DIY Bitty Bath Bombs and Sugar Lip Scrub

Holiday Inspired DIY Bitty Bath Bombs and Sugar Lip Scrub

Easy DIY Bitty Bath Bombs and Sugar Lip Scrubs...just like LUSH but cheaper!

Hello Bitty Luvs! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving Holiday and hope you are getting ready for Christmas!  So.. I was working on a few DIY holiday gifts this year and I thought of making some bath bombs and lip scrubs.  I was thinking to myself, while browsing holiday gifts online..that gee..I know there's gotta be a cheaper way to get some of these things without breaking the bank.  Instead of spending tons of money ordering items online, you can make it at home.  It's quite cheap and very easy to make.  Items can be found at your local grocery store. Now, you can substitute any of the oils with ones you want. You can purchase them at Whole Foods, or other grocery stores.

Holiday Sugar Lip Scrub

The picture are some scrubs I made with my daughter.  We used bead organizers as the container, and some labels I found at Michael's. 

 

Ingredients:

• 1 medium bowl
• 1 cup of sugar (white, refined) or brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon of honey
• 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• red food coloring, green food coloring
• peppermint essential oil (optional)
• spoon
• small decorative jar or mason jar (any small container that you can close)

Pour sugar, honey, coconut oil, and olive oil in the bowl. Drop 1-3 drops of your peppermint essential oil, and 2-3 drops of your preferred food coloring.  Stir with spoon, squishing all ingredients together until well mixed.  Once done, you can scoop all of the material into the jar.  I personally made two bowls, one using red food coloring and the other batch I used green food coloring, to make it holiday themed.  If you are using brown sugar, you may want to skip out on the food coloring.  Sugar lip scrubs can be stored at room temperature or in the fridge.

If you use brown sugar, you can pair it with coconut oil, olive oil, honey, and add some ground cinnamon to make a coconut brown sugar lip scrub.  You can also use fruit extracts for your lip scrubs.  You can purchase the extracts at your local grocery store, and you can add a drop or two to your sugar mix.

 

To use your lip scrub: wet lips with warm water, gently apply the lip scrub on your lips using your index finger, rub left to right like you are brushing your lips with your finger. Gently scrub your lips, rinse with warm water and lightly dry.  Apply your preferred lip balm to finish! Enjoy! You can do this as many times a day.  The honey acts as an antibacterial, the coconut oil and olive oil adds moisture and antioxidants, and the sugar will exfoliate dead skin from your lips. 

Bitty Bath Bombs:
Ingredients to make 3 bath bombs

• 1/2 cup of baking soda
• 1/4 cup of citric acid (you can find this at the grocery store, near the canning area, or where they sell any items for pickling, or jams)
• 1/4 cup cream of tartar
• 1 tablespoon of Epsom salt
• 1 tablespoon of powdered milk (optional)
• 10-20 drops of essential oil of your choice (I bought mine at Whole Foods)
• 2-3 tablespoons of water or tea
• small spray bottle
• 2-4 drops of food coloring of your choice
• colored sprinkles of your choice (optional)
• mold of your choice (you can get a mold at your local craft store, or you can use cupcake molds, etc. I bought some ornament ones from Michael's for $0.99)
• Large mixing bowl
• disposable gloves (optional)
• fork
• drying plate with paper towels or tissue paper

In a large mixing bowl, combine all your dry ingredients (baking soda, citric acid, cream of tartar, salt, and powdered milk.  Stir with fork.  Then add your essential oil drops, food coloring drops, don on your disposable gloves and stir and mix with your hand.  Take the small spray bottle, and our your tea/water into it and spray the mixture with the water while you are stirring with your hand, don't over spray and wet your mixture too much because it will cause the baking soda to activate.  Basically, you are trying to mix the mixture until you are able to clump it together, where it is moldable. 

Once you get the right consistency, take your mold, drop in your sprinkles at the bottom to decorate the bomb, and pack in he mixture on top.  Make sure to pack it in real good. If not, the bath bomb will crumble. Once you do that set it aside and complete the other molds.  Once you are done,  lightly tap the mold at the bottom to help release the bath bomb. Take the bath bomb and lay it on your plate on top of the tissue paper.  Let dry for 24-48 hours. 

Once the bath bombs are completely dry, you are free to package them in small decorative bags or boxes..or whatever container of your choice.  They make great stocking stuffers for friends/family.  I like to put mine in some bags I purchased front he craft store. You can also purchase some at your local dollar store. I like to tie a ribbon on the bag for extra flare.  You can make as many as you want, and they last a long time. 

 

As you can see, I made 1 ball bath bomb, similar to LUSH, and I made4 halves.  The mold I used was pretty large.  I think next time I will use smaller molds.  As far as the lip scrubs, you can experiment and try different items in your scrub.  You can use bigger sugar crystals, different types of fruit extracts, different colors, the possibilities are endless!

This was my first time so trial and error.  It was fun to do, and you can make more for cheaper than what you would spend at the stores.

 

I hope you enjoyed this blog, and if you have made bath bombs or sugar scrubs before, feel free to share any techniques or your recipes.  Please subscribe to follow my blog :) Thanks and Happy Holidays!