Recipe: Cleansing Clay Fizzers

You will need:

8 oz Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)
8 oz Citric Acid
2 oz Sea Clay
2 oz Bentonite Clay
1 oz Shea Olein

Witch Hazel (in a Spray Bottle)

Fragrance (We used Teak & Sandalwood Fragrance Oil)


Phase 1: Combine citric acid, clays and sodium bicarbonate in a stainless steel or glass mixing bowl. Wear a mask and work in a well-ventilated area as airborne particles will affect respiration. We use gloved hands to gently mix ingredients.

Phase 2: Add fragrance to your preference. Dry pigments, dyes & micas can be used, however stick with water-soluble colorants and use a light hand as the color will intensify when added to water and could stain if over-colored (Pigments and some herbal powders/clays will tend to float in the bath water and leave a ring).

Phase 3: Add Shea Olein and combine all ingredients. Using a spray bottle of witch hazel, spritz your semi-dry ingredients several times and then mix with gloved hands. Spritz again, then mix again. And spritz again, and mix again. And again. And again. You get the picture! This is the patience-trying portion of the recipe. You will continue to spritz and mix until the mixture resembles the consistency of wet sand and holds together when squeezed into a ball. DO NOT OVER SPRITZ as this will set off a chain reaction where your ingredients will fizz. Once it starts, you can't stop it and the batch will be ruined.

Phase 4: When your mixture begins to hold together, you will begin packing it into prepared molds.

To Use: Gently glide product over wet skin to simulate a mud mask, then rinse clean. Fizzer may fizz slightly as it is used. Product is best used when molded into single use portions.

Allison B. Kontur
www.BathBodySupply.com