Making cold process soap with no palm oil and no animal fats. Trial by Fire and fragrance (Patchouli Orange) by Nurture Soap. Bright Yellow Raincoat, Pumpkin Head and Tangerine Dream by Mad Micas.
This is beautiful! The yellow looks so much lighter. I’m very new to soaping. I look forward to being this comfortable with it. Thanks for creating and sharing.
Oranges often lighten after soap cures, and yellow often is darker (some turn orange) in raw soap. It takes a lot of soaping to get an idea of what the cured color will be, especially when mixing. I got lucky this time that it was almost exactly the color I was going for. Keep soaping and don’t be afraid to make mistakes with your colors and designs 😊
This was such a pleasure to watch! I’m new to soapmaking and I think when I tried the first time, I might have blended too long so when I tried to split into 3 bowls to color them, it was already starting to harden up a bit. But hey you learn by trying and watching others. Yours seems more runny than mine was so I’ll try to aim for that the next time I try 😄
Thanks for watching! You will definitely learn as you go and have a lot of fun along the way. Trace can be tricky. Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, an accelerating fragrance will come along to show you who is boss 😉
Thank you. And just try designs that seem hard! Don’t think you can’t just because you are new. If nothing else, you will learn, but you will probably get a great bar of soap!
This is lovely. How long did your soap stay in the mold before you unmold it. The soap is so smooth. I have that same mold, but I have not had a great sucess with unmolding the soap yet.
I usually wait 1-2 days to unmold my soaps and cut them. If your soaps are not coming out clean, try sodium lactate, CPOP, or waiting longer (it’s so hard to wait!).
Love it. Sadie do you do custom orders? I need to make the soaps for my daughters shower and I don’t know if I will have time. 20. She wants ocean soaps. I ordered a custom stamp with a bear sailor!
How didn't you get any soda ash on top? I am having a hard time with texturing the top of the soap because then I can't cover it properly. Have you covered your loaf?
I have more issues with fatty bloom than soda ash because I have a high butter content in my soap, but to prevent ash I spray with 99% alcohol, then I put my soap in a small plastic tote. I have a heating pad under it and cover with a blanket. If u have trouble with ash, try spraying the top with sparkle plenty by mad micas. It shimmers and hides the ash.
I just subscribed today after watching countless of your videos one after the next. I must say that your jaw-dropping swirling skill is out of this world. I’m just starting out soaping for college funding making basic plain soap with drop swirls. I would love to bring up my skill to be able to swirl like you but it just feel impossible 🙃 at the moment. How do you keep your batter so fluid for so long?
Thank you for watching and subscribing! My batter actually sets up very fast compared with many soapers because of the high butter content due to soaping palm free. I am very careful about the amount of stick blending and temperature. I also use fragrance oils that do not accelerate.
Thanks for watching! I generally soap with both around 90°F. My recipe is heavy in butters because I don’t use palm oil, so I have to be very careful with getting the consistency just right before pouring.
God bless you richly💪🙏🧡 Please I'd like to know, was it the a powder food colouring u used all through or a powder type?? If yes, please what did you mix the colours with?? I mean was it oil + Color or oil + water???? Your response is highly invaluable🙏 Thank you
So nice... I have started to try making soap... I tried this design, but my soap batter became very thick and it was not fluid like yours. This has happened to me several times, can you please explain why? What temperatures are you using for lye and oils? I would like a hard and skin softening vegan soap receipe. Would you recommend one... Your soap is so fluid and lasts a long time to work with designs... Thank you for sharing.
I am soaping around 85-90F. Are you blending too long? If not it may be the fragrance oil you have chosen or the amount of water you use. I made a video of the recipe I use most often. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X0Ack7mjwXQ.htmlsi=N6sn3sQ936swWx9f
I posted it in another comment. If you haven’t made soap before you MUST understand lye safety before attempting because it can be dangerous. Lots of videos on RU-vid. Thanks for watching!
Thank you. I usually wait 24 hours to cut. I use a 2:1 lye ratio. I have a recipe video posted. I used more oils in this soap, but the same ratios. Did your soap eventually firm? If so, just wait longer to cut. Hope that helps!
It is a gear tie. Nothing fancy and easy to find. Much less expensive than the swirling tools sold by soap companies and you can bend it to fit your mold.
