Hibiscus Bath Bombs DIY Recipe
Treat your skin to a luxurious soak with a homemade hibiscus bath bomb with this easy recipe.Your skin will love the benefits from the hibiscus flower and the Epsom salts in this easy DIY Beauty recipe. Perfect for a relaxing self care routine, this easy bath bomb recipe is a wonderful way to unwind and indulge. These bath bombs make a great DIY Gift and are fun for everyone including kids, teens and adults.
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup corn starch
- 1 cup baking soda
- ½ cup Epsom salt
- ½ cup citric acid
- 6 teaspoons hibiscus infused olive oil
- 10-15 drops essential oil
- 2 tablespoons hibiscus powder
Instructions
Infused Hibiscus Oil
- Add about 1/4 cup of Hibiscus powder to 3/4 cup - 1 cup of Carrier Oil (olive oil, jojoba oil, etc) in a glass jar with a lid and mix thoroughly. A small mason jar works great.
- Let sit in a dark, dry spot for 10 - 14 days giving it a gentle shake occasionally.
Hibiscus Bath Bombs
- Combine the corn starch, baking soda, and Epsom salt together. Then set aside the dry ingredients.
- Add in the essential oil drops into the hibiscus infused olive oil and mix thoroughly.
- Slowly add the infused oil with the dry ingredients. Keep mixing until the mixture can clump together like moon sand. If it doesn’t, you can try adding a teaspoon of infused oil at a time.
- When the mixture feels ready, slowly add in the citric acid.
- Next, add in the hibiscus powder.
- Now add to the bath bomb molds and compact it tightly together. You want the mold to be overflowing so it will stick together.
- Push the two molds together and twist until the two metals touch each other.
- Slowly take off one bath bomb mold. Then, repeat for the other side.
- Set down on something and leave them alone to dry for at least 24 hours or until they are hard to the touch. If they still are crumbly, let them sit longer.
Notes
- Essential oils are optional.
- Any carrier oil works. I used olive oil.
- You can make your own hibiscus powder by grinding up the dried flowers too if you want.
- This makes about 4 big bath bombs if using the same mold. You may end up with more or less if using a different mold.