Cotton Candy Bath Bombs!

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Hey reader,

You know how I love a bath bomb. Well this week I am making cotton candy scented bath bombs and finally using a baking tray I bought nearly a year ago. It is a glorious day.

I finally think I have found a bath bomb recipe that I enjoy. I tried using all different kinds of oils and it just made the bath too oily to be enjoyable. However, when I finally discovered witch hazel that changed everything. I had done a plain white test batch a bit ago and am ready to do some colorful bath bombs again!

You know all about my cotton candy oil from P&J. A little bit goes a long way, and I went a very very long way with these bath bombs.

I had found this super cute silicone mold of paw prints and I knew I wanted to make bath bombs or soap out of it (Spoiler, I am definitely making both). The problem I have found with silicone molds for bath bombs is two fold. First, you don't have a nice finished edge like you do with hard circular molds. These molds have undersides. It isn't a major problem, but it is something to be mindful of. You don't see Lush selling gritty bottomed bath bombs. Gritty Bottomed Bath Bombs sounds like the least metal metal band name ever.

The other big problem is that silicone molds are not firm. That should be obvious, it is right in the name. However, part of making a bath bomb is packing the material into the mold tightly. This caused buckling in the middle of the mold that made the finished products pucker around the middle like they had too much bread. Have we decided it is all bread's fault? I don't keep track anymore. All of that doesn't stop these from being awesome though!

The recipe for the dry ingredients in my bath bombs is 2 part baking soda, 1 part corn starch, and 1 part citric acid. I actually added an additional half a cup of sea salt to this batch, but the important part is the 2 to 1 ratio of baking soda and citric acid. I used blue soap dye this time instead of blue food coloring. I had a bunch of it laying around and I figured it was less likely to stain my tub. The color is less vibrant, but I think it looks more like cotton candy this way.

I added the dye to a tablespoon of witch hazel. I also added a bunch of my cotton candy oil. The oil won't make the mixture react, so I added that first, then I carefully added my blue witch hazel very slowly. It doesn't react as much as pure water does, but it still reacts. The tablespoon measure isn't exact, just enough to make it start clumping together. You might find you need more or less. Mileage may vary.

Then I started pressing them into their molds. They came out super cute, but I wound up having a bunch of bath bomb stuff left over. This is where me being a hoarder comes in handy. Two holidays ago (maybe last Christmas) I got these toy/candy gifts that were in plastic spheres broken into wedges. I decided to wedge the rest of my bath bombs!

I would call this most recent bath bomb project a huge success. Of course, the paw prints are smaller than your average bath bomb, but what they lack in size, they make up for in cuteness.

Keep making cool stuff!
Until next time,
JoshPrime

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