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Hi All, I'm very new here to this rather superb collective!, but I just wondered if I could ask you all what you've found your general shelf life is of your home made bath bombs and such? I have just started making them, and I find mine don't keep their fizz for too long. I have bought bulk...

Thank you MSH. In that case, where you mix without water OR alcohol, what do you use in their place to make the mixture a little moist? I've tried mixing without coconut oil or water or alcohol, but I can't get it wet enough to just want to stick together.. and I mix it all very well too...

I can do that??

Haha.. Yes, you're definitely right CW.. very confusing! Tbh, the only oil I used was a fragrance oil for the orange smell, and a dose of coconut oil for a binder and silky bath feel. The orange oil wasn't specifically called a fragrance oil, but it definitely was more that than an essential...

Alright, thank you BG! In that case, based on my recipe I uploaded earlier in this post, what total oil content do you suggest would have been best, bearing in mind I used a combination of two oils - for fragrance, I used an organic "orange flavor" oil (which is a combination of sunflower oil...

Thank you Dahlia. Could you please clarify this part above.. I don't understand what you mean! :-/ Also, does anybody know of a mechanical presser of some type, that will make pressing much quicker than doing one at a time? I have already seen "The Bath Bomb Press", and the "EZ Way Bath Bomb...

Thanks BattleGnome. When a fragrant ingredient fails primarily (as my FO citrus orange has in my case), is it just a case of doubling the dose used, or is that not the point/likely to be effective?

Thanks SO much for the replies everyone, so helpful, and mostly, things I didn't know. My young son wants to become good enough to sell them at our local markets, so they need to be really great quality, and opulent - suitable for discerning Mums to soak in, not for kids like the Lush ones often...

Thanks so much Battle Gnome! Here's the recipe we used, which we followed exactly: 8 oz. of baking soda 4 oz. of citric acid 4 oz. of corn starch 4 oz. of Epsom salts ¾ tsp. of water 2 tsp. essential oil (we used essence of Orange, which was only a mid-range oil.. we didn't have best quality...

Thanks Dxray.. We did use a spray bottle actually, to moisten the final mix just a touch, but we only used water in it, not Witch Hazel or alcohol. As I mentioned, we had enough mixture to make 4 bath bombs, and the first one only cured for 45 minutes in the freezer in the kitchen. It was...

Hi Everyone, I am hoping some of you much more knowledgeable experts might help me? Yesterday, my 10 year old son and I followed a bath bomb recipe to the absolute letter, and sure enough it produced a perfect high quality luxurious bath bomb with all the right smells and smooth oily...