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Cinnamon Oil in soap making..how safe??

Please, serious answers.
I want to know from someone who really has knowledge in handmade soap making ~how safe is it to use cinnamon oil (cassia) in glycerin soap making? I know that it can irritate sensative skin and it should be used with care. How much do you think is safe to use when making a 4 ounce glycerin soap bar? Serious answers only please. Thanks.

It has been almost 30 years but I remember that it was only a few drops. There was a way to buffer it as well but I don’t remember what that was. You can experiment and try just five or six drops and see how that works for you. If it is not too irritating and the scent is not strong enough you can increase the number of drops. Remember that cinnamon is quite strong so I wouldn’t go beyond ten drops for such a small bar.
Wintergreen (Methyl salicilate) is another strong scent that can irritate but has a pleasant and desirable smell.

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Gourmet soaps Make Great Gifts

Spring and summer are a time of year when gifts are often given.  Graduations, birthdays and other celebrations often call for simple gifts that the recipients will enjoy.  If you have ever been to the Hawaiian Islands, then you know that one of the well-known products from the Islands also make excellent gifts, and that is gourmet soap.  This is available in both bar and liquid gel forms, and are scented with fragrances familiar to those who have had the chance to visit these delightful islands.  Gourmet soaps from the Hawaiian Islands make a perfect spring or summer gift for your friends and family.

You will want to think about finding handmade natural soap from the Islands.  Local Handmade Gourmet Soaps are hand-crafted by people living in Hawaii, and the ingredients that go into the gourmet soaps reflect what is available for use there locally.  

Based on local ingredients, you will find a wide variety of Handmade Gourmet Soaps from Hawaii available online.  Fruits that can be found on the Islands often find their way into these delightful gourmet soaps, such as mango, pineapple, guava, passion fruit and strawberry.  Another benefit that comes from using gourmet soaps is that even though they smell fantastic, they are completely calorie free, so you can enjoy these scents and not do damage to your waistline.  Flower fragrances are also popular in gourmet soap bars.  These can include orchid, gardenia and plumeria.  Nuts also make their way into gourmet soap as a prime ingredient, and can include coconut, macadamia nut and kukui nut.  Extra oils from palms and olives are also added to gourmet soap, to add a moisturizing effect to every bar.  

Handmade natural soap from Hawaii that contains palm and coconut oils also create a very useful byproduct.  During the processing and cooking of the soap ingredients, by combining coconut and palm oils the gourmet soap producer also creates glycerin.  Glycerin is highly valued by soap artisans because it is a well-known moisturizer for the skin, perfect for smoothing and relieving dry skin.  By checking the labels of gourmet soaps, you will see if glycerin is added, and if it is, you can enjoy the rich moisturizing qualities that will be found in that Hawaiian Island soap.

In addition to these lovely soaps, you could create a welcome gift by adding in a body wash.  These come in many of the same fragrances as the bar soaps, and thus you can put together a super package for someone you love.

You will find Handmade Gourmet Soaps crafted in Hawaii are available from online soap boutiques.

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Wayne Hemrick writes about–gourmet soaps

Using Tea Tree Oil in Soap Making?

Please i am looking for serious answers to my question…

I hope someone with experience in handmade soap making…glycerin to be exact…can tell me if they have used tea tree oil when making their soaps.

How much oil do you recommend to use per ounce?
Is it an expensive oil? Do you know where i can get a soap base that already has tea tree oil in it?

Thanks in advance for any help to this question.
I am familiar with that site sweet n sour thanks…..

Elizabeth B thanks for the info…thats what i was looking for..exact info on how much to use. :) Will check out soapmoldsnmore :)

I sell soap supplies at soapmoldsnmore and I have both items the soap base and the tea tree fragrance or essential oils at great prices! There is no soap base out there as yet with tea tree already in it. You only need 1/2 oz per 1 lb of soap base. :)

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