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Following recent discussions about making soap, as requested here is my method for making bath fizzies. My daughter loves these - like little "bath bombs" and easy to make with less scary caustic stuff involved
Ingredients
2oz of cocoa butter (get it from soap making suppliers or E-bay)
2 oz of bicarbonate of soda
1 oz of powdered citric acid (homebrew shops or pharmacies)
3 tablespoons of corn starch
a few drops of food colour (optional)
6 drops of essential oil (I'm using lavender)
The first step is to weigh out the ingredients - do this into small bowls first as this is a quick process
Prepare a mould for your fizzies - a rubber ice cube tray is perfect - give it a quick spray / wipe with oil first.
Put together a "double boiler" (a glass bowl in a large pan is fine)
Gently melt the cocoa butter
Remove the bowl from the heat and add the bicarbonate of soda, citric acid and corn starch and beat till you get a blended paste.
Add six drops of essential oi and a few drops of food colour if you wish and beat again
Spoon into the mould and pack firmly
Put the mould into the freezer for a couple of hours and then turn out
Drop one or two under the hot tap and watch them fizz and dissolve for a pleasant relaxing bath.
Not "Bushcraft" but another thing to do with common ingredients
Red
Following recent discussions about making soap, as requested here is my method for making bath fizzies. My daughter loves these - like little "bath bombs" and easy to make with less scary caustic stuff involved
Ingredients
2oz of cocoa butter (get it from soap making suppliers or E-bay)
2 oz of bicarbonate of soda
1 oz of powdered citric acid (homebrew shops or pharmacies)
3 tablespoons of corn starch
a few drops of food colour (optional)
6 drops of essential oil (I'm using lavender)
The first step is to weigh out the ingredients - do this into small bowls first as this is a quick process
Prepare a mould for your fizzies - a rubber ice cube tray is perfect - give it a quick spray / wipe with oil first.
Put together a "double boiler" (a glass bowl in a large pan is fine)
Gently melt the cocoa butter
Remove the bowl from the heat and add the bicarbonate of soda, citric acid and corn starch and beat till you get a blended paste.
Add six drops of essential oi and a few drops of food colour if you wish and beat again
Spoon into the mould and pack firmly
Put the mould into the freezer for a couple of hours and then turn out
Drop one or two under the hot tap and watch them fizz and dissolve for a pleasant relaxing bath.
Not "Bushcraft" but another thing to do with common ingredients
Red