Mentha in soap

[majstor]

I have a bush of mentha in front of the house

and like to use it in soap but dont know what way would be best?
Should i make tea of it, mulch fresh leaves or fine grind dry?

 

[Fragola]

The only thing I've tried sofar (with other herbs - haven't used mint yet) is oil infusion from finely ground dry leaves.

Working these days on something more complex.

Tea to replace water and herbs infused into oils. Maybe I'll also try what I can do with fresh leaf juice.

Also see this:
http://soapmakingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28553

 

[Kansas Farm Girl]

I have taken the dried mint, made a tea out of it and used that as my water when making the soap. I use a spearmint or peppermint EO or FO and the leaves from my tea in my soap. DH asked me to make more, he liked this soap. Last time I wanted to make it I cut some and just left it in the garage to dry to make my tea. The time before was winter and I just cut dried stocks and used it

 

[Lilahblossom]

I just used some spearmint EO the other nite for the first time. Smells good. Wish I had a nice bed of mint leaves like that. The tea idea sounds good to me too.

 

[majstor]

Wish I had a nice bed of mint leaves like that.

Mentha grows like weed, it not really problem to have it. Problem is how to control it to not overgrow everything (like in my case).
Hm, i think ill have to try few test batches to see what works best, i have dry leaves which i use for tea.