I hope you don't mind me adding. Make sure the plastic container you use to mix your lye water solution has the number 2 or 5 on the bottom in the triangle because not all plastic is compatible with lye. Also make sure it can handle high temperatures because the lye water solution will get really hot, especially with a water discount. Don't mix your lye water solution in a glass container as it will deteriorate over time becoming potentially dangerous. And lastly, your fragrance oil should not be put into a plastic container or vessel as it will eat away at it. Safety first! Love the soap by the way. I think it would be interesting to learn how you create your fragrance blends. A lot of people are afraid to get adventurous about their fragrances in case it doesn't turn out great. Love your videos.
Hello, my question is off the topic. Did you by any chance patented your products? If so, what would be the process? Or does aesthetic products are not Patentable. Merci
I agree but, she didn't make us aware of what we should look out for like over stick blending, ricing and how to cover the soap to develop over the 24 hour period. There were many things left out. This also is not beginner friendly. I do appreciate her making us aware of soapcalc
@distressingdiva i let mine sit for 4 week's. But i use a water discount. I also do not put mine in the oven or cover or wrap. Again because i water discount.
Your willingness to share your knowledge is the reason why your soap business is so blessed. You yourself is a blessing to others, such an inspiration. Thank You, Jerika.
I am grateful for all the knowledge you share, and your on-screen presence is honest, lovely and direct. I just wish that you, as well as other soapers would stop recommending buying products from Amazon, they are destroying small businesses by taking business from these independant guys and feeding an American Millionaire. I have personally felt their monetary effect the last 5-6 years. Being a small business owner myself, I like to support small and local businesses as much as I can including Fizz Fairy, New Directions, Canwax, Voyageur and a slew of others. We need to direct business to these little guys and feed them and their families. Keep up the great work! Your bath bomb journey has been fun and knowledgeable to watch!
Finally a soap calc instructional that explained everything and not just how to throw number in. Super easy to understand and even easier to follow. Thank you Jerika and Cale.
You are first soap maker who has taught how to calculate a soap recipe and willing to share. I have subscribed to your channel. You are my favorite thank you 🙏🏾 for lovingly sharing 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I'll add another tip here. I use these little silicone molds for small batches. If you are having problems getting your soap out, you can add a little sodium lactate to your lye water once it has cooled down. 1 tsp PPO. Or you can pop your soap into the freezer for a bit and it will harden up and pop out easier. You might also want to adjust the hard oils in your recipe if they keep sticking in the molds. HTH.
It could be because I’m PMSing but I’m literally emotionally grateful for the calm this video provided as I’m pursuing my journey as a soap creator... yesterday I was following a soap calc recipe and I had a question on one of the recipe that literally had me in tears because every person I asked on RU-vid didn’t answer me (understandable to a certain degree), as an influencer and artist, I do my best to answer everyone here on RU-vid and my IG... But I watched your video and I’m like “you can do this Maggie” and you answered my question after watching like 15 videos trying to get an answer! Thank you for sharing this!!! Wishing you much abundance and success in your prosperous journey!!!! 💕💕💕💕
Haha, yep sound like you may have been .. but! I know exactly how you feel. It’s so frustrating when your starting out and have nobody to ask questions. I learnt everything myself the hard way. If ever you want to ask a specific question about soap making (I’m not an expert but have been making cold process for a few years). - feel free to ask me. I’m happy to give you my IG or something so you can message if you like. Anyway, all good, glad you found the answer and sorry nobody answered you on the other channel - that’s really shit!
I am making my way through your videos. I can honestly say your videos have helped me the most through my journey of learning. I will never have a soap business, not my purpose, but understanding the science and calculations has been difficult. I don't get the ring and neither the ash. I don't know why and still don't understand that part. I put a cover over and wrap in towels. I also can tell you are a really good person who is sharing so much! So thank you! I am so grateful!!!!
AYE!!!! This video was uploaded on my birthday! Found you just recently and have been going back and watching a bunch of your older videos. I'm loving the content. My wife and I just filed for our LLC yesterday and watching you and Cale run your business out of your home has been a huge inspiration and tremendous help to get the ball rolling. Thank you both for everything you do.
Jerkins💓💓 I absolutely Love watching you make soap!! I’ve never made ANY soap before..but You’ve Inspired me to start!! However!.. I Do Not “get” (or understand) the Soap Calculator!! Can you get the same desired results from M & P?? I want to make the soap you just made!! It looks Great!.. Plus..I bet it smells good!! If you don’t have a basement to let it dry overnight in.. where should it be placed? You mentioned the oven?? Does the humidity effect the soap?? It’s going to be 90* here today in the South N.E.!!! Thank you (&Hubby) So Much for Your kindness & generosity in Sharing your knowledge with All of us!! You guys are such a Blessing!!..& are making OurLives much Happier!!⭕️❌😘🙌
Dear Jerika! You are an amazing person! I am a brasilian soapmaker and owner of my own business Nosso Sal (Our Salt in English) and I love your videos, I'm learning how to do bath bombs, soaps and others goodies, what to do to in the next step of my brand and I'm improving my English too (We wanna move to Canada this year to start a new life). Did you know that yours videos help a lot people in all world? Keep going, keep smiling and keep doing what you are doing. Congratulations for 10k, you deserve all God's blesses!!!! Thank you to help me a lot!!! Beijos!!! :D
Omg, I’m so glad I found your channel, your hubby is the best at filming! Seriously perfect! From the slow shots to the music you guys are great, I felt the love ! 🥰😄🤣
I totally appreciated this video for now i just make very small batches fragrance oils are a learning cure for me and colorants!! Congrats on reaching 10k!! Yayeeee!!🤗
This video is my #1 video because it was the first video that not only introduced me to soapcalc but also taught me how to measure my molds!! Thank you so much
I’m not scared I want to jumped right in I think it dream it all day I wake wake up in the middle of the night just watch a video I’m obsessed with making soaps so far my kids and their friends like them.
I thought that soap looked fine Jerika, you kept talking about a ring of sorts, but honestly it really did look fine to me. And yes your very informative, which is a great help to anyone wanting to start doing soaps and candles, like myself. So thank you once again. 🥰🐾🇬🇧🌲⛄
Thanks for sharing! I love watching your journey. I’m a closet soap maker and want to go into business so bad but I’m scared. Your journey gives me courage. Thanks you! 💕
Jerika you commented on how u have so much trouble w ur soap either breaking or getting damaged as ur trying to pop it out of ur soap mold, well Im right there w you until one day i was struggling w a batch and it didnt break but it have those little smoosh marks from me pushing to get the soap out and laying right in front of me way my baking paper i used to line the wooden molds until i made foam pces for the wooden molds, so the next time i made soap i cut a pce of my baking paper to the length of my mold and made sure i had enough to come up where i could grab it i loosened the ends and grabbed the paper w one hand and held the mold down w the other and it literally came out easy breezy so ive done it that way ever since cuz u can get this stuff at the Dollat Tree for $1.25 now since they had to boost the price up $.25 but I make sure I have it in stock at my house 24/7 becuz it prevents ur food from scorching u name it this stuff helps. Anyway thought Id offer u this little trick i learned since ur generous enough to teach us so many things to help us on our journery. Thank You so much for ur kindness, From one soapy friend to another. Sandra
Love your serenity when you do your videos and the soothing music!!! So inspired to make my own soap for gifting. I'm a knitter and adding soaps will be a great add on.
I just found your channel because I wanted to try my hand at soap making as a hobby to give as gifts. You are amazing. All the information you share with everyone, so openly, is rare. People usually don’t want to give tips or advice. I love how transparent you are. Plus, your videos, themselves, are so nice to watch. Thank you for being such a great inspiration and teacher to us newbies 😊
Thank you for all your videos, I am preparing to start my soap business, I have been researching for over 2 years, making my own soaps for almost 1 year. You have been a great inspiration. Thank you
Hi Jerika, I would just like to say a very big thank you in all that you do! I’ve recently started making soaps and you have help me in everything I need to know. Especially with the soap calculator! I’m sitting waiting for the temperature to drop in my lye mix! My very first one 😀as previously I was using melt & pour mixture. I’m so excited for this soap and I’ve prepped everything. Keep doing what your doing with your husband- great encouragement. 🤗❤️
I want to make soap for myself. It's the basis if many cleaning products and soap os getting harder to get and expensive. But I have always refrained myself because I didn't know how much I would get. Now I know! 1cm3=1g. I just have to count it backwards to find out the amount of ingredients. Thank you!
I really love your video's! Wish this video was around when I 1st started. So informative and well explained. I love your EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, too adorable! I think the gel ring is beautiful. When I get them, I use it to my advantage when I stamp.
I want to thank you for explaining the ranges and to stay within them or at least try. Especially when trying new soap recipes. I make hot process soaps and I really appreciate your willingness of sharing info. Thank you for your videos. I one day hope to excel like you. Keep up the good work. You are awesome.
I’m stupid! You said 5% fragrance but inputted 54?? What does 54 represent?? You went over that part so fast lol. Thank you for this super helpful video!!
Your videos have been so helpful!! I am starting out, and I really had no idea how much goes into making soap. But I find it fascinating, and I'm so excited to get my shipment so I can start.
Hi Jerika, I came to look for a beginner soap making video and of course I found it. I watched/followed you and Cale for a while now I’ve started out doing bath bombs and now I’m going to take my first class tomorrow for learning how to make CPS. I would like to thank you and let you know that you inspire me to make and create bath products, thank you so much!! ☺️💕💗
Recently found your channel & have been binge watching - love your content!!! Your realistic & positive approach to business & soap making is refreshing, thank you!!!
Hey Jerika! I'm new to soap making, so I'm super grateful for videos like this. Thank you so much. If you don't mind me asking, how did you figure out how much fragance/essential oils to add in the recipe?
Love your videos ! Very inspiring , can you make a video where you get your supplies for starters ? I really wanted to try making soaps now 😅. Keep it up!!! 👍🏻
thankyou Jerika , you have answered all my questions today. cant wait to try this maths on my recipes ha ha . not my strong point but you explained it perfectly thanks again x
Your videos have really encouraged me to start making soap. This video in specific gave me such great instruction on how to start! Thank you so much for being here helping everyone interested in really understanding ❤️
Thank you so much for making this video! It is so very helpful, I am just starting out making soaps but smaller batches. You have definitely inspired me.
Im sat with a pen and a pad writing everything down. Your videos are so informative and thorough. You are an excellent teacher and business women. I cant wait to get started on my first batch. X
@@JerikaZimmerman Thank you so much for your reply, im sure your time is very precious so i appreciate it. My first question is am i able to substitute the hempseed oil for sweet almond or an avocado? I live in the uk and hempseed oil is quite expensive so just thinking of different and possibly cheaper options to start with. If i was to substitute hempseed for almond can i keep the weight the same? X
That was a great video, very helpful for us beginners, thank you so much. Can I ask what is super fat, I don't understand what it is and where it figures in this process.
Jerika thank you fir taking your time given step by step instructions. I watch several soaper that doesn’t show or measure the lye for others to see ( you measured everything down to the mold (lol) I use soapcal to create my soaps. I get few mistakes.
Huge Thank You Jessica, for sharing all this important information ! You explain everything so good for those persons who have never done, so is easy to understand everything step by step. I really appreciate this, because for a long time I am really thinking what I could do, so I could work for myself and make my own small business. And your videos and information inspires me to try by soap making. Thank you so much ! I wish you all the best in the development of your business ! :))
Thank you for this video. I have it saved and I have watched several times. You are the one who taught me how to use soapcalc. Thank you! I wanted to use my own recipe but I did not know about soapcalc so I was using a recipe I found online and after this video I made my own recipe!!!
I tried this recipe last weekend but subbed apricot kernel oil for the hemp oil and ran it through soap calc. Everything worked perfectly. Thanks so much for detailing everything!!!
This was awesome!! I just love all your videos!! ♥️ I binge and repeat watch them all the time from here in South Africa. Would love it if you can do a similar video on how to formulate a bath bomb recipe on smaller scale, ex. To make 8-10 bombs. That would be great to use when trying new fragrances and essential oil combinations and colours to not have to make a too big batch for experimentation. Oh, and what would also be amazing is a video on essential oils combinations that make great fragrances in bath bombs. In SA we don’t have a big selection of fragrance oils so need to mostly use essential oils and I’m not always sure what different oils in which ratio makes for good scents in bath bombs 😃😬
What many soapers on RU-vid omit from their tutorials is adding sodium lactate or salt to the batter to help to solidify and unmold the soap which, by the way it unmolded, I can see you've added. I don't understand why it's 'rarely' mentioned! I know I had such a hard time with my first soap because that tidbit was missing! Kind of important don't you think?
20 year soap maker here. Sodium lactate or salt are not necessary if your formula has enough hard oils in it. I rarely use SL because my recipe is hard within about 12 to 18 hours. However, if you have a softer recipe, you can add SL at 1 tsp PPO to help hard your soap so it can be unmolded easier. I prefer to formulate my soaps so I don't need additives to harden them up. You can try upping or adding your hard oils a bit and see if that makes a difference. I just like to keep my soaps as simple as possible. If you need help with a formulation, let me know and I will try to help you. HTH.
I love your smile and eyes and confidence!!! Please keep continue making some help tutorials. I start my soaping journey next week when my Bramble berry cold process soap making kit comes in. I already have most of my ingredients. I'm just debating on which butters to use besides the shea butter I have. I'm so totally excited!!! Thank you for sharing your videos with us!! God bless! 🙏😁😉❤
Which butters depends on what qualities you want in your soap, I personally use cocoa butter and shea butter but you can use mango butter, kokum butter, etc. Every oil or butter you use brings certain properties to the soap, so you might have to experiment a bit and research oil properties a lot! Have fun!
I have been using this video in particular as my bible to understand Soap Calc! Thanks so much for your help. I still struggle with the initial calculations as I use 5% superfat and the total that holds the container by that percentage leaves my container no completely full. Maybe because I use 1.8:1 water lye? I must be missing something. But I'll keep trying! Thanks a million again, I am loving so much your videos :)
Thanks so much for this video!! I've watched so many other soapmaking for beginners videos and none have gone into depth on some aspects as you have. Still trying to process how this is for beginners because that whole calculator is very intimidating. Maybe because I'm still using recipes I find online and in books already.
