How to Make Your Own Aromatic Shower Bombs

According to many experts, we may see record-breaking pollen levels this Spring. That is bad news for allergy sufferers, and I'm already feeling the miserable effects of all this pollen. I went in search of something to help clear my stuffy head, and I was lucky enough to come across this post.

I was lucky enough to already have most everything needed, so I decided to give them a try. I changed it up just a little, though, and I was very pleased with the results.

I decided to make shower bombs with three different scents, and I added food coloring to help me tell the difference once they were done. For one group, I used Eucalyptus Oil, Lavender Oil, and green color. For the second, I used a Refreshing blend of Lemon, Geranium, Rosewood, Maychang, and Cedarwood oils, and yellow color. In the third, I used a Stress Relief blend of Lavender, Ylang, Black Pepper, Petitgrain, Pine, Clary Sage, and Vetiver oils, with a few drops of red color, giving me a nice pastel pink.

I mostly followed the original instructions, using 2 cups of baking soda, enough water to make a paste, and 20 drops of oil (total) for each batch. I also added 4 drops of color to each batch.

I then spooned the paste into the paper cups. Since I was in a hurry and wanted to use them quickly, I baked them at 300 degrees for 30 minutes, then turned the oven off, left them in the oven with the door shut, and waited until they'd cooled. They had dried by that point (and boy, did my house smell terrific!), so I took them out.

Time for a nice, long, hot shower!

A few lessons that I learned and will change the next time I make them:

• Don't fill the cups past the half-way point. I filled mine like I would normally fill when making cupcakes, and it was too much. The weight was too much for the paper cups, and they ended up sticking to the cupcake tins. Spraying the cupcake tins with non-stick spray probably would have prevented this, too.
• Instead of paper cups, I plan to use the foil baking cups next time. I think they will hold up better, and they'll be easier to peel off in one piece when I'm using them, rather than fall apart like the paper ones. I think they'll look nice, too.
• The original post said that you could put the bomb anywhere on the floor of the shower, and I agree. However, I get more scent when I put it toward the back of the shower, out of the direct path of falling water. It definitely lasts longer this way! My husband also suggested that it might be beneficial to plug the drain while you're showering, to get even more scent while you shower. I may try that, too!