Blue Crystal Looking Things Are They Bath Salts or What
Difficulty: Beginner
Time: 20 minutes
Yields: 2 jars of crystals
There is something so mesmerizing about gemstones and crystals. With their unique shapes and variety of colors, it's easy to understand why crystal jewelry and home decor has become so popular. Who doesn't want to surround themselves with sparkly crystals? 😉 If you're a crystal and gemstone lover like me, these Sparkling Bath Crystals are an easy way to incorporate them in the bath.
First, drop fragrance oil onto the extra large bath crystals to give them scent. A bit of Polysorbate 80 helps the mica disperse throughout the tub water more evenly. Then, coat the crystals lightly in micas and glitter. This project can be customized with any skin-safe fragrance oil and mica of your choice. This tutorial used Celestial Waters Fragrance Oil and Queen's Purple Mica for an amethyst effect. The other colors shown were created with Shamrock Green Mica scented with Clover & Aloe Fragrance Oil, Rose Gold Mica scented with Rosehip Jasmine Fragrance Oil and Caribbean Blue Mica scented with Rain Cybilla Fragrance Oil.
I do recommend using micas for this project and not oxides and pigments. The particles of oxides and pigments are larger and won't coat the salts as nicely. They also won't look very nice in your tub water! In our tests, we found these salts did give a light ring of colorant around the tub without Polysorbate 80. The cleaner your bath tub, the less color will transfer. Also, use less mica rather than more to help avoid any extreme color transfer. Add just enough to cover the crystals. See how these crystals affect bath water with and without Polysorbate 80 at the bottom of this post.
The salts can also be used as potpourri. If you're not adding them to your bath water, feel free to heavily scent them. Then place them in a glass container to showcase the colorful crystals. I also recommend some gloves for this project. Mixing the ingredients with your hands works so much better than a spoon, and helps avoid any irritation.
What You'll Need:
Two Tall 8 oz. Bail Jar
16 oz. Extra Large Bath Crystals
3 mL Celestial Waters Fragrance Oil
2 mL Polysorbate 80
Queen's Purple Mica
Super Pearly White Mica
Fine Iridescent Glitter
Optional: Droppers & Gloves
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ONE: Place the Extra Large Bath Crystals into a glass fragrance oil safe container. Using a dropper, add drops of the Celestial Waters Fragrance Oil onto the salts, while using your hands or spoon to mix the salt and fragrance oil together. Continue dropping the oil into the salts in various areas to help evenly coat the salt. If you're using your hands to mix your salts (which I found to be the easiest method of mixing) I recommend wearing gloves. Using another dropper, add the Polysorbate 80 to the salts in various areas while mixing.
TWO: Once all the fragrance oil and Polysorbate 80 has been added, continue to mix the ingredients into the salts for about a minute or two to help all the salt come in contact with the oil.
THREE: Once the salts have been thoroughly mixed, sprinkle a very small amount of the Queen's Purple Mica onto the salts and use your hands or spoon to begin mixing in the salts. Remember, you can always add more mica, so start with a small amount.
FOUR: Continue mixing until the mica is evenly coated on the salts. Add more mica if you'd like. Because these salts can leave a small ring around the tub due to the mica, I recommend using less rather than more mica. Use your hands to "massage" any salt that has a huge chunks of mica stuck to it.
FIVE: Once you're happy with the amount of color, sprinkle a bit of the Super Pearly White Mica and thoroughly mix in. The white mica gives the crystals a bit of dimension and extra shine.
SIX: Add a dash of glitter to the salts and mix in. Transfer the salts to a bail jar. Once you're ready to use, dump a large handful of salts into a very hot bath and enjoy!
Below, you can see the difference between the water with Polysorbate 80 in the salts (shown on the left), and without Polysorbate 80 (on the right). While the salts without Polysorbate 80 do look a little extreme, keep in mind the colorant is dispersed in a much larger amount of water when used in the tub. But, the Polysorbate 80 does help the mica disperse throughout the water nicely!
Once the salts hit the water, the mica blends into the water and the salts turn crystal clear. I love how they look once in the water…it's like they transform into ice crystals! The photo below is the crystals colored with Rose Gold Mica. The photo doesn't do justice to how pretty the pink, sparkly water looks!
DIY Sparkling Bath Crystals
- Two Tall 8 oz. Bail Jar
- 16 oz. Extra Large Bath Crystals
- 3 mL Celestial Waters Fragrance Oil
- 2 mL Polysorbate 80
- Queen's Purple Mica
- Super Pearly White Mica
- Fine Iridescent Glitter
- Optional: Droppers & Gloves
- Place the Extra Large Bath Crystals into a glass fragrance oil safe container. Using a dropper, add drops of the Celestial Waters Fragrance Oil onto the salts, while using your hands or spoon to mix the salt and fragrance oil together. Continue dropping the oil into the salts in various areas to help evenly coat the salt. If you're using your hands to mix your salts (which I found to be the easiest method of mixing) I recommend wearing gloves. Using another dropper, add the Polysorbate 80 to the salts in various areas while mixing.
- Once all the fragrance oil and Polysorbate 80 has been added, continue to mix the ingredients into the salts for about a minute to help all the salt come in contact with the oil.
- Once the oil has been thoroughly mixed, sprinkle a very small amount of the Queen's Purple Mica onto the salts and use your hands or spoon to begin mixing in the salts. Remember, you can always add more mica, so start with a small amount.
- Continue mixing until the mica is evenly coated on the salts. Add more mica if you'd like. Because these salts can leave a small ring around the tub due to the mica, I recommend using less rather than more mica. Use your hands to "massage" any salt that has a huge chunks of mica stuck to it.
- Once you're happy with the amount of color, sprinkle a bit of the Super Pearly White Mica and thoroughly mix in. The white mica gives the crystals a bit of dimension and extra shine.
- Add a dash of glitter to the salts, and mix in. Transfer the salts to a bail jar. Once you're ready to use, dump a large handful of salts into a very hot bath and enjoy!
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Source: https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/diy-sparkling-bath-crystals/
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