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I am a bath person.  Few things are more enjoyable to me than a nice hot, aromatic bath.  Sometimes I like a candlelight bath, but most times I just like to grab a good book, and sit in there until the water gets cool.  It’s always been a great way to end the day, and head off to bed all nice and relaxed.  I know that most people prefer showers, they jump into the shower first thing in the morning, then busily head off to start their day.  I think with today’s busy lifestyles, sometimes we just need to slow down and have some quality “me” time.  My bath is just that!!

For years, I’ve made these fizzy bath bombs.  They are full of skin and water softening agents, coupled with aromatic oils, then to top it off with an ingredient that actually makes them fizz in the bathwater, makes for a very relaxing spa like experience.  I make these, but rarely get a chance to use them myself.  I like to give them as gifts, as accents in my gift baskets, or just to give to someone for no reason as all.  Today, I gave one to my massage therapist, and she was beside herself.  She said it made her day!!  One of these days I am going to make a batch strictly for myself.

Most of the ingredients you can purchase in your local grocery store, except maybe for the citric acid crystals.  I have always worked in a pharmacy, and had access to ordering it.  If your store doesn’t carry it (it’s also used in fruit preserving, so maybe you can find it), just ask your local pharmacy if they can order it for you.  Most can.  It would usually be there the next day.  This is the ingredient that makes the fizz.

The coconut oil is usually found in the nutritional area of the grocery store.  I don’t buy the most expensive, virgin kind, etc (I save that for actually consuming) but they have several different grades, so go with the cheaper one.  It’s solid at room temperature.

This particular recipe is very hard to form into a ball, but works very well put into a tiny soap mold.  While mixing this up, I even think this would do well just put into a decorative jar with a seal tight lid, and a scoop.   I will add another recipe with the same ingredients, but with different amounts below, which is very easy to shape into the shape of a ball.

Ingredients:

1 cup citric acid crystals
1 cup baking soda
½ cup corn starch
½ cup coconut oil (or you can use any light oil)
Scented oil and coloring

Mix dry ingredients.  Melt coconut oil until liquid.  Add to dry ingredients
along with scented oil and coloring.  Mix well to incorporate.  If mixture
is too crumbly, add a light oil (sesame, etc) a TBSP at a time to the right
consistency to press compactly into a mold.  Press tight.  Put onto a sheet of foil, and dry overnight.  Wrap individually.

I use different oils for fragrance.  At our local arts and crafts store, I had previously bought soap fragrance and coloring.  It won’t stain your skin like food coloring.  Sometimes I use the ocean scented oil, other times I use eucalyptus and lavender oil.  You can add any aroma you find relaxing.  I’ve even added some of my favorite perfume.

Here is the recipe for the ones easily shaped into balls
(plus it makes a much smaller batch, using less ingredients)

2 TBSP citric acid crystals
2 TBSP cornstarch
¼ cup baking soda
3 TBSP coconut oil
¼  tsp essential oil (fragrant, sesame, etc)
Coloring

Mix dry ingredients.  Mix oils.  Slowly mix together.
Shape into balls.  Dry overnight.

Tami’s Tip of the Week

Take one of your fizzy bath bombs, and place it in a drawer or linen closet (wrapped loosely, as to not get oil on anything, but enough to let the aroma free).  Your area will smell like a spa.

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When summer hits our house, so do the parties.  It’s always boom, boom, boom, birthday, birthday, birthday.  Abby’s came and went off without a hitch, for which I was grateful!  I can attribute that to the huge amounts of planning I did, though.  I feel sort of unprepared for Jocelyn’s birthday party this weekend.  Eep!  I think the main reason is that I didn’t actually create all the stuff for her party that I did for Abby’s.

Joss is at the age where manicures, pedicures, and getting her hair done is super fun.  We decided this year, after getting a haircut at this super cute “kid oriented” salon, that we would do our OWN salon party this year.  Much to my surprise (and delight), I came across this ADORABLE “dessert table with a twist” which was JUST what I was imagining, but all the work was already done! Score!

NonPareil had already done all the designing, I just had to enter the text and print.  I was so relieved.  Today I finally sat down to enter the text and get everything organized.  I ordered all the bath product supplies and am just waiting on those before I can put it all together.

Come with me while I share with you all the cute printables NonPareil has to offer!

I bought a bunch of these cute slidey tins to put lip gloss in.  I bought a super easy “melt and pour” type lip gloss and will be adding a sweet bubblegum flavor to it.

Here are the labels for these tins.  Click on the photo to see it enlarged.  Joss liked that it’s called “Joss Gloss”.  haha

I have a bunch of signs for the tables, manicure station, hairstyle station, and the photobooth.

Then of course, I had to design some cupcake toppers, because they didn’t have any available on the site.  Here are the ones I threw together.  (it wasn’t hard at all if you have photo editing software)

I haven’t designed the labels for the lotion or hand soap, because I don’t know the dimensions of the bottles.  It won’t take too long, though, seeing as they already have labels prepared for you on the website.  I’m also making some epsom salts and the cupcake bath bombs they have instructions for in the magazine.  There were a couple of other amazing recipes/instructions for beauty products on there, I just didn’t have time to do it all.  (as much as I’d have loved to!)

I’m going to pick up a few pairs of flip flops for the guests and a couple of other fun things for the table.  I’m really excited!  I can’t wait to share the whole party with you.  Now go check out NonPareil!  They’ve got some great things over there.

-Autumn