This is a foolproof tutorial for making homemade suffuse bombs. I have really been enjoying “testing” these out at home. 
I’m thinking I should have some friends over for a make-your-own suffuse bombs party. Added bonus: It seriously makes your whole room smell wondrous when you make these!
Below, you’ll find a super quick video tutorial to make your homemade suffuse bombs, or you can scroll lanugo to see the text and image tutorial.
I unquestionably went to make some of these virtually Valentine’s Day and a couple variegated tutorials I tried did not produce very good results.
One of them unquestionably completely stuck to the molds, and I had to tweedle it out with a fork so I could start over. Bummer! But hey, if at first you don’t succeed, sometimes you just have to try again.
On what I had once decided would be my final attempt, I tried this tutorial but reverted up the amounts based on how many I wanted to make, and … it worked! I do have a few spare tips if you plan to make these yourself, so trammels those out below.
Homemade Suffuse Bombs, makes two (you can hands double or triple this recipe)
–bath flop molds
–4 ounces sultry soda
–2 ounces cornstarch
–2 ounces citric acid
–2 ounces epsom salt
–1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons water
–5-10 drops essential oil of your choice
-1 1/4 teaspoon oil (I like coconut or olive oil here)
-1-2 drops food coloring (optional)
In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients (the first four listed above). Whisk to remove any clumps (cornstarch tends to be clumpy). In a small glass jar, stir together the wet ingredients (the last four ingredients listed).
If you’re using coconut oil, requite it a quick melt in the microwave or stovetop so it will hands combine with the other ingredients.
Slowly pour the liquid mixture in with the dry mixture, whisking as you go. If you see the mixture sibilation or foam, you may be subtracting the liquid too quickly.
Once the wet and dry ingredients are combined, take a small value in your hand and squeeze it together. It should stick together fairly well in one or two big chunks.
What if the mixture is too powdery?
If it’s still too powdery to hold together, add a tiny bit increasingly water and mix until it holds together. If you find that subtracting the liquid slowly is difficult, use a spray snifter to add them instead of pouring.
Next, fill half of your bath flop mold with the mixture until it’s just slightly overflowing. Printing together, and then gently remove one side of the mold. Place the suffuse flop on a tray and indulge it dry out surpassing removing the other side.
How long do you wait surpassing removing it from the mold?
Wait one hour surpassing removing the suffuse flop and then see if it removes from the mold without breaking. If it breaks, just printing into the mold then and let it dry out longer.
The goal is to get the suffuse flop out of the mold so it can further dry out overnight. I’ve found that if you leave them in the mold too long, they can uncork to stick and then it’s increasingly difficult to remove without cracking.
So, find the wastefulness here and remember that if something cracks at this point it’s totally OK to just printing the mixture when into the mold. No worries!
Once you are ready to remove the other side, gently capsize the suffuse flop so the uncovered side is facing down, then gently remove the other half of the mold from the top. These can fall untied on you very hands if you’re not careful.
What do I do if the suffuse flop cracks?
If a suffuse flop cracks in half while you’re removing it, you can gently printing it when on top of the other half, or remove all the mixture when to the mixing trencher and start the molding process again.
I had this happen to a few, so don’t fret, it’s easy to fix.
Once they are completely out of the mold, indulge them to dry out for 8 hours or overnight. Once very dry, you can wrap them in plastic wrap and store in a dry place until you’re ready to use them, or you can souvenir them to friends.
In specimen you’re curious, the flavors I created included lemongrass (green), violaceous (purple), and peppermint (white and red). You can mix essential oils into each suffuse bomb, too.
I’ve had some people ask well-nigh using citrus essential oils, since they can sometimes rationalization photosensitivity. I think citrus is OK here since you will be washing it off your skin in the suffuse and not leaving it on and then immediately going out into the sun.
That stuff said, if you’re new to essential oils, it’s unchangingly good to find what scents you prefer and what works weightier for you and your skin.
We are all variegated so it’s possible some allergies or sensitivities may occur, so just be enlightened and use what is weightier for you.
What else can I add to my suffuse bombs?
You can add zestless flower buds (like lavender buds) to these pretty easily. Just remember to use food-grade zestless flowers to stave flowers that might have been grown with pesticides, as you don’t want to soak in a suffuse with those.
Keep in mind that without using a suffuse flop with zestless petals you will have to remove these from your tub.
If you want to create two-tone suffuse bombs, like my peppermint ones, just mix up your thrash in two separate bowls and only add the supplies coloring to one. Easy!
Customize your DIY suffuse bombs for the seasons by using shaped molds! This is fun for making your own, or it can make a unconfined gift. You can add variegated verisimilitude fillings, or plane use a little bit of watered lanugo supplies dye to paint onto the finished suffuse bombs.
Halloween molds:
Making Christmas suffuse bombs as homemade gifts? Here are some of our favorite molds.
Christmas molds:
Snowflake / Ouija Board / Peppermint Candy / Gingerbread Man / Candy Corn / Pumpkin King
More DIY suffuse flop ideas:
These turned out to be a lot of fun to make, and they are plane increasingly fun to use. I highly recommend giving them a try, or you could make a batch to requite yonder to friends or family. Enjoy! xo. Emma
P.S. If you’re not the DIY type, I recommend ownership natural suffuse bombs like these.
Homemade Suffuse Bombs
Equipment
- bath flop molds
Ingredients
- 4 ounces baking soda
- 2 ounces corn starch
- 2 ounces citric acid
- 2 ounces epsom salt
- 1 to 1 ½ teaspoons water
- 5-10 drops essential oil of choice
- 1¼ teaspoon oil I like coconut or olive oil here
- 1-2 drop food coloring optional
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients (the first four listed above). Whisk to remove any clumps (corn starch tends to be clumpy). In a small glass jar, stir together the wet ingredients (the last four ingredients listed).
- If youre using coconut oil, requite it a quick melt in the microwave or stove top so it will hands combine with the other ingredients.
- Slowly pour the liquid mixture in with the dry mixture, whisking as you go. If you see the mixture sibilation or foam, you may be subtracting the liquid too quickly.
- Once the wet and dry ingredients are combined, take a small value in your hand and squeeze it together. It should stick together fairly well in one or two big chunks.
- If its still too powdery to hold together, add a tiny bit increasingly water and mix until it holds together. If you find that subtracting the liquid slowly is difficult use a spray snifter to add them instead of pouring.
- Next, fill half of your bath flop mold with the mixture until its just slightly overflowing. Printing together, and then gently remove one side of the mold. Place the suffuse flop on a tray and indulge it dry out surpassing removing the other side.
- Wait one hour surpassing removing the suffuse flop and then see if it removes from the mold without breaking. If it breaks, just printing into the mold then and let it dry out longer.
- The goal is to get the suffuse flop out of the mold so it can further dry out overnight. Ive found that if you leave them in the mold too long, they can uncork to stick and then its increasingly difficult to remove without cracking.
- Once you are ready to remove the other side, gently invert the suffuse flop so the uncovered side is facing down, then gently remove the other half of the mold from the top. These can fall untied on you very hands if youre not careful.
- If a suffuse flop cracks in half while youre removing it, you can gently printing it when on top of the other half, or remove all the mixture when to the mixing trencher and start the molding process again.
- Once they are completely out of the mold, indulge them to dry out for 8 hours or overnight. Once very dry, you can wrap them in plastic wrap and store in a dry place until youre ready to usethem, or you can souvenir them to friends.
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