I am so glad! I too was fearful for years! So thankful I got over it, soap making is now one of my favorite hobbies! I've got a liquid dish soap tutorial coming up!
Thank you very much!!!! I am a beginner who has been unsuccessful until I came across your tutorial. Yay, my soap will be ready to gift for the holidays! You are a wonderful teacher . May God Bless you and your family always. TY
Jenn, I love this tutorial so much! I have made soap two times but for the most part I just watched my friend make it! Thanks for breaking it down and I will most definately return to this video!
Just wanted o tell you in my research to make soap I chose your video to guide me through. It was a success. I made two batches with lavender and sunflower fragrance. It came together fantastic and I am not anxious now. First batch will completely cure First week of September. Gonna pick up shea butte to make more. Thank you.
Hi Jennifer, thank you so much. I am really scared and intimidated about using lye. I am very happy to hear that you had the same experience. Thanks again, so much.
Thank you so much 💓 your video took some anxiety that I get when I watch videos that I watched to learned how to make soap. 😅 so calming and kind. God bless you 🙏 ❤️
Thank you so much I took a cold processing class and it was very helpful but when I went to make my first batch, it only filled up half the loaf pan lol next I want to use your measurements. They seem a lot easier.
Thank you for your information loved the tutorial, you explained the process very well and clarified some points for me. Can't wait to try making my soap.
Thank you so much, I've made soaps with the melt and pour methods for a while and wanted to move over to lye soap making. I've read so many articles that caused me to worry so much about this method. I've watched some clips but they used lard (I don't want lard) or palm oil (I won't use palm oil for anything due to the environment). Your clip is perfect, down to earth, easy ingredients and simply shown that this can be simple! I liked being able to watch the whole process and so now will buy the lye and a new scales and a blender for just soap making. Can I ask please? Did you use pure essential oils or fragrance oils? I decided I would like to use fragrance oils. Also should I wear a mouth and nose covering mask as well as eye coverfor the lye mixing? I thought I would have to mix the lye in my kitchen under the extraction fan with animals shut out of the room; or am I being too careful? Thank you so much, I'm neurodivergent and your clip is perfect for us to follow, we like and need simple and most neurotypical people make explanations too convoluted for us. You're ace 🌷❤️💪❤️🌷
She used fragrance oils from Nurture Soap…also I would always wear a mask, gloves, long sleeve shirt and pants, goggles too and mix the lye outside or on the counter with a window open.
What a wonderful demonstration. Thank you for explaining the process so well. I would like to try this recipe but just wondering if you might have fine-tuned the water quality as the Pine Meadows lye calculator mentions 14oz. I’m still new to soap-making so thought I should follow the calculator to the letter till more batches are under my belt. Thank you 😊
I made my first attempt and all went well. So happy how it turned out. Then I made my second batch and it's been 5 days and still have not been able to Unmold 😢 I had to walk away from it for about 3-4 min. while mixing. Came back and could not mix it any more, I had to spoon it Into the mold. Any advise?
It sounds like it seized up which means it came to trace too quickly. You could melt it down with a bit of water and then try to spoon it in again, it will be a rustic bar either way. It won't be smooth. We all have batches that don't go perfectly, I just had one the other day and I have lots of experience! Keep going!
I'm excited to try making this recipe. I actually have all the oils to make it I just need to get the equipment. I have a question, can I use the spoons, spatulas, bowls, measurers again in the kitchen for food after cleaning them? Thx!
This was my very first CP soap! It was so easy and so carefully explained. Thank you Jennifer! I have one question…what would make the fragrance go away? I used BB Apple Sage FO, I added 2 oz. and I cannot smell it at all. What would cause that to happen?
The smell may come back as it cures. Depending on the quality of the oil it may fade. I have recently learned about adding a bit of kaolin clay to anchor the fragrance and I will say it really works! 1 Tsp of clay per pound of soap and mix it with a bit of water so that it doesn't clump.
@@joaniecaldwell6417 Yes, you can do it either way, I like to mix part of the fragrance with the clay and then the rest I just mix in with the batter. I hope that helps! You may read up on it and see how others do it as I have only done it with a couple of batches. Your fragrance really may come back as it cures too, I don't understand the science on that exactly but have read that it happens!
Mine came out thicker than expected. I didn’t get a dripping liquid trace. Maybe I just mixed too long but it happened pretty quickly. Does anyone know why that is? Super fun recipe, I love the oils, I just don’t know if or where I went wrong ❤
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722I was able to get it in the mold. It didn’t pour I was scooping it out and towards the end scraping it off the tool I was scooping it with
Trace is when all of the ingredients are fully incorporated and the batter is thickening. When you reach trace, you can lift the blender and the batter will leave a trail on top of the batter. It's thick like cake batter. I cut mine into bars and place them on end on a cookie sheet or a lined basket. You just need them to be spread out enough to have air circulate around them. I keep mine in the bedroom on a dresser out of the way. Some people have special racks or places just for curing soap. It's whatever works for you.
I believe you can switch it out, and yes make sure it's frozen. Just to be sure, you should always run any changes through a lye calculator I can't remember off the top of my head if the milk will change the amount of lye needed.
Thanks for uploading this! I have that exact mold and all of these ingredients so this is a perfect 1st soap recipe for me! One question though: if I replace CACAO BUTTER for the Shea Butter will it still work?? ...THANKS again! :-)
Any changes you make need to be checked in a lye calculator. Just put in the recipe in there and change out the cacao butter for the shea butter and see how much lye you would need. You may want to read on the properties of cacao butter vs shea butter as well just to make sure they are similar
Question. Can you achieve proper results eliminating the olive oil? I was wondering if maybe it had to do with proportions or if you could manage to make it just with the coconut oil and shea butter
No, you cannot just eliminate an oil. You would have to create a new recipe. You can use a lye calculator and use just shea butter and coconut oil but you would have to decide on the percentage of each.
A soap calculator is definitely the easiest way. I have to refer to a book when I am trying to calculate a recipe manually. It is a math equation: You must look up the SAP value of each oil that you are using. That then needs to be multiplied by the amount of oil in ounces and then that number will tell you how many ounce of lye you will need. This is actually rather complicated and I would not do it by hand unless you have a very good understanding of saponification and superfatting. I hope that helps a bit, it's a great and interesting study!
Costs whise how much did you spend for the ingredients? Im hoping to start a holiday gift baskets to sell and soap is one of the items i want to craft to add to the baskets.
Of course everything is purchased in bulk so your initial investment could be high but you could make many batches. I purchase my lye from Nurture Soap and I source the butters and oils from Amazon or Sam's club. So you might spend $50-60 for the initial ingredients.
Hi! I missed something. Did you say you put the soap in the freezer? If so, for how long? Did you do that so you didn’t have to wait the 2-3 days? Thank you!
You can put it in the fridge or freezer for the first 24 hours before you take it out of the mold, I usually do that only with soaps that contain milk because they can burn while going through gel phase. I think that is what I mentioned in the video. With this soap, you can just cover it and let it sit on your counter for 24 hours before you unmold it. It should be hard enough then to cut. I hope that's clear. Sorry for any confusion. Gel phase is your choice, if you are using any coloring, gel phase will make the colors more vivid. If you aren't using any colorant, I don't see the benefit of gel phase and I have had my soap overheat and crack when wrapping it in towels.
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 Just a quick suggestion, it's possible your soap is cracking during gel phase because you could be soaping too high 100-110 degrees, or your soap could be lye heavy. When I first started I was soaping at 105 and for my area it's way too high now I soap at about 90 degrees because it's always very humid here! Thanks for the awesome video!
@@Common_Sense_With_Auntie Thank you, maybe so, it just seemed to take so long to come to trace at a lower temp. I appreciate the tip, I will try it for my next batch! So much to learn!
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 mom I love the way you explains and above all how you respond to our comments I love you and wish I could send you Shea butter I'm from ghana
Soap recipes are chemistry. You need to understand what each oil does and then decide how much (percentage of each) you would like in your soap. If you change a recipe at all meaning change the oils, the lye amount will change. You must use a lye calculator to make sure you are making a safe product.
Hi good morning I hope Get this message will be able to respond. I use my measuring Pyrex cup because my scale giving me the precise amount. I melted and followed your recipe but I added 4oz more of olive oil and 8oz of shea butter. As I began to cut it with my knife half way down it split In half, would you be able to tell me what I did wrong can it be remelted and do it again. It is soapy. Thank you so much
Hi there, usually you cannot just sub in or out ingredients with soap. Different oils have different SAP values and qualities. Olive oil is a liquid oil and shea butter is a solid oil. Did it split in half because it was too soft or is it crumbly? You could go to an online lye calculator and put in the amounts you used to see if the correct amount of lye was used for the amounts of the oil. Any time you change the amounts of an oil you should always run it through a lye calculator to make sure you are adding the right amount of lye. Too much lye can also make the soap crumbly. I hope that helps!
It's hard for me to know what went wrong. I just made the soap yesterday and it came out perfectly. It's of course not going to lather like a "soap" from the store as those have sulfates. My only guess on the oiliness would be that you maybe didn't get a real trace before you poured it in the mold? Perhaps the oils were not saponified? Again, it's hard for me to know without being there.
Good question, some people have mixed ideas on this. I think if the utensils have been thoroughly cleaned they should be fine, some people wait to clean them until the soap has cured on the utensils. Others keep a separate set of utensils for soap making. It's really up to you and what you are comfortable with.
if I'm too intimidated to use the sodium hydroxide and purchase a Natural Shea Butter Moisturizing Glycerin Melt And Pour Soap Base for Soap how much do you think i should use to substitute your measurements ?
Which are the E. oils & F. oils that will stay for a while? All the fragrance oils I used in my CP soaps fades away during the curing period itself. Could you please suggest some solution to this? Thank you.
Add some kaolin clay to your recipe. I have found that this really works to anchor the fragrance. Mix the clay with a bit of water, usually equal parts to keep the clay from clumping or streaking in the soap. About 1 TBS per pound of oils in your batter. Add the clay mixture when you add the fragrance. This should help
Yes,kaolin clay works retaining the fragrance, either fo or eo.I used essential oils with french green clay (rosemary/mint) and months later still smell amazing.I use 2 teaspoons per 500 grams of oils, in my case lard and castor oil.I also used french rose clay and got a sweet light pink soap, where I added natural lilac fo.
If I spilt lye on a plastic cutting board….do I have to throw away the cutting board? I poured vinegar on it 🤷🏼♀️ had some oil on my glove and the container my lye water was in slipped a little
Of course airflow is important. The soap may be safe to use sooner, however, if it is used before fully cured it will not last as long! A hot process soap can be used sooner. I plan to have some hot-process recipes in the future. In the meantime you might research that!
Thank you for this video! You explained it very clearly! Now to start!! ❤️ Oh also how do I wash all the things used? Can I stick it all in the dishwasher with my other dishes? Or do they need to be kept separate?
Good question, some people say you shouldn't use the same immersion blender for food and for soapmaking...I do however! You should definitely wash it really well! As far as the rubber spatula and things like that I do keep them separate. It's a good idea to wash wearing rubber gloves and lots of water.
Sorry for the delay, this is a cold process soap meaning there is no other heat source other than the heat from the melted butters and oils and the heat from the natural chemical reaction of the lye.
You cannot change a soap recipe without recalculating the lye. So, you could swap them out but make sure you use a lye calculator to see if the lye amount changes.
Fragrance is really a matter of preference. However Brambleberry has a fragrance calculator it recommends 0.7 oz per pound of soap. The best thing to do would be to use their calculator and choose what fragrance you are adding and then let it calculate it for you.
I am sorry I don't know what you mean. The coconut oil should be heated with the other oils to approximately 110 degrees F. I used extra virgin olive oil. Not sure if that answered your questions or not. There is a full blog post here if that would help. theeverydayfarmhouse.com/beginner-soap-recipe-shea-butter-cold-process/
I like to use natural colorants like mica or red iron oxide or even spices like turmeric or annatto spice. You add the colors right when it starts to come to trace.
Great question, here is an article I recommend you read on adding honey, it can be tricky: www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/tips-and-tricks/adding-honey-to-cold-process-soap-tips-tricks-recipe/ Oats can be added to the batter before trace, you want to blend them up pretty well or buy colloidal oats.
Having a spray bottle of white vinegar in case you splash on your skin, it neutralizes the lye
Yes it is a blessing as I have been afraid due to the lye. Now ready to start making soap. God bless you for removing the fear of this process
I am so glad! I too was fearful for years! So thankful I got over it, soap making is now one of my favorite hobbies! I've got a liquid dish soap tutorial coming up!
Thank you very much!!!! I am a beginner who has been unsuccessful until I came across your tutorial. Yay, my soap will be ready to gift for the holidays! You are a wonderful teacher . May God Bless you and your family always. TY
Thank you so much for the encouragement! God Bless you as well!
I’m so afraid of the lye I like that you write specific Oz portrayed at the beginning of the video
Can one use a thermometer used to check meat temperature?
@@Rodmic-hd9pn Sure you can!
It has been a blessing🌸, to find you🙏. You have explain so clearly and encourage me, to start, making soap. Thank you🌺🇵🇷🌸!
Jenn, I love this tutorial so much! I have made soap two times but for the most part I just watched my friend make it! Thanks for breaking it down and I will most definately return to this video!
I'm so glad you like the video and find it helpful!
Just wanted o tell you in my research to make soap I chose your video to guide me through. It was a success. I made two batches with lavender and sunflower fragrance. It came together fantastic and I am not anxious now. First batch will completely cure First week of September. Gonna pick up shea butte to make more. Thank you.
This makes my day! Thank you and congratulations!
Just popped in for a refresher course and you've simplified making soap again, thank you❤❤
Thank you! I really needed something basic to begin with. I have all of these!
I followed you recipe, and now I can say the fear is gone. I set everything up ahead of time , and I was not rushed thank you Blessings 🙏🏿
Yay! Congratulations!
Thank you very much for all the very careful detail you provide ~ much appreciate it!
Hi Jennifer, thank you so much. I am really scared and intimidated about using lye. I am very happy to hear that you had the same experience. Thanks again, so much.
Thank you for making this so simple ! God Bless you.
Nice tutorial! Thank you!😊
Thank you so much 💓 your video took some anxiety that I get when I watch videos that I watched to learned how to make soap. 😅 so calming and kind. God bless you 🙏 ❤️
God Bless you as well! Thank you for the kind words!
New sunbird! Loved the simplicity in your tutorial. Thank you
You are so right soap making is addictive so many designs and so little time ...Great video
I love your videos!! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe!! 🙌🏻🦋🤗 Blessings from Kentucky ❤️
Very helpful beginner recipe❤ Thank you so much for sharing!
My pleasure! I'm glad it was helpful!
Thank you lovely I'm much less intimidated think I'll give it a try🌸
Thank you so much I took a cold processing class and it was very helpful but when I went to make my first batch, it only filled up half the loaf pan lol next I want to use your measurements. They seem a lot easier.
Glad to help!
Thank you for your information loved the tutorial, you explained the process very well and clarified some points for me. Can't wait to try making my soap.
Great tutorial. What size mold are you using? Thank you.
42 oz
does the shea butter need to be cold pressed only? I have 100% natural raw shea butter but I noticed it isn't cold pressed but it is unrefined
Thank you this is what I am looking for simply tutorial to start with, again thanks
I love your video you may also use a water discount as well. Many different ways to make cold process soap. You did an amazing job!
What's a water discount
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Great video! Thank you for sharing!!!
Thank you for your tutorial!
Thnk you Jennifer!
This is soo great! One question, if I wanted to add color when would I do that?
Add it as it starts to thicken, before it comes to trace.
Love the window light
Thank you you explain it simply
Thank u I wanted to make soap my self
Thank you so much, I've made soaps with the melt and pour methods for a while and wanted to move over to lye soap making. I've read so many articles that caused me to worry so much about this method. I've watched some clips but they used lard (I don't want lard) or palm oil (I won't use palm oil for anything due to the environment).
Your clip is perfect, down to earth, easy ingredients and simply shown that this can be simple! I liked being able to watch the whole process and so now will buy the lye and a new scales and a blender for just soap making.
Can I ask please? Did you use pure essential oils or fragrance oils? I decided I would like to use fragrance oils.
Also should I wear a mouth and nose covering mask as well as eye coverfor the lye mixing? I thought I would have to mix the lye in my kitchen under the extraction fan with animals shut out of the room; or am I being too careful?
Thank you so much, I'm neurodivergent and your clip is perfect for us to follow, we like and need simple and most neurotypical people make explanations too convoluted for us. You're ace 🌷❤️💪❤️🌷
I always mix my lye solution under exhaust fan and lean back as to not breath in fumes!
She used fragrance oils from Nurture Soap…also I would always wear a mask, gloves, long sleeve shirt and pants, goggles too and mix the lye outside or on the counter with a window open.
What a wonderful demonstration. Thank you for explaining the process so well. I would like to try this recipe but just wondering if you might have fine-tuned the water quality as the Pine Meadows lye calculator mentions 14oz. I’m still new to soap-making so thought I should follow the calculator to the letter till more batches are under my belt. Thank you 😊
Yes, go with the lye calculator that you put the numbers in. Water can be adjusted as you get more experience!
Hi one the best recipes! what would i put in for Water as % of Oils ? or lye concentration in soap cals ??? thank you!
Still a great video very informative 😊 thank you ❤
I made my first attempt and all went well. So happy how it turned out. Then I made my second batch and it's been 5 days and still have not been able to Unmold 😢
I had to walk away from it for about 3-4 min. while mixing. Came back and could not mix it any more, I had to spoon it Into the mold. Any advise?
It sounds like it seized up which means it came to trace too quickly. You could melt it down with a bit of water and then try to spoon it in again, it will be a rustic bar either way. It won't be smooth. We all have batches that don't go perfectly, I just had one the other day and I have lots of experience! Keep going!
I'm excited to try making this recipe. I actually have all the oils to make it I just need to get the equipment. I have a question, can I use the spoons, spatulas, bowls, measurers again in the kitchen for food after cleaning them? Thx!
The short answer is no. Everything you use to make your soap cannot be used for food preparation anymore.
This was my very first CP soap! It was so easy and so carefully explained. Thank you Jennifer! I have one question…what would make the fragrance go away? I used BB Apple Sage FO, I added 2 oz. and I cannot smell it at all. What would cause that to happen?
The smell may come back as it cures. Depending on the quality of the oil it may fade. I have recently learned about adding a bit of kaolin clay to anchor the fragrance and I will say it really works! 1 Tsp of clay per pound of soap and mix it with a bit of water so that it doesn't clump.
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 Awesome! Thank you so much! Thank you for getting me over the “fear hump”! ❤
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 Do I add the clay together with the fragrance?
@@joaniecaldwell6417 Yes, you can do it either way, I like to mix part of the fragrance with the clay and then the rest I just mix in with the batter. I hope that helps! You may read up on it and see how others do it as I have only done it with a couple of batches. Your fragrance really may come back as it cures too, I don't understand the science on that exactly but have read that it happens!
@@joaniecaldwell6417 I am glad to, I was very fearful once too!
Really enjoyed the video
Looking for a recommendation on the fragrance oils, this is my first time making soap. I love essential oils at home
I just use whatever fragrance I like. I tend to lean toward lavender and eucalyptus.
Thank you, I wish you good luck
Thank you for sharing! This was really helpful! ☺️
I'm so glad you found it helpful! Thank you!
Thank you so much for your quick response 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷will it change a color by essential oils too ? Lavender?
The essential oil should not change the color, however, some fragrance oils will. It should indicate that on the description
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 thank you 🩷
Mine came out thicker than expected. I didn’t get a dripping liquid trace. Maybe I just mixed too long but it happened pretty quickly. Does anyone know why that is? Super fun recipe, I love the oils, I just don’t know if or where I went wrong ❤
My guess would be you were mixing at too high of a temperature. The hotter it is the faster it will come to trace.
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 That’s interesting, it had come down to 95 for the lye then somewhere between 100-110 for the oils.
@@abigailbrannon9890 I'm not sure then. Were you able to get it in the mold or did it seize up?
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 I was able to get it in the molds.
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722I was able to get it in the mold. It didn’t pour I was scooping it out and towards the end scraping it off the tool I was scooping it with
I really like this video. How many soap bars does this recipe make?
It depends on how thick you cut them usually about 10 bars, more if you cut them thinner
I have a couple questions. What is trace? And to wait 4 weeks to cure, where do you put it? In the fridge or just on the counter top?
Trace is when all of the ingredients are fully incorporated and the batter is thickening. When you reach trace, you can lift the blender and the batter will leave a trail on top of the batter. It's thick like cake batter. I cut mine into bars and place them on end on a cookie sheet or a lined basket. You just need them to be spread out enough to have air circulate around them. I keep mine in the bedroom on a dresser out of the way. Some people have special racks or places just for curing soap. It's whatever works for you.
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 awesome thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing!!!!!! Can you please tell me how many percent is superfat and how many percent is lye consentration. Thank you in advance.
Hi there! Yes, it is 5% superfat and I believe the lye calculator that I used is set to a default of 38% lye concentration
Thank you forsheting wiz us😊😊😊😊
hello! lets say im allergic to coconut and I have olive oil, shea butter and sweet almond oil, what would be your % of these oils? Thanks
Hello, thank you for the video! What size pot are you using to mix the soap in?
I think it is a 3 quart pot
Can I switch out the water for frozen goat's milk or would it change the measurements?
I believe you can switch it out, and yes make sure it's frozen. Just to be sure, you should always run any changes through a lye calculator I can't remember off the top of my head if the milk will change the amount of lye needed.
So does it have to put it in the freezer?
Thanks for uploading this! I have that exact mold and all of these ingredients so this is a perfect 1st soap recipe for me! One question though: if I replace CACAO BUTTER for the Shea Butter will it still work?? ...THANKS again! :-)
Any changes you make need to be checked in a lye calculator. Just put in the recipe in there and change out the cacao butter for the shea butter and see how much lye you would need. You may want to read on the properties of cacao butter vs shea butter as well just to make sure they are similar
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 - Thank you so much for this advise, friend. I appreciate it very much! Making my first soaps TODAY!! :-) ❤
Question. Can you achieve proper results eliminating the olive oil? I was wondering if maybe it had to do with proportions or if you could manage to make it just with the coconut oil and shea butter
No, you cannot just eliminate an oil. You would have to create a new recipe. You can use a lye calculator and use just shea butter and coconut oil but you would have to decide on the percentage of each.
Love you soap beautiful pls how do I calculate my soap recipe with out using a soap calc I mean manual method thank u
A soap calculator is definitely the easiest way. I have to refer to a book when I am trying to calculate a recipe manually. It is a math equation: You must look up the SAP value of each oil that you are using. That then needs to be multiplied by the amount of oil in ounces and then that number will tell you how many ounce of lye you will need. This is actually rather complicated and I would not do it by hand unless you have a very good understanding of saponification and superfatting. I hope that helps a bit, it's a great and interesting study!
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 thank u very much ma God bless
@@sterchinwe4454 Thank you! God's blessing on you as well!
thankyou so much 😊
from new zealand 🌵🌵
I have a small soap business in India. Thanks your information.
Costs whise how much did you spend for the ingredients? Im hoping to start a holiday gift baskets to sell and soap is one of the items i want to craft to add to the baskets.
Of course everything is purchased in bulk so your initial investment could be high but you could make many batches. I purchase my lye from Nurture Soap and I source the butters and oils from Amazon or Sam's club. So you might spend $50-60 for the initial ingredients.
Hi! I missed something. Did you say you put the soap in the freezer? If so, for how long? Did you do that so you didn’t have to wait the 2-3 days? Thank you!
You can put it in the fridge or freezer for the first 24 hours before you take it out of the mold, I usually do that only with soaps that contain milk because they can burn while going through gel phase. I think that is what I mentioned in the video. With this soap, you can just cover it and let it sit on your counter for 24 hours before you unmold it. It should be hard enough then to cut. I hope that's clear. Sorry for any confusion. Gel phase is your choice, if you are using any coloring, gel phase will make the colors more vivid. If you aren't using any colorant, I don't see the benefit of gel phase and I have had my soap overheat and crack when wrapping it in towels.
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 Just a quick suggestion, it's possible your soap is cracking during gel phase because you could be soaping too high 100-110 degrees, or your soap could be lye heavy. When I first started I was soaping at 105 and for my area it's way too high now I soap at about 90 degrees because it's always very humid here! Thanks for the awesome video!
@@Common_Sense_With_Auntie Thank you, maybe so, it just seemed to take so long to come to trace at a lower temp. I appreciate the tip, I will try it for my next batch! So much to learn!
@@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 mom I love the way you explains and above all how you respond to our comments I love you and wish I could send you Shea butter I'm from ghana
@@rossysamwine9735 How sweet!
Than you ❤
Did u add color? A I saw was fragrance
Which butter is best for cold process soap recipes raw shea butter or shea butter? Blessings 😊
I always use the one in the description, it is labeled as raw organic. I think if you can't find that any would be fine
Can this recipe be used for making desset soaps like cupcake shaped ??
You could put it in any shape mold that you like!
New here do you have to use coconut oil? How many oils can you use?
Soap recipes are chemistry. You need to understand what each oil does and then decide how much (percentage of each) you would like in your soap. If you change a recipe at all meaning change the oils, the lye amount will change. You must use a lye calculator to make sure you are making a safe product.
Hi good morning I hope Get this message will be able to respond. I use my measuring Pyrex cup because my scale giving me the precise amount. I melted and followed your recipe but I added 4oz more of olive oil and 8oz of shea butter. As I began to cut it with my knife half way down it split In half, would you be able to tell me what I did wrong can it be remelted and do it again. It is soapy. Thank you so much
Hi there, usually you cannot just sub in or out ingredients with soap. Different oils have different SAP values and qualities. Olive oil is a liquid oil and shea butter is a solid oil. Did it split in half because it was too soft or is it crumbly? You could go to an online lye calculator and put in the amounts you used to see if the correct amount of lye was used for the amounts of the oil. Any time you change the amounts of an oil you should always run it through a lye calculator to make sure you are adding the right amount of lye. Too much lye can also make the soap crumbly. I hope that helps!
What would I use if I'm using 50/50
So why don't I get lather? Also the soap is very oily. What could I have done wrong? I love the experience of making it. Thanks.
It's hard for me to know what went wrong. I just made the soap yesterday and it came out perfectly. It's of course not going to lather like a "soap" from the store as those have sulfates. My only guess on the oiliness would be that you maybe didn't get a real trace before you poured it in the mold? Perhaps the oils were not saponified? Again, it's hard for me to know without being there.
Hi there. How long do you have to wait to use the soap after it's made? Or can you use it right away?
Cut the bars after 24 hours then let it cure which means dry and harden for at least 4 weeks.
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Hy can I stil use the utensils when cooking
Good question, some people have mixed ideas on this. I think if the utensils have been thoroughly cleaned they should be fine, some people wait to clean them until the soap has cured on the utensils. Others keep a separate set of utensils for soap making. It's really up to you and what you are comfortable with.
Some say we should not cross 15% of shea butter. How did this soap turned out?
Yes, I have read different opinions on that as well...however this is a wonderful bar of soap that I make over and over again!
Can you use the same recipe on hot process soap?
Yes you can, you may need a bit more liquid though
if I'm too intimidated to use the sodium hydroxide and purchase a Natural Shea Butter Moisturizing Glycerin Melt And Pour Soap Base for Soap how much do you think i should use to substitute your measurements ?
I really don't know, I don't have experience with melt and pour.
I think the melt and pour is essentially the soap and you could add fragrance and extras, you wouldn't need all of the butters and such,
What size pot did you melt the oils in and then poured lye mixture into? 3 qt? 4 qt?
I think mine was just 2 qt but three would be better probably.
How long do you leave in the freezer? What about the fridge?
I leave it overnight. The freezer cools it down better than the fridge
Once the lye is mixed in do u still need your protection the rest of the process
Yes, you should, the batter will not be fully saponified and can still burn you!
Just wondering, the Shea butter- refined or unrefined?
I use unrefined
Which are the E. oils & F. oils that will stay for a while? All the fragrance oils I used in my CP soaps fades away during the curing period itself. Could you please suggest some solution to this? Thank you.
Add some kaolin clay to your recipe. I have found that this really works to anchor the fragrance. Mix the clay with a bit of water, usually equal parts to keep the clay from clumping or streaking in the soap. About 1 TBS per pound of oils in your batter. Add the clay mixture when you add the fragrance. This should help
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Yes,kaolin clay works retaining the fragrance, either fo or eo.I used essential oils with french green clay (rosemary/mint) and months later still smell amazing.I use 2 teaspoons per 500 grams of oils, in my case lard and castor oil.I also used french rose clay and got a sweet light pink soap, where I added natural lilac fo.
Can I add the oil to the lye instead? I tend to mix my lye in a bigger container then pour my melted oils in to the big container. Is that bad?
The reason it is recommended to pour the lye into the oils is safety. There is a risk of the lye water splashing up when you pour the oils into it.
I want to learn how to make saop. My body is very dry. Where I can order the ingredients?
In the description and on the blog post are links to all of the supplies. I like Nurture Soap Co
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If I spilt lye on a plastic cutting board….do I have to throw away the cutting board? I poured vinegar on it 🤷🏼♀️ had some oil on my glove and the container my lye water was in slipped a little
I think as long as you rinse it well and then wash with soap and water you should be fine.
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Is there anyway to speed up curing? I’m wanting to make soap instead of using m&p for my business
Of course airflow is important. The soap may be safe to use sooner, however, if it is used before fully cured it will not last as long! A hot process soap can be used sooner. I plan to have some hot-process recipes in the future. In the meantime you might research that!
Thank you for this video! You explained it very clearly! Now to start!! ❤️
Oh also how do I wash all the things used? Can I stick it all in the dishwasher with my other dishes? Or do they need to be kept separate?
Good question, some people say you shouldn't use the same immersion blender for food and for soapmaking...I do however! You should definitely wash it really well! As far as the rubber spatula and things like that I do keep them separate. It's a good idea to wash wearing rubber gloves and lots of water.
Do I need to look for a food grade sodium hydroxide? I am searching at Amazon , please 👋👋
I buy from Nurture soap the link is in the description.
How long did you leave it in the mold to dry?
24 hours
Is this cols press or hot pour? What is the difference? Thanks
Sorry for the delay, this is a cold process soap meaning there is no other heat source other than the heat from the melted butters and oils and the heat from the natural chemical reaction of the lye.
Please can I use caustic soda in place of sodium hydroxide ???
I believe caustic soda is the same as sodium hydroxide. You would want to be sure
do you have the measurments in grams (weight) by chance?
I don't, you could easily convert that yourself though!
can i mix with collodial silver instead of just water
That I do not know. I have never tried that. You may want to do a search on it.
Do you use stabilizer to prevent dis coloration????
no
@theeverydayfarmhouse8722 does it turn brown?
@@tcooper802 No it did not turn brown
Can I add sweet almond oil to this recipe?
Any changes you make have to be recalculated with a lye calculator. You cannot just add another oil to the recipe without recalculating
Can I use an almond oil instead of olive oil?
You cannot change a soap recipe without recalculating the lye. So, you could swap them out but make sure you use a lye calculator to see if the lye amount changes.
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How do u calculate fragrance?. Also should shea butter be white or yellow?
Fragrance is really a matter of preference. However Brambleberry has a fragrance calculator it recommends 0.7 oz per pound of soap. The best thing to do would be to use their calculator and choose what fragrance you are adding and then let it calculate it for you.
It can vary depending on where it is from. Mine is whitish with a slight yellow tinge
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If I want to double it do you just double everything?
Yes, that should work fine!
Used 76 degree or 92 degree coconut oil? And pomace olive oil?
I am sorry I don't know what you mean. The coconut oil should be heated with the other oils to approximately 110 degrees F. I used extra virgin olive oil. Not sure if that answered your questions or not. There is a full blog post here if that would help. theeverydayfarmhouse.com/beginner-soap-recipe-shea-butter-cold-process/
If i add colorant what kind and how?
I like to use natural colorants like mica or red iron oxide or even spices like turmeric or annatto spice. You add the colors right when it starts to come to trace.
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I want to add oats and honey. At what point should I do this ?
Great question, here is an article I recommend you read on adding honey, it can be tricky: www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/tips-and-tricks/adding-honey-to-cold-process-soap-tips-tricks-recipe/
Oats can be added to the batter before trace, you want to blend them up pretty well or buy colloidal oats.
Thank you! Last question, is 48 hours enough let the soap gel before cutting it for curing?
@@courtneylooskie-vl9yy Yes, it should be fine, sometimes I can let it sit for just 24 hours, however with the honey it might require a bit longer
Every soap needs 4-6 weeks to cure??
Cold process soaps need to cure for 4-6 weeks. If you make a hot-process soap it can be used sooner.
how do u feel aboujt this recipe?
new recipe 22
base:
aloe vera gel (water) = 22% weight of oils
sodium hydroxide (80.3% of water)
oils:
abyssinian oil 40%
glycerin butter* 60%
chems:
sorbitol 2.2%
sodium lactate 2.2%
sodium citrate 2.2%
specials:
aronia extract(+flavonols/phenols)(= < 50 % weight of oils)
cream of tartar(tartaric acid) 2.2%
frankensence powder(exfoliating) (= < 25% weight of oils)
essentials oil:
clove oil(eugenol) 2.2%
cinnamon oil(cinnamol) 2.2%
satureja oil (carvecrol,thymol) 2.2%
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pre prep:
glycerin butter recipe:
30 grams glycerin
150 grams fractionated oil
21 grams egg white powder
2 grams salt
lemme know