Teach Soap

I'm a bath freak, but I've never tried bath tea so I'm looking for a simple recipe for my own use. I have the basic mixture of botanicals, but I'm not sure how to add fragrance and any other skin-loving goodies to the bag. And then I don't know how to store it. Any tips? Thanks!

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Rachel
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Have you thought of using heat n' seal tea bags? Those can be stored in a tin, a box or a plastic container that can with stand FO's or EO's. Take the amounts of herbs that you want to use. Put it into a bowl that won't pick up the scent, or is not used for food. Add the fragrance drop by drop and mix well. Fill your tea bags with the mixture then seal.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Yes! One of my suppliers gave me a stack of heat seal tea bags by mistake and wouldn't let me return them, so I figured I would give it a try. I guess you can add corn starch, powdered milk, baking soda, oatmeal, epsom salts, etc. I'll have to experiment. Thanks soapbuddy!

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Rachel
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I make my bath teas with simular ingred.and I then stuff it all into muslin bags .I use lavender flowers (dried ) and I give them extra scent by useing lavender EO,pretty inexpensive,I also use calendula petals which I do not scent and rose buds which I add rose fragrance oil to .I store the botanicals in sealed plastic and let them absorb the added scent so they are RIPE to be blend together .BB sells the muslin bags ,I like them because you just drop the whole thing in and you can use it as a washing cloth in the tub. I label them with a tag and store them in a sealed container.

Here are two posts with a lot of different blend recipes for the bath;
http://uniquegardenessences.blogspot.co ... cipes.html
http://uniquegardenessences.blogspot.co ... -good.html

Then this one is for a nice rose bath;
http://uniquegardenessences.blogspot.co ... -bath.html

And this one is all about bathing in general;
http://uniquegardenessences.blogspot.co ... works.html

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Tammy

Thanks! Great tips and resources. Off I go...

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Rachel
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I wish I had a big bathtub to soak in...those sound wonderful!

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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!