Making bath bombs and lip balm

[clare]

Hi There can anyone help me out with a simple recipe for bath bombs and lip balm,I can't find a recipe on the net anywhere,but being a tecnophobe I am probably looking in the wrong place.
I know you need bicarb but thats all I know......
Can anyone help?
Clare

[LBR]

Louise posted a recipe for lip balm, the third post down, in this thread.

http://www.selfsufficientish.com/forum/ ... 52&t=11447

Hope you like it!


I just use baking soda in my bath water. Maybe someone will come along shortly who puts in fancier things.

[the.fee.fairy]

My favourite place to go is www.fresholi.co.uk

Helen,who runs it is one of the nicest people i've ever met, and she's got a forum full of lovely helpful people too! She's also got some recipes on the site - there's one of mine- the perfect lip balm on there. It needs a bit of tweaking though. maybe more jojoba.

[Green Aura]

These are the recipes I use in my products - so don't share them with anyone

Basic lip balm recipe

6ml sweet almond oil
3ml olive wax / beeswax pellets
3ml shea butter
3ml cocoa butter
3ml castor oil/apricot oil split (you can use any oil really but this are particularly moisturising for lips)
a drop of Vit E

Melt everything together, blend thoroughly and pour in a pot.

If you want to add essential oils (after melting but before blending), just add one drop to this amount (I've divided my recipe to make just one 20ml pot). So if you want a blend - say peppermint and tea tree, blend them and then add just one drop of the blend, or it'll be too strong to use.

These bath bombs are much nicer than your ordinary fizzy ones.
Dry ingredients:
1 cup Baking soda
1/2 cup Corn Starch
1/2 cup Citric Acid
1/4 cup Epsom Salt

Wet ingredients:
2 and 3/4 tablespoons Almond oil
3/4 tablespoon Water

Mix all the dry ingredients thoroughly before adding the wet because you have to work quickly into whatever moulds orshapes you want once they're combined. You can put food colouring and essential oils in the wet ingredients, and add herbs/ flowers to the dry mix.
Let them dry 24 hrs before wrapping.

[clare]

OOh thank you,sounds easy, fool proof and just what I was after can't wait to get started now Christmas holidays,childrens illnesses and all the pine needles have finally been cleared up!

Clare

[Green Aura]

Just don't go into competition with me!

[mrsflibble]

i read this title as "making bombs" and started to worry!!

[jessicasteven]

I use burt's bees regular and carmex, and I wear lipstick. I always put something on before I go to bed.

[starchild]

Some great recipes here - thank you all for sharing! i want to have a go at bath bombs too.

I make the healing lip balm recipe from this page: (http://littlegreenblog.com/family-and-f ... -lip-balm/

I gave it to a friend once and she used it on her baby's nappy rash with amazing results apparently (mind boggles!!)

[jim]

Dear Mrs Flibble,

If they read the same thing up at the listening posts on Menwith Hill then we're all in deep sh-t!

Love and Peace
Jim