If you get through the working day diligently and purposefully and feel pleasantly tired at the end of the week, you deserve a relaxing pampering, even if it is to be organized in your own four walls. Full-fledged relaxation and rest are necessary so that you can start the new working week with renewed energy.
In many cases, taking a bath is the quickest solution, if of course you have a bathtub. A hot bath, complemented by pampering aromas and colours, a few tea lights and soft relaxing music let your soul dangle and your body and psyche recover.
Anyone who enjoys relaxing so much should also be able to make bath chocolates themselves
Everyone who regularly seeks relaxation in the bathtub likes to use bath bombs or bath salts, which have a beneficial effect on us. All homemade oils, soaps and aromatic baths that you can buy at the weekly markets or trade fairs are still in great demand.
In today’s article we would like to offer you recipes and tips with which you can compose your baths individually and even make your own bath chocolates yourself.
Only when you make your own bath bombs do you realize what you used to bathe in
The basic ingredients can be anything you like to smell
Bath bombs or bath chocolates – pure pampering for body and soul
Lying in the bathtub and contemplating the bubbling water and the many colors is even called therapeutic in certain circles. Finally the head is free from the many exhausting thoughts and one feels a relief. In addition, the bubbling water pleasantly tickles all over the body, which also relaxes and brings you back into balance.
It is recommended to use natural and pure substances
This is how you actually achieve a healthy feeling of well-being
If you buy aromatic bath bombs, it would be useful to know a little more about the effect of the scents. In addition, one can only recommend that the products are organic and of course not harmful.
To make sure that the bath chocolates actually contribute to the feeling of well-being, you can try to create your own bath bombs.
Homemade bath bombs can be wrapped up nicely and given away for Valentine’s Day, for example
natural, fragrant and homemade – there can’t be a better gift
What can you use for the homemade bath bombs?
In addition to the basic recipe, which you can read below, practically everything that you associate with natural flavors would be a possible additional ingredient. Petals and drops of essential oils are often used for bath bombs. Depending on the season, you can experiment with rose, jasmine, or lavender blossoms. All three can be found in many gardens and the lavender is easy to dry for the winter. The scent of spruce needles is intuitively or consciously preferred right now in winter, just like all citrus aromas. Mint leaves are easy to get and you can feel the cooling refreshment with them. Woodruff and geranium can also make the bath water pleasantly bubble if you mix them into the basic ingredients.
Surprise your loved one with heart-shaped bath bombs
If you make bath chocolates yourself, you can determine the form and content
You can use the classic round shape or silicone mold for biscuits or chocolates
How can you make bath chocolates yourself?
In some of the previous articles we reported how it is possible to make bath salts or even soap yourself. It is now the turn of the bath chocolates and this is where the practical implementation comes in.
In order to be able to make bath chocolates yourself, you need a suitable form and the following ingredients, which make about 15 pieces:
- 500 g cream of tartar (or baking powder)
- 250ml citric acid
- 100 g (cornstarch or other starch)
- 100g vegetable fat (e.g. coconut oil, cocoa or shea butter, jojoba, olive or almond oil)
You can create funny bath bombs for every occasion
Preparation:
Baking powder, citric acid and the cornstarch are mixed together in a dry bowl. Danger! A single drop of water causes the mass to foam. So please pay attention!
Now you can heat the selected oil in a water bath and add it to the other ingredients while stirring constantly. It should be a smooth and viscous mass.
From now on you can get creative. Think about what scents or colors you want your bath chocolates to have. Carefully add a maximum of 15 drops of an essential oil and petals of your choice. The dried rose or lavender petals are long-lasting and promise luxurious pampering and complete relaxation!
Aroma bath according to your mood and also as a gift
Pampering yourself in the bathtub is praiseworthy, but encouraging someone to do so with your own fragrance creations is just great. Let your friends be won over and inspired by the flavors and effects of your own bath chocolates. Give away the successful bath bombs to friends and family members and be open to suggestions for improvement!
Once you’ve practiced making bath bombs a few times, you’ll be able to mix and match the right scents to suit your mood of the day!
In addition, you only find out what else you bathe in by making your own bath bombs!
The editors wish you every success!
