“LIFE IS LIKE A BATH, THE LONGER YOU ARE IN IT, THE MORE WRINKLED YOU GET”!
Feeling stressed, worn out or just feel like a long relaxing soak in the tub? Then it is time to whip up some of these heavenly fizzy treats.
You can adapt them how you wish by adding your favourite essential oils and colours and make them in a variety of shapes and sizes to suit your mood.
These lovely little fizzes are great for softening bath water and smell amazing. They also make great gifts. So have fun experimenting with them. If you want a mood lifting bath try adding grapefruit or peppermint, or lavender and rose for a more relaxing soak.
You will need:
1 3/4 cup Baking soda
2 cups Cornstarch
1 cup Citric acid
Spray bottles
Natural food colourings
Mixing bowl
Essential oils
Baking moulds
Method:
Sift the baking soda, citric acid and cornstarch through a sieve to remove lumps.
To colour the mixture and add different tints, fill as many small
spray bottles as you need with water and then add about 6 drops of your chosen food colouring to each one.
Pour 1 cup of the powdered mixture into a mixing bowl and
lightly spritz, stirring after each spritz, until the powder is the
desired colour. Add the water slowly, so the mixture does not
fizz. If mixing two tints, alternate colours as you spritz.
Check the consistency of the powder with your fingers; when it can
be tightly packed or shaped, stop spritzing (this may take a little
while).
Select an essential oil of your choice, or two if you prefer and add 6
drops in all. Combine well and begin to firmly pack your mixture into small
baking moulds or silicone ice cube trays (do not over fill).
Allow the fizzies to set for 2 hours, and then carefully pop them out of the moulds, ensuring that they are thoroughly dry first. Run a bath, add fizzies, pour drink, add self to bath, lay back and relax..Enjoy!
Note: Once you get the hang of making these little bath treats you can begin to experiment further by adding rose petals, dried lavender, rosemary or oatmeal etc.