I started making my own soap because of issues with the commercial products. The issue turned out to be synthetic fragrances. Now, that I only scent my products with essential oil I can have a beautifully scented soap, shampoo and cleaning products without headaches. I am here to share my journey.
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Wow! What a mistake on my part. I am sorry. Here is the correct percents: BASE OILS: Olive 45.8% Babassu 27.5% Kokum Butter 6.0% Shea Butter 13.2% Almond 7.5%
You can use micas, ultramarine color, and natural colors such as plants and clays to color soap. Please check with the supplier to make sure the color is ok to use in cold process soap.
Thank you! The mica used in this soap is from Nurture Soap, now called Nurture Handmade. There website is nurturehandmade.com/ I used Rapunzel and a mix of Rapunzel and Yellow Vibrance.
Hello madam, I am starting to make soap but I do not understand how to calculate the quantities but especially the water/detergent ratio because on the printable version it says 1.0000:1 and I do not know what calculation or anything else I should do. Could you help me please? Your soaps are magnificent and I can't wait to try some. Best regards. Rosalie
A lot of soap makers use a percentage for determining the amount of water to use. I find it easier to use a ratio. Most of the time I use a ratio of 1:1.7. This means that I take the lye amount and times it by 1.7 to get the water (liquid) amount. Sometimes I will use a ratio of 1:2. This means the water amount is twice the lye amount. I use SoapMaker for my lye (soap making) calculator. Not only is it a lye calculator it also keeps track of my supplies, recipes and so much more. SoapMaker is not free, but the one-time price was more then worth it. There are many free lye calculators available in English, but I am not sure about French. I guess if you do an internet search you will find one. Each of the calculators come with instructions on how to use.
Bonjour madame, je voudrais faire votre savon mais je ne sais pas qu'elle calculette utiliser ni comment l'utiliser. Pourriez vous m'aider svp. Bien à vou. Rosalie
Thank you! If understand the process and safeguards needed for handling lye, then this soap is no different. The worst that can happen is the design does not look good. It still will be useable soap! There are many RU-vid videos that show the basics of soap making.
Try it. I have tried many designs and some of them do not turn out as I had in my mind! But that is ok, because these bars are used in our house and by family and friends. Start with a simple design. One of my next videos will be a simple swirl. The video will be published in about 2 weeks.
Bonjour, j'aime beaucoup votre vidéo. Je trouve le savon magnifique. seulement, je n'ai pas bien compris le montage du moule et le matériel utiliser. Pour votre recette vous ne donner pas votre lye solution. C'est dommage car on ne sait pas reproduire votre savon et vu que j'habite en Belgique, il m'est impossible de vous en acheter malheureusement. Bien à vous. Rosalie
Thank you for watching. The instructions for making the mold are in another video, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bWJn2mMQW6o.html The container is from a supply that I used up. I love re-purposing containers. The superfat/ lye discount is 4%. For the water and lye amounts I use a ratio, usually 1.7. This means the water amount is 1.7 times the lye amount. I hope this helps.
@@SEAandCLEANsoap désolée mais je viens juste de découvrir que l'on pouvait les faire sois-même. Je n'ai donc aucune connaissances dans le domaine. Je ne sais pas non plus quel produits ont utilise pour la lessive ni leur dilution. Je ne connais vraiment rien du tout et comme j'ai deux enfants je ne peux pas me permettre d'erreurs au niveau des produits. Bien à vous.Rosalie
I was very curious about what the pattern would be. You worked hard and it was worthwhile. Congratulations you have achieved very nice successful outcome 👏 🎉🙋♀️👀👍🎁
To achieve fluid soap when pouring the most important thing is not to use the stick blender too much. Stop blending when it is just mixed. Then divide and color. Then if needed you to stick blend more. This is something that I am always working on! There are many other reasons. Such as your water amount is incorrect, the recipe does not have the correct amount of unsaturated oils, temperature of oils and lye and the scent you use.
@SEAandCLEANsoap thanks for the info. I thought my temp was too high, but my niece was helping me on my last batch and she kept forgetting to tare. Will plan on making another batch tomorrow alone. Lol
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I love how user-friendly you make these videos, and the recipes are amazing! And your designs are beautiful and satisfying, too! Have a wonderful week! ❤😊