Right around this time of year I totally start to sound like a broken record. It goes something like this:”I really don’t like winter. I’m cold. Everything looks so gray. I need some sun. Why do we even live here?”… And on, and on it goes. And every year as my tolerance to the cold and gray seems to diminish so does my skin’s tolerance to dry air and extreme temperature swings – arrgh, the itch is real, you guys.
So, nourishing coconut-ty bright smelling bath goodies to the rescue. I totally had a tropical escape on my mind when I formulated these pretty fizzies. Packed with nourishing coconut milk powder, replenishing hemp oil and soothing sea salt, scented with bright, refreshing lime essential oil and topped of with some eye catching mica sprinkles. Oh yeah, bring on the tub and I’ll meet you back here in the spring 😉
Ready to make some fun lime coconut milk bath bombs? Let’s go.
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What you’ll need:
- medium sized mixing bowl
- metal whisk
- spray bottle to put witch hazel in
- 1/4 cup measuring cup to use as a mold
Recipe (makes about 5 lime coconut milk bath bombs, can easily be doubled or tripled):
- 2/3 cup Baking Soda
- 1/3 cup Citric Acid
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Cream of Tartar
- 1 Tbsp Sea Salt
- 2 Tbsp Coconut Milk Powder or another milk powder of your choice
- 1 Tbsp Hemp Seed Oil or any other light weight oil
- 1/2 Tbsp Polysorbate 80 (optional, this will prevent the oil to leave a slick film on the bottom of your tub)
- 20 drops Lime Essential Oil
- Witch Hazel as needed
- coarse Sea Salt (optional)
- green and yellow micas or oxides (optional), I used this for the green and this for the yellow
Directions:
If you’ve never made bath bombs before you might want to read my post “How to Make Bath Bombs” or watch my video to get familiar with the process:
- add baking soda, citric acid, sea salt, coconut milk powder and cream of tartar into a mixing bowl and combine thoroughly by whisking with a whisk first and then working all remaining clumps out with your hands (you can also use a sifter for that)
- add polysorbate 80, lime essential oil and hemp seed oil to the mix and combine everything using a whisk and then your hands
- spritz the mixture with witch hazel until it holds it’s shape when squeezed in your fist (see video above)
- if it falls apart when you open your fist, spritz the mixture with more witch hazel, checking the consistency frequently
- in two small separate containers add some coarse sea salt and mix it in with a pinch of green and yellow mica
- sprinkle some of the green and yellow sea slat into the bottom of a 1/4 cup measuring cup
7. now you can start packing the mixture into the mold firmly pressing it in with the palm of your hand
8. flip the measuring cup and tap gently until the bath bomb releases
9. let the lime coconut milk bath bombs sit and dry for 12 hours without touching them
10. package or store them in an airtight container or small plastic bag
Want more awesome bath bomb recipes? Why don’t you try:
Until next time. Happy Tinkering!
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