Hello and welcome, my name is Stéphanie, the creator behind Eighteen and Cloudy. This video ended up being much more popular than I anticipated and even after all this time, many of you are discovering it as new. I wanted to leave a little note of welcome and explain what my channel's about for those of you who are new here, as Eighteen and Cloudy isn't just a soapmaking channel! I share tutorials and process videos about lots of different craft topics, including sewing, quilting, felting, and soapmaking, but I also - and this is my main focus of this channel - have a slow living vlog with weekly episodes. I share slow, calm videos about my daily life, featuring my WIPs, craft projects, baking and cooking, and seasonal stories from my garden. I'm very much an introverted homebody and my vlogs have a calm and cosy feel to them. I'd love to have you join me, so if you enjoy this video, take a look through my archives and see what else of mine catches your eye! Lastly, thank you for being here, and best wishes for 2025!
this is such a beautiful video and lovely looking soap...I love elderflowers and have them growing in our garden in South Africa. Thank you for the idea of using them for soap...I wanted to make an elderflower face lotion with them next season so now I have another use as well. We also believe in bees and birds getting the majority of any flowers or fruit...it is the way it was and should always be 🌿🌼🐝
Thank you so much, it's lovely to connect with other people who share similar ideas and passions. I hope you make your lotion and try the soap too once your trees are in bloom this spring. Ours are in berry now, so we're at the other end of the seasonal calendar!
Muito obrigado! Fico muito feliz em saber que você usou as legendas em português. É importante para mim que as pessoas possam assistir meus vídeos em seu próprio idioma, pois sei que o TH-cam às vezes pode ser muito anglocêntrico. Eu tento escrever minhas legendas para que sejam traduzidas com clareza.
Interesting what are the benefits of using elder flowers in soap? I read that the flowers and stems are poisonous except the berries. The berries are good for making jellies.
I used the flowers in this soap to see if they would make it scented, but it wasn't noticeable to me at least. The berries and flowers are both edible once they are prepared by cooking or steeping, but you're right that other parts of the plant aren't. In the UK we make elderflower cordial by steeping the flowers and as you say, jellies and jams for the berries. I'd be interested to know if there are any known benefits of using elderflower topically, but when I made this soap all I had in mind was using the flowers for scent as the trees were in bloom at the time.
I think traditionally, the big blocks are used by putting them on a soap dish and using a scrubbing brush or cloth to rub across the face of the soap for washing dishes. They're not designed to be used for hand washing or in the shower, though they can be.
It’s quite nice and easy to hold! I use it to rub over stains in fabric to rub a dishwashing brush, washcloth or sponge against it and wash and I grate some to make a cleaning spray.
Hello and welcome, my name is Stéphanie, the creator behind Eighteen and Cloudy. This video ended up being much more popular than I anticipated and even after all this time, many of you are discovering it as new.
I wanted to leave a little note of welcome and explain what my channel's about for those of you who are new here, as Eighteen and Cloudy isn't just a soapmaking channel! I share tutorials and process videos about lots of different craft topics, including sewing, quilting, felting, and soapmaking, but I also - and this is my main focus of this channel - have a slow living vlog with weekly episodes. I share slow, calm videos about my daily life, featuring my WIPs, craft projects, baking and cooking, and seasonal stories from my garden.
I'm very much an introverted homebody and my vlogs have a calm and cosy feel to them. I'd love to have you join me, so if you enjoy this video, take a look through my archives and see what else of mine catches your eye! Lastly, thank you for being here, and best wishes for 2025!
this is such a beautiful video and lovely looking soap...I love elderflowers and have them growing in our garden in South Africa. Thank you for the idea of using them for soap...I wanted to make an elderflower face lotion with them next season so now I have another use as well. We also believe in bees and birds getting the majority of any flowers or fruit...it is the way it was and should always be 🌿🌼🐝
Thank you so much, it's lovely to connect with other people who share similar ideas and passions. I hope you make your lotion and try the soap too once your trees are in bloom this spring. Ours are in berry now, so we're at the other end of the seasonal calendar!
Beautiful 😍 so calming. I liked it when you mentioned reduce using plastic .thank you
Thank you! Ahh, it's good to hear we're on the same wavelength 🙂
So nice to get ingredients from your garden.
Thank you, it really is!
such beautiful soap and video, well done💚
Thank you!
Eu amei demais w principalmente que você colocou legendas em português 🇧🇷 muito muito obrigada
Muito obrigado! Fico muito feliz em saber que você usou as legendas em português. É importante para mim que as pessoas possam assistir meus vídeos em seu próprio idioma, pois sei que o TH-cam às vezes pode ser muito anglocêntrico. Eu tento escrever minhas legendas para que sejam traduzidas com clareza.
شكراالك فيديواعلمي جميل لصنع الصابون
شكرًا لك على المشاهدة ، يسعدني حقًا أن أسمع أنك استمتعت بها ووجدتها مفيدة.
Interesting what are the benefits of using elder flowers in soap? I read that the flowers and stems are poisonous except the berries. The berries are good for making jellies.
I used the flowers in this soap to see if they would make it scented, but it wasn't noticeable to me at least. The berries and flowers are both edible once they are prepared by cooking or steeping, but you're right that other parts of the plant aren't. In the UK we make elderflower cordial by steeping the flowers and as you say, jellies and jams for the berries. I'd be interested to know if there are any known benefits of using elderflower topically, but when I made this soap all I had in mind was using the flowers for scent as the trees were in bloom at the time.
How would you actually use that huge hunk of soap though? Very awkward to hold in your hand
I think traditionally, the big blocks are used by putting them on a soap dish and using a scrubbing brush or cloth to rub across the face of the soap for washing dishes. They're not designed to be used for hand washing or in the shower, though they can be.
It’s quite nice and easy to hold! I use it to rub over stains in fabric to rub a dishwashing brush, washcloth or sponge against it and wash and I grate some to make a cleaning spray.