic glitter; I can imagine how truly pretty that would be!
I have wanted to make bath bombs for awhile now and am so glad that I checked out your post. I did not know it was this easy to make them and lavender is one of my favourite scents.
It’s definitely that difficult! Let me know how you liked it when you make it!
These bath bombs are so easy to make and made for an enjoyable spa bath.