Shower steamers (aka shower melts and shower bombs) are a great way to add aromatherapy to your shower!
Today for Fun Finds Friday, I’ve gathered up some of my favorite posts on how to make shower steamers. As you’ll see, shower steamers are really very easy to make and only take a few ingredients. The basic recipe is 1 cup baking soda , 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup distilled water, and 25 drops essential oil. Yep, the recipe is very simple.
I think the really fun part is choosing which fun shape you want to make and which essential oil blends to use {see below for a few ideas to get you started}
Here’s a great video from TheBargainHound on YouTube showing how she makes shower steamers.
Around the 3-1/2 to 4 minute mark you can see the consistency you’re looking for with the baking soda and water mixture.
And at the end of the video, you can see what the shower steamers look like once they’ve dried.
essential oil shower steamer recipe
click here to get a free printable of the recipe
1 cup baking soda
1/4 cup to 1/3 cup distilled water
25 drops essential oil (see below for essential oil blends to customize your shower steamers for energy, calming, uplifting and congestion)
to make:
- add 1 cup baking soda to a glass mixing bowl
- add distilled water — start with 1/4 cup, then add more water if needed — you want it to be the consistency of slightly damp sand
- mix well
- add essential oils and mix again
- scoop into silicone molds
- use the back of a spoon or your finger tips to press down firmly on the mixture
- allow to dry overnight in the molds
- once completely dry, remove from molds
to use:
- Place on the floor of the shower.
- I have a smaller shower, so I put mine on the floor in the corner of the shower — you want to put it in a spot on the floor where it will be out of the main shower spray but still get hit with some water.
- The heat of the shower and occasionally getting hit by water will dissolve the baking soda and release the scent of essential oils into the air
tips:
- Some other shower steamer recipes use ingredients used in bath bombs (a.k.a. bath fizzies), but there’s no need to put those more expensive ingredients (like citric acid) in a shower steamer. Baking soda, water, and essential oils are all it takes to make a good shower steamer.
- If you live in a humid area, it might take longer for your shower steamers to dry. Make sure they are completely dry before you try to remove them from the molds.
- If your shower steamers are not drying as fast as you’d like, you can dry them out faster in a low temperature oven (250-300 degrees).
- If you want to change up your essential oils, you can omit the essential oils from the recipe and make “blank” shower steamers. Then just add a few drops of essential oils to the shower steamer right before you want to use it.
- Store your shower steamers in an airtight container.
click here to get a free printable of the recipe
essential oils for wake up/feel energized/invigorating blends
peppermint + orange + lemon + lime
lemon + peppermint
grapefruit
orange + lemongrass
essential oils for calming/relaxing/unwind & de-stress blends
lavender + orange + frankincense
lavender + bergamot + ylang ylang
eucalyptus + spearmint
ylang ylang + orange + cedarwood
patchouli + sandalwood
essential oils for uplifting/find your happy place blends
lemon + orange + grapefruit
lime + spearmint
lavender + clary sage + bergamot
geranium + lemon + orange
essential oils for blends that support clear breathing
peppermint + eucalyptus + lavender
rosemary + eucalyptus + lavender
thyme + lime + eucalyptus
cedarwood + rosemary + orange + frankincense
lemon + eucalyptus
Super cute silicone molds make these shower steamers even more fun! And they make great gifts!
Christmas (stocking, gingerbread man, Christmas tree)
click here to get a free printable of the recipe
Check out these great ideas for shower steamers
Lemon Essential Oil Shower Melts from Sunny Sweet Days
DIY Peppermint Shower Bomb from Pink When
Eucalyptus Essential Oil Shower Melts from This Rollercoaster Called Life
Duck Shaped Shower Steamers from Curious Country Cook
Heart Shaped Shower Steamers from Amanda Brunngraeber
Grapefruit Shower Melts from Happy Mothering
Flower Shaped Shower Steamers from Bargain Briana
Peppermint & Eucalypus Shower Melts from Mad in Crafts
You might also like these other essential oil recipes
Diffuser blend recipes for congestion
Easy-to-make bath bombs with essential oils
Soft & Silky Whipped Body Butter
15 recipes for relaxing bath salts
Fizzing bath melts (a cross between bath bomb and moisturizing bath oil)
DIY face serum for your skin type {dry, oily, sensitive, mature, acne-prone, and normal}
3-Ingredient DIY Peppermint Foot Cream {to refresh tired feet}
31 Genius Essential Oil Tips & Hacks
How to Make Bubbling Bath Salts with essential oils
20 Favorite Roller Bottle Recipes {with free printable labels}
DIY Sugar Scrub with essential oils {for the softest, smoothest skin ever}
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Why distilled water? What difference does it make? Thanks!
Using distilled water is to help things have a bit longer shelf life.
Water (even filtered water and water from the tap) has impurities and little microscopic things growing in it. When you use that water in DIY recipes, those little microscopic things can grow over time. Distilled water is water that’s been boiled and the steam has been condensed back down to water; doing that gets rid of the impurities and kills the little things in the water.
If you don’t have distilled water, you can use filtered water that’s been boiled and cooled in the recipe as a substitute.