dublon Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Hi everyone, One of the soap books that I have is "300 handcrafted soaps" great M&P projects by Marie Browning..In her recipes, she lists fragrance in drops... and it could be either FO or EO..Could someone give me a hand with this recipe please in telling me from their experience if these are FO's or EO's ?? I personnally think they are FO'S but I'm not sure. I would like to use EO'S for this recipe.Antibacterial SoapM&P base: 6 oz coconut oil soap baseFragrance: 10 drops peppermint, 5 drops eucalyptus, 5 drops tea treeColorant: 5 drops greenAdditives: 1 tsp dried eucalyptus and 1 tsp dried peppermintAnd... could I use this recipe using goat's milk base?Thank you very much in advance!! Quote
ladysj Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 They all look/sound like EO's to me. Use could definitely use the EO's. I would think you could use it in any m&p base. Quote
dublon Posted January 10, 2007 Author Posted January 10, 2007 ooops... sorry if I posted in the wrong forum!!It is just the Eucalyptus that really had me confused as I already have the FO from Peaks... which is why I was asking this question in the first place.... That's where I got confused... although peppermint can come as an FO too!!!And when she talks about drops....... I imagine it would depend on the size of the dropper?????I usually measure everything in oz... or mlSo I guess my question is how much of each....Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I have been using FO'S and would really like to start using EO's for my soap!!TIA Quote
Saltbox Pantry Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 These would be Essential Oils. You wouldn't get any antibacterial benefits with just fragrance oils.SP Quote
brydean Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 ooops... sorry if I posted in the wrong forum!!And when she talks about drops....... I imagine it would depend on the size of the dropper?????I usually measure everything in oz... or mlSo I guess my question is how much of each....TIAMost of my EO, come with specially designed caps that dispense them in drops. I imagine thats's what she is talking about. HTH Quote
tamtam Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 yes I too agree that she is using EOs. you can use a medicine dropper very carefully to dispense the drops. A general rule of thumb for EOs is 1 teaspoon per pound. Quote
dublon Posted January 11, 2007 Author Posted January 11, 2007 Thank you sooooooooooooooo much!!!That is the info I needed!!! :highfive: Quote
CareBear Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 Just remember, Suze, you cannot claim "antibacterial" on a label or advertising or anything.ETA: that is in the US anyway, just noticed you are in Canada, where the rules may differ! Quote
dublon Posted January 11, 2007 Author Posted January 11, 2007 Just remember, Suze, you cannot claim "antibacterial" on a label or advertising or anything.ETA: that is in the US anyway, just noticed you are in Canada, where the rules may differ!Note even on the label?? I guess I'll have to do a search on here...it must have been discussed somewhere and I missed it!! :embarasse As for Canada, I'll have to find out. We have weird laws around sometimes!! Thank you for the advice, it will be taken! I'll have to come up with a name for it, once I've tested it anyway!! I'm still waiting on my EO's to arrive!! Quote
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