I'm not making soap, I have no intention of making soap anytime soon, but I'm watching this! I have made soap in the past, but I need some Katy in my life
My stepson caught me watching these videos a few weeks back (he’s 11) and I sent him the link, now he’s obsessed. He saw this series came out and he’s begging me to get all the supplies! When an 11 year old boy is excited about soap, I consider it a blessing and you just roll with it.. 🤣
Elizabeth Kelly it’s great he has someone supportive of his interests! And soap making is a cool mix of chemistry and creativity, he might not be a soap king in the future, but it can be a great experience that may foster a pursuit of other science or skilled trades/crafts.
@@jferg536 He did! We made orange soda soap using her method, and switched it up a little bit. Put some melt and pour in little cube molds to make "ice cubes" imbedded in the top and sprinkled some gold/silver mica powder on top to make it shiny. Turned out really good and he was very proud :)
A few videos back, when you mentioned that you were going to do this series, I told my mum about it cos I thought it was interesting. Turns out that she wanted to try it and we are currently trying to obtain all of the things we need. Thank you so much for inspiring us to try new things!
i really had no interest in making soaps before i found this channel a few weeks ago and realized how fun and creative it can be but i couldn’t find any good cold process tutorials. when i saw that you were going to be making this series i got so excited thank you so much for this !!
I've been watching and rewatching your vids like crazy. This positive energy is definitely what we need currently. I just wish your life to be full of positivity and health forever🍀 love ya for being so soothing❤
I usually wash mine immediately with a good grease fighting dish soap and hot water to get rid of any oil residue. I have specific cleaning cloths and a dish rack just for my soap equipment so there's no chance of cross contamination with any food items.
@@IsItThough I can be. Sometimes, even the same recipe can turn out a little different from the last time you made it and it could be because it was a different temperature in the room from the last time you made soap (just one of many examples).
I have watched your videos and you have inspired me to try cold process soap. I already make lotions, shampoo, body washes and face care. I have been using melt and pour for a while. So I took the plunge and watched your beginner series and went for it. I tried to do in the pot swirl first (was too excited to start the basic one) it wasn't perfect but turned out decent for my first time. Can't wait to make another. Now that I have a feel for it. Thanks for being Soo inspiring.
I hope you realize the impact that you have had on the soaping community and beyond. There’s an entire army of current soap makers that you inspired, helped, and some even got into soap making because of you. I’m part of that army. You make “soap making” obtainable. Even before this series you made ppl feel like “ya I can do this.” Your happiness and giddiness is contagious. Of course I have other soapers that I think are wonderful and are super helpful. But you (in my opinion) have made one of the biggest impacts on the largest amount of ppl. So ya there ya go, those are my unimportant thoughts on the whole thing!🤣🤣 Thank you Katie, for all of it! ❤️
I’m in the same boat, soapy sister! I wanted to make soap, and I started watching RU-vid videos. I never thought I’d ever do a high top fancy soaps like Katie’s, and now I can. I’m not near as good, but I’m pleased at what I’ve accomplished. It’s wonderful to have uplifting and fun resources like this.
Katie hyping us up and getting exited while making soaps like 12 years below her capability level is so wholesome But for real though.. these videos are all going on into a playlist because I'm making soaps for christmas this year☺
Showing the consistency of trace up close is super useful! Do you have any troubleshooting videos planned? Like, actually showing what "wrong" looks like and how to avoid it if that happens?
Me: has no intention of ever making soap and is content with the amount of crafts and hobbies I currently have. Also me: mmm yes I will watch all of these.
She is so amazing. After learning from Royalty soaps I was able to make my first bar and my own company! Thanks so much for all you do to pay it forward!
Nice I’m here too wanting to own my own soap company. I was hesitant because it is saturated but what isn’t. Have fun and I wish you all the luck and sales 😉.
I wish RU-vid had a triple Like button or a 5-star button. Katie you are so kind to walk us through the whole process so patiently. Like another person commented below, even if you are not making soap, you need a little Katie in your life.
I appreciate you letting everyone know that we CAN use our new soaps as soon as they're saponified. Lots of soapers will jump on anyone who wants to use their soap before it's fully cured or doesn't cure it for as long as someone else might cure it. As long as it's for personal use and skin-safe, there's no reason why a new soaper can't try their new soap! I'm still new enough that if I didn't try my soaps sooner than the Facebook people say I'm allowed, I'd still be waiting to find out if most of them even turned into soap! Instead, I found out which recipes I liked and what I should do differently as I learn my new craft. Almost six weeks in, I have a solid idea of what works for me with no harm done.
Good to hear that you've had so much success! Congratulations! Honestly, the danger is the lye not the soap. All you need is for the reaction to progress past trace... the stages go: emulsion, light trace, medium trace, heavy trace, then soap. I'm a chemist so I can say with confidence: if it comes out of the mold it is soap and soap is safe. The only stories I've heard of soapers getting burned by their soap was from soap batter (not soap) or lye pockets from poorly blended tallow based soaps. Tallow has a low saponification value so it can be easy to over lye the mix and tallow tends to trace quickly so soapers can accidentally mix in lye pockets around areas of heavy trace. If you use tallow measure sodium hydroxide carefully and hand-mix thoroughly after blending to trace.
The problem with not letting it cure for a while is that you won't really, like REALLY know how the soap performs. For example I made a batch that I used at about a month and it was just "meh" so I left the rest of the bars untouched for more months and tried them every few weeks. Once I hit the 6 month mark the soap that was just "meh" turned AMAZING. It was one of my favorite bars! So yes, go ahead and use them, they are safe, but they may not be at their best. They also tend to go faster than a soap than has been curing for longer.
@@JodiLeaSnakeQueen most of the lye is gone but the reaction is still progressing. You may not get an immediate burn but the soap will still be a bit too harsh to use on your skin. If the soap is solid enough to remove it from a soap mold it is safe. For oils and lye to make soap the individual molecules have to bump into each other and that process gets slower and slower after trace since the mixture becomes more and more solid. Eventually all the lye becomes soap or soda ash and it can take a little time: 18 hours, or a long time: 10 days. Usually a soap recipe will tell you how long to wait before you unmold the soap. This recipe suggests 72 hours
I love this. Ive been looking into buying the ingredients and I was coming up with $150 but I was also going crazy with pigments and scents. Its nice to know that I can start with a cheaper option to find out if i really want to do alot. Plus some of the recipes out there are hard to understand. Thank you for presenting it in an easy way to understand
I love how incredibly detailed you are! Things like really describing how you scoop out the bowl. There's been so many times where I follow a recipe or craft that seems very easy, but then they give a direction without enough detail! It's really comforting that you get into the minutia! Thanks!
I'm a boring plain soap guy so I didn't bother with the fancy colours, or the textures, or any of that sort of stuff. But the recipe I found online ended up looking like mango puree, so that's neat. I did end up adding some fragrances though and I'm glad I did. In the end, I got to break out my chemistry gear for safety, which was fun, and now have delicious-looking soap that smells like cedarwood and lavender. It was also surprisingly easy, if not messy. Thanks for all of your help :)
This is bringing up memories of my grandma making soap from years ago... I think I'll do this during quarantine, thank you so much for a clear and fun tutorial!
You seem like such an amazing person Katie! I love how you teach others what you already know. Not a lot of people would put in the effort to do that. I’ve been wanting to make cold process soap for a while now, but it was difficult to find a good step by step tutorial. Thank you for making one! You’re amazing!
You are going to have so much fun, I really hope you enjoy it. I have been making soap for over 25 years and I still excited, nervous about how it's going to go. There are a lot of negative soap making groups on Facebook who can destroy your confidence, a couple I recommend are Mad Micas and Nurture Soap. Both groups are more than happy to help with any questions and are quick to make you feel awesome when you upload a picture of the soap you've created. Katy gives some awesome ideas and her tutorials are fantastic, lots of stuff to learn and ideas to try. Her base recipe in the drop down gives a beautiful bar of soap, very skin softening.
I'm trying really hard to wait for my next paycheck to get all the supplies I need, instead of running out and doing all of this right now. I'm so excited. I love how basic and affordable this is -- all I really want to do is make some soap for myself and my family. This is a great way to do things pretty cheap. All I have to do now is figure out how to get away from my cat long enough to make soap.....
Got pretty ambitious, made my first loaf today. Tried to get it close to your watermelon soap :3 same colorants and scent even. Will update in a few days when I cut it~
I can't tell you how excited I am to learn this new skill! I've been watching your videos for quite a while and have been mentioning to my family that I would like to learn. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us!
I did it!!! I really did it!!! I just finished my first batch of soap. Now to play the waiting game. Thank you so much for making this Series. I have wanted to make soap for a long time but I have been too scared to work with the lye. You have made it so easy and informative that I had all the confidence I needed. I can’t wait to try my soap.
I am so happy to have found ur page u r such a bless u just dont know how long and hard it is to find someone that will go into details about mp and after thx u thx u soooooooo much
I love how you disclaim if this is the first video you stumbled upon go back and watch the others before to learn how to be safe and safely prep. Love your perfect how-tos!!
90% of comments: “I have no interest in making soap” Me: ..... “I wana make SOAP!!!!!!!!!!” Also me: **thinks** “I have a free academy UwU” Edit: Omg 47 likes 😱😱
"I don't want to make soap" ➡️ "I don't use bar soap. What would I do with it?" ➡️ "I could give it as Christmas gifts. But I have no where to make it."➡️ And now, finally, I have reached the point of looking at my laundry room and going "...Bet that would be an okay place to handle lye water."
I just finished making my first batch of cold process soap, and your videos were a HUGE help, and it was so much fun! My wife and I did it together, and it appears to have come out perfectly! It's still sitting in the mold. I used a soap calculator to calculate my own recipe, and I scented it with Cedarwood and Lavender so it has a foresty fresh cut lumber scent with a hint of lavender, and it smells SO GOOD in here right now!
You’re such a sweetheart for doing this series, I have no plan of taking up soap making as a hobby, because I have the too-much gene and I’d get carried away with purchasing all the colorings and scents. But it’s good to know an in-depth process is online if I ever change my mind.
Katie! I made soap today! It was so much fun! I just want to thank you so much for these videos. I was watching you and saying to myself that the soaps were so pretty, but I could never do that. Well, I was trying to decide on a homemade gift for my family this year as I usually do and I went " I am going to make soap!" So I did! I would never in my wildest dreams attempted this. You and your friendliness and smiles, your wonderful videos that make people honestly curious. Let's not forget the Royal Academy videos, I learned so much in them. I know I am rambling and I'm sorry, but thank you. This year has honestly been the worst of my life and you just..you're an inspiration.
Katie, I am so excited to say, thanks to you, I made my first batch of soap! It was like driving a car, you just have to get out there and do it. Thank you for all the wonderful videos and knowledge that you are so kind and willing to share. I get so excited watching you make soap and sharing your fun ideas!
Can't wait until i get everything i need and re watch this course again. Atm i'm copying everything u said to read, no printer plus writing it all out, i don't skim over it.
I DID IT! I used the royal upgrade recipe, and I don’t wanna toot my own horn but I think it’s literally perfect! I used a sample of ‘Hot Pants’ that Mad Micas sent me and a fragrance oil from Candora Soaps because NG doesn’t ship to Canada. Thank you Katie!
I am so tired that instead of reading "my first soap batch" in the thumbnail i definitely read something else (let's keep it family friendly for the duchess) and I had to do a double take on that. Anyway, I'm not a soap maker, but lately I've been binge-watching all your videos because you're so friggin' creative, keep this up girl! Your work is amazing!
I just have to say I was thinking about this all day and was super excited and surprised to see this before Wednesday. Oh boy do I wish I had time for making my first cold process tonight!!
I've always wanted to try soap making and always shyed away from it because of the whole process with cooking lye on my stove top. I love that the Cold process doesn't really require me to do that and Katie is so encouraging that I've ordered the stuff to make my very first batch! It doesn't even matter if my first try or so fails! Having been encouraged and given the confidence to try is almost just as good as a perfect batch. Thanks Katie :)
When I was about 6 my mom made soap all the time. I wanted to help. She said I could make soap with her to try it out when I'm 14. Guess who just turned 14 😁
Yayyyyy!!!! This unplanned notification is so exciting 😊❤ this has made my day. Thank you so much girl, I am so excited to be headed on this soaping journey with you!
I started making soap 2 years ago, and I spent 6 months reading and watching videos to get ready before starting. This is such a good start! I’d love to see an advanced course for soap makers on dealing with things like Avoiding partial gel, stearic acid spots, wire cutting pimples... etc... ❤️❤️❤️
I made two batches today, the second came out better than the first. However I'm having issues with the blending because the oils continue to leak through and it feels like I wanna give up but at the same time I wanna keep going..... ENCOURAGEMENT!!!!
Katie makes me feel happy... thats all. She also makes me wanna make soap. She's like a bubbly happy sweet person. Like a marshmallow with a crown 💜 but also an amazing teacher.
I really thought about making soap, but really, I just want to buy Royalty Soaps soap and products. But I just love all the videos on this channel. Katie is the best and such an adorable, positive, sweet person. Any video on this channel improves my day. Thank you! I would love to see some of the pictures of the soap people make while following along with the series. That would be fun.
OK, I made the soap and just cut it. Smells heavenly. I'm so impressed with myself, and thankful for your helpful series. Helping me get into soap making with ease. I'd send pics if I could!
Hello.. Im Hayza Im from Indonesia. When I see u it's like watching a talk show on tv. Im a beginer business actor in field of detergent liquid and soap liquid, my business has only been running for 2 months. pandemic has made me grow more creative and independent. Your channel is quite inspiring. Thanks video...
Explain to me how in a matter of 3 weeks I went from "why is RU-vid recommending soap videos to me?" to "Maybe I DO need another hobby..." I talked my sister into buy a $10 kit of melt and pour from Walmart with me last weekend and now I want to do the real stuff! 😂
I am a chocolatier, and use a stick blender to create an emulsion when making ganache. I always have to be careful when blending though to make sure I don't get bubbles because mold can form in them. Are bubbles something you need to worry about in soap making aside from aesthetic purposes?
that's interesting about chocolate, I didn't know that! No, air bubbles are just aesthetic in soap. If there are tiny bubbles in the soap, the sliced edge will feel kind of bumpy when you cut the loaf. If the bubbles are too big you can actually see them on the cut edge. Not so bad if you're making a rustic soap, but for a designed soap it's better to avoid bubbles.
@@mandimoo87 I tried that one time when my soap went ploppity plop on me (it set up super fast thanks to my clays). I still had some bubbles but I did learn that a spoon can truly be your best soap friend.
I just made my very first batch of soap and it was so fun!! I followed your instructions to the T. And it smells and looks amazing! I am very cautious of the lye though and making sure I am 100% safe around it. Thank you so much for spelling it out for me and making me feel encouraged and confident to make my very own soap!! You are a great teacher!
I fully intend to try making soap when my situation is a little more financially stable; but I have a request for a future video! I'm not in the US (Canadian!), and I'm sure a few of your other viewers are international as well... I wonder if you would be willing to purchase and test some soap making supplies from suppliers in other countries (Canada, UK, Australia... wherever you are being watched from!) and give them a little review? You could make some neat international-themed soaps while you're at it!
New directions aromatics and Candora soap are 2 of my favourite suppliers for soap making supplies in Canada. I buy my olive oil and coconut oil at Costco, all my other oils at New Directions, and fragrance oils and micas from Candora
I love that you show all the different ways and encourage experimenting with the texturing, and the differences between the inexpensive plan then the other- Not a lot of makers do that and i really appreciate it!
I have wanted to make soap for years. I had decided a few weeks ago that I was going to give it a shot and I read a lot of books and ordered some supplies. Then I decided to look at RU-vid and found your videos which answered sooooo many questions and I made this soap. It was a success! Thank you so much for these videos!!!
Thank you so much for making these videos as a local Texan in this corona virus stage I’m more and more bored and for a few months I’ve been trying to work up the courage to make soaps after two months of just watching tutorials . I no longer feel overwhelmed or scared. Thank you for taking the time to show us the way and be cost friendly
Is it possible to get sick from handling lye and the artificial fragrances? Like years later you get cancer or something? I've often read people had to stop making soap/candles because they developed sensitivities 😧
I've been making soap for almost 3 years now and I am definitely self taught mostly by watching your videos. I am really enjoying these new videos and actually learning some things I didn't know. Thank you for including us.
I'm glad you're doing these few videos in quick succession. I needed this bit of happiness today. My dad had a massive heart attack in the wee hours of Saturday morning. He survived, but it was a big one. The doctor said 15 more minutes and he would have been dead. There's a lot of damage to his heart, but he's alive and that's the most important thing. I'm still trying to process how close I was to losing my dad, and I'm so SO close to him. I needed this video. Plus I hope one day to have a space where I can try making soap. I like the art AND the practicality of soap. Hopefully one day.
My 3 year old saw me watching this and said "cheese?" At the cutting part. Poor baby thought it was cheese, I had to tell her it was soap and she was so disappointed. 😂
I think it is wonderful that you are making these videos available for free. I remember my first batch and how much research went into it before I felt I was ready for it. But I remember the excitement of cutting that first bar of soap! It was so awesome. I hope all who use your tutorials have the same wonderful experience 😍
Since you are releasing these last3 videos alot faster than you had planned and you will be shorter on video content for the rest of the month, you can add a video or two for more soap Q&A and troubleshooting.
I cut this soap yesterday and I cannot be more pleased!!! I cannot wait to make more and more and more, and am eternally grateful for your guidance and enthusiasm Katie! Thank you so much 😊 ❤️✌🏻
I just made my first bar of soap following your beginner recipe and ran into some pretty bad glycerin rivers after switching out the pigments you used for titanium dioxide. Any tips on how to combat glycerin rivers?
Maybe a bit advanced for a beginner - If you measure the inside of your mold in inches W x H x L and then multiply that by 0.39 that is how many ounces of oil you need for that mold. Theres lots of videos on resizing soap recipes or calculating how much oil you need for a recipe. You will need to use a lye calculator as well to make sure you have the right amount of lye and water.
The most popular rectangular loaf molds from brambleberry are almost the same size. The brambleberry molds are about 8 oz bigger so you'll have more room on top to texture the soap or add embeds and stuff. If you haven't made soap before I wouldn't try to change the recipe for your first try. But you can feel free to put the recipe in a soap calculator and make it bigger if you'd like. The mold she uses is 42 oz and the most popular brambleberry loaf molds are both 50 oz. Check the brambleberry website to find your mold and see how big it is
Katie i came for the knowledge...found you .. feels like elementary school when the teacher gave 2 💩s Thanks .... I didnt get tired of listening for 1 second, straight to the point and not a bunch of guess work... 🎉❤💐
