Mint & Pine Bath Bombs – Christmas Gifts

To me the greatest gifts to give at Christmas are homemade. These bath bombs are great to make in advance to pamper your loved ones. Happy gift making!!

Ingredients:

1 Cup baking soda

½ Cup citric acid

½ Cup Epsom salt

½ Cup cornstarch

1 Tablespoon coconut oil

15 Drops pine oil

15 Drops mint essential oil

Witch hazel (or another hydrosol) in a spray bottle

Green food coloring

Bath bomb molds or cup cake molds

A few dried pine needles to add to the top.

To make:

• Mix all of the dry ingredients together. Add the coconut oil to the mixture to get it mixed really well.
• Spray witch hazel in, 5 sprays at a time. Mix together really well and spray 5 sprays again. Keep doing this until the mixture can hold itself together when you squeeze it in your house. Don’t let it get too wet or else it will react and won’t be able to hold itself together.
• Add the essential oils to your mixture and mix well.
• Add your food coloring to the mixture, until it is the color you want.
• After adding a few pine needles, fill up your two halves of your bath bomb mold with your homemade bath bomb mixture.
• Put the two halves together and kind of twist them to make them really stick together. Place a rubber band around the mold to hold it together. Let it sit like this overnight, or put it in the freezer for about an hour.
• To remove the bath bombs from the bath bomb molds, gently twist the mold, while pulling them apart. If you do it gently, they should pop right out.