Bath bomb making with recipe! How we make our palm oil free, floating bath bombs using SCI powder

Hello everyone! Today we will be showing you how we make our "Black Plum & Rhubarb" fizzing, foaming, floating bath bombs. We will be taking you through the entire process from the beginning where we weigh all the ingredients, right through to the end of the process where we will show a clip of how the bath bomb performed in the bathtub.
Many of you know we have been testing and tweaking our bath bomb recipe for a number of months now and I am excited to say that we have finally formulated a recipe that we are happy with! So much so that we have actually had this recipe assessed for sale and will be launching our bombs next weekend!
Unlike a number of other recipes, our recipe uses Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate powder (SCI) instead of slsa or sls and we also do not use polysorbate 80. The reason for this is that we are committed to keeping our range of products both palm oil and sulfate free. SLS is a sulfate and known skin irritant (hence why we are avoiding it). SLSA and polysorbate 80 are derived from palm oil and as yet, here in the UK we have been unable to source any polysorbate 80 or SLSA that is not palm oil dervied, so that is why we are giving those ingredients a miss!
SCI powder is an incredibly gentle surfactant (sometimes called "baby foam" as it is often used in baby products because it is so gentle) and it is both palm oil and sulfate free. It will create bubbles just like SLSA and SLS and we love it! It is always advisable to wear a mask when working with it though as it is a very fine powder and for that reason it can be easily breather in, which will irritate the nose/throat/lungs!
Today we are colouring our bath bomb with Amethyst water soluble dye and scenting with the gorgeous "Black Plum & Rhubarb" from Candle Shack. We are also adding just a touch of purple eco-glitter to add a bit of sparkle!
If you wish to try out our recipe (bear in mind that what works for us may not work for you due to a large number of reasons - humidity levels being a main one!) Then this is what we have used and the following recipe will be enough for approximately 6 bath bombs (with a diameter of 2.5"):
672g Bicarbonate Of soda
36g Cream Of Tartar
30g Water
1.8g Amethyst Water Soluble Dye
10.8g Black Plum & Rhubarb Fragrance Oil
18g Grapeseed Oil
99.6g SCI Powder
307.2g Citric Acid
0.6g Purple Eco Glitter
3g Isopropyl Alcohol (for spritzing at the end)
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