WTF? Bath Bomb Basics! Ingredients Explained (PLUS Free Bath Bomb Recipe!)

Hey Hey Hey! It's time for another WTF Wednesday! Today I'm taking a minute to show you a SOLID free bath bomb recipe and give a brief explanation about what the different ingredients do... and why??? So I can continue on with destroying my bath tub over the next few weeks 😂😂😂 So while there isn't a lot of drama in this one, we're laying groundwork for some STUPID videos I've got queued up!

✨✨Also! Sorry its a little late! I've been trying to upload it all day and I guess Hurricanes and internet don't mix😩✨✨

WHAT THE FUUUUUU....
Welcome to WTF! For these videos I'll be making and testing recipes I've yoinked from Pinterest or random google searches for "diy bath bomb recipe"... I expect the results to be pretty hilarious! I won't include links to the recipes unless they are successful because the goal isn't to shame anyone, just to have fun and see how flawed the internet can be when it's trying to be "helpful" 😉

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What's up! My name is Robyn French Smith! Amanda Aaron and I co-own and run Bath Fizz and Foam! We create content, develop recipes, and educate handmade cosmetic makers of all skill levels! We are committed to seeing other makers succeed!

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❤️FREE BATH BOMB RECIPE❤️
Here's a link to Amanda's Basic Bath Bomb Recipe! It's the exact one used in the video and the PERFECT place to start if you want to learn to make bath bombs!

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[goodmaro]

15:02 excellent point! My opinion is that fizzing and foaming should not be combined in one formula, because you get the best foam from aerating the bath (usually by splashing as it starts to fill), which loses the fizz, and the best fizz by putting it in while you're already submerged so the bubbles tickle you.

[ivonvalle]

Loved the video I just subscribe. Very informative Ty so much.

[soapfistication]

Great video! It was great to see a clean tub after it all drained. ;)

[ladymsoaps]

I have spent the last 6 months creating my recipe. And what’s funny is I found as well I like kaolin clay, cream of tartar, and cornstarch. I finally perfected my recipe a couple days ago. Playing around with different concoctions is so much fun and ive had so many fails too. However my daughter loves having a nonstop shop of bath bombs in the house with me adding them to my business.

[jaye]

I only use cornstarch it works well. I use 1/2 cup with the basic recipe

[vaslim]

Is there an alternative to polysorbate 20 & 80 and Turkey oil and lecithin to solubilze the oils and colors?

[goodmaro]

That you consider cream of tartar a hardener on a par with the clay or starch perplexes me. Kaolin, starch, sure...but cream of tartar?! I'd consider cream of tartar a source of acid and in some recipes a pH buffer to prolong the fizzing action. It *will* get hard as it crystallizes, so maybe that's what you meant by "hardener", but maybe you should allow the term "filler" for spongey materials like kaolin and starch. Such materials can be compressed a lot; cream of tartar, not so much.

[sharib]

Just out of curiosity - what FO did you end up using? When you sniffed the bath bomb towards the end, you said, "so much better than an essential oil..." or something to that effect - are FO's better than EO's for bath bombs? By the way - great video - and I'm loving you WTF videos! The experimentation is awesome and I've learned a lot!! Thanks!

[beautifullove]

Can you explain why adding sugar via sprinkles to bath bombs is bad? I’m just confused when people market and sell sugar scrubs for the bathtub… I’m new to your channel and have heard you say that twice, but I can’t find the video where you address “the why”.

[goodmaro]

8:00 You take too narrow a view of what "surfactant" means. Emulsifiers like the polysorbates *are surfactants*, and they would be so regardless of whether they produced any suds as a side effect of their emulsifying action. Some surfactants are even used to counteract foaming. You mentioned lecithin; it's a surfactant used as an emulsifier, and it doesn't foam.