Shower SteamersUpdated 4 months ago
What is a Shower Steamer?
A shower steamer is basically a bath bomb for your shower. They’re super easy to use! Just place one in your shower and as water hits it, it will bubble and fizz, releasing an amazing aroma of essential oils and/or fragrance oils into the air. The steamer portion of the name comes from the fact that the steam and humidity generated from a hot shower helps to enhance the aroma of the fragrance while you shower, providing a relaxing and beneficial atmosphere.
Basic Ingredients
Shower steamers have the same basic ingredients as bath bombs/fizzes do! You'll find basic ingredient information below:
Baking Soda-The backbone of this recipe is alkalizing baking soda. It is a necessary
complement to the acidic citric acid and part of the fizzing reaction.
Citric Acid-necessary for the fizzing reaction that makes bath bombs feel like bathing in champagne.
Corn Starch, Kaolin Clay or Arrowroot-Corn starch provides the silky feel that we all
love from bath bombs and can also lend to hardening. Kaolin Clay and Arrowroot
also work to help harden but doesn’t provide quite as silky of a finished product.
Oil-Pick a simple oil like olive oil, almond oil or coconut oil or get more fancy with Sea Buckthorn oil, Argan oil, Jojoba oil or Apricot oil.
Liquid-Basic water works, but most people use which hazel or rubbing alcohol as a binder for the dry ingredients.
One ingredient that is essential to shower steamers is of course...SCENT!
Whether its Essential Oils or Fragrance Oils, what makes Shower Steamers set themselves apart is the benefits that fragrance brings combined with the heat and humidity of the shower itself.
You can find a great selection across our sister sites of both Essential Oils and Fragrance Oils:
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Elements Bath & Body
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Benefits of using Shower Steamers
- Showers use less water than baths do, so if you're looking to be economical then these are the way to go!
- Using certain essential oils/fragrances (Such as Lavender & Chamomile, Eucalyptus & Spearmint) can help with congestion and reduce stress.
- Shower steamers can be used over and over and will last much longer than your standard bath bomb. No one use and done here!
TIPS:
A nice, hot shower will create steam, which helps to release the essential oils in the product.Avoid letting your shower steamer get too wet; this will extend the life of the product!