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Making Lilac Cold Process Soap | how to prepare for soap seizing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2024
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Today I attempt something I wanted to do for a long time: make lilac soap. The scent of lilac is intoxicating and nostalgic to many, which is why items scented in lilac sell so well. However, lilac fragrance oils can be tricky to work with, so I offer my tips on how to set yourself up for success with using a fragrance oil reviewers have confirmed to be accelerators of cold process soap. I run into a few surprises along the way!
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When using these naughty behaving fragrances - I use more water & hand stir everything - the lye, colorant & fragrance - this give me a little longer before it starts to really thicken up. I have also learned to only use 1 color when doing fragrances that can seize your batch.
Awesome advice!
Same here
I hand stir in my floral fragrances and add my color to the oils before adding my lye, blend the most minimal possible. I haven't had one totally seize, and I have had some pretty swirls with lilac
Can we take a moment to acknowledge those nails😍💅they’re so beautiful !
I love the colour of the soap. It look so earthy and nature like. I ALSO love the soft grey Lilac colour with pops of blue and pink petals. Very nice.
I think maybe because you are used to doing large batches now, this one was somewhat overblended for the size. I would not have blended nearly as much with a small batch. Also, Kaolin clay speeds up trace as well. For small batches or with scents I know will speed trace fast, I hand blend colours and scents.
This really is the joy of soap making. You never know what’s going to happen.
Even though the color didn’t turn out like you hoped for, I actually love it. You know those pictures of beautiful gardens with stone pathways? The soap you made immediately put me in mind of that, and I just love it!
Thank you so much!!! It’s definitely growing on me!
Florals have a really particular order so that you can be successful with them. More liquid oils and water absolutely, no more than 20% coconut oil really helps. Soaping at 85 to 95 degrees can help and add the colorant (double the amount for that violet so it doesn't soap gray like that) to the oils and then only 'stir' in the lye solution. It's at that point only stick blend very very little. Spraying it with 99% rubbing alcohol will definitely help with soda ash too.
Honestly, you may want to consider getting a different stick blender. Yours has a large bell shape that is keeping the mixing in one spot under the bell rather than mixing the batter back into the whole batch. Look for a stick blender that has the holes on the side of the head so it can mix the whole batter together.
Hope that all makes sense and helps you. Best of luck!
That's good advice about the bell shaped blender, I didn't even notice that or realize there are different shapes lol.
I love the new set for videos and the two camera’s changes 😻😻😻😻
I find steaming the tops of my soaps gets rid of soda ash and give a glossy top which lock pretty cool honestly but your soap looks great 👍
Very interesting to see your experiment and it’s surprising outcome. For me, Every batch is a learning experience.
I appreciate you trying new things and being ok with things not going as planned. Thanks for being transparent and hilarious…’sickly gray color’ 😂
I actually love the colour of this beautiful soap 💜
Working in layers with difficult FO’s is a good idea and using more water also helps (I like 2:1 water: lye ratio. Lilac is one of my top sellers. Dark purples can turn grayish. It looks like you also got a partial gel.
I still haven't started making soap. Thank you because I didn't know lilac alters the color of mica. I appreciate it. Also, I love the natural looking color!
The color was due to me not adding enough mica. I would’ve added more, but the batter was solidifying. The Color has grown on me!
Maybe you could try another batch with more mica and no cocoa butter?.. I'm curious to see what would happen.
Its a nice soap. When you used just one color. The color can you put in the liquid oils before you put the lye solution in your oils. This save you time with the stick blender. :)
I soap at a low temp, like 75F, and blend to emulsion. I didn't increase my water, I kept it at 28%.I was able to do a four layer with activated charcoal in traditional rose FO with absolutely no issues. I was actually surprised by how easy it ended up being, and I think the biggest thing was working with smaller sections of the soap. I worked fast, mixed fast, poured fast and honestly...wasn't too bad.
Just loved it! I’m new at soap making and I been having a lot of rising and seizing with no clue on what to do 😣 Another reason why my recipes are even more troublesome, is because I’m using goat milk. I have been trying to make the attempt of making your activated charcoal and lavender soap and I just ruin it all.
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I recommend to add the mica to the oils before lye, still beautiful soap
I love the rustic look, I am one of those people who would purchase this color soap
same.
Hi Jerika .. I just want to say how simply beautiful your bars turned out .. with the blue and pink corn flowers .. love it .. and love your skinny and tall mold .. great video thank you for sharing
You could also try adding the color and fragrance oil and blending it in well with the oils before adding the lye solution.
That’s a great idea!
I make Lilac soap a lot and have never had any trouble with it. Additional mica would have given you a lilac color and I have tried 2 different things that work if your soap is accelerating to fast. The first is to add just a little more water and the second is to add 1 teaspoon of powdered sugar to the mix. Both work for me.
Jerika! I just did this same Lilac Soap and it seized too! I tried to do colors…. 😄. It was plopped into my mold. It smells amazing tho! I also did Peony. And my swirls were plopped of color. Florals just do that. I also think that Olive Oil is NOT what it used to be. I really think they are cutting it with something…. Same old recipe, and seizing with every other fragrance. No joke. I am at a loss. I finally just blend to light emulsion and add colors & fragrance and work like a mad woman. Stress!
Another thing to try if you are using just one color is to temper your fragrance oil with the oils when they are about 15 minutes away from the temp you want to use. Put your fragrance right in the oils before mixing. This has helped me in the past with some unusually finicky fragrances.
What a pleasant surprise on this beautiful morning. wow at the soap and how fast it moved
Yep! Surprised me too!
Honestly it looks great.
Could add color to oils before lye water in the future. That will help prevent having to stickblend so much.
Absolutely beautiful. I actually like the very natural looking colour. Do you find lilac scent more difficult to work with than rose?
Live and learn!….l did like the “sandstone “ suggestion…..it made the marketing of it very succinct
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Awesome test. Learned so much! Love the greige! Definitely farmhouse chic. The lilac scent deserves a more vibrant color though. I hope you create a grey soap like this with a complimenting scent. Funny how a test result can turn into a technique😬😁
Hahaha! “Griege” LOVE it!
Love the soap… the simplicity. It is beautiful!! 😁😁
Jerika, that looked like a false trace. When soaping cooler like 80 or below it happens. I just did lilac a week ago, put the clay in with the fragrance, stirred the fragrance in slowly as I blended and it was great. No problems. Got 2 colours. Fragrance was from Windy Point.
I love this fragrance and used this one from Fizz Fairy I did not have any issues!
I use Brambleberry Lilac and I do not have troubles with acceleration, but color can be a problem.
I love it...i'm not being a hypocrite😂❤
I want my own personal soaps to look like this. There's a soap for everyone and mine is the rustic kind with natural colourants and clays❤
I even don't mind the soda ash😂😂
I think it is beautiful!! Not a thing wrong with that soap!!
I'm a rustic fan!!! Totally would buy it💜
It looks like marble!! I love it 😍
The soap color is beautiful 😍
I just ordered Lilac Blossom from Cierra Candles and according to the soap notes and reviews, it soaps perfectly - no acceleration, ricing, or discoloring. I'll be giving it a shot myself here soon! Just thought I'd let you know that I came across one supposedly behaves well. I'll let you know how it goes for me.
That’s amazing!!!
Well you made it look very nice 😊 congratulations on the beautiful work !
Your soap turned out beautifully!
Beautiful soap. I recommend that the next time you try to add the color with the kaolin clay, so it's less mixed involved and your soap butter shouldn't be this thick before adding your Fragance oil. I hope this helps.
You could add the kaolin clay to the oil and blend and then add the lye .
purple mica seems to always thicken batter, and after the intial stick blend, use a whisk or spatula to stir everything together
Awesome advice!
Do you sleep? Ever? I mean, im just trying to run a line let alone a TH-cam channel. You get it girl! thanks for the knowledge
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Thank you!! So do I!!
Try not to stick blend as much. I use Lilac allot. Only pulse stick blender a couple of times. Hand stir and Hand stir in the FO. That will help a bunch. 😊
Awesome tips! Panic was setting in 😅
Castor oil can also accelerate trace along with the butters.
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I wished I could smell them! 🥰
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So beautiful 😻 what’s the percentage of super fat in this recipe? Thank you
I,used True Lilac from,Stephs Micas and More and it behaved well
I use a steamer on soda ash and that fixes it.
Can you do a lather test with one of your soaps?
Wonderfull! I love Soapmaking and not Bath Bombs.
I wonder if you had added some additional purple powder if it would have had a better color?
Absolutely!
Do you allow your soap to gel by covering it?
Could you put a link for your soap cutter. Thank you
Hi! Thanks so much for your videos. If you're making soap at home do you have a to have a food or health inspection for the space where you're making the product? I'm in canada as well. Thanks!
HELLO! great job keep up your wonderful class love it. Kathy from Cali😎
i made a soap with apricot kernel oil and it siezed on me could have been that but turned out nice still
I'm glad you said it was a sick grey color. I thought something went wrong with the color on my phone! I make Lilac soap all the time and never had it sieze, although it does speed up trace. I've never had my mica go weird colors like that. Especially a purple. I wonder if it's the fragrance (where you bought it from?)
Jill
No, it’s several things I think.
Not enough mica powder used here (and not enough time to add more due to the thickening unfortunately); over stick blending for the fragrance sensitivity; and too much hard Oils (coconut/cacao). But it’s all good, good learning for all of us, a beautiful soap creation none the less. And I love the colour Jerika. Bless you sweetheart, keep doing your thing! 🤩
My learning keynotes here are - spatula stirring more, stick blending less, adding more mica powder to the oil AND the fragrance to the oils and mixing them all up, BEFORE adding the Lye Solution. Thank you for including us in your soap kitchen adventure, seriously, gratitude gratitude gratitude. xxx
Maybe the colder room temperature made de oils become harder faster since these oils are solid at colder temperature? 🤔
Are there no such things as lilac botanicals?
So funny I was getting so nervous for you. I have been there when my batch of soap has seized.
Man I was soooo nervous!
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What is soda ash?
What is soda ash
I don't think the color is all that aweful. I am doing more and more single color soaps with botanicals on top lately. Maybe a different purple, or go darker with it. I really wish we had smellovision!
love your nails.
Hello, love you videos
Can I subsittute kaolin clay for bentonite clay?
Yes, though the Bentonite Clay does absorb about twice the amount of water than White Kaolin Clay does. Be mindful of that, especially working with a thick quick tracing fragrance oil like this one.
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Aritzia! ☺️
Floral fragrances are the devil I swear it! LOL That said, you still handled it like a champ. :D
I just made my first lilac soap from Midwest Fragrance Company. It smells amazing and was great to work with. What lye water ratio do you normally use to help with soda ash? I've been getting it and thinking I need to lower my water.
I usually do a 1.5:1 water to lye ratio.
@@JerikaZimmerman thank you. I'll have to try doing that and seeing if it helps.
Is there any reason you don't use goggles when soaping? I'm just curious! Great content as always 👍
This was an oversight! I usually do but nerves about a new process made me forget 😅. No excuses! They need to be on every time!
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Hi Jerika, love your content! Have you tried a spray bottle of 99% Isopropyl Alcohol to prevent soda ash? If you have, what have your experiences been?
Nope, when I get Soda ash, I just let it be.
Nope, when I get Soda ash, I just let it be ☺️
Hopefully the colorcwill morph after it sits for awhile. Fingers crossed. 🤞🤞🤞
Yes, but the Color has started to grow on me a bit ☺️
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Looks like quartz
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