DIY Bath Bombs

Bath Bombs are expensive to buy, but so relaxing. Recently, I've become obsessed with DIY projects and stuff (obviously) and I've also become obsessed with bath bombs, of course, they're expensive to buy (especially from Lush (FYI I love Lush)) so I decided to make some of my own, for a cheaper price. A lot of the ingredients in these are quite easy to find, all ingredients save for citric acid, which, no matter how hard I tried, I could not find in grocery stores near me. So, I ordered my citric acid off amazon (they have everything on there.)  Other than that, all the other ingredients were quite easy to find. 
Now, the main reason it took me so long to create these excellent bath bombs is that I didn't have a bath bomb mold. Still don't. How did I create this round shape? Surprisingly enough, I used tennis balls as my bath bomb mold. See, I used to play tennis but quit, so I have a bunch of tennis balls that are left, unused, in my basement. Now I actually put those things to use by cutting a few in half, washing the inside out and using them to mold the bath bombs. 
Baking Soda and corn starch are easily found in any grocery store, I'm not sure if grocery stores sell epsom salt, but CVS sells a whole ton of it, so you'll probably be able to find it there. As for Essential oils, you can find these pretty much anywhere these days. You don't need high quality, therapeutic essentials oils for this recipe, though. You just need some nice smelling ones. A good place to find some cheaper essential oils is whole foods or a crafting store in the soap making section. 
Coloring is completely optional, though, I find it more fun when your bath is colored, also it makes the bath bombs look nicer when they're colored. You have two options for coloring. Soap or food dye. I usually use a little bit of both, to get the most pigmented color possible. If you only use food dye, be careful and only use a few drops because if you use too much, you'll risk it coloring your skin.
To add the liquid to the dry mixture, you'll need a spray bottle. These are easily acquired by just looking in the travel section at Target or  CVS. A cheap $3 spray bottle is all you need to create these fantastic little bath bombs. 
When you bathe with these bath bombs, you'll not only have a relaxing aroma around you, but you'll also have softer skin when you emerge from the bath tub! The coconut oil makes your skin just a tad bit softer and really, did you need any more pros?

Ingredients: 
1 cup Baking Soda
1/2 cup Citric Acid 
1/2 cup Corn Starch
1/2 cup Epsom Salt 
3 Tablespoons of Water
2 1/2 Tablespoons of Coconut Oil
Essential oils for scent 
Food or Soap Dye 

Instructions: 
Start by mixing the baking soda, citric acid, corn starch and epsom salt together. Mix throughly. 
Then spoon the mixture evenly out into different bowls, the amount of bowls varies depending on how many different colors you wish to create. 
Now, in a separate container, add your water and coconut oil. Heat this for 45 seconds in the microwave, or until the coconut oil is completely melted. 
Mix this until the water and coconut oil are pretty evenly mixed together. 
Pour a bit of this mixture into your spray bottle and add your essential oil and color. The amount of these two variables depends on how strong the essential oil is and how colored you want your bath bomb to be. The darker colored the liquid mixture is, the darker the bath bomb's color will be. 
Put the top back on and shake the spray bottle. 
Spray about two spritzes of the liquid into the dry mixture before stirring. Repeat this process until the mixture has the feel of wet sand. 
Dump the rest of the colored liquid out, pour some more of the coconut oil/water mixture in the spray bottle, recolor and scent it and repeat the mixing process on the other bowls of your dry mixture. 
You want to use the spray bottle technique because if you don't, the ingredients will react to the dry mixture and your bath bomb will not fizz in the water, so technically it wouldn't really be a bath bomb, just a bath scent and colorant. 
When you have all your dry mixtures colored (and scented) and they're the feeling of wet sand, pack them tightly into whatever mold you're using. Make sure to overfill the mold before pressing it to the other side. Use rubber bands to hold together both halves of the mold. If you want to add something into the bath bomb say, rose petals or bits of lavender, now would be the time. 
 Let sit for about a day before taking the mold off from the bath bomb and rubbing away the side bit so that your bath bomb is more sphere shaped. You also want to let the bath bomb sit for a day so that it will dry out, before you use it in a bath. (Note: It doesn't have to be round, if you don't have any round shapes to make a bath bomb from, you can always just use a cupcake pan or something) 
Enjoy!
Thanks for reading,
​-Anj