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We now carry heat sealable tea bags so you can make your own tub teas! Ever wanted to bathe with lavender flowers or roses but couldn't live with the thought of peppermint in your belly button and lemon balm between your toes? Tea bags are the answer! Make any herb you desire into a bath potpourri blend without the need to deep clean the tub afterward. These tea bags will prevent the, "Who cleaned out the lawnmower in the bathtub?!!" syndrome.

We also use these bags in the potpourri pot. The bags make for easy removal of the botanicals when you are ready for a new scent!

Small bags are approximately 2.75 inches by 2.5 inches.

Jumbo bags are approximately 4 inches by 5.5 inches.

They are easily sealed with a household iron. Sold in packs of 50, 100 & 500. Bags are made from abaca fiber.

Photo Note: From left to right are the small bag (200-5643) and the jumbo back (200-7343).

INCI: Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder

Aloe Powder is back in our catalog after a long time away. This powder is mixed 200:1 (200 parts water with 1 part aloe powder). This is sometimes called 200X. This really is that concentrated! The half ounce jar will make 101 ounces of aloe juice. The one pound jar will make 201 pounds of aloe juice, (just over 25 gallons)!

Aloe can be added to lotions, soaps, shampoo, conditioners and even masks. Look for any application where aloe might be used and try it!

Because this is a new product to most of you, and it brings the variable results of a botanical, please use this product lightly during testing - slowing increasing the usage rate until you are satisfied with the results. In soap we think the most economical usage with great final results are from 1-3% addition of aloe (as a reconstituted product).

The odor is a bright, but somewhat bitter, green note in the dried and concentrated form. When hydrated the odor is mild and pleasant. The key is dilution. Excessive use of aloe, or use of the dry material as an unhydrated material, may give an odd odor, but this has never been a problem for us when used in solution and in lower usage rates.

Happy mixing!

INCI = Maranta Arundinacea Root

What is arrowroot? A food starch powder commonly used in body powders and deodorants. Arrowroot is an ideal alternative for talc in your favorite body powder recipes. Summer is always a time when sweat related rashes make all of us irritable, so powder away!

Calendula Petals are my favorite soap making botanical. I use the tea from steeping the petals just like a drinkable tea. I will crumble the petals and add them to my soap just before pouring into the mold. I have even added the petals to tub teas when using the heat sealable tea bag. These petals are awesome!

May I give you some ideas of just how much a pound really is? This is something that a number of customers have called about after receiving their orders. 1 lb of Calendula Petals is like a 5 quart ice cream pail. Yes! The big ice cream pail. 1/4 lb bag of Calendula Petals is like a Big Mac and the Super-size Fries combined. I hope this helps you in your order planning.

Chamomile buds are here to help you make lots of chamomile tea for your soaps. Shaving soaps or baby soaps do really well with infusions made from chamomile buds. The tiny flowers can be placed in a glass or pitcher. Then hot water (near boiling but not quite) is poured over the top to a level about 4 to 8 times the volume of the buds. Allow the water to cool, strain through a knee-high nylon stocking and you are now ready to make your soap. A pretty simple procedure, isn't it?

If you aren't sure what the benefit will be to your soaps then try two soaps, one made exclusively with water and the other with chamomile tea (or infusion). I think you will like the chamomile soaps the best.

Matricaria recutita is the Latin name for this plant.

Cranberry Fiber is a softer exfoliant vs seeds and it can give some gorgeous color to your scrubs and soaps. Try this fiber in melt and pour, cold process or hot process soaps, and even the sugar or salt scrubs. Our blog recently showed how to add Luffa and Vanilla Bean Specks into a lotion for a moisturizing scrub for the face - gentle and easy to make. Try this type of scrub with Cranberry Fiber for an extra gentle mixture.

Enjoy!

INCI = Luffa Cylindrica Fruit

Have you been looking for luffa and wanted to keep your morning coffee, and your grinder, free from floating botanicals? Try our finely ground luffa!

Finely ground luffa is often used to create bar soaps with a cleansing abrasive. Can be added to facial or body scrubs. It's a natural way to exfoliate! We recommend a soap test batch of 1 lb of fat with 1 to 2 tsp of finely ground luffa. Don't think luffa is too expensive, the volume is HUGE in comparison to the weight making this additive very economical.

Our lavender buds are a more purple color than most. They are naturally more brilliant and do not contain added colors. One member of our staff has a large open vase filled with lavender buds and a small decorative rake. She spends her "de-stress" time raking a new pattern into the top of the vase of buds.

Try a soap with lavender too, yet be prepared for whole buds to be VERY abrasive. We suggest grinding to a fine flour before adding to soap. It is always better to make one batch of soap with too finely ground lavender and say: Dear Self, next time you make Lavender Soap, leave the particles a little bigger. You never want to say Dear Self, next time LISTEN to MMS and grind FINELY! I now need to grow another 88 million layers of skin to repair this damage.

One gallon container holds .75 lbs of lavender buds.

These lavender buds are grown right here in the USA at near 5000 feet in elevation. A beautiful odor and beautiful color. It is time to refresh your stock and build a new zen garden with these buds. Remember you can refresh the odor of any sachet, zen garden or potpourri jar by just adding a drop or two of your favorite essential oil to the botanicals.

We are sure you are going to love these buds!

INCI = Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf

Peppermint leaves are a fun addition to melt and pour soaps. You may wish to leave them whole for a more abrasive soap or grind them fine for a lightly speckled look. A refreshing scent!

One gallon container holds 1 lb of whole peppermint leaves.

Roses belong in every potpourri! They are beautiful and can be scented with your favorite fragrance. In soaps we suggest grinding the petals to a find state to achieve a speckled look. If you leave the petals whole the tub will need a good cleaning when you are finished showering!

Contains petals and heads. One gallon container holds .75 lbs.

Our newest botanical is rose hip powder. We have made some awesome soaps that are exfoliating, refreshing and beautifully colored. Your soaps could be scented with any MMS Fragrance and be truly inspiring!

You won't believe how easy it is! We could tell you the process is more simple than making ice but people think we are exaggerating. Folks, really! We wouldn't lie. Soaps with Rose Hip Powder are simple, beautiful and extremely easy to make.

Enjoy!

Recommended vehicle for dispersing: glycerin.

Cold Process Soap: pink to red brown tones with flecks
Glycerin Soap Base: same as cold process soap
Lotion: not suitable
Bath Salts: not suitable
Lip Balm: not suitable

INCI = Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Seed Powder

Our ground apricot seed is a delight to use in soaps. Just a little goes a long way. Melt and pour soap can have speckles throughout with just a small amount of ground apricot seed. Our favorite is a soap with bentonite and apricot seed.

Blackberries are in season in our catalog! Don't wait for August to get these seeds for your soaps and scrubs, use them year round! For softer exfoliation, please grind the seeds before use.

For use in all types of bar soap as well as scrubs.

Enjoy!

INCI = Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed

Add a little cranberry seeds to your next sugar scrub, soap or even bath gel! We love the vibrant color and abrasive texture of this natural additive.

Want some ideas for this fantastic additive? Try a brown sugar scrub, add some Cranberry Seeds and scent with Brown Sugar & Spice, Apple Jack or Red Grape & Blueberry. You will have people lined up at your door begging for more!

Red Raspberry jam is my favorite! However the seeds can be very problematic because they get stuck in my teeth. Sound familiar? Well, what if you could scrub with the seeds instead of eat them? Raspberry Seeds for your soap and scrubs! When using these in your soap, please grind them up a bit. While the texture is really cool in appearance, whole seeds are a bit too abrasive.

Enjoy!