Homemade Bath Bombs {Citrus Scented}

Oh you all know that I love finding ways to create a wonderful life without spending a lot of money, right!?  Well today I am sharing a really fun and luxurious recipe for Homemade Bath Bombs in a refreshing citrus scent!  These are similar to what you would find at a specialty store without the high cost.  But you have the ability to completely customize these with your own scents and colors!  These homemade bath bombs will fizzle in your bath and smell amazing!  And you seriously won't believe how easy these are to make!  Plus you might have everything you need in your house to make these right now!

I tweaked my DIY Bath Bomb Recipe here to come up with this amazing smelling recipe!  I personally love citrus scents and I really love the combination of lemon and orange that I used for this homemade bath bomb recipe, but you can completely customize this using whatever scents you prefer!

Homemade Bath Bombs {Citrus Scented}

This recipe will make (4) 2.75" in diameter bath bombs.

Ingredients:  (affiliate links included for your convenience)

• 1 cup Cornstarch
• 1 cup Baking Soda
• ¼ cup Epsom Salt
• 1 cup Citric Acid
• Lemon and Orange Essential Oils  (I exclusively only trust Young Living Essential Oils now.  You can learn more why HERE.)
• Yellow and Red Food Coloring (optional)
• Water in a Spray Bottle
• Bath Bomb Mold or Plastic Ball Ornaments (2.75" in diameter is the size I used)

Directions:

1. Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl and mix.  For this project, I divided the ingredients into two bowls so that I could scent one half orange and one half lemon.
2. Add scented oil and food coloring to the mix and stir well.  It should smell amazing, but you might not see much color yet.  I used about 10 essential oil drops per scent and about 15-20 food coloring drops per color.  (To make orange I used a 1 : 5 ration of red to yellow food coloring.)  But please modify this to fit your preference!
3. Spray mixture with water and stir until barely moist.  You want this mixture just wet enough to barely hold together when you press it together, it should still be very dry.  If you put too much water in it will fizzle and foam and expand.  So go slowly and add just a little water at a time.  Adding water will also help the food coloring come to life so you will really start to see your colors show through during this step.  You can add more coloring at this time if you like.
4. Press the mixture firmly into the molds and then place two halves of the mold together to form a sphere.  You can keep the different scents separate, layer them, create half and half balls or mix it all together!  That is completely up to you!  If the mixture is not too wet, this should begin to set fairly quickly and you can remove it from the mold to finish drying.  It will take several hours and even up to a day or two to dry completely depending on how wet and large the homemade bath bombs are.

These homemade bath bombs are perfect to package up and give as a gift!  Or to keep and use all yourself!  They are a simple way to turn an ordinary bath into a luxurious, relaxing time.

I only ever use pure, therapeutic grade essential oils from Young Living for all of my body scrubs because I know that not only are they safe for me, but they can provide benefits for me too!

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT ESSENTIAL OILS OR HOW TO BUY ESSENTIAL OILS HERE.

You might also enjoy these other diy beauty posts of mine as well:

Orange DIY Sugar Scrub

Rose Petal and Mint Lip Scrub

Vanilla Bath Salts

Or these tasty recipes:

Frozen Mango Lemonade Recipe

Chocolate Dipped Bacon Pretzels

Or these cute projects:

Gold Color Blocked Cement Planter

DIY Industrial Ampersand Decor

I first shared this post on How Does She.