Decode Your Label: Bath Fizzy
Author: Allison B. Vought
Thursday, January 11, 2018


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Everything you want to know about your Bath Fizzy label!

Bath Fizzy: hand-packed dry ingredients that fizz when wet.

Effervesce: to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes.

Chemical Reaction: a process in which one or more substances, the reactants, are converted to one or more different substances, the products.

Citric Acid: a weak acid found naturally in citrus fruits.

Sodium Bicarbonate:  a salt composed of sodium ions and bicarbonate ions. It reacts with acidic components (citric acid) in bath bombs, releasing carbon dioxide.

Polysorbate 80: a solubilizer that should be used with any bath bomb formula containing fixed oils and micas to reduce tub slipperiness, “ring around the tub” and staining.

Packaging Tip: Glass should never be used to package bath bombs as moisture in the environment can set of the chemical reaction between ingredients causing the package to explode.