Make Your Own Bath Fizzies

Bath Bombs, or Bath Fizzies, are like giant alka-seltzers for your bath; they spin, whirl and fizz in the water while releasing scent and skin-softening agents. So start drawing that water because it’s time to bring back bath time.

What You Need to Make Your Own Bath Fizzies

Ingredients

• 1/2 part citric acid

• 2/3 parts baking soda

• Witch hazel (find it at your local drug store)

• Coloring of your choice

• Fragrance oil of your choice

• Bath Bomb Mold (if you don’t have one, a cupcake tin or small bowl will work as well)

Now You're Ready to Make Your Own Bath Fizzies

1. BLEND BLEND BLEND BLEND the citric acid and baking soda—this step is super important—if you don’t blend well, you end up with a grainy bomb. We actually use a mixer on our larger batches.

2. Once you’ve blended really well, add your colorant. Dry pigments work best—don’t add too much though—the color shows up once you add the witch hazel.

3. Add fragrance oils to your personal nose preference. Some of our favorites are vanilla, lavender and grapefruit.

4. Now, this is the difficult part: Spritz (with a squirt bottle) the witch hazel onto your batch while stirring with the other hand. When your batch sticks together when squished, you need to start putting it in molds—time is of the essence. If you wait too long, the mixture will get hard. If you spritz too much, the mixture will be too wet and “grow” (start fizzing ) on you.