Mother's Day is upon us...and it seems that the scent for this year's Mother's Day is "Green Tea and Lemongrass." Practically every ad I saw in the Sunday paper featured a spa gift basket with a scent or salt or lotion scented with some variation of Green Tea and Lemongrass. It brought back fond memories of my commercial soap making days. I had a Green Tea and Lemongrass blend, though I used eucalyptus essential oil in addition to the lemongrass essential oil to balance the heavy citrus sweetness of the lemongrass. It was a very popular blend, and one of my all-time favorites. The green tea part of it is just a minor player. You make the soap using brewed green tea instead of plain water...and add the steeped leaves at the end. It's an easy and exotic soap recipe for you to try.
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