The kits are nice looking but there's a general rule with M&P soaps that you get what you pay for. Ultimately, those soaps need to not dry my skin out like normal art craft store brands would for me to gift that kit to anyone.
@@Jayariee I don't feel like that's picky? I can't use soaps that dry my hands out, I live in a cold area and I really don't need my soap to help the drying problems. I like my hands not to bleed from cracking
As someone who spent many, many years displaying and marking those things down to get them out the door, at $10 they don't move. At $5, right before the holidays, they flew off the shelves.
5dollar soap kit, 4golden micas, 3 spritsy bottles, 2 turtle soap shapers, AND A CHEAP SOAP KIT TESTINGG. Others should add on and it would be funny if she sang it in one of her vids 😂
Just a little note from my days in retail: A lot of packaging is bigger than it needs to be in order to help stop people from shoplifting! If it's too big to conceal easily, there's hope that it won't get stolen.
Manufacturers don’t care about shoplifting. As far as they’re concerned, that’s the retailer’s problem. This set is for a GIFT. They are trying to make it look like a quality item. The smaller the package, the less likely it is that people will pick it up. Most shoppers need to feel like they’re getting more bang for their buck. This packaging is all illusion to those shoppers. From a manufacturer’s standpoint, it’s always only about the display. Period.
i think with all these kits being a lot of packaging and a huge box is to remember, theyre trying to trick people into thinking theyre getting alot of items. for a lot of consumers, even subconiously, big box = more stuff.
That, plus they want to stand out on the shelves, and it helps keep brick & mortar customers from ripping open the packaging to "see what it looks like," then putting it back on the shelf to buy an unopened one.
I wanted to point out that there was a mixup in the soaps when testing! You made the single color bar out of the basic white soap but called in the shea butter soap later! :0 So that is why the single color bar didn't lather as well as you expected because it was just the basic white soap. It may also explain some of the melting issues maybe? I'm not familiar with melting shea butter that much.
These kits avoid indicating exact measurements because over time, they'll switch molds or base- cheaper to keep the instructions general and be able to use them for every iteration of the kit that gets released.
My ten year old son squealed when he saw this video. We bought this soap kit and two Brambleberry soap kits for him to do this week for his home schooling classes this week. To use as gifts from him to his grandparents and uncles. I'm so glad you did this so he won't get frustrated with this kit. He saw your videos and wanted to learn how to make soap. You're personality is so bubbly and infectious that everyone in my house runs in the room to watch your videos. :-)
@@tinkeramma He's looking forward to do the Dinosaur Soap by Brambleberry. I have one that is a pretty womanly soap kit from them, too. I'm hoping to make three different melt and pour soaps for him to give as gifts for Christmas. :-) Katie and Tre Marie have inspired us. :-)
@@mayainnabi2847 My little girl watches with me. Our first soap project was a melt and pour project from Brambleberry. We made them to gift to family, friends, and her Sunday school teachers who have dropped off a lesson and a snack every week this year. We delivered to her teachers who absolutely loved the gift. The layers didn't turn out perfectly and have peeled apart in some bricks, but her grandparents won't mind.
I’d wanted to try cold process soap making for a couple years, and finally actually started in 2020! I haven’t made much, but I made a lovely gentle baby soap for a few friends with new babies, and just mailed off some moderately festive soap gifts today (I am sticking to natural colorants and essential oils, but I still watch the bright happy gorgeous mica designs on TH-cam!) It’s really fun, and there is something about combining oils and water and sodium hydroxide and coming out with a useful bar of soap at the other end which is everything I needed in this year where nothing seems to be in control! I can control that chemical magic, and I love it.
My little girl watches with me. She ADORES Katie. Katie's eco-friendly approach gives me an opportunity to explain why things like eco-glitter matter to her young mind.
This all sounds like Royalty Soaps needs to make little melt and pour craft kits! I’ve got this kit sitting on the shelf, this is perfect inspiration to give it a go! Thanks for the additional info!!
Thank you for this. I bought the same kit at my local Walmart about 2 months ago to try my hand at soap making. I wanted to make some soap for family for Christmas and bought 3 kits. I started with the white soap bar and it gave me so much trouble too. I even tried to add the clear to the whit and it was just horrid. I was sure melt and pour wasn't for me and I ended up wrapping up the other two kits for family rather than making the soap. You sharing this with us has made me want to try again and maybe use some melt and pour from Hobby Lobby!! There is still time! Thank you!
A trick my sister and I do when we're making soap (we're just simple hobbyists) is we fill the moulds we're going to use with water, pour the water into a small jug, then convert the fluid measurement on the jug into the same number of grams of soap... Its not perfect but in a pinch it helps when your scales are broken and you only have a jug
My 1st soap encounter was a kit from hobby lobby and it worked really well. Had oatmeal to add and several different molds. And then I took the dive and am making glycerin soap as a hobby business. I still think this walmart kit is for kids. Theyre sample bars, not full bars. Not terrible for the price though
Normally when you say do something for yourself today I need that reminder but today I did a bunch of stuff for myself. I got new shoes, my cat’s new toy came in, AND I cleaned my room. Clean room and happy kitty means a good soapmas for me!
I really really really like this channel and how much you value the origin and quality of the ingredients, and how much waste is produced from packaging... really mindful. I love it !!!
you should try the KiwiCo soap kit, I found it really good, especially as I'm allergic to most soaps and fragrances, because it was fragrance free 😀 I also added some essential oils later so that some of them would be scented but I really recommend it!
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Thank you Katie for cracking down on packaging! It’s an uphill battle but we must all do our bit, even when the odds are not in our favour. Ever wonder why some companies keep using oversized cardboard and plastic packaging? It’s because other companies need to sell cardboard and plastic. All industry is interconnected by the need to sell their products. For example; If all shampoo bottles stopped being made of plastic, how much money would plastic manufacturers lose? ‘Saving’ the planet will never be as important as making money for them.
Just wanted to let you know you are one of the best soap makers out here. I followed your soap making tutorials and made my first batch of soap. It turned out sooooo ugly, but its the best. I almost threw it away because I thought I did something wrong (it seized up and I panicked). Lol but, I put it in the mold and we are using it and loving all its qualities.
When i started making soap back in march, I used the Ikea muffinmolds Katie uses in the video. I found that turning them inside out makes a cuter design for the soap :)
Been in retail for decades and, not excusing it, but excess packaging is for a few reasons. 1. Fools you into thinking you are getting more. 2. Ready made gift. 3. Bigger package= harder to hide/ steal ( this is for very small things especially) . I bought a similar type of kit geared towards adults, cute looking, colour blocks, little boxes to put the finished soap in ( not the best for glycerine soaps but hey...) and a great book...which had recipes for loads of soap ideas with ingredients that totally didn’t come in the kit. BUT such small amounts of soap that you get will harden SO quickly that an inexperienced person may think they are doing something wrong. For me, this one, in particular because of the useless fragrance, is not worth $5. That’s $7 CDN lol. Maybe if I wanted to teach someone the basics without “wasting” my good ingredients? Nah, even then I’d rather use the good stuff because it’s gotta smell good!
Everyone always rips on Walmart, but I swear they actually have way more decently nice things than crappier things, it just depends what you're looking for. I also chuckle because my mother-in-law disses Walmart *all* the time. But everytime she mentions "oh, this is nice, where did you get it?" I love to smirk back at her and go "Walmart" 😁
Yaaayyy! I love these kit-testing videos!! I really like the two you did where you combined the types of soap, they both looked very pretty and (imo, as someone who sees soap as 'oohhh pretty!' and not in any professional capacity) it seems like they would be a more satisfying final product. I've never actually tried any sort of soap kit and it's really surprising to learn that giving actual measurements/amounts in the instructions isn't standard, I would think that would be a basic thing to put in the instructions.
we bought like 4 of those kits, rhey were on clearance at our walmart for $2.50, and... we had skull molds, and neon mica lying around with cedarwood and vanilla oils so we had lots of fun ❤❤❤❤‼‼‼ thanx for the review ❤🥰🥰🥰
In the late 1990’s/early 2000’s I used to make soap using kits from Life of the Party. Their soap was pre sectioned into squares making it easy to cut with a sharp knife! They had some great scents for the soaps! I loved it so much I’d save the molds from the kits and buy more soap base, scents and color! They still make the kits are are available online! I even got to where I was making 2 and 3 tone soaps and half logs that I’d slice into smaller soaps as per the directions! I gave much of my soap away as presents! One of my sisters loved it because she didn’t have a lot of money saying, “I won’t have to buy soap for a long time!” 😂
I've been making M&P soap all through the pandemic. I sell it at craft fairs and give it as gifts. Because of Katie I got brave and made CP soap. It wasn't as hard as I expected and I'm already planning my next batch. Thank you Katie!!!!!
I made these soaps. I mixed them together and i didn't use their coloring and i added some fragrance to mine. They where kinda on the cheap side but i was impressed with it for maybe a kids project that aren't going to be using professional soaps.
I literally got this kit about a month ago. On the clearance rack at Walmart. I had it in the microwave for 45 seconds, it overflowed over my bowl and burnt dark brown. Apparently that was far too long, and to their credit, they said 20-30 second intervals. It produced a cloud plume of death that reeked like a poisonous carmel scented vapor that you know you shouldn’t huff. 8/10 would recommend. Slightly less for the discoloration of the microwave and toxic cloud that the evil queen from Snow White herself would deem a bit excessive.
I'm a graphic designer and I work in the fashion/jewelry industry mainly working in package design. I've been in this field for 5 years and I still don't understand excess packaging... at the company I work at, we really try to use as little packaging as possible because 1. save the environment.. and 2. its just overall cheaper that way... its so strange how companies will use all this extra packaging just to try to market their product as more "high quality"... not only is it a huge waste of money that the company is losing.. but also with their packaging being so large, it would be able to fit fewer on a shelf.. which is another loss for them!
Katie, love your energy and videos! Melt and pours have been my favorite this year. Thanks for reviewing the kit- I’d say this one is worth the cost. It’d be fun to learn how to make different textures (via soap molds or other).
Lydia (4): You make more soaps and we will make them. I love you and your daughter. We make soaps. And we used to not. *nyuuuum-pssht* Mama: I'd skip this kit and take my $10 to Brambleberry. For $10, I could get 1 lb M&P, a color block or two, and a trial size fragrance oil. That doesn't cover shipping and I'd need to use a silicone mold from home, but those soaps are dreamy and leave Lydia thrilled.
In the end Katie said that the peach soap was made with the Shea soap. But in the beginning she used the regular white soap for that bar. So the plain white soap doesn’t lather that well. Just for anyone wanting to use this kit.
I do melt and pour craft with shea butter soap, and it does have a tendency to get weird and lumpy and sticky much faster than clear M&P soap. I've also found that it gets worse the more times you re-melt it. So it's kind of a pain to work with, but it is nice!
I am so glad you did this video. I got the same soap kit and a candle kit for Christmas and am using this as a reference when I make my soap bars Thank you!
I absolutely love your channel and family. I never thought watching soap making we had me waiting for the next video. These test videos are very entertaining especially when Mommy has her little helper.
Yes! I love when you test kits. Honestly, you could try any kind of kit and I would love it. LOL/ You make sure you touch on everything, especially the things that matter, and you also talk about the price and you know what the price would compare like for an average person (if it's expensive for not). But I'm just saying, I love these videos, and all of your videos!!! Good Job Ms. Carson! Have a great rest of your day! :)
I bought these kits on clearance a few months ago with the intention of making them for Christmas gifts, I haven't made them yet but I'm glad I now know what to expect from them!
My first time using melt and pour, it was like that one. Very sticky and didnt want melt nice. And I ended up burning it. Honestly I find cold process easier
I bought and used this kit and it was fun to make! I only watch this channel I don’t make soap but for a complete beginner who just likes crafts, I really liked this kit. I got a kit from the same brand but it had a different fragrance, mold, and color. My mold also held about a whole soap cube.I still haven’t finished this video so I don’t know her review yet, but I just wanted to leave a review for anyone who is wanting to make this kit.
So this month I made my first 3 batches of soap, and am planning the fourth for tomorrow! Followed your tutorial, though I did go a little off-script since I had different fragrances to work with. I got the celestial collection you talked about, as well as some clay additives (rose clay and sea clay) and both worked splendidly in two of my batches. The third batch I used was activated charcol, but that was more for appearances. All three of my batches worked out so well, and I'm looking forward to making the fourth! Thank you for giving me the confidence to make something so useful and amazing!
I bought a block of M&P soap base from Nature's Garden that helped my skin out. If I was to gift a kit, I'd measure my own base and micas to create one.
I got one of these that came with a clary sage frangrance, and it made me sick to my stomach, but the rose one it came with was good.. They're hit and miss, lol
For $5, sure, this would be a fun kit to make a few bars or 'homemade' soap, especially for stocking stuffers.
The kits are nice looking but there's a general rule with M&P soaps that you get what you pay for. Ultimately, those soaps need to not dry my skin out like normal art craft store brands would for me to gift that kit to anyone.
@@skyydancer67 some people aren't as picky about it
@@Jayariee I don't feel like that's picky? I can't use soaps that dry my hands out, I live in a cold area and I really don't need my soap to help the drying problems. I like my hands not to bleed from cracking
@@skyydancer67 How is that being “Picky”? They just don’t want their skin to be dry.
As someone who spent many, many years displaying and marking those things down to get them out the door, at $10 they don't move. At $5, right before the holidays, they flew off the shelves.
Katie yeeting the fragrance oil into the soap is a 2020 mood.
😂🤣🤷♀️
Pretty much want to want to do with the rest of (my time) however long COVID is going to be around 🤣🤣🤣
That made me laugh way too hard
XD
“On the first day of soapmas, katie gave to me!”
🎶A cheap soap kit testinggg!🎶
Underrated comment...
5dollar soap kit, 4golden micas, 3 spritsy bottles, 2 turtle soap shapers, AND A CHEAP SOAP KIT TESTINGG. Others should add on and it would be funny if she sang it in one of her vids 😂
Last video she must read the entire thing
I totally sing this instead of reading it 🤪
Yooo that’s hilarious
You should make ur own kit 😌I’d love to see it
I'd buy that kit!
I would buy it if I could afford it
I legit would buy that even though I usually don't buy things like that
It doesn’t even have to have the mold, just the ingredients and I’d buy it!!
I think she does on her website.
Just a little note from my days in retail: A lot of packaging is bigger than it needs to be in order to help stop people from shoplifting! If it's too big to conceal easily, there's hope that it won't get stolen.
But.... plastic? :/
@@Sabrina-sc1db Yeah, there's a ton of extra plastic and that sucks. But, they're more worried about the shoplifting.
Manufacturers don’t care about shoplifting. As far as they’re concerned, that’s the retailer’s problem. This set is for a GIFT. They are trying to make it look like a quality item. The smaller the package, the less likely it is that people will pick it up. Most shoppers need to feel like they’re getting more bang for their buck. This packaging is all illusion to those shoppers. From a manufacturer’s standpoint, it’s always only about the display. Period.
I like how she doesn't hide her mistakes even if it's just small ones. She's just laughing about it and moving on. Great inspiration for beginners :)
i think with all these kits being a lot of packaging and a huge box is to remember, theyre trying to trick people into thinking theyre getting alot of items. for a lot of consumers, even subconiously, big box = more stuff.
That, plus they want to stand out on the shelves, and it helps keep brick & mortar customers from ripping open the packaging to "see what it looks like," then putting it back on the shelf to buy an unopened one.
"Do something fun for yourself" *me procrastinating studying for finals because SOAP*
Same. I have two different federal tests in the next few days but instead of studying I'm catching up on TH-cam 😅
@@savannamm you will have a future filled with ✨soap✨
I wanted to point out that there was a mixup in the soaps when testing! You made the single color bar out of the basic white soap but called in the shea butter soap later! :0 So that is why the single color bar didn't lather as well as you expected because it was just the basic white soap. It may also explain some of the melting issues maybe? I'm not familiar with melting shea butter that much.
Wasn't able to get any soap from royalty soap but did order artisan soaps for the first time for christmas, thanks for introducing me to this ❤
I miss the mica background 😫
SAME.
I understand things need to change, but that mica background just makes my dreams soar.
Me, too!
These kits avoid indicating exact measurements because over time, they'll switch molds or base- cheaper to keep the instructions general and be able to use them for every iteration of the kit that gets released.
My ten year old son squealed when he saw this video. We bought this soap kit and two Brambleberry soap kits for him to do this week for his home schooling classes this week. To use as gifts from him to his grandparents and uncles. I'm so glad you did this so he won't get frustrated with this kit. He saw your videos and wanted to learn how to make soap. You're personality is so bubbly and infectious that everyone in my house runs in the room to watch your videos. :-)
My 4 year old daughter is the same. She's super excited to make soaps and loved our first project from Brambleberry.
@@tinkeramma He's looking forward to do the Dinosaur Soap by Brambleberry. I have one that is a pretty womanly soap kit from them, too. I'm hoping to make three different melt and pour soaps for him to give as gifts for Christmas. :-) Katie and Tre Marie have inspired us. :-)
Soapmas!!!!!
I'm soooo excited for the rest this is my first year actually watching them when they come out!
Welcome😃🎄
I laughed when you dropped the fragrance in the soap 😂 fun video
Me too!! lol
Me too. I jokingly said to myself "I don't think that's how you're supposed to add the fragrance Katie" 😂🤣😂🤣
I'm a major klutz. This felt so relatable.
When you're up late (I'm in the uk) catching up with Royalty Soaps and BAM new video...Yes please!
Me in beginning of quarantine: * I’m not gonna go crazy and make soap or bread or some dumb craft *
Me in December: * MORE SOAP *
Soap makes an EXCELLENT gift. Especially in 2020.
Danielle Bennett I agree
@@mayainnabi2847 My little girl watches with me. Our first soap project was a melt and pour project from Brambleberry. We made them to gift to family, friends, and her Sunday school teachers who have dropped off a lesson and a snack every week this year.
We delivered to her teachers who absolutely loved the gift. The layers didn't turn out perfectly and have peeled apart in some bricks, but her grandparents won't mind.
I’d wanted to try cold process soap making for a couple years, and finally actually started in 2020! I haven’t made much, but I made a lovely gentle baby soap for a few friends with new babies, and just mailed off some moderately festive soap gifts today (I am sticking to natural colorants and essential oils, but I still watch the bright happy gorgeous mica designs on TH-cam!)
It’s really fun, and there is something about combining oils and water and sodium hydroxide and coming out with a useful bar of soap at the other end which is everything I needed in this year where nothing seems to be in control! I can control that chemical magic, and I love it.
thebadpoet I agree and I watch Katie make soap religiously it’s just so satisfying I can’t stop watching her.
I love how environmentally friendly you are, it makes this tree-hugger happy 🥺🥺
My little girl watches with me. She ADORES Katie. Katie's eco-friendly approach gives me an opportunity to explain why things like eco-glitter matter to her young mind.
The white reminds me of the Elmer's glue.
WE NEED A DOG SOAP COLLECTION!!!
I've made oatmeal soap with calendula and rosemary. Even donated bars to the local PAWS for their fundraisers.
Katie: waits minimum 18 hours to unmold soap
Also Katie: can't wait 2 hours to unmold soap
:DD
At dollar tree right now they have candle kits that remind me of this kit
This all sounds like Royalty Soaps needs to make little melt and pour craft kits!
I’ve got this kit sitting on the shelf, this is perfect inspiration to give it a go! Thanks for the additional info!!
Thank you for this. I bought the same kit at my local Walmart about 2 months ago to try my hand at soap making. I wanted to make some soap for family for Christmas and bought 3 kits. I started with the white soap bar and it gave me so much trouble too. I even tried to add the clear to the whit and it was just horrid. I was sure melt and pour wasn't for me and I ended up wrapping up the other two kits for family rather than making the soap. You sharing this with us has made me want to try again and maybe use some melt and pour from Hobby Lobby!! There is still time! Thank you!
Whoa… I haven’t thought about 90s style crafting books in YEARS! 😮 Core memory unlocked!
A trick my sister and I do when we're making soap (we're just simple hobbyists) is we fill the moulds we're going to use with water, pour the water into a small jug, then convert the fluid measurement on the jug into the same number of grams of soap... Its not perfect but in a pinch it helps when your scales are broken and you only have a jug
This is the earliest I've ever been. It's 1:22 AM in the UK right now!
Love a late night soap vid x
I think it's boxed as a gift possibility. I like the way it looks.
My 1st soap encounter was a kit from hobby lobby and it worked really well. Had oatmeal to add and several different molds. And then I took the dive and am making glycerin soap as a hobby business. I still think this walmart kit is for kids. Theyre sample bars, not full bars. Not terrible for the price though
I am watching this as I try to sleep.
Your videos are always relaxing and help me to sleep at night.
HI KATIE!! Your one of my favorite youtubers and I’ve really wanted to try soap making and I hope to use your teaching series soon!
Wink wink? OH OH OH! Please tell me we're getting a Katie and Kenny make cookies video. PLEASE!
I thought it was a hint for us to send her some 🙂🤣
@@pattiemoseley8752 I'd be down for that, but I think they'd be stale by the time they got there in March.
I've only ever had to wait 2 hours for soap when I was using a milk base and making a large batch. Glycerine sets up fairly quickly
Normally when you say do something for yourself today I need that reminder but today I did a bunch of stuff for myself. I got new shoes, my cat’s new toy came in, AND I cleaned my room. Clean room and happy kitty means a good soapmas for me!
What if "doing something fun for yourself" happens to be watching Royalty soap videos? 🤔
COMMENCE TH-cam BINGE!
I really really really like this channel and how much you value the origin and quality of the ingredients, and how much waste is produced from packaging... really mindful. I love it !!!
you should try the KiwiCo soap kit, I found it really good, especially as I'm allergic to most soaps and fragrances, because it was fragrance free 😀 I also added some essential oils later so that some of them would be scented but I really recommend it!
11:56 When the recipe says to add the fragrance oil...
Omg your the bomb my dream is to buy some of your soap long term fan but still have yet too be able to buy
her soap is the best !! 😊
Omg same every time she drops her soaps I'm like no I'm broke halp
@@senpailee263 same lol. The sad life lmao 😭😭😭
100% agree!
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Never thought I would be laying in my bed watching someone make soap and stuff but here I am.
And I'm loving it :)
Thank you Katie for cracking down on packaging! It’s an uphill battle but we must all do our bit, even when the odds are not in our favour. Ever wonder why some companies keep using oversized cardboard and plastic packaging? It’s because other companies need to sell cardboard and plastic. All industry is interconnected by the need to sell their products. For example; If all shampoo bottles stopped being made of plastic, how much money would plastic manufacturers lose? ‘Saving’ the planet will never be as important as making money for them.
Omg heehee
I didn't realize how tiny they are until you held them up at the end. 💚
Just wanted to let you know you are one of the best soap makers out here. I followed your soap making tutorials and made my first batch of soap. It turned out sooooo ugly, but its the best. I almost threw it away because I thought I did something wrong (it seized up and I panicked). Lol but, I put it in the mold and we are using it and loving all its qualities.
i’ve been binging your videos omg you’re highkey gonna get me into soap making
I’m just now realizing you sound like Martha from ‘Martha Speaks.’
When i started making soap back in march, I used the Ikea muffinmolds Katie uses in the video. I found that turning them inside out makes a cuter design for the soap :)
Been in retail for decades and, not excusing it, but excess packaging is for a few reasons. 1. Fools you into thinking you are getting more. 2. Ready made gift. 3. Bigger package= harder to hide/ steal ( this is for very small things especially) .
I bought a similar type of kit geared towards adults, cute looking, colour blocks, little boxes to put the finished soap in ( not the best for glycerine soaps but hey...) and a great book...which had recipes for loads of soap ideas with ingredients that totally didn’t come in the kit. BUT such small amounts of soap that you get will harden SO quickly that an inexperienced person may think they are doing something wrong. For me, this one, in particular because of the useless fragrance, is not worth $5. That’s $7 CDN lol. Maybe if I wanted to teach someone the basics without “wasting” my good ingredients? Nah, even then I’d rather use the good stuff because it’s gotta smell good!
I have waited for this video for like a year!! So excited!
I’m not even into soap making, I just enjoy your personality
Wow! You are a natural instructor girl!
tyfs this review with us! xoxo
Everyone always rips on Walmart, but I swear they actually have way more decently nice things than crappier things, it just depends what you're looking for.
I also chuckle because my mother-in-law disses Walmart *all* the time. But everytime she mentions "oh, this is nice, where did you get it?" I love to smirk back at her and go "Walmart" 😁
Yaaayyy! I love these kit-testing videos!! I really like the two you did where you combined the types of soap, they both looked very pretty and (imo, as someone who sees soap as 'oohhh pretty!' and not in any professional capacity) it seems like they would be a more satisfying final product. I've never actually tried any sort of soap kit and it's really surprising to learn that giving actual measurements/amounts in the instructions isn't standard, I would think that would be a basic thing to put in the instructions.
The one item that is requested every year for Christmas baking is cookie dough brownies they may be a pain to make but they make everyone happy.
I bought one my first time making m & p soap and it was done in 20mins sitting out
Entirely too many lost opportunities by using the actual word “container” instead of “containee”
Right!?! But we must forgive her - its been a strange year!! :)
There was barely any scrapie scrapie going on.
@@skyydancer67 i know, I know...but as steadfast fans of Royalty Soaps we must endeavor to persevere!! :)
we bought like 4 of those kits, rhey were on clearance at our walmart for $2.50, and... we had skull molds, and neon mica lying around with cedarwood and vanilla oils so we had lots of fun ❤❤❤❤‼‼‼ thanx for the review ❤🥰🥰🥰
In the late 1990’s/early 2000’s I used to make soap using kits from Life of the Party. Their soap was pre sectioned into squares making it easy to cut with a sharp knife! They had some great scents for the soaps! I loved it so much I’d save the molds from the kits and buy more soap base, scents and color! They still make the kits are are available online! I even got to where I was making 2 and 3 tone soaps and half logs that I’d slice into smaller soaps as per the directions! I gave much of my soap away as presents! One of my sisters loved it because she didn’t have a lot of money saying, “I won’t have to buy soap for a long time!” 😂
I've been making M&P soap all through the pandemic. I sell it at craft fairs and give it as gifts. Because of Katie I got brave and made CP soap. It wasn't as hard as I expected and I'm already planning my next batch. Thank you Katie!!!!!
You can always fill the mould with water (to the level you want) then measure the volume.
No one:
The fragrant: "swims in the melted soap"
I have to say, I am so glad to have found your channel this year. You’re such a delight to watch!
Ive used this exact kit. And many of this company's other ones. The soap kits are by far the best in their brand (in my own experience).
“I’m going to put in the rest of the fragrance oil”
A few moments later.
😂😂😂 I’m dying.
I actually laughed so loud my son told me to be quiet XD
I made these soaps. I mixed them together and i didn't use their coloring and i added some fragrance to mine. They where kinda on the cheap side but i was impressed with it for maybe a kids project that aren't going to be using professional soaps.
I mean, I would hope anyone using these would realize that they are a bargain soap project and not expect pro results! Love these videos! ❤️
Your catch phrase is simply
“Per usual”
I ain’t complaining - you are so sweet and lovely ❤️
I literally got this kit about a month ago. On the clearance rack at Walmart. I had it in the microwave for 45 seconds, it overflowed over my bowl and burnt dark brown. Apparently that was far too long, and to their credit, they said 20-30 second intervals. It produced a cloud plume of death that reeked like a poisonous carmel scented vapor that you know you shouldn’t huff. 8/10 would recommend. Slightly less for the discoloration of the microwave and toxic cloud that the evil queen from Snow White herself would deem a bit excessive.
I bought this kit on clearance a month ago and had the same results as you , and what I got made does not lather at all
I'm a graphic designer and I work in the fashion/jewelry industry mainly working in package design. I've been in this field for 5 years and I still don't understand excess packaging... at the company I work at, we really try to use as little packaging as possible because 1. save the environment.. and 2. its just overall cheaper that way... its so strange how companies will use all this extra packaging just to try to market their product as more "high quality"... not only is it a huge waste of money that the company is losing.. but also with their packaging being so large, it would be able to fit fewer on a shelf.. which is another loss for them!
Woot a day i wasn't expecting royalty soaps video! Love it
Katie, love your energy and videos! Melt and pours have been my favorite this year. Thanks for reviewing the kit- I’d say this one is worth the cost. It’d be fun to learn how to make different textures (via soap molds or other).
This really helped alot, my neice brought this kit and I was so unsure of the measurements too.. Good thing i watched this before getting started
Lydia (4): You make more soaps and we will make them. I love you and your daughter. We make soaps. And we used to not. *nyuuuum-pssht*
Mama: I'd skip this kit and take my $10 to Brambleberry. For $10, I could get 1 lb M&P, a color block or two, and a trial size fragrance oil. That doesn't cover shipping and I'd need to use a silicone mold from home, but those soaps are dreamy and leave Lydia thrilled.
ok i know the directions arent good bUT THAT KIT IS SO AESTHETIC I LOVE IT
In the end Katie said that the peach soap was made with the Shea soap. But in the beginning she used the regular white soap for that bar. So the plain white soap doesn’t lather that well. Just for anyone wanting to use this kit.
Yay 12 days of soap-mas
I do melt and pour craft with shea butter soap, and it does have a tendency to get weird and lumpy and sticky much faster than clear M&P soap. I've also found that it gets worse the more times you re-melt it. So it's kind of a pain to work with, but it is nice!
I am so glad you did this video. I got the same soap kit and a candle kit for Christmas and am using this as a reference when I make my soap bars
Thank you!
LOVE that you called out all that excess packaging.
I absolutely love your channel and family. I never thought watching soap making we had me waiting for the next video. These test videos are very entertaining especially when Mommy has her little helper.
I love your videos. I love that you have such fun. 😀 Your little dance talking about chopping down a Christmas tree made me smile and chuckle.
You should make a soap kit for us! That would be sooooo cool! Take my money!
My first order from your shop arrived. I’m so impressed!!!
can we all just agree katie is the most adorable person on this earth!
Yes! I love when you test kits. Honestly, you could try any kind of kit and I would love it. LOL/ You make sure you touch on everything, especially the things that matter, and you also talk about the price and you know what the price would compare like for an average person (if it's expensive for not). But I'm just saying, I love these videos, and all of your videos!!! Good Job Ms. Carson!
Have a great rest of your day! :)
I bought these kits on clearance a few months ago with the intention of making them for Christmas gifts, I haven't made them yet but I'm glad I now know what to expect from them!
I thought about buying this kit a few weeks ago, but I didn't because I didn't know how the quality would be. I'm excited to see how it performs!
I think your next venture should be diy at home soap making kits!! At least we know we’d get a fabulous product!!!
My first time using melt and pour, it was like that one. Very sticky and didnt want melt nice. And I ended up burning it. Honestly I find cold process easier
Woohoo! Katie is doing another kit testing video! Yeaaaaaaa!
I bought and used this kit and it was fun to make! I only watch this channel I don’t make soap but for a complete beginner who just likes crafts, I really liked this kit. I got a kit from the same brand but it had a different fragrance, mold, and color. My mold also held about a whole soap cube.I still haven’t finished this video so I don’t know her review yet, but I just wanted to leave a review for anyone who is wanting to make this kit.
Absolutely $5 worth of fun. ☺️
Still be a good present and intro into soap making... failure happens.
I bought a few of those kits for christmas presents for some youngins!!!!!💞💞💞💞😸😸😸😸
So this month I made my first 3 batches of soap, and am planning the fourth for tomorrow! Followed your tutorial, though I did go a little off-script since I had different fragrances to work with. I got the celestial collection you talked about, as well as some clay additives (rose clay and sea clay) and both worked splendidly in two of my batches. The third batch I used was activated charcol, but that was more for appearances. All three of my batches worked out so well, and I'm looking forward to making the fourth! Thank you for giving me the confidence to make something so useful and amazing!
I bought a block of M&P soap base from Nature's Garden that helped my skin out. If I was to gift a kit, I'd measure my own base and micas to create one.
Love your videos! Never been this early!
This is how I was introduced to MP soap making, I failed using these kits bc I burned them alll and they ended up smelling weird and they were dry
These videos help me get to sleep, thank you
- an insomniac
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I was so excited when I saw this! It’s the 12 days of soapmas! 😄
I got one of these that came with a clary sage frangrance, and it made me sick to my stomach, but the rose one it came with was good.. They're hit and miss, lol