Anyone ever made tea soap?
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It depends on what kind of process - I have only done MP soap - with a range of teas - rooibos, chai, green tea etc - if you add a sufficient quantity you do get a sort of light natural whiff of scent, but not as much as if you use FO. I have started halving the FO on the tea soaps - that way I do get a distinct fragrance that blends nicely with the natural scent.
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I made an orange Ceylon tea soap....I used the cold brewed tea as my liquid and added the tea leaves for scrubbies. I added some sweet orange essential oil to keep a bit of the scent since the tea smell doesn't stick around.
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I made my mom some Chamomile shampoo bars - CP soap, used VERY strong chamomile tea (with two sugars) for the lye water. I added a little bit of peppermint and rosemary EO to it because Mom asked for it, so IDK if the tea scent would've come through or not. I imagine it did/would've burned off a bit. Also if I make more in the future (I better - she'll kill me if I don't!) I will dissolve the lye in cold water instead of tea and then add the tea later.. I didn't like the smell of the tea when I added the lye.
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Well I don't use poo bars, but to quote my mom:
"I just tried one! It is AWESOME. It lathers REALLY well.
Thank you!!!"
LOL - she raves about it all the time, so apparently it's good!
"I just tried one! It is AWESOME. It lathers REALLY well.
Thank you!!!"
LOL - she raves about it all the time, so apparently it's good!
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My shampoo bars are CP soap but I chose certain oils that were supposed to be more nourishing. Also the tea, specific EOs, and then a good dose of castor for lather.
I wouldn't use MP on my own hair, but nothing says you can't try!
FWIW, I started with MP and love it.. I was super scared of lye and stuff but I finally bit the bullet and OMG I'm addicted to doing CP now. You should give it a shot!
I wouldn't use MP on my own hair, but nothing says you can't try!
FWIW, I started with MP and love it.. I was super scared of lye and stuff but I finally bit the bullet and OMG I'm addicted to doing CP now. You should give it a shot!
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Hi SoapMom, I used a herbal mango and berry tea in a CP soap, adding it at trace to try to keep the scent and colour in the finished bars - no luck! The saponification process seems to kill the fragrance. If you add it to the lye it will turn brown and the scent will burn off straight away, so I thought adding it later may help, but not in my experience :wink:
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Speaking of tea soap.. I decided to go do another batch, this time for my sister in law, Pam.
She LOVES hot tea.. her favorite is Lady Grey. So I thought I'd make a batch of Lady Grey soap.
I did the same recipe as before (for my shampoo bars) since I knew it worked well. And just as with the poo bars I used an upright mold (Pringles).
What happened this time? As soon as I added the fragrance (Chai Tea), I got soap on a stick! (whisking by hand, btw)... ARGH that's my first. Irritating.
Soooo... I spooned/glopped/forced it into the Pringles can and decided to see what it would do. Yeah, it got hot and grew so a few inches spilled over.. ON TO MY HAND and now I have a lye burn on my finger. This is so not my night.
Smells good though. ROFLMAO
She LOVES hot tea.. her favorite is Lady Grey. So I thought I'd make a batch of Lady Grey soap.
I did the same recipe as before (for my shampoo bars) since I knew it worked well. And just as with the poo bars I used an upright mold (Pringles).
What happened this time? As soon as I added the fragrance (Chai Tea), I got soap on a stick! (whisking by hand, btw)... ARGH that's my first. Irritating.
Soooo... I spooned/glopped/forced it into the Pringles can and decided to see what it would do. Yeah, it got hot and grew so a few inches spilled over.. ON TO MY HAND and now I have a lye burn on my finger. This is so not my night.
Smells good though. ROFLMAO
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Well I've got several batches to do tonight, the Lady Grey was #2. First batch was a tomato-basil salt bar which SO FAR looks good haha
The Lady Grey is okay other than having to force it into the mold and then spilling/burning me. Looks like it oughta set up fine though.. I'll remember to leave it longer though this time, I unmolded mom's poo bars too early (top looked/felt done but the bottom part was squishy) so they were ugly hahaha
Coming up next:
Prickly Pear (YES I'm finally doing it!)
RTCP/Whipped Mint Chocolate Fluff (my first!)
Poteet Strawberry..
The Lady Grey is okay other than having to force it into the mold and then spilling/burning me. Looks like it oughta set up fine though.. I'll remember to leave it longer though this time, I unmolded mom's poo bars too early (top looked/felt done but the bottom part was squishy) so they were ugly hahaha
Coming up next:
Prickly Pear (YES I'm finally doing it!)
RTCP/Whipped Mint Chocolate Fluff (my first!)
Poteet Strawberry..
