With a spray bottle, spray the mixture with water until the ingredients hold together when squeezed in your hands. Have you ever wondered exactly how DIY-ers get their homemade bath bombs to explode with a rainbow of colors?

To create the rainbow bar embeds for your hidden rainbow bath bombs, you’ll need to make five batches of the above recipe – one for each color. Scoop out the red and put it into the mould/pot and push it down with you fingers until it is squashed into the bottom of the pot. This tutorial walks you through the steps on how to make rainbow bar embeds for hidden rainbow bath bombs. My daughter loves to help me with all of my DIY’s and anytime she gets involved, so does the mica powder. Drop one of these handmade bath bombs into a hot relaxing bath for an explosion of colour and essential oils.

Then, in a bowl, combine 1/3 teaspoon of mica powder with 1 teaspoon of isopropyl alcohol and stir it together. Oil is more forgiving, it doesn’t start the reaction easily like water, but it will if you add too much.

If, after the bath bomb has dried, it is crumbly, this means you did not add enough oil to bind to ingredients together. Allow the bath bomb to sit in the mold for at least a few minutes, although a longer time would be better. This positively charged hydrogen and the negatively charged bicarbonate from the baking soda come together and quickly undergo a series of reactions, one product of which is carbon dioxide (CO2), the gas seen making bubbles in the water, creating that lovely fizz. Be the first to hear about limited edition products, exclusive collaborations, and all things LUSH - including our secret master plan to create a cosmetics revolution!Rainbow bath bombs are made by separating the pre-mixed bath bomb mixture in small bowls and adding color. Well head on over to our blog to find out other cool experiments such as Glowing Fluorescent Liquid or the Super Easy 6 – a free download with 6 super-easy experiments to try at home! Mix five color embeds (red, yellow, green, blue and purple) in separate bowls, using a different bowl for each color. However you need to add just the right amount of the water to ensure the powders stick together but do not start reacting – this was the tricky bit for children previously, but our new recipe works well.

Basics of How to Make Bath Bombs– If you’re still sketchy about how to make rainbow bath bombs, you absolutely have to check out this quick tutorial so you’ve got all the details before you dive-in. as well as being a former homeschooler, she is passionate about supporting both parents and teachers by providing printables, crafts, and activities to help children learn and grow. Here at Ruffles and Rain Boots, I absolutely love making bath bombs for gifts and, of course, for my daughter and I. The main ingredients in bath bombs are powder based (more below) and you need to add a liquid, often water, to bind these powders together to make them into a bath bomb. Turn these seven colors into anything you like, admire your handiwork and then when it's time to clean up, lime and grapefruit oils will help cleanse skin, while vanilla soothes and softens.Repeat with the yellow and blue colouring, taking care not to add so much colouring that you can not stop the fizzing reaction (disaster! We test products on humans and promote, fund and use human biology relevant testing methods entirely animal and animal-product free. The colours should blend together a little to make orange and green layers thus creating a rainbow effect. Settle in for a good soak with an original Lush invention, exploding with essential oils and tons of fizzy fun.

Pin this to your favorite ‘how to make rainbow bath bombs’ board on Pinterest and it’ll be here for when you’re ready. Mica may perform differently in water than bath bomb colorants that are water dispersible but it should still be pretty. They look pretty stacked in a clear, heavy-duty BPA-free plastic container sitting on the side of the bathtub. Follow the method below and find out how we have adapted the recipe to make it simpler for children to do.I love sharing video tutorials over on YouTube and chatting with the community in the Facebook Group.