Teach Soap

Hi again I was looking at some of the extracts on BB and became intrigued to try a seaweed bar.
The seaweed extract says this .. Suggested usage rates: 3 - 5% in liquid soap, hair products, cremes, melt and pour and CP soap.
I will be starting with testing 4 oz of everything I try (one bar) so what would that be in ounces or ml? No gram scale yet, so no grams lol
I also saw a seaweed scrub recipe on the site, I assume that is used in the shower so you can rinse it off (I've never used a scrub before!)
There was no preservative in the recipe, but see that the extract has... Germaben II added at 1%
would that be enough or do I have to add more? Here is the recipe for the scrub
Seaweed Body Scrub

* 1 lb Sea Salt
* 4 oz. Sweet Almond Oil
* 1 oz. Melted Shea Butter
* 2 oz. Melt and Pour Soap Base
* 1 oz. Seaweed Extract
* 1 tsp. Fragrance

Melt shea butter, M&P Base along with Almond oil. Add to Salt. Add Extract and Fragrance mixing thoroughly.

Also how much can you add to MP before it becomes mushy, like additive wise. I also see some clay and salt I would like to use, just wondering if there was some formula of how much stuff you can add to a MP base.

I hate to be buggy...but anyone anyone? lol

For 4 ozs. of MP base, try 4 ml. of the extract. As far as the preservative, add all your ingredients together except the extract to the total. Then add a preservative to the rest of the formula. It would be best to add the same type of a preservative as what's in the extract. Sometimes different preservatives don't like each other.

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

ok ty soapbuddy! Can you tell I don't know what I want to make next...I ask so many questions about so many things lol

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

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Susie
Sometimes A Mistake is so much fun, You just have to do it again!

hmm now you all have me not wanting to use this lol I would love ocean-y smell like my dead sea mud that I have but NOT fishy lol
Have any of you all tried this one?....

http://www.brambleberry.com/Spirulina-P ... 4013.aspx#

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

ok, thanks for letting me know! I was thinking of the seaweed extract and that used for color. concept sounded good but that might be double fishiness lol I'll keep looking!