Made Green Tea Soap

[brian0523]

I made green tea soap last night with FO purchased from Brambleberry. Very nice scent! Would work great in any B&B product.

Could you put actual green tea leaves in the soap mix, or wouldn't it hold up very well? Just thinking about how I could dress it up next time.

I don't have any "additives" for my soaping experiments right now - once I feel more comfortable making soap, I'll invest in all the artsy supplies.

 

[CPSoaper]

Absolutely you can put the green tea leaves in your soap. When I make green tea soap, I use green tea as my liquid and then add the tea leaves in the soap. you should post pictures of your soap. I bet it smells divine.

I made green tea soap last night with FO purchased from Brambleberry. Very nice scent! Would work great in any B&B product.

Could you put actual green tea leaves in the soap mix, or wouldn't it hold up very well? Just thinking about how I could dress it up next time.

I don't have any "additives" for my soaping experiments right now - once I feel more comfortable making soap, I'll invest in all the artsy supplies.

 

[brian0523]

Now why didn't I think of that? Mental note - use real green tea as the water next time! Duh! lol

Thanks for the tip!!!

 

[Lane]

When I make Chai Tea Soap (FO from BB) I use real Chai tea in my recipe. I have never used the "stuff" in the bag as an additive tho... Hmmm... might have to try that...

Pictures Brian!

 

[NameThatCandy]

Will the tea leaf turn brown if I put them in the soaps??

 

[Lane]

Yes, usually all the leaves turn brown because of the lye, I believe

 

[Guest]

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Hey Lane - How does that Chai tea FO compare with Starbucks? I am addicted to their Chai Latte.

I swear they add some addictive substances to their drinks. For real. :shock:

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[Tabitha]

Leaves turn bbrown in M&P too, and there is no lye there.

 

[CPSoaper]

My tea leaves do turn brown. My soap is a tannish color from the tea. It does not look bad and gives it a very natural look with the tea leaves looking very subtle. The tea from one bag is not enough to be too scrubbie nor does it end up looking like bugs like some additives can. Later I'll post a picture so you can see.

 

[Lane]

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Hey Lane - How does that Chai tea FO compare with Starbucks? I am addicted to their Chai Latte.
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I am SOOOOO in love with the lovely Starbucks Chai Latte. Thats why I wanted to try the FO. The FO smells similar but not as...creamy. I added about 1/2 cup of "tea" (Lipton Chia, used 6 bags) so that would have affected the smell a bit.

 

[NameThatCandy]

I can't wait to see the pics.

 

[CPSoaper]

I'm trying to get my picture to upload.

I will try again. I'm having problems with my camera loading it on the computer. For some reason my camera keeps turning off in the middle of trying to get the picture loaded.

 

[Lane]

For some reason my camera keeps turning off in the middle of trying to get the picture loaded.

Mine does that allll the time...usually it means ya need new batteries.

 

[CPSoaper]

For some reason my camera keeps turning off in the middle of trying to get the picture loaded.

Mine does that allll the time...usually it means ya need new batteries.

Mine does the same thing but I was not thinking it needed new batteries because I just replaced them with what I thought was new batteries. But come to find out, what I thought were new batteries that my husband just gave me so I could post this, were not.

 

[Guest]

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Hey Lane - How does that Chai tea FO compare with Starbucks? I am addicted to their Chai Latte.
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I am SOOOOO in love with the lovely Starbucks Chai Latte. Thats why I wanted to try the FO. The FO smells similar but not as...creamy. I added about 1/2 cup of "tea" (Lipton Chia, used 6 bags) so that would have affected the smell a bit.

Yum! I will have to try this one. Maybe in a milk soap to see if I can get the creamy bit. Thanks Lane!

 

[mandolyn]

green tea

I used green tea EO in my M&P along with some olive oil & vitamin E oil. I also steeped a tea bag in 1/4 c water & let it sit while the soap melted, then added it to my mix along the tea leaves from one bag ground fine with a mortor & pestel.

The bars turned out brown with flecks. Verrrry earthy looking!! I LOVE the smell!. It's one of my favorite recipes.

Mandy

 

[dragonfly princess]

UM.....PICS of the MP Green Tea Soap RIGHT NOW!!! :shock:

 

[DarCreates]

It sounds heavenly! How's that photo coming along?

 

[seaysoap]

Thanks for the Tea Tree tip

I don't like buying FO as it is at times a guess. Often my guess end up being wrong. Just knowing someone like a scent is enough to make me want to try it. I did order some of the Tea Tree, made a batch, and it does smell nice.

 

[mandolyn]

Here's a pic of my first M&P including Green Tea

OK! I finally have a link to a pic. Still haven't figured out how to get a pic in my message, though. hmm...

Here's a pic of my 1st M&P's including the very dark Green Tea. They look pretty boring. I'm still designing my Scottish Thistle Soaps label. The gold "handmade" label looks awful, & I won't be using them.

The Green Tea are the 2 darkest bars. The lighter browns are Deep Sandalwood & Spicey Almond (you can't see it, but there are flecks of nutmeg in them), the Lavender is Lavender, the translucent golden brown is Light Sandalwood with Nutmeg sprinkled in & the green is Chamomile and Tea Tree with ground Chamomile flowers stirred in.

I'll try to get some close-up pics, because you can't see the good stuff in the bars.

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Mandy