Yesterday’s adventure was my first attempt at making bath fizzies. We really like the bath bombs from Lush but they’re fairly pricey and I’m not crazy about the colored dyes in them. It looked  simple enough on the web: 1 part citric acid, 2 parts baking soda, essential oil, witch hazel. You first mix the citric acid and baking soda very thoroughly, then add the essential oil and witch hazel. I’d neglected to write down the instruction to mist the mixture with witch hazel so I added too much and set off the fizzing. Daniel came down and declared that someday I will blow up the kitchen. The mixture did eventually dry and set up into cute little flower shaped bath fizzies. They are scented with Egyptian geranium, English Rose and Amber essential oils and sprinkled with lavender buds.

When I was looking for bath bomb recipes I ran across a recipe for bath melts. This recipe calls for 1 part shea butter to 2 parts cocoa butter with essential oils. These never did set up even after an hour in the fridge. I was afraid to leave them longer lest all my food start tasting of amber, geranium and rose. I retrieved them with a spoon and will just scoop a bit out of the jar. I’ll have to hunt for more recipes to try once this is gone.