How to make cold process soap with green tea. Using alternative liquids in soap. Soap making

[@katelillo1932]

Old lady rose 😂😂😂 you’re so cute, Lisa! You always teach me so much and I love your humor. I feel like you’re my soap fairy godmother 💞

[@IDreamInSoap]

He, he, thanks so much Kate

[@myrao819]

THEE BEST soaper on you tube!!!!

[@IDreamInSoap]

That's so kind of you to say Myra O, thank you so much 😊

[@melaniejackson1371]

Your discussion regarding the liquids and when to freeze what was super helpful!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kellynahas3106]

I wish I could find a lipstick in that dark rose color 😍 Such an elegant color palette. Beautiful soap, as always!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much Kelly , that's very kind of you.

[@LJ-ne1bd]

Faffing is essential. Love the autumnal colours. 😄

[@drazil99]

I love how much you teach in your videos

[@IDreamInSoap]

That's so kind of you to say drazil99, thank you so much 😊

[@sarahconklin3871]

That color change😲 it came beautiful❣️

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks so much Sarah, I was a bit worried just how dark it was, but it lightened through saponification nicely, and pretty well stayed that way through the cure

[@oksanarzydecki780]

Thank you She bring always simplicity and wonderful tutorials Thank you again I am very enjoy.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much oksana rzydecki, that's very kind of you.

[@beckhill6642]

Really beautiful! It's amazing how well the pinky rose and green show through. Love the richness the brown base gave to the colours. Thanks for sharing!!

[@aquariusbathandbody]

That's absolutely beautiful, I would never have thought a tea infusion soap would be so colourful and pretty, but it is.

[@atinemassare]

This one turned out really nice! My experience with green tea is, that it slows down the thickening of the batter and keeps it liquid for quite a long time.

[@Rivkah777]

i had an incident with coffee that did the same thing,even with the second batch I made with the residue also

[@rlpittard]

Thank you so much for this video and I just wanted to let you know that I received my order from you and I am so incredibly happy with it! I really appreciate the fact that you ship to the United States

[@IDreamInSoap]

I'm so glad you're pleased, thank you so much for supporting me I really appreciate it

[@libertymicrofarm6032]

That turned out beautiful

[@tammyvanhook5121]

Absolutely gorgeous. I was not expecting that from "green tea". :-)

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much Tammy , that's very kind of you.

[@tanyabonnett7787]

Using the Green tea 🍵 as the liquid really made beautiful Autumnal colours. I rarely use rose 🌹 fragrance oils because all the Rose FO I've smelled are that old lady smell that doesn't appeal to me however I love Rose Geranium FO. Beautiful soap Lisa. Be safe over there.

[@Abutado]

Lovely soap! I personally like to make a 1:1 lye water solution and put my remaining liquids like purees or milks in my oils. I've tried many methods with the lye and it just always scorches on me. I'll experiment with it more but I've had good results doing it this way.

[@sunittabasam7666]

Another beautiful soap Lisa , such vibrant colours and it's very holiday seasony too ❣️❣️ thank you for sharing

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much!

[@tassiegirl1991]

Lisa what a gorgeous soap, that swirl is such a pretty one perfect for the tea rose soap. Your information was much appreciated. Thanks Lisa

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much, always lovely to see you :-)

[@teresaskerratt4842]

Great soap, great tips and helpful info as always Thanks Lisa … I love a spoon swirl …. It creates beautiful swirls ❣️❣️🧼🧼

[@mikeellis4345]

That’s a really beautiful soap Lisa!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hi again Mike, so lovely to see you again. Thanks a lot :-)

[@marymcandrew7667]

It came out really pretty!

[@soapsoilandsunshine3241]

Great info thanks so much. The coffee squishy thingy is called a French Press or a Coffee Plunger. Thanks for your content.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Ah, yes, that's it :-)

[@sanesauce]

I always love your videos, not only I learn a new soap recipe, there's also loads of nuggets of tips for other recipes! Thank you so much!

[@IDreamInSoap]

You are so welcome!

[@rlax7141]

Hi Lisa, Lovely soap as always. You forgot to tell us not us use a tea that we wouldn't drink. (You know, like the chefs tell us about wine in cooking) Haha. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 😋

[@IDreamInSoap]

He, he yes they do that don't they. I only drink PG tips tea, and only with milk. I've tried green tea but hated it :-)

[@Soylarimar]

Gorgeous colors and different fragrance than “in your face” holidays. I can actually see myself being able to make this one 🤣 thank you for sharing!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Excellent, I hope you have a go at it, have fun

[@lindahalpern5722]

Lovely. I love using Green Tea as well!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Ooh look at you having a KZbin catch up session :-)

[@conniekessinger472]

I love those colors!!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much Connie , that's very kind of you.

[@AndiNewtonian]

So pretty! The finished soap reminds me of the roses in my yard. The info about alternative liquids and sugar when mixing lye solution was fascinating! I had no idea. Of course, I'm only brave enough to do M&P, so I don't really know much about mixing that anyway. But I always love when I get to learn something new!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hi again Andi, always lovely to see you, so pleased you found it interesting :-)

[@Farenfran]

I love the colors. It looks beautiful!😀

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you! 😊

[@FranklyNaturalBeauty]

Lovely soap, and thank you for the great tips on soaping with green tea.

[@IDreamInSoap]

You are so welcome, thank you :-)

[@amberleitao4727]

I LOVE those colors. To me I see a vintage rose and vintage green, and the one you added the titanium dioxide to literally looks like tea with cream! I think it’s gorgeous!!! I’m always afraid to do swirls with a spoon like that. I’m afraid I’ll muck up the colors 😂

[@jackiehodgkinson7074]

This is lovely, gorgeous colours. I’ve not tried the “back of a spoon” swirl, it really gives a good effect 😍

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks so much Jackie, it's a nice swirl, quite simple but effective, I guess it's very similar to a hanger swirl, but you can have a bit more control😊

[@karenmsuk]

love the burgundy colour

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks so much

[@jonaclausson6698]

The soap is realy beautiful and great idea! I was wondering whether you could have also used coulored clay instead of micas to match the natural tea. By the way: it is so so sad that there are problems shipping to europe / the EU right now.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hi Jona, yes I could have used clays, I use them quite a lot, however it's tricky to get the colours I wanted with them, especially against the power of the tea. I was thinking about making this a natural soap, but decided I wanted a rose fragrance. Rose essential oil is hugely expensive and it would have made the bars quite costly, so I decided on a fragrance oil, so at that point as the soap wouldn't be one in my natural range I added micas. Normally when I add an extra ingredient like tea, aloe vera, oat milk etc I make those soaps as natural soaps, so I thought it would be nice to offer and 'alternative' ingredient soap in my 'not natural' soaps.

[@katelillo1932]

I bet rose clay and that green clay I can’t remember the name of would work great for something like this! It came out so calming and gentle looking.

[@jonaclausson6698]

Thank you Lisa for your Auswertung. I fully understand your reasons 🙂

[@aminaahmed6023]

Beautiful soap!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you!

[@steelersgirl071961]

I like the way this soap turned out, the red looked like melted chocolate lol, I thought it was going to stay that color but it didn't, very nicely made 😀.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks so much, yes it lightened quite a lot, I was a bit worried initially as I poured it, but then when all of the darker colours were together I loved that too, so I wouldn't have been at all upset if it hadn't lightened.

[@DebsShipley1969]

It's beautiful

[@IDreamInSoap]

That's so kind of you to say Debs, thank you so much 😊

[@thepeachbutton7410]

Great colours xx

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks so much 😊

[@mrsmurphy1836]

Love the result!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you! 😊

[@debravogt7139]

Try putting rubber bands to hold your sleeves where you want them. It may be irritating for a a little while, but very effective for a short term!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Yes. That's a good idea

[@Maggieclayton57]

Lovely as usual, I use a chopstick to swirl mine 😊😊😊

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks Maggie, yes, I think they're basically the same, I was surprised that when I looked I didn't have a chopstick :-)

[@Maggieclayton57]

@@IDreamInSoap I’ve had the same chopsticks for years now, just repurposed them for my soap 😁😁😁😁❤️

[@KyleenDrake]

Here in the states it's holiday season. Almost Halloween. Then Thanksgiving. Then Christmas. For some of us that means putting up with people we don't like. Stress anyone? A great time of year to make soaps and what not that are moisturizing due to how cold and drying it is in the winter, as well as soothing like lavender, stress releasing. A suggestion for your next project??

[@IDreamInSoap]

He, he, yes holiday season can be stressful for so many reasons, ooh I do like the idea of lavender, I can feel the calming effect already :-)

[@KyleenDrake]

@@IDreamInSoap I just made some toilet bombs with lavender and some bath bombs. I also shampooed my carpet with lavender. It's lovely. I don't want to leave home. Haven't had the time to get my own soap equipment out and play with it. Looking forward to some lavender soap that won't dry me out like the Sahara.

[@WalnutCreekBathBoutique]

That turned out so dang pretty!! I love those swirls 🤗 Thank you for another great video - I've never used tea before, now I think I will have to give it a go!💖

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hey Tammy, thanks so much. I was surprised how much it lightened as I was thinking, oh no you've mucked this up when I saw how dark it was, but I did actually really love the dark colours as it went into the mould too.

[@msimmons39]

Love this!

[@itsdebs]

I did water replacement with rose hip tea 😁

[@ΙώΑμαδρυάς]

Beautiful!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you!

[@mkapadia917]

So pretty! But I can't wait for Nov. 13th, 1 pm my time!! Thank you for your wonderful work!!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much Mansi , that's very kind of you.

[@belindaayewoh437]

Very lovely soap! I am learning a lot from you! Wish I had found your channel when I started this hobby over a year ago. Do you ever use tallow?

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much. No I don't use tallow in my recipe and here in the UK we are not allowed to alter our recipes once we have them cosmetically assessed so I don't make changes to my assessed recipe so I can swap things out

[@DebsShipley1969]

Wonderful video. Thank you

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks so much Debs

[@michaelho377]

Beautiful 😍 I love your voice and instructions that’s awesome. Have you tried making Matcha Green Tea powder pure without adding any essentials oils? Just get the flavor and aroma like Japanese Matcha Puddings

[@IDreamInSoap]

Unfortunately, botanicals really struggle to survive the saponification process, so any scent would be very unlikely to carry through to the finished soap

[@coypeahen]

Hi Lisa. When you add the lye to a sugar rich liquid, however slow and gradual the incorporation is, it still scorches some content of the liquid. I feel that this negates the intended skin benefit of the liquid. Don’t u think? I always prefer to add my non water liquids to my oils. Even though it is then, a minuscule amount.

[@IDreamInSoap]

If you freeze the liquid and add slowly it shouldn't scorch. Also bear in mind with soap it's very unlikely that many of the 'benefits' of an ingredient will have an effect on the skin. Firstly due to the hostile environment that soap has to go through to saponify and secondly that it's a wash off product, so will have minimal skin contact.

[@fowles7304]

This looks great and is really informative, but did I miss something? Just wondering why you added the sugar. Is that better for the soap?

[@IDreamInSoap]

I have sugar in all my soaps, it increases lather :-)

[@DuchessArtisanCreations]

I have a suggestion for the tea. You could use a French press for the tea, and it's great for the environment😁😁.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks for the tip!

[@Waryrwmn]

Lisa, how do the assessments work? We don't require them here in South Carolina.😉

[@katelillo1932]

I’m not Lisa but I think I can answer this question 🙋‍♀️ in the UK, soap makers must submit their soap recipes for approval by the government (consumer safety something or other?), listing every ingredient down to the the gram, including colorant, fragrance, oils, clays, teas, etc. The recipe is evaluated by a chemist and approved (for a fee, of course), at which point she can sell any soap following that recipe. The design is not part of the assessment, so she can use the same recipe to make any design she wants as long as she includes all the ingredients listed on the approved recipe (because they also don’t permit you to omit anything - they want you to pay for a separate assessment if you leave something out!). For those of us in the States, it seems crazy complicated 😧 we can sell pretty much anything, as long as it isn’t burning someone’s skin off 🙈

[@IDreamInSoap]

Oh gosh it's quite a lot to explain, but basically if we want to sell soap we have to get the exact recipe assessed by a cosmetic chemist and get a safety report done on it. The assessment includes everything that's in the recipe. Once that's done you can make and sell soap using that exact recipe and cannot change a thing, so for example in this one I've had to say exactly what the oils are and the %s the fragrance oil, the micas, how much tea, how much water, even down to what they will be packaged in when they're sold. When that's certified I can sell soap using that recipe, if I want to change even one tiny thing, so maybe I decided I wanted to use a but more TD or swap one of the micas I would have to pay to get the 'new' formula assessed all over again.

[@sofikor9090]

Πολυ ομορφα!!!!!!!!💕💕💕💕💕

[@IDreamInSoap]

Σε ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ

[@dianaross7490]

how would i add a chai tea latte liquid milk to cold press, also how much honey or agave can be added to cold press soap

[@ashley0921]

You are amazing!! Do you or anyone else know how to rebatch soap... I used way too much fragrance oil and it is very soft. I tripled a recipe and instead of putting it in a calculator I tripled what the recipe had for FO. I believe it was way too much. I know 6% of oils recommended or .7 per pound I believe. The original recipe was 16 oz of oil with 2.5 oz of FO. This was a brambleberry recipe. So again I tripled it which meant I tripled FO so 48 oz oil with 7.5 oz FO. Hindsight I knew too much FO but lapse in judgements. I guess if original had 2.5 should it have been ok to triple? I'm confused. Will too much fragrance hurt? Thanks

[@DuchessArtisanCreations]

I do have white tea sitting in my cupboard🤔🤔 I might use it for water.

[@IDreamInSoap]

That will work

[@xhon-miqueljennings6210]

What does green tea do for the skin?

[@samihage1223]

You can put the tea in cotton bag and squeeze them with your hand to extract the green tea

[@IDreamInSoap]

Yes, that's trues, thank you so much for taking the time to share this

[@samihage1223]

What’s about adding the tea leaves 🍃 into the lye water? They can boil for a little as one time instead of cooling them in fridge

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hey Sami, you could do that, but there would be issues, the lye water will not get to boiling point. Also you would have to strain them out. Straining lye is tricky, firstly because you don't want to be getting lye water everywhere as you do the straining, also as you strain the tea out you will lose some of the lye water, this in turn would reduce the amount of lye you have in your soap and could result in your soap not setting properly or having a higher superfat than you want. I'm not sure how much extra you would need to add to compensate for the loss of the lye solution, so overall probably easier to just brew the tea seperately.

[@amandathode4540]

Could you use Macha powder? Or would that make the soap brown?

[@IDreamInSoap]

Ooh, to be honest I don't know as I've never used it, but I would suspect it would go brown

[@sharifawilliams9521]

Hi Lisa, why did you add sugar to your tea?

[@IDreamInSoap]

I add sugar to all my soaps to increase lather

[@DebsShipley1969]

How do you feel about de iodinised water please? I'm told it's just as good just a lot cheaper. Thank you

[@IDreamInSoap]

HI Debs, I never use anything except distilled water in my soaps so, unfortunately, as I've never used de ionized personally I don't know if it has any issues

[@DebsShipley1969]

Thank you for replying

[@katelillo1932]

I’ve never heard of this; is it just a particular method of distillation? It sounds very fancy.

[@dancingnature]

Distilled water is water that has been vaporised ( steam ) and then coolEd to become liquid . Deionised water has no mineral salts but might have traces of the resins used to deionise the water or traces of organic matter. Both are probably ok for soap . They are not really ok for drinking on a daily basis as your body needs the minerals .

[@86jenita]

How much NaOH u put here?

[@cauverymk2347]

Ur drop swrill has given a lovely design. Do send me the recipe.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks so much. Unfortunately I do not give out my recipe as in the UK we have to invest a lot of money to get our recipes just how we want them, then we have to pay for a cosmetic chemist to test and approve them and issue cosmetic product safety reports, this is all a large investment and leaves us with a recipe that we have to use in our products and cannot change, therefore because of these factors I cannot afford to just give it away free of charge

[@michaelho377]

Wow is this live?

[@IDreamInSoap]

I'm not sure what you mean, sorry

[@loredelore7286]

This the second time I have been first!!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Well look at you speedy, mid you, I was late, I was having IT issues :-) Lovely to see you again 'speedy'

[@catwoman7462]

You mention the allowed percentages of fragrance in soap. I've recently bought some fragrances from the Soap Kitchen, and the permitted levels are 86.5% and 100% respectively. I'm probably being a bit thick but I don't really understand what that means. Please can you clarify for me.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Of course, when you buy a fragrance it will have all sorts of limits depending on what you are using it it, these are set by an international body and are purely to do with safety, they do not consider your actual recipe. Each fragrance with have an IFRA certificate, for soap you need to look for category 9. That will tell you the maximum safe limit according to the IFRA. However that doesn't actually take account of your recipe, so if for example you have a fragrance in category 9 with a limit of 100% they're basically saying no matter how much you use it is deemed safe (maybe it's an allergen free fragrance) however, you would never use that much as 100% would just be a puddle of fragrance oil and not soap at all. The main thing that you need to consider are the UK / EU cosmetic regulations that apply to all soap that you sell (or hope to sell). They must pass a cosmetic safety assessment and have a cosmetic safety report, for that to happen you cannot use any fragrance or essential oil above 3% in your soap any more and the soap won't get safety approved and would be illegal to sell (or even give away). So the usage limits you see on a fragrance typically need to be 'ignored' UNLESS they are lower than 3%, so for example your fragrance at 86.5% you can only use 3%, however if you have a fragrance that has an IFRA limit below 3% you cannot exceed that, so for example if you had a fragrance with an IFRA limit of 2.5%, even though cosmetic rules say max 3% that's subject to that amount being allowed by IFRA, so in this case you would use a maximum of 2.5%. I hope this helps :-)

[@catwoman7462]

@@IDreamInSoap Thank you so much for your reply. It's very kind of you, and now I understand completely.

[@tdmccoy1211]

I'm so jealous or anyone who is able to get this soap!!

[@IDreamInSoap]

You can buy it in the shop (ooh unless you're in Europe :-( )

[@tdmccoy1211]

@@IDreamInSoap from US. I'll go look at the shop!