Lavender Bath Bomb Recipe

I just love these bath bombs that are made out of baking soda, Epsom salts, almond oil, cornflour, citric acid and lavender essential oil.

The first time I made them they were a complete disaster as I added too much water which meant they started reacting and so I had a fizzy mess rather than bath bombs!

The secret with these is to get moulds or if you don’t have them like me you get really good at squashing the powder hard into hand-made bombs, then letting them dry for 24 hours. So opt for a drier rather than wet powder.

Lavender Bath Bomb Recipe

200g baking soda, 120g cornflour, 100g Epsom salts, 100g citric acid * 3 tsp almond oil ** 1/2 tsp lavender essential oil,  1/2 tsp frankincense essential oil, 1-2 tsp water, 2 tbsp lavender flowers

Put all the dry ingredients except the citric acid into your food processor and whizz on fast to combine. Mix 1 tsp water, oil and essential oil together and slowly pour into the dry ingredients while you have the motor on.

You should have a powder which when you squeeze really hard will compact. If not you need to add another teaspoon of water. It might seem dry but you need to keep it as dry as possible so that the powders don’t react.

Now add the citric acid and whizz to combine.

Pour into a bowl and add the flowers.

Now squeeze the powder really hard with your hands until it compacts then place on a kitchen towel to dry for 24 hours. Or put in bath bomb moulds you can buy at craft stores. Put in an air-tight container to store.

*You can buy citric acid in the bakery aisle of most supermarkets.
**Instead of almond oil you can use other light oils like jojoba, olive or sunflower.