Fizz Boom Bath!: Learn to Make Your Own Bath Bombs, Body Scrubs, and More!

by Isabel Bercaw and Caroline Bercaw

From teen sisterpreneurs™ Isabel and Caroline Bercaw—included on the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for trailblazers in retail and ecommerce for their multimillion-dollar company Da Bomb® Bath Fizzers—come over 100 step-by-step recipes for making fun, colorful, and natural bath and beauty products, including fragrant bath bombs, shower melts, face masks, and body scrubs.
 
If you adore luxurious bath products and love to make stuff, this guide is for you! Starting with the basics and moving to more challenging techniques, you’ll receive all the tools you need to crown yourself Archbishop of Bathtopia.

Learn to make the delightfully sweet “Strawberry Supernova” bath bomb, the potent, spicy “Cinnamon Twist,” and the clever, colorful “Secret Message Bomb” (with a surprise note inside!).

Next, for a beauty indulgence, treat yourself to the “A-Lister Face Mask” or the “Gimme Lip” lip scrub. And when you’re dying to add shine to your tresses, “Hair Zombie” is there for you.

Each recipe includes an ingredients list, numbered step-by-step instructions, and photos of the beautiful finished product.

Whatever bath or beauty treat you desire, Fizz Boom Bath! has you covered from head to toe.

• ISBN13: 9781631064623
• Publish Date: 9 August 2018 (first published 7 August 2018)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 23 December 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Rock Point
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 144
• Language: English

Reviews

[Liz (Bent Bookworm)]

Confession: I am OBSESSED with bath and skin care products. OBSESSED. I don't wear that much makeup, but anything that is supposed to make my skin glow or enhance my (frequent) bathtime experience - sign me up. I've also actually tried the Bercaw sisters' products, thanks to OwlCrate including one of the bath bombs in a long ago box!

This book is fabulous. The writing is sometimes funny and always informative. All the details are there for the beginning maker, from choosing materials and supplies to specific recipes. There are options, the writers don't insist that you MUST do things a certain way, but leave plenty of opportunity to be creative in your own way. Also, the photos are amazing! Totally want to go get stuff to make my own bath bombs now.

While the first part of the book (after the materials and info section) focuses on bath bombs, with tons of recipes for all different scents and styles, the second part has recipes for many different kinds of body care products. Face masks (be still my heart), toners, steamers, lip balms, scrubs - nearly everything under the sun.

Highly recommend. Now excuse me while I run off to see what I own that can be used for a bath bomb mold...

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a review copy in exchange for an honest review.

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[annieb123]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Fizz Boom Bath! is a new how-to and tutorial guide to all things bath-y, including fizzes, bath bombs, scrubs, melts and more. Written by young sister entrepreneurs Isabel and Caroline Bercaw, it's 144 pages published by Quarto-Rock Point and available in ebook and hardback formats.

I am a huge bath geek. In my opinion, there are -very- few problems that aren't seriously ameliorated by a long soak in a tub (for really BAD problems, add red wine (to a glass, not to the bathtub) and a water-resistant ebook reader. Rinse and repeat. If you buy bath bombs from the boutique stores, it leaves a significant dent in the wine budget, so learning to make your own is a win-win situation.

Additionally, a lot of ready made bath bombs have greasy cheap additives and bulk fillers... along with scary artificial colours and other goop.

This book gives you a fun alternative to ready-made. You get to choose the scents and colours (if any) as well as the size and ingredients. The instructions are simple enough, in theory, and would be a fun project with kids if supervised.

There are dozens of recipes, including all sorts of bombs, fizzers, foams, scrubs etc.. along with lots of suggestions for homemade beauty products including lip balm and creams, soaks, scents, masks and toners/spritzes.

The book is exuberant, well photographed and suitable for all ages (though aimed at teen/tween female audiences).

There's a short but handy resource guide (mostly for North American readers) and a useful index to recipes included in the book.

The world desperately NEEDS more tub time in my humble opinion.

PS Pro-tip: you can turn ebook reader pages with the tip of your nose, nullifying the need to dry your hands on a towel, or put down your wine glass.

5 stars

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.