’Tis the season of gift exchanges, twinkly lights, and hot chocolate. As students, though, our all-consuming studies intrude on this joyful season, leaving little time to find the perfect gift amid exams and essays. For those short on time, a quicker alternative to buying the right gift is often making it. Bath bombs are a trendy, enjoyable, and easily homemade gift to win the hearts of everybody on your Christmas list this year.
DIY Detonator
Yields one bath bomb.
Ingredients:
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½ cup baking soda
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¼ cup corn starch
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¼ cup citric acid*
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¼ cup Epsom salt
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1 to 1 ½ tsp. water
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1 tsp. essential oil, any scent
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1 ¼ tsp. coconut oil
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1-2 drops food colouring (optional)
You will need:
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Two medium-sized mixing bowls
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A cupcake tray
*If you cannot find citric acid, then you can use lemon juice, but it will not be as fizzy.
Instructions:
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In the first mixing bowl, combine the baking soda, cornstarch, and salt. Mix together thoroughly.
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Melt the coconut oil in the microwave or on the stove, in order to combine it more easily with the other wet ingredients.
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Mix the melted coconut oil in with the citric acid, water, essential oil, and food colouring in the other mixing bowl.
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Mix the wet and dry ingredients together, but make sure to do so slowly. You do not want to encounter any activation, such as fizzing or bubbling.
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As you are mixing, if the ingredients do not stick together, add in water until they do.
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Fill the cupcake tray with the mixture.
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Let the bath bombs sit overnight in the refrigerator.
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The next morning, using hot water, warm the outside of the cupcake tray to gently remove the bath bombs in one piece.
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Once the bath bombs are ready to go, wrap them however you please.
Recipe adapted from A Beautiful Mess.
