Peppermint Soap "tingling"...
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Yes, it is perfectly normal. One member suggested it might be used as a marital aid.
Yes- definitely causes a tingle in sensitive areas. Hubby calls my peppermint soap the "Evil Soap'. lol He only ever showered with it once, which was plenty enough for him.
IrishLass
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I put warnings on the labels of peppermint soap
girlishcharm2004
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Ha, the first time I showered with Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap my whole body tingled! It made me feel so cold getting out of the shower that I never used it again. However, my scalp felt wonderful.
I love peppermint soap. But not for THAT reason, guys! Actually, when mixed with lavender, it starts my day like no other. I had no idea it would have such a mental effect but I am sold, even if I've diluted it past the tingle!
No one gets my soap until I have used it a week. That way I avoid uh-ohs.
Saponista
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There's another thread about this with ppl having exactly. The same problems. I can't use it, it burns more than tingles. Eyewateringly so! I stick to hands only with peppermint, it's a shame as I love the smell.
Ruthie
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Yup! I have a whole shelf of it sitting, waiting for me to decide what to do with it. Rebatching it isn't fun- burns the eyes. So there it sits!
I don't want to commandeer Smeetree's thread, but any ideas? I hate to even give it away.
I don't want to commandeer Smeetree's thread, but any ideas? I hate to even give it away.
Saponista
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You could make sugar scrub cubes with some of it, but that is the same amount of hassle as rebatching. The added ingredients and heating will reduce the pepoermintyness of it. I make mine with added aniseed and wintergreen so the peppermint concentration is less.
I have some more adventurous family members that actually like the peppermint. I will never make more, that is for sure, though. I use small amounts grated into sugar scrubs, to kick start liquid soap trace, or confetti. I find the longer the bar sits, the less it smells, so using a little at the time is great. I also decided that that was the perfect closet sachet. I stuck bars high up in the linen closet and the coat closet to scent everything. Works a treat. If a whole bar is too much, try just half of one.
MarisaJensen
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Peppermint soap is a hit in my house and for my grandma. She lives in Puerto Rico, where it's always hot, so she loves the cooling sensation. She says it helps her with hot flashes. Peppermint soap is a like it or leave it soap for many due to skin sensitivity, the strength of the peppermint in the soap, season, and other variables.
In the winter it's less popular because of the cold. It is refreshing on a hot summer day.
In the winter it's less popular because of the cold. It is refreshing on a hot summer day.
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Moody Glenn
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Hello! I remember when I began studying to make soap that Peppermint was something to be careful with. There was a humorous article in a soapmaking journal about a soapmaker who loved to make highly scented soap. She had made a batch of peppermint soap and she and her husband decided to try it out together in the shower. It was fun for a little while but the sensitivity went nuclear and they were fighting over water to get rid of it. Lesson learned FAST.
I use peppermint EO at the low end of the percentage spectrum but also combine it with a little Sinus Relief EO (contains a blend of eucalyptus, camphor and mint) and some pine FO. Surprisingly, the peppermint is 'maginified' but does not have any tingling.
Although we tend to fear making and selling tingly peppermint soap I saw one soapmaker at a holiday craft fair, before Thanksgiving, selling her holiday version of it. In fact, she had two versions: one called "Tingle Bells" colored green and had (maybe) silver mica embedded within it and the other was called "Tingle-all-the-way!" which was red and white striped - like a candy cane. She bragged that her soap bar labels were deemed border-line "por**graphic" by the craft fair organizers which made her giggly audience even more interested. The 'Tingle Bells' pictured silver bells with overly big clappers and the "Tingle-all-the-way" soap had a modified Leonardo da Vinci's 'Vitruvian Man' in a Santa's hat with a surprised look on his face. She told her audience that her peppermint soap was sure to - quote - "get their men in the holiday spirit". My first thought (after my horrified imagination settled down) was "or get them into the ER and later into divorce court." I overheard one young lady next to me tell her friend she was going to buy a bar for her fiancee and I flat-out told her not to do it. I explained my carefully worded "being a male" reasons. She thanked me repeatedly for the warning. The things people do and make...... :shock:
I use peppermint EO at the low end of the percentage spectrum but also combine it with a little Sinus Relief EO (contains a blend of eucalyptus, camphor and mint) and some pine FO. Surprisingly, the peppermint is 'maginified' but does not have any tingling.
Although we tend to fear making and selling tingly peppermint soap I saw one soapmaker at a holiday craft fair, before Thanksgiving, selling her holiday version of it. In fact, she had two versions: one called "Tingle Bells" colored green and had (maybe) silver mica embedded within it and the other was called "Tingle-all-the-way!" which was red and white striped - like a candy cane. She bragged that her soap bar labels were deemed border-line "por**graphic" by the craft fair organizers which made her giggly audience even more interested. The 'Tingle Bells' pictured silver bells with overly big clappers and the "Tingle-all-the-way" soap had a modified Leonardo da Vinci's 'Vitruvian Man' in a Santa's hat with a surprised look on his face. She told her audience that her peppermint soap was sure to - quote - "get their men in the holiday spirit". My first thought (after my horrified imagination settled down) was "or get them into the ER and later into divorce court." I overheard one young lady next to me tell her friend she was going to buy a bar for her fiancee and I flat-out told her not to do it. I explained my carefully worded "being a male" reasons. She thanked me repeatedly for the warning. The things people do and make...... :shock:
MarisaJensen
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You had me laughing over here. By the description of her soap I sounds like she might be on the high scale with her peppermint. Reminds me of the first time I tried Tea Tree shampoo, let's just say pre-soaping years, first months of dating my hubby and It was the first time he ran into the bathroom to make sure I was OK. My lola was on FIRE:twisted:
Very much this. No one recieves a soap from a recipe that I haven't personally tested. That includes changes to additive, scent and so on
I test every batch, every time. Better to use an abundance of caution. I am still unsure of myself enough to not have the confidence to send out untested batches. I just make sure I have the end cuts large enough for a week.
