With this easy step-by-step recipe tutorial you can make your own bath bombs without citric acid powder easy and cheap at home! A fun activity for a rainy day or when you’re bored during the summer months.
I don’t have kids, but I can imagine this is a fun sensory play activity, as they can help you make the bath bombs and then watch them fizz away!
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“Where do I find citric acid?”
It’s probably one of the most asked questions here on The Makeup Dummy.
Citric acid powder has been a staple ingredient in all of my bath bomb recipes so far. It’s a key ingredient to get the fizzing experience bath bombs are known and loved for. Combine it with baking soda and a bath tub filled with water and you have a guaranteed fizz party in your bathroom.
So surely a bath bomb without citric acid powder must be impossible to make?
Well …
How To Make Bath Bombs WITHOUT Citric Acid Powder
As ‘scary’ or scientific as Citric acid might sound, it is actually a natural compound found in different food items. Like lemons! And that’s why this easy bath bomb recipe is made with a common and cheap household favorite: lemon juice.
This quick tutorial is perfect if you want to start making bath bombs RIGHT NOW and don’t have any citric acid lying around. I toooootally get it, trust me!
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Watch the short video-tutorial I made here so you can easily follow along with each step. In case you’re wondering, the video can be watched without sound. So even in a noisy setting you can easily follow along.
Lemon juice does contain other natural components besides citric acid, like water. The citric acid you get from lemon juice is relatively small and diluted because of the water, but it’s there all right.
Even though these bath bombs won’t fizz as enthusiastically as their citric acid counterparts, they do the job. Drop one in your bath water to disperse the lovely smelling essential oils and release the skin soothing baking soda.
To make these bath bombs at home you only need a few common kitchen ingredients. Everything else is optional.
The base of this bath bomb recipe is very similar to that of a regular bath bomb tutorial. The fizzing reaction that occurs when you drop a bath bomb in your bath water is the result of baking soda reacting with the citric acid as they dissolve.
Since we’re not using pure citric acid powder in this tutorial, the base is simply: baking soda + lemon juice.
Ingredients You’ll Need
The full ingredient list for this tutorial is:
- baking soda – Get it here
- coconut oil – Get it here
- lemon juice
You can leave the coconut oil out of the recipe, as it will weigh the bath bomb down and create less fizz.
I recommend adding the coconut oil if you want to add essential oils as well, since the oil will help safely disperse the essential oils in the bath water.
Optional ingredients are:
- essential oils – Get it here
- decorations or coloring – I used dried lavender buds and cake sprinkles – Get it here
Essential oils are very powerful and should be used with caution. If you’re making this recipe with kids or want to give them as a gift, I recommend leaving the essential oils out.
Dried flowers, herbs or citrus zest are great alternatives to give your bath fizzies a natural scent!
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These bath bombs turned slightly yellow as they dried because of the lemon juice. If you don’t want this, you can choose your own color by adding a few drops of food or soap colorant to the mixture.
To help you find the ingredients you need for this tutorial for bath bombs without citric acid I’ve added links in this post to places you can find them online.
I’m part of the Amazon affiliate program so I get a small commission when you buy something via these links. For me it’s a win-win and I spend that money to make more bath bomb tutorials for you ? But feel free to Google the ingredients to find your own or buy them from local vendors in your area!
And the best part of this tutorial: the instructions for these bath bombs without citric acid powder could not have been easier.
Enjoy!
Ina
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