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Peppermint and Chamomile Soap
Makes One 1 4 oz bar Castile soap
1/4 cup distilled water
2 tablespoons dried chamomile
1 drop food coloring {optional}
1 tablespoon liquid lanolin
1 teaspoon jojoba oil
10 drops peppermint oil
4 drops vitamin E oil (can squeeze out of capsule)
Shred the Castile soap and set aside.
Bring the water to a boil in a heavy saucepan and add the chamomile. Remove the pan from the heat and let the chamomile steep for twenty minutes.
Pour the water through a strainer, collecting the water in a bowl (this removes the chamomile}. Pour the water back into the saucepan and reheat the water and stir until evenly distributed.
Lower the heat and add the soap chips. Stir until it forms a sticky mass.
Add the lanolin, jojoba oil, peppermint oil, and the vitamin E oil and stir until well mixed. Remove the soap from the heat and pack into a mold.
Let set for six hours or until the soap hardens.
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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
~Henry Ford
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Captain Cook lost 41 of his 98 crew to scurvy (a lack of vitamin C) on his first voyage to the South Pacific in 1768. By 1795 the importance of eating citrus was realized, and lemon juice was issued on all British Navy ships.
