This homemade sweet orange bath bomb recipe is made with simple ingredients. Bath bombs are the perfect luxurious gift to make for Mother’s Day! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. This post contains affiliate links.
I made this sweet orange bath bomb recipe and packaged them in a homemade gift bag that I made using wrapping paper.
I placed them in a pretty gift bag and tucked in a box of chocolate and some colorful tissue paper. I love how they turned out! It really is in the details.
DIY Sweet Orange Bath Bomb Recipe
Makes 2 (2.5″) bath bombs per recipe.
Inspired by this recipe.
- 1/2 c. baking soda
- 1/4 c. epsom salt
- 1/4 c. cornstarch
- 1/4 c. citric acid
- 2 tsp. coconut oil, in liquid form
- 1 tsp. essential oil (I used sweet orange essential oil)
- A few drops of food coloring
- A few spritzes of water
A quick note about making bath bombs: DO NOT MAKE THEM ON A HUMID OR RAINY DAY. You can thank me later when your bath bomb recipe sets up nicely and you don’t end up like piles of mush.
That happened to me. Once I realized that humidity wasn’t my friend, I waited a week for the weather to change before trying again. I’ve had great success ever since!
In a smaller bowl combine epsom salt with a few drops of food coloring.
You can add your food coloring in with your wet ingredients to tint the entire bath bomb, but I liked the sprinkle effect that only coloring the salt gave mine.
Add epsom salt to other dry ingredients and whisk to combine.
In another small bowl, combine coconut oil and your essential oil.
Add to the dry ingredients and whisk to combine.
You want your mixture to feel like wet sand. Spritz your mixture with water, making sure to whisk in between spritzes, until it reaches the desired consistency. DO NOT add too much water. You just want it to come together slightly when you press your fingers into it.
Set on a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper and let dry for at least 24 hours. Then I let my bath bomb recipe dry for 36 hours before moving them too much.
I purchased my mold online, but you can use a muffin tin, silicone molds, and a variety of other things to shape your bath bombs.
Once you make this bath bomb recipe you can use a cellophane bag but making a wrapping paper bag is just so pretty.
This was one of those hack videos that I saw on Facebook that makes you think, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
Here’s how to make a gift bag out of wrapping paper:
Fold it from the left so that it is about an inch from the right edge. Tape in place.
Then fold the bottom up a few inches.
Have you ever done this move in origami? It’s the same. Open the bottom fold and press the sides towards the center so that they flatten out like the last photo above.
Fill with bath bombs and then fold the top down and tape in place.
Pretty, right?
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Hi! Where do you buy citric acid, I’ve tried my craft store but haven’t had any luck! Also what brand of essential oil did you use 🙂 thanks for posting, can’t wait to give them a try!
Hi Chelsea! I bought a bag on Amazon (Prime) for $6.99. It was a 1 lb. bag, and makes a decent amount of bath bombs. Great for starting out. They also sell 2 lb. bags. Here is a link: http://amzn.to/2py8xhu The essential oils were also from Amazon. I don’t remember the brand, I just knew I wanted an orange one so I searched. So basically, I didn’t use DoTerra or Young Living or any of those mainstream brands. Hope that helps! 🙂
These look lovely! Where did you buy citric acid?
Hi Mandy! I bought a bag on Amazon (Prime) for $6.99. It was a 1 lb. bag, and makes a decent amount of bath bombs. Great for starting out. They also sell 2 lb. bags. Here is a link: http://amzn.to/2py8xhu
Hope that helps! 🙂
This looks awesome! Combined with the lotion bars and lemon poppy seed soap, it should make the perfect Mother’s Day Gift. Thanks for the ideas 🙂
These look awesome! Combined with the lotion bars and lemon poppy seed soap, it should make a perfect Mother’s Day gift. Thanks for the idea 🙂
I love homemade bath products! Pinning!
Sweet orange is my favorite essential oil! I want to give these a try. I’ve never had much luck making my own bath products before. Maybe this will be the perfect recipe for me.
I bet these are amazing! 🙂
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Those bath bombs are looking bomb 😛 (excuse the pun) Looks like the perfect gift for Mother’s Day! Pinned. Thank you for linking up at the Friday Favorites linky party! 🙂
*Maisy
I love these! Homemade beauty items are the best, and these look awesome! Thanks for sharing at Celebrate it!
Love this! This would make an affordable gift for a roommate or to keep for myself.
What a fun DIY! I am new to Young Living essential oils and always looking for new ideas!!
How cool! I have never done anything like this before, but I could almost smell the orange essential oil as I was reading this! 🙂 These would be lovely. And the making the bag out of wrapping paper trick is pretty cool!
Yummy delight for the senses in the bath, and beneficial too! Thanks for sharing – pinned!
Rita C at Panoply
Do you know the approximate shelf life for the bath bombs?
Hi Jen! I’m sorry, I don’t. We used these within 3 months. In dry climates, I would imagine they’d last indefinitely! I haven’t tried making them since moving to Virginia—I’m kind of afraid to since it’s so humid here most of the year!