Bubble Bars
If you like Lush bubble bars, you'll love this handmade version you can make at home. Whip up some for yourself and some for holiday gift giving.
Yield: 8 2-ounce bars
Cost: $20
Equipment
- Muffin tin
- Muffin tin liners
- Large mixing bowl
Materials
- 1 ½ cups baking soda
- ½ cup corn starch
- ½ cup Epsom salt
- 1 teaspoon pink clay beetroot powder, spirulina or turmeric for color
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil melted
- ⅔ cup natural bubble bath
- 10-15 drops essential oil
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine your baking soda, corn starch, Epsom salt and dry colorant. Whisk to combine.
- Pour coconut oil, bubble bath and essential oils into dry ingredients. Mix with a whisk (or your hands) until a dough starts to form. If it’s still too wet, add baking soda ¼ cup at a time until it starts to come together.
- Once you have a good dough (it should feel like wet sand), press small spoonfuls into your muffin tin liners. I filled mine about ⅔ full.
- Let dry overnight or until they’re solid and can be removed from the liners without crumbling.
Notes
Feel free to leave out the dry colorant, if you prefer.
I love to package several together with a bit of twine and give as gifts. Use within 2-3 months.
To use, simply crumble one or two bars under running water.