4 Sumptuous Bubble Baths You Can Make Yourself

Don’t want to “splash out” on expensive bubble baths? Looking for a thoughtful but affordable gift? Here are 4 relaxing recipes which are just the foamy ticket, ideal for a long soak after a hard day of playing on your favorite online bingo sites. Go on, you deserve it!

1. “Honey, I’m Home!”

This sweet, bubbly bath soak smells as delicious as you’d expect and takes just a few common kitchen and bathroom ingredients to make. You’ll need:

• 2 parts baby oil
• 1 part honey
• 1 part unscented (or honey/vanilla) shampoo
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract

Simply mix all of the ingredients together, pour into bottles, pop into a warm bath, lie back & relax! Live Laugh Rowe has the full tutorial.

2. Rose Tinted Spectacles

You’ll need to track down liquid Castile soap to make this lovely floral soak, but it’s well worth the effort. You’ll find it online and in most well-stocked health food shops and chemists. We found this recipe on VSPA Botanicals’ blog. To make it yourself simply mix together:

• 5 parts liquid Castile soap
• 1 part coconut oil
• 1 part glycerine
• 1 drop jasmine oil
• 2 drops essential rose oil

3. Hot Chocolate

Mmm…This chocolate bubble bath is super indulgent and absolutely worth the effort. Trust us. To make it for yourself you’ll need:

• 60g unsweetened cocoa powder
• 80ml soy milk
• 240ml unscented liquid soap

To make this bubble bath, warm up the soy milk but do not let it boil. Add the cocoa powder and stir until it has dissolved. Allow to cool, then stir in the soap. Add the lot to the tub, lie back and enjoy a truly decadent bath.

4. Simplicity Itself

This tutorial from Apartment Therapy will talk you through how to make the perfect, simple bubble bath. This is a great basic recipe which produces loads of lovely bubbles. To make it your own, just add a few drops of your favourite essential oils. Get the recipe here.

What’s your favourite bubble bath? Do you have a bubbly recipe you like to make for yourself or your friends and family? Which DIY version will you be trying from our list? Share your ideas, recipes and experiences with our readers below or drop the Two Little Fleas team a tweet  @TwoLittleFleas.