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| Below is the bath softener recipe I use. It is a VERY dry looking/feeling mixture, but I've had good luck with it. Sometimes they do crack on the top, but they still hold together fine.
Hope this helps y'all. Hazel BUBBLING BATH SOFTENER
2 Cups baking soda
Mix citric acid & baking soda thoroughly in bowl. In a separate bowl mix any flowers, herbs, etc. with scented oil, then add to baking soda mixture & stir well. Use a spray bottle to apply witch hazel to mixture. (Approx. ½ oz. per .batch.) Spray a little on, then mix, then spray again. DO NOT GET THE MIXTURE TOO WET!! Mixture should be slightly gummy.
*I usually wait until they have dried about an hour, then I add 1-2 drops of scented
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| Thanks, Hazel. This sounds relatively easy and not super-oily like the ones I have used. I am going to buy some citric acid and give them a try. Susan |
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| Hazel, Thanks for the recipe will try this week, I like the gift idea. FYI I have been accepted into 4 Holday Craft shows just since Monday!!!! Yeah!!!LOL I will be busy as @@@@!@$^ getting stock replenished after each show, they are all very large shows but I can't wait. Thanks |
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| Congrats! Michelle What are you making? Jo |
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| Hazel - that is the recipe I use! isn't it cool? BUT a warning if you use dried herbs or petals YOU WILL GET FLOATERS (LOL) The 2nd time I used this recipe I put in Calendula and Lavendar - it was soooo pretty and everyone loved them (gave them as little xmas gifts) only my dearest friend had the nerve to ask if I knew that the leaves floated and filled her tub - how we laughed cause I gave them all away and did not try these (I had made the first batch plain and loved the fizzyness) Another friend took hers to a hotel for a lovely weekend with her sweety and (not knowing what would happen) put 3 in the tub at once - lotta whooping and laughing went on as they were taking a bath together in the giant tub - |
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| Jo, I am making oodles of soap loafs cut into 1" thick bars (goats milk base), several clear M&P soaps, decorative soaps (bakery line, Xmas, cello bags w/dinosaurs for kids, festival fish and adorable hearts, butterflys and flowers for little girls), body butter, lotion bars, bath bombs and lip balms. I have been swamped but can't wait. My revised body butter has been a hit, almost all the recipes I got were to waxy and oily, I love mine, it is alot more work but worth it. I just made Hazel's bath bombs and love them due to the lack of oil in them so I am making quite few different fragrances in those. I am really unhappy with my flavor oil person for the lip balms, some of them are really lacking in fragrance and flavor, will be looking for a different supplier b4 next show. Gotta run, TIME TO MAKE THE SOAP! |
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