I love that the center is thicker than the brown part of the soap. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without purple 💜 in my house. Beautiful Soaps. Stay safe and well.
i guess im asking randomly but does anybody know a trick to get back into an instagram account? I was dumb forgot the account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me
@Jerry Kayson Thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and I'm in the hacking process now. Takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Ahh this was a lovely treat for a rainy (for me) Monday! One of my favorite parts was watching the chocolate soap flood in. Also it's very, very much something that makes me want for an Andes or two.
I love the red, green and white middle! I made an Andes soap too! Mine is the soft mint green in the middle to look just like the candy. I wanted that smooth flat top you got but didn't happen because I did a single batch divided in thirds. My peppermint middle slowed trace and took forever to set up enough for the chocolate top so I ended up doing a mica drizzle and swirling the top which came out pretty. I used dark chocolate FO from Indigo. If you've never tried it, it is a fantastic, rich chocolate scent. And mine sat around for 10 days waiting to be cut because I couldn't cut it without having some Andes on hand to eat afterwards!
Thank you for the recommendation Ali. I do struggle to find good chocolate fragrances. I have a lot here that I never touch. Haha! I was thinking of something more like the Andes mint for spring. 😀
@@moriversoap You're welcome! I got totally lucky with that one and don't think I'll ever try another. I have seen so many people post in the last couple months about bad chocolate and bad coffee scents from quite a few different suppliers.
Holly! Hey! The first and last batch you make so remind of making mud pies in my Nans' garden. ( in the nicest possible way) we used to put different flowers on them and "sell" them in our pretend shop. Memories.....So Thank You as ever💜
That is true Marg! Is it Olive Garden that gives them out with the check at the end of the meal? It was always such a treat! I bought a tub of Andes Mints from Amazon but haven't gotten it yet. LOL
I made a similar one a few days ago using NS MP Base but mine only has 1 level of Chocolate - I added Shea Butter, Vitamin E Oil & Scented it Cocoa Mint. But yours looks great.
I am so impressed how you make soap! Obviously you are very experience!! I have been making soap for a few months now and I am having trouble with colors because i am color blind!!!
Loving your videos! How do you cure your soaps? Do you have a walk-in fridge? Or do you have a way to force the soap to gel? Or do you simply let the cure at room temperature?
Thanks! Our cold process soaps cure on trays in our work studio. I don't normally need to force the soaps to gel because the large batches in the wood will gel on their own. If I do need to help it along, I will either cover well with towels and/or set the mold on a heating pad for a short while.
Oh my, I liked the Rainbow version a lot, but this one is even better. Just spectacular - I can almost smell it from here! I love the rich chocolate brown you made. Do you think the Bronze Brown mica would make a nice, warm brown even without as much FO discoloration? Haven't tried that particular one, but in the past have been disappointed with some other brown micas, when I wanted a deep, warm color but ended up with cool brown (or even gray-brown) instead. Happy Xmas and New Year to you and yours!
Thank you! Merry Christmas! I understand the brown mica disappointment! Looking at the pictures at Nurture, Bronze Brown should go darker. It does look a bit more silvery than Mocha brown. I used Mocha yesterday and it did alright. I haven't tried Lustrous Brown but it looks like it's more warm. I have been trying to remember what one I like from Mad Micas. I think it is Tall, Dark, and Handsome.
My foster baby had a really tough day today, so we spent all afternoon and evening snuggling and binging on your channel! So relaxing! This might be a really dumb question; is the soap sticky before it cures? Like, how do the layers stick together?
Awe thank you! It's not a dumb question at all. Sticky I guess would be one way to describe it. Even though it sets up, it's still soft and I could easily mess it up between layers. When the soap goes through the gel phase, it heats up, and those layer really meld together. Once it saponifies and cools down from gelling, it's hard enough to cut. From there, the exposure to air during the cure time allows the soap to evaporate excess water and it becomes harder.
Hi Holly, in your video you mention that you sometimes plane your soaps, would you mind telling me the brand that you use and where you purchased it.....I recently purchased a plane and it is useless....thank you so much. Lynn
Oh, these bars look like you could take a bite lol! I love Andies mints in the fridge too 😍, I like cold chocolate 🍫 😋. These look so yummy, and I've had soap that drips brown in the shower but I didn't mind. Thanks Holly. 🥰
You mentioned in your video that the brown may, over time bleed into the white center. Since it's been some time since you made these soaps can you enlighten me to if this happened? I have a soap I would like to do but was concerned with the same factor so I've procrastinated on actually making it. I think these are abosolutely beautiful but I'm unsre how my customers would feel about the brown bubbles.
Yeah, I probably won't ever make this one again. I don't like brown bubbles. I have so many customers that it doesn't bother, but it's just a thing for me. The brown does bleed into the other colors a bit. It's super hard to avoid.
Thank You so much for your reply. It has been very helpful. I wasn;t sure about brown bubbles either. the soap you made looked amazing but I;m not sure Im brave enough to try it! Thanks again for your reply! Happy Soaping.
I have never experienced that at all. I do strain the lye if I feel like the lint is 'crunchy' from sitting for a couple of days. Otherwise, the fresh breaks down well.
I love that the center is thicker than the brown part of the soap. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without purple 💜 in my house. Beautiful Soaps. Stay safe and well.
Loved when you said,” It’s fine. Everything is just fine.” Wish more folks had your attitude when things don’t go exactly as planned.
Thank you! Soapmaking is definitely a go with the flow situation.
I love these videos. I don't make soap but your voice and energy are so pleasant, calming, and uplifting. Thank you so much for this content!!!
Thank you! I am happy to know that!
Yess here is Holly again with a long video! :D I love this Holiday Series!
Thank you! I am happy you enjoyed them.
It looks like a giant yummy Andies candy soap. Looks fabulous
Those look like delicious mint chocolate bars. So pretty.
I love this design so much, only problem is I genuinely want to eat it. It's too tempting!
Haha! Thank you!
i guess im asking randomly but does anybody know a trick to get back into an instagram account?
I was dumb forgot the account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me
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@Jerry Kayson Thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and I'm in the hacking process now.
Takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Jerry Kayson It worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
Thanks so much, you saved my account!
I love how this turned out. It is so real looking.
Thank you! It smells so good!
I like Andes mints all of the time! They make In a candy bar form now that I buy and sneak them in my purse so no one will k ow I have them! Hehe!
Ahh this was a lovely treat for a rainy (for me) Monday! One of my favorite parts was watching the chocolate soap flood in. Also it's very, very much something that makes me want for an Andes or two.
I love that part too! We bought some Andes mints but I haven't even had one yet. GEEZ! LOL
Pretty soaps made by a pretty lady. Thanks for sharing Holly. Love from Pretoria, RSA
Thank you!
What a fun soap! ❤️
Thank you!
This is quite lovely. I bet it smells wonderful.
Genius, looks good enough to eat! So well done Holly. You never disappoint!
Thank you!
Love them!
Thank you Jane!
It's such a treat to watch you make soap so thank you for that and Merry Christmas to you and your family Holly! ❤️
Thank you Wendy! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
This has been one of my favorites. My bar is almost gone. It has such a delightful chocolate scent.
YAY! That is wonderful news. Thank you!
I love the red, green and white middle! I made an Andes soap too! Mine is the soft mint green in the middle to look just like the candy. I wanted that smooth flat top you got but didn't happen because I did a single batch divided in thirds. My peppermint middle slowed trace and took forever to set up enough for the chocolate top so I ended up doing a mica drizzle and swirling the top which came out pretty. I used dark chocolate FO from Indigo. If you've never tried it, it is a fantastic, rich chocolate scent. And mine sat around for 10 days waiting to be cut because I couldn't cut it without having some Andes on hand to eat afterwards!
Thank you for the recommendation Ali. I do struggle to find good chocolate fragrances. I have a lot here that I never touch. Haha! I was thinking of something more like the Andes mint for spring. 😀
@@moriversoap You're welcome! I got totally lucky with that one and don't think I'll ever try another. I have seen so many people post in the last couple months about bad chocolate and bad coffee scents from quite a few different suppliers.
The soap that looks so delicious is lovely.
Thank you for the good video.💕
Thank you!
Very pretty and festive!
Thank you Sandra!
Love this design and still sad not having to see this year holiday collection soap from you. Please come back soon❤
Thank you! It did feel weird not doing the holiday products this year. But from a personal standpoint, it was such a lovely season for me.
3am and your making me crave brownies so much
Uh oh! Sounds yummo though!
love the video and I think your soap look amazingly pretty.
Thank you!
Holly! Hey! The first and last batch you make so remind of making mud pies in my Nans' garden. ( in the nicest possible way) we used to put different flowers on them and "sell" them in our pretend shop. Memories.....So Thank You as ever💜
That's fun! I love memories!
This soap looks like an ice cream sandwich. So pretty and looks yummy.🤩😍
Thank you Ann!
These are awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Shelby!
Mmmmmm....looking forward to spring, this reminds me of Easter with all of the chocolate that comes with it. Ha! Hugz, Tree
I have ideas for a spring version as well!
What a great idea...
I'm having fun with it!
Andre's Mints are for any time of the year ! luv it = wish I had smelivision ....
That is true Marg! Is it Olive Garden that gives them out with the check at the end of the meal? It was always such a treat! I bought a tub of Andes Mints from Amazon but haven't gotten it yet. LOL
They look delicious 😋
They sure smell good too!
Love it!!
Thank you Penny!
Brava molto belli 🥰
Lovely soaps!!
Thank you!
WOW,!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE A GENIUS/ PRO...I sell soaps, but never spend that much time on my creations🤠
Oooo love that red 😲
It's so good!
I made a similar one a few days ago using NS MP Base but mine only has 1 level of Chocolate - I added Shea Butter, Vitamin E Oil & Scented it Cocoa Mint.
But yours looks great.
How fun!
During the fast forward on the second batch of white, red and green I was seeing some Pollack action going on:)
That's fun! Thank you Penny!
oh now I am craving some chocolate ice cream sandwich!
That sounds so yum!
I snagged one of these and it smells so amazing!!!
Thank you Kaylee! YAY!
Love it
Thank you!
Hermoso
that looks so amazing...
Thank you!
Looks so tempting to eat 😁
Haha! Thank you!
Gorgeous bars!!!
Thank you Alicia!
Woooooohooooo!!
Holly that's yummy, I would have a problem not to eat it. I know it smells amazing 😊❣
Haha! It sure does smell great!
I am so impressed how you make soap! Obviously you are very experience!! I have been making soap for a few months now and I am having trouble with colors because i am color blind!!!
Thank you! Yes, that might be hard to work with color.
Even with a single bar cutter, you slice through those loaves like a pro! 🔪 🧼 🔪💞
Thank you Brenda!
CONGRATS ON THE 100K!!!!! 🥰
Thank you!
Loving your videos! How do you cure your soaps? Do you have a walk-in fridge? Or do you have a way to force the soap to gel? Or do you simply let the cure at room temperature?
Thanks! Our cold process soaps cure on trays in our work studio. I don't normally need to force the soaps to gel because the large batches in the wood will gel on their own. If I do need to help it along, I will either cover well with towels and/or set the mold on a heating pad for a short while.
Oh my, I liked the Rainbow version a lot, but this one is even better. Just spectacular - I can almost smell it from here! I love the rich chocolate brown you made. Do you think the Bronze Brown mica would make a nice, warm brown even without as much FO discoloration? Haven't tried that particular one, but in the past have been disappointed with some other brown micas, when I wanted a deep, warm color but ended up with cool brown (or even gray-brown) instead. Happy Xmas and New Year to you and yours!
Thank you! Merry Christmas! I understand the brown mica disappointment! Looking at the pictures at Nurture, Bronze Brown should go darker. It does look a bit more silvery than Mocha brown. I used Mocha yesterday and it did alright. I haven't tried Lustrous Brown but it looks like it's more warm. I have been trying to remember what one I like from Mad Micas. I think it is Tall, Dark, and Handsome.
Looks amazing to eat
Haha thanks!
How many hours do you have to wait beore you pour the second and third layer?
The layers usually set up while I am cleaning up from the previous layer. So really only 5-10 minutes.
My foster baby had a really tough day today, so we spent all afternoon and evening snuggling and binging on your channel! So relaxing! This might be a really dumb question; is the soap sticky before it cures? Like, how do the layers stick together?
Awe thank you! It's not a dumb question at all. Sticky I guess would be one way to describe it. Even though it sets up, it's still soft and I could easily mess it up between layers. When the soap goes through the gel phase, it heats up, and those layer really meld together. Once it saponifies and cools down from gelling, it's hard enough to cut. From there, the exposure to air during the cure time allows the soap to evaporate excess water and it becomes harder.
Yay!!
That really looks delicious! I love this one!❤️💚❤️
Thank you!
Hi Holly, in your video you mention that you sometimes plane your soaps, would you mind telling me the brand that you use and where you purchased it.....I recently purchased a plane and it is useless....thank you so much. Lynn
My husband built it for me. Be sure to check out the video description for more info.
Hi. Beautiful soap. Do you mind sharing which oil/butter you use that starts out so dark?
Thank you Lark! I was using some deodorized cocoa butter from Blossom Bulk that was crazy dark.
@@moriversoap Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Oh, these bars look like you could take a bite lol! I love Andies mints in the fridge too 😍, I like cold chocolate 🍫 😋. These look so yummy, and I've had soap that drips brown in the shower but I didn't mind. Thanks Holly. 🥰
Me too! Cold chocolate is the best!
Where did you get your cutter from I love it
That one was from Smith Creek Studio. Be sure to check out the video description for more information.
Do u have a book with measurements and ingredients?
I don't but thank you for your interest.
You mentioned in your video that the brown may, over time bleed into the white center. Since it's been some time since you made these soaps can you enlighten me to if this happened? I have a soap I would like to do but was concerned with the same factor so I've procrastinated on actually making it. I think these are abosolutely beautiful but I'm unsre how my customers would feel about the brown bubbles.
Yeah, I probably won't ever make this one again. I don't like brown bubbles. I have so many customers that it doesn't bother, but it's just a thing for me. The brown does bleed into the other colors a bit. It's super hard to avoid.
Thank You so much for your reply. It has been very helpful. I wasn;t sure about brown bubbles either. the soap you made looked amazing but I;m not sure Im brave enough to try it! Thanks again for your reply! Happy Soaping.
Ice cream sandwich vibe
Yes for sure as intended! I love ice cream sandwiches...don't really eat them though.
Hello!!where did you buy the containers you use the mix the soap In
Hello! Most of them came from Schoolmasters.com but you can also find similar on Amazon.
Hey Holly! I’m wondering why you don’t cut like 4 loaves together?
We find that the loaves move around too much and it's hard to get an accurate cut.
do you get lye pockets when you have lye chunks in your lye solution?
I have never experienced that at all. I do strain the lye if I feel like the lint is 'crunchy' from sitting for a couple of days. Otherwise, the fresh breaks down well.
How do you know how much lye to use for each layer ?
Can you get the total for the full batch and divide it by 3 , since you have 3 layers ? Or do you do it different ?
I usually just do three separate batches.
Those look like nanaimo bars. Something like it anyway.
I've never had one myself but I've heard that they look similar.
IM 30 YEARS OLD AND I WANT TO EAT IT!
Haha!