SuzyK Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Definitely stand back, hold your breath or wear a mask when stirring in the SLSA or you will cough your head off girl! Hope your new bath bomb recipe rocks! Oh yeah. I've used it before to make bubble bars just not bath bombs. Both the tapioca powder and slsa are both easily air born so I usually wear mask. I did make some earlier today. I am definitely out of practice. My recipe was too wet but I added more dry ingredients to it. We'll see how they are in the morning. I made them about 5 hrs ago and so far so good. I'm really excited about them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puma52 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Oh yeah. I've used it before to make bubble bars just not bath bombs. Both the tapioca powder and slsa are both easily air born so I usually wear mask. I did make some earlier today. I am definitely out of practice. My recipe was too wet but I added more dry ingredients to it. We'll see how they are in the morning. I made them about 5 hrs ago and so far so good. I'm really excited about them! I am sure they will end up being wonderful! Let us know how they turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzyK Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 I tested mine tonight and even though my skin feels wonderful, there's a chemicalish smell to my skin. I had to put some of the body powder on to make it go away. I'm not sure what I used that would make it smell that way. I don't like that I wasted all those ingredients. I don't know that I really like having the SLSA in the recipe, or that it's necessary. It didn't really add much to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puma52 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Hi Suzy, you know all of us have had recipes turn out not so great on almost anything we have made and to the trash it goes. That is how a lot of us have become so successful....we do not give up! Sometimes we just gotta get back in there and go for round 2. Hang in there...you have the touch! You make beautiful products! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzyK Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Thank you so much I will keep trying. Just not today. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 What other bubbling agents did you have in the product, because that's what slsa is good for honestly. If you had any cocomide whatever it is and/or something else (can't think of the name off the top of my head) then you wouldn't need that slsa. And how much did you put in? I don't have chemical smell at this end, and my recipe has some clay, milk(s), slsa and the usual stuff in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzyK Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I've made bath bombs a few times before and never had the chemical smell. I had citric acid and SLSA but those were the only fizzing/bubbling agents in it. I don't have my recipe in front of me but I think it called for 1.6 oz of slsa. I had most of the usual ingredients too, baking soda, citric acid and a mix of oils and butters, plus the slsa. My skin feels great though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktaggard Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Suzy, you might want to try different FOs and EOs.. I have found that some FOs and EOs combine with bath bomb ingredients to give wired smells. Sometimes they get chemically or chalky smelling. Wish this wasn't true, but it just takes testing and trial and error to find the right combos. I'm sure you've never heard that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystic sowles Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I agree I would not use food coloring either. I use either bath soap colorant or natural powders like beet powder, turmeric etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_35550 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Wholesale Supplies Plus bathbomb lakes are fantastic. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asheebeans Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I agree! Love those lakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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