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I searching for a good Green Tea MP recipe. Does any one have one to share??

As a liquid? As leaves or powder or a fragrance oil?

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Irena
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I boil 3 to 4 green tea bags in about a quarter cup of water making a very strong infusion,I add a little more water if I need to so it doesn't all boil out,I then add a quarter cup to a pound of M&P,you can open the bags and add the leaves or just some of the leaves or just boil the bags and add the liquid,I use a castille base from organic creations and add no fragrance for my customers who find it helps with ther sensitive skin.

You need a preservative if you're introducing water, right?

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Rachel
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That's a lot of water to add to MP. Do you find that the soap dissolves faster? Does it make it a softer bar?

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Irena
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Your right SB, looking at my notes I did up the amount of soap base I added the 1/4 cup of tea too due to to soft a bar,its actually 32fl oz's of base and the tea. I havn't been adding any preservative as I am useing distilled water that has been boiled also. I have a M&P book by Marie Browning and several of the recipes add small amounts of tea or aloe juice and don't call for preservative,what do you think?

I infuse green tea in oil and add that to my soaps.
I also have ones where I just add ground green tea into it. The green tea does get little halos around it though.

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I would think that you would not need a preservative since the pH of the soap is fairly high. With that said, I would not add any fresh fruits or veggies becuase over time those will spoil.

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Irena
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If the green tea is infused into the oil and then added to the soap, is this for a skin benefit? Green tea is an anti-oxidant, but I'd think the effects would be minimal since soap is wash-off. Or is the green tea just a selling point? I imagine it'd make a pretty soap...

When I make a soap I refer to as a speciality soap ,like the gren tea i encourage my customers to use it like a mask you know lather it up and leave it on for a few minutes before rinsing ,that way they can get more of the special benifits of the extra ingredients.

Brambleberry also has a green tea extract: http://www.brambleberry.com/Green-Tea-E ... P4929.aspx
I would use this if you wanted the benefits of green tea but not the scent (it doesn't smell like green tea).

carolynp- what a great idea to use the soap lather more like a mask! (I imagine it working a little bit like some of the facial blemish soaps that say to bring up a good lather and leave on skin for a minute before rinsing off) Thanks for sharing this tid-bit ^_^

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