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

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Today I am replacing all of the water in my soap with green tea sencha. In the cold process soap-making video, I show you and discuss how to replace the water in your soap with alternative liquids.
When should you freeze your liquid, when do you make your lye solution with your liquids, when do you add at trace - so many possibilities.
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I try to give lots of hints and tips in all of my videos, so hopefully, you can use some of the techniques in this cold process soap making tutorial in your own soap making.
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Disclaimer
Although my cold process soap making tutorials are of a tutorial nature, they are intended for people who have a good understanding of making cold process soap. The information given is based on what works for me, however, there are lots of variables associated with cold process soap making and I therefore, take no responsibility for the results achieved when using the techniques or methods explained in these tutorials. Cold process soap involves the necessary use of sodium Hydroxide (lye) which is a very dangerous substance. Before attempting and cold process soap making you should ensure you are fully aware of the lye safety procedures and always wear the correct safety equipment when making soap.
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@katelillo1932 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

He, he, thanks so much Kate

@aquariusbathandbody 2 жыл бұрын

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

@myrao819 2 жыл бұрын

THEE BEST soaper on you tube!!!!

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@kellynahas3106 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@marymcandrew7667 2 жыл бұрын

It came out really pretty!

@libertymicrofarm6032 2 жыл бұрын

That turned out beautiful

@beckhill6642 2 жыл бұрын

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!!

@rlpittard 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@mrsmurphy1836 2 жыл бұрын

Love the result!

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@conniekessinger472 2 жыл бұрын

I love those colors!!

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@msimmons39 2 жыл бұрын

Love this!

@Farenfran 2 жыл бұрын

I love the colors. It looks beautiful!😀

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@drazil99 2 жыл бұрын

I love how much you teach in your videos

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@sarahconklin3871 2 жыл бұрын

That color change😲 it came beautiful❣️

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@FranklyNaturalBeauty 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome, thank you :-)

@teresaskerratt4842 2 жыл бұрын

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

@sanesauce 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@tassiegirl1991 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@oksanarzydecki780 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@mikeellis4345 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a really beautiful soap Lisa!

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@sunittabasam7666 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@LJ-ne1bd 2 жыл бұрын

Faffing is essential. Love the autumnal colours. 😄

@lindahalpern5722 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely. I love using Green Tea as well!

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@tanyabonnett7787 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@atinemassare 2 жыл бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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

@melaniejackson1371 Жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@AndiNewtonian 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@aminaahmed6023 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful soap!

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@rlax7141 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 :-)

@user-wz9sd1cq4p 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@thepeachbutton7410 2 жыл бұрын

Great colours xx

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

@DebsShipley1969 2 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@DebsShipley1969 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. Thank you

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Debs

@Soylarimar 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@tammyvanhook5121 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@amberleitao4727 2 жыл бұрын

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 😂

@sofikor9090 2 жыл бұрын

Πολυ ομορφα!!!!!!!!💕💕💕💕💕

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

Σε ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ

@Abutado 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@karenmsuk Жыл бұрын

love the burgundy colour

@IDreamInSoap 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

@soapsoilandsunshine3241 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes, that's it :-)

@mkapadia917 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jackiehodgkinson7074 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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😊

@steelersgirl071961 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@its_Emilywoo 2 жыл бұрын

I did water replacement with rose hip tea 😁

@DuchessArtisanCreations 7 ай бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Maggieclayton57 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Maggieclayton57 2 жыл бұрын

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

@debravogt7139 Жыл бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

Yes. That's a good idea

@michaelho377 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@belindaayewoh437 10 ай бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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

@samihage1223 Жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap Жыл бұрын

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

@jonaclausson6698 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@KyleenDrake 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@ashley0921 2 жыл бұрын

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

@coypeahen 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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

@loredelore7286 2 жыл бұрын

This the second time I have been first!!

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@DuchessArtisanCreations 7 ай бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 6 ай бұрын

That will work

@dianaross7490 2 жыл бұрын

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

@xhon-miqueljennings6210 2 жыл бұрын

What does green tea do for the skin?

@samihage1223 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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.

@DebsShipley1969 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for replying

@katelillo1932 2 жыл бұрын

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

@dancingnature 2 жыл бұрын

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 .

@amandathode4540 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@cauverymk2347 2 жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Waryrwmn 2 жыл бұрын

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

@katelillo1932 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@sharifawilliams9521 Жыл бұрын

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

@IDreamInSoap 11 ай бұрын

I add sugar to all my soaps to increase lather

@86jenita 2 жыл бұрын

How much NaOH u put here?

@michaelho377 Жыл бұрын

Wow is this live?

@IDreamInSoap Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you mean, sorry

@catwoman7462 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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