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.
Yesterday I had another go at making lotion (after *finally* finishing up the last batch). The last batch had a fair amount of water and too much beeswax so that it sort of separated over time. It’s too early to say yet but so far there is no separation.
and for those of you worried that Gabby is too cold, she’s discovered that wool makes a very cozy napping spot indeed.
We managed to finish decorating the tree this week- lights compliments of Daniel who helped more than usual. I finally managed to get a snap of Winnie sleeping on the sheepskin. She’s been doing it for weeks but she’s so camera shy that she would bolt each time I’d come in the room with the camera. I also have a new mold for lotion bars and the hearts might go out the window pretty as they are. The square lotion bars are about the same volume but they are so much easier to use, I think that’s a keeper!
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