Sweet Bubblegum Bath Bomb Recipe
This bubblegum bath bomb recipe will make bath time fun for all ages. Made with various essential oils, your skin will feel soft and smooth while smelling amazing.
If you are looking for a fun and easy craft to do on your own or with the older children, making this easy bath bomb recipe is just what you’ve been looking for. And the best part is you get to use them after you make them. How fun is that?
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Easy Bubble Gum Bath Bombs
Here at Ruffles and Rain Boots, we love being crafty. It is a great way to spend an afternoon to myself or have fun with the kids. When you roll up your sleeves and get to dig your hands into a bowl of bath bomb mixture, there is something freeing about it!
If you have not used a bath bomb before, you are missing out! From the minute you drop one in the tub, they are spinning and fizzing. It is a great way to enjoy some pampering and the smell can be anything you like.
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Tips for Making Bubblegum Bath Bombs
- When using mica powder to color bath bombs to make at home, add 1/2 teaspoon of Polysorbate 80. This keeps a colored ring around the tub from forming by making the mix blend well.
- If making lots of bath bombs for gifts, buy baking soda, Epsom salt, cornstarch, and citric acid in bulk. I pick them up at Costco.
- Save money and buy soap scents or essential oils in sets rather than individual bottles. This gives you a huge variety at a value.
Supplies for Bubblegum Bath Bombs
Below is the scent combination for this amazing smell. But if you don’t have EOs on hand or want to buy all of them, bubblegum soap scent can be used without any negative effects.
- Baking soda
- Epsom salt
- Cornstarch
- Citric Acid
- Polysorbate-80
- SLSA (optional)
- Pink mica powder
- Sweet almond oil
- Water
- Ylang Ylang essential oil
- Grapefruit essential oil
- Eucalyptus essential oil
- Lime essential oil
- Bath bomb molds
How to Make Bubblegum Bath Bombs
Each step for this bath bomb recipe is detailed below so it’s easy to follow. Keep this page open while you are creating this bubblegum bath bomb DIY. If you would rather have a printable how-to, scroll down and select the print button.
Add the dry ingredients to a large bowl and whisk together.
Add the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl and mix together.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Combine thoroughly until the mixture feels like wet sand – it should clump when squeezed in your hand.
Press the mixture to each side of the bath bomb molds and press them together. Overfill each mold so that the mixture gets compressed. Dry for 24 hours.
Notes for Making Bath Bombs
- SLSA can be added to this homemade bath bombs recipe, as it is an ingredient that makes your bath bombs bubble, giving you a bubble bath-type experience. That said, you can leave it off entirely and when making for others, I don’t use it because it can be a skin irritant.
- When paired with baking soda, citric acid makes your bath bombs fizz up in the water. A compressed mixture will make the bath bomb fizz even longer.
- Mica powder adds color and a shimmer to your bath bombs. It easily dissolves in water and is skin safe. Please do not use food coloring as it can stain skin and tubs.
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Bubblegum Bath Bombs Recipe
These bubblegum bath bombs are made with a deliciously scented variety of essential oils like ylang-ylang, grapefruit, lime, and eucalyptus. This DIY skincare recipe will leave your skin feeling and smelling divine. When you drop one in the tub, it will fizz up and spin until it disappears. This bath and beauty recipe is super simple to make with some ingredients you may have in your pantry. They make a great gift for friends and family.
Materials
- ½ cup baking soda
- ¼ cup Epsom salt
- ¼ cornstarch
- ¼ cup citric acid
- 2 tbsp SLSA
- ¼ tsp pink mica powder
- 1.5 tbsp sweet almond oil
- 1 tsp water
- 12 drops ylang-ylang essential oil
- 6 drops of grapefruit essential oil
- 3 drops eucalyptus essential oil
- 3 drops lime essential oil
Tools
- Bath Bomb Molds
Instructions
- Add the baking soda, Epsom salt, cornstarch, citric acid, SLSA, and mica powder to a large bowl, Whisk dry ingredients together, until fully combined.
- Add the sweet almond oil, water, and essential oils to a small bowl
- Stir wet ingredients until fully combined.
- Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
- Fill each half of the bath bomb mold until slightly overflowing and press together. Allow setting for about 8 hours before unmolding.
