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Avobath – LUSH bath bomb duplicate recipe
In this post, I show my duplicate recipe of the Avobath – favorite LUSH bath bomb and my method to crack the recipe.
The recipe for LUSH bath bomb was easy to duplicate and I like the result!
I first show my recipe and below – for those that are interested – I explain how I cracked the recipe.
The recipe
For 4 big Avobath-like LUSH bath bombs (7cm diameter):
(1 pound) 480g sodium bicarbonate (aka baking soda)
(0.5 pound) 240g citric acid
1/2 teaspoon green mineral oxide
(0.49 oz) 14g fresh avocado
(0.42 oz) 12g olive oil
25 drops Essential Oil (EO) Lemongrass
25 drops EO Bergamot
30 drops EO Rosewood
Instructions
1) Mix in a bowl sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and green oxide.
2) Blend the avocado with the olive oil and add to the mix.
3) Stir everything thoroughly and finally add essential oils
4) Mix again and make bombs by filling the molds
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| The mix of Avobath ready to be put into molds. |
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| My bath bomb mold, 7cm diameter |
TIP:Check the video at 2:15 – a very good technique of how to mold.
4) Unmold and let harden in the owen at 50°C (122°F) for 20-30 minutes
And here is the video of my bomb:
How did I duplicate it?
In order to be able to duplicate a product, we have to know the ingredients.
An ingredient list is very informative as according to the rules of cosmetics labeling, the ingredients must be listed in a decreasing order of their proportion.
Therefore the first ingredient is the most abundant etc…
The LUSH AVOBATH composition is:
Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Fresh Organic Avocado, Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Lemongrass Oil, Bergamot Oil, Rosewood Oil, *Citral, *Geraniol, *Farnesol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Perfume, Gardenia Extract, Lustre holly sparkle
I do know how to make a bath bomb – the base is to combine sodium bicarbonate and citric acid in the proportion of 2:1, by using a bit of water and/or oils.
Two first ingredients in the ingredient list are sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and citric acid – these are the most abundant in the recipe.
Because we need two molecules of baking soda to react with one molecule of citric acid, all bath bombs use ratio 2:1 baking soda to citric acid.
The question is, how much of avocado fruit is added.
To answer this – a video of how AVOBATH is made is quite helpful. I estimated the percentages from the video:
What do you think about it?
Did you try to duplicate any of the LUSH products? Did you succeed?
I will be happy if you share your opinion/experience, do not hesitate to leave a comment!
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#2 written by Corey Alviar 7 years ago
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#3 written by evik 7 years ago
Hi Corey, the ingredients are simple, what I cannot duplicate, probably is their perfume. Moreover, I do not remember how it smells. However, taking into account its ingredients, I would try this recipe:
(1 pound) 480g sodium bicarbonate
(0.5 pound) 240g citric acid
2 tablespoons of lavender buds-mix all well together and add essential oils
25 drops Essential Oil (EO) Lavender
15 drops EO Chamomille
10 drops EO Neroli-mix again and spritz with a bit of lavender flower water or just water, until the mass stays together when you squish it.
Divide into two parts and add 1/2 – 0 teaspoon of golden mica (or other golden powder, can be one used for patisserie).
Put into molds.
Hope this helps…
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#4 written by Veronica 7 years ago
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#8 written by Fran 6 years ago
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#9 written by evik 6 years ago
Hi Fran!
Sodium bicarbonate is baking soda, which can be bought in any supermarket – it is used for baking.
Acid citric – the same, found in supermarkets, but might be expensive in larger quantities. I found this guide how to buy citric acid: http://www.wikihow.com/Buy-Citric-Acid
Essential oils – often found in stores with gifts, natural and bio shops… or online, of course.
Evik
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#10 written by omar 6 years ago
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#13 written by Christine 6 years ago
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#15 written by Becki 6 years ago
When you get the ring around the bath tub it is usually because you have used a colorant that is not water soluble. I also add Turkey Red Castor Oil to my bath fizzies so the oils and colorants don’t just float on the top of the water. The Turkey Red oil breaks up the oils through out the water. For a bath of fizzies (2 cups baking soda & 1 cup citric acid) I only add 1/2 tsp of Turkey Red oil. I buy the Turkey Red oil online at SoapGoods, the colorants from Elements Bath & Body and I buy my citric acid from Wholesale Supplies Plus.
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#17 written by Ne 6 years ago
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#18 written by evik 6 years ago
Hi Ne, for fresh fruit, that depends on other ingredients. The sodium bicarbonate may help to keep it from getting moldy for some time, but not for long. You can add some essential oils,which are antibacterial, than it will be even longer. Honey is fine, it does not go bad, there is too much sugar as well as other antibacterial goodies from bees. The safest is to add some preservative.
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#19 written by Asma 5 years ago
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#20 written by evik 5 years ago
Hi Asma,
I would not add any more oil into the recipe, it will make it too heavy and the bombs would not hold together. So if you wish to add avocado oil, I would completely discard the avocado from the recipe and add avocado oil instead of olive oil.
It is easy to calculate ml from grams / ounces. What you need to know is the density of the oil. Avocado oil has density of 0.92 g, which means that 1ml weighs 0.92g.
14g of avocado oil is therefore 14/0.92 = 15.2 ml
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Love this, great post! I’ve been trying to crack the godiva shampoo bar myself, but without the sls… I’d use it if it weren’t for that simple fact, lol… I’m getting close 😉