Oooh that could be a fun series trying to do multiple countries actually! Madagascar would be rainy and vanilla-y with rainforest colors, India could look like the Indian flag with hints of spices like cardamom, cumin, and chili. The US would be our flag and smell like donuts (or fried chicken 😂), Australia would be earthy scents with hints of saltwater or Eucalyptus. Bahamas could be beachy scents aswell. That's all I can think of off the top of my head!
Funnily enough we don’t have “Irish spring” soap here in Ireland, seems to be a marketing tactic. Also, the four leaf clover on the packaging is not a symbol of Ireland - it is the shamrock, which is a 3 leaf clover! Still loved the video, the soap turned out beautiful ☺️
Katie, this theme is perfect for spring and reminding me of the good things to come in spring! Glad you're bringing collections back as I love seeing all the bars and themes you come up with. 🙂
I'm watching this on the border of Belarus and Vilnius as I evacute to Poland. Love the soap! Edited: I'd love to go to the Czech Republic or Egypt right now
OOOOoooooooh! You should do a series where you make a different soap for various different countries! I don't mean flags and stuff. Let the soap come from how that country makes you feel!
I’m sorry to hear you had health issues last year. It’s hard to stay upbeat and cheerful and creative when you don’t feel good, but you did it! Take extra good care of yourself. You’re a treasure.
Katie, I just gotta say that I'm so glad you're feeling enthusiastic about soaping this year and falling in love with your craft all over again! You make some wonderful creations that really inspire me to keep making my own soapy creations! But it's much more than that for me. Your personality is so quirky and so joyful, just like mine, and you've helped me to see that it's OK to be myself. So what if I like penny loafers and pink suspenders! So what if I like rolling down grassy hills and watching kittens play and spinning around and around until I fall over! I'm gonna be me and I don't care who sees!!! Thank you for being you!!!!!💛 🪤🍄🦩🛒🎉🎠
Ahaha my dream country is Norway 😭 I became totally obsessed when I was a kid, like 10-12, and was convinced I was gonna learn Norwegian (my attempts were really cringey lmao) and in the past 2 years as an adult have rekindled that love and started learning properly ❤ so I totally get what you mean about having phases of obsession with a specific country/culture!
Yay im so excited!!! I'm almost caught up with my binge in not sure what to watch after that? I really miss the Kenny videos and the Kenny and Caleb videos were always so hilarious!!! 🥰 Thank you for allowing us into your life to see a peek your family is amazing
My dream country is Argentina. I've been to Ireland. My daughter is adopted from Ukraine. Both are amazing!! I have a suggestion. When you do the high tops, I think you should put a mica line on top of the center of the first layer of "blobs"
I grew up on Irish trad music, my grandmother would always play it when she lived with us. Some of my earliest memories are making my parents play old Irish Rovers and Dubliners songs on TH-cam. The obsession never went away, and I still listen to it on the daily. I've recently been doing a lot more research and reading into the country and history for some personal and academic projects, and it's reigniting that interest tenfold. Otherwise, I've also always had a love for Scotland, and I desperately want to go to my family's home country of Norway.
Katie, I just wanted to thank you for this channel. It’s such an inspiration. I’ve wanted to design my own themed kitchen/dining-ware for a while now and a local shop finally gave me a chance. It’s very limited release so it’s not daunting and I’m able to switch things up seasonally, which is a huge blessing. I get to go at my own pace and choose my own products. I’m starting with Alice In Wonderland, my favorite book. I think this channel was a huge influence in my having the confidence to stay true to my own taste and style, which is a mix of quirky, very colorful & highly symbolic. Your soaps taught me there’s a market for that.
I'm so happy themed soaps are back! I absolutely LOVE the pinterest boards for inspiration! 😍 My dream place to visit is Iceland! Oh the scenery there must be beautiful...
I always love watching you make soap! I'm so in love with how your soap makes my skin feel. I usually hate how dry bar soap makes my hands, but your soap doesn't leave my hands feeling all icky and dry!
Oh wow , it’s so fun to have the old Katie back , glad the themed soap’s are coming back too. I’ve been watching your videos, since your shed days, I’ve learned so much from you, Can’t thank you enough for sharing your journey on TH-cam. It’s been a comfort an a blessing. Watching you an your family helped me get through some really dark times. Once again many thanks 💕 Ireland is #1 on my bucket list both my grandparents on my moms side an my dad’s father , were born an raised there. Each in different parts an each came to America at different ages . Some how they all ended up in the south side Chicago area where my parents met. By the time I was born my mom’s mom was they only grandparent still with us, she sheared my stories and photos .
I'm currently in an Irish phase myself. I was all about Japan for years, and I still love Japan, but right now Ireland is the obsession lol. Definitely setting the alarm for this release!
I fell in love with Ireland in grade school after my dad went there for work and brought me home Irish folk music CDs. I did get to go after I graduated college, and I have to say, I know you have children, and this amazing business, but please, please, please go someday. You only live once, and experiences stay with you forever. My family and I still look back at our pictures, and listen to our music and burn a piece of turf (because it's what they burn for fuel, and nothing in the world smells like it) and we reminisce about the best trip we've ever taken. It is as beautiful, and as magical as you imagine it is, and you work so hard that you deserve to fulfill this dream someday. I beg of you lol
Burning turf was nearly banned recently as it’s a smoky fuel, very few houses still actually use it though .. iv read about 20-25%. It was very important in the past for Ireland though as we are naturally limited in oil, gas and coal!
I love when you're chatty. You can feel the happiness and enjoyment of your craft. I've messed it cause it feels like a friend talking to me while I also work or just hang out with you in your workspace. Makes my day even better
Katy, I felt the same about going to Europe when I have small kids and now that they’re older, I get to travel with them so you will travel one day and you’ll enjoy seeing your children’s faces as they experience Ireland with you 💕
Ireland is at the top of my list of places to visit, and -knock on wood- we're going in June! We've been planning on going for *years* and thought we'd make it a graduation gift for my son, but he graduated in 2020 so that trip was cancelled. Then we were hoping to go last year, but that obviously didn't work out so *hopefully* everything will be right enough in the world that we can make it this year!🤞
@@laurens3857 when people say they’re going to “visit Europe”, it always seems so vague. It feels like someone saying they’re going to America but then not following up saying where in America 😂
As women we always find reasons as to why we shouldn't or can't do something, and it's always for other ppl. That being said, Katie screw us and take a month of and tour Europe, and take your kids with you. You have worked hard for the past 10 years and built a name for yourself. I have watched you for the past 3 years and i plan to start making soap this year. I was able to find help in you when there was No one else willing to teach soap making. Take a month off and enjoy the fruits of your labor, you deserve it.
Yay I've always loved everything Ireland. I was very disappointed as a little kid when I discovered I was allergic to the Irish Spring soap & couldn't smell like Ireland 😅. Adult me knows I have many better options now luckily. 🍀
@@emmaclancy9342 I didn't know that at age 5 so it made me sad. I do now though so it no longer makes me sad. Also, the scent is okay mostly I just thought it smelled like Ireland because of the name & I was very young.
I live in the UK, I'm from England but now live in Wales and have been to both Scotland and Ireland (Northern, and the Republic of). There's something truly magical about the Celtic nations. Top of my destination list is Costa Rica.
Katie, I'm in my final semesters of grad school to become a librarian. It's so hard, there's so much to do. I started watching your videos early in my program as a way to relax when school and life was getting to be so much. Thank you for being my study buddy. I look forward to them every week. I also buy one or two soaps as a reward after my semester is over!
I would never have guessed that was Irish Spring’s fragrance profile. My grandmother hated the smell, and claimed it smelled like body odor, but I think it smells great!
Don’t let us keep you from traveling to Europe! Your channel gives us so much joy, we all want you to follow your heart and live your best life. We will be here when you get back!
New Zealand! I have been wanting to visit that before the Lord of the Rings movies were released and that movie just sealed the deal. It looks so beautiful there. The soap looked awesome!
I live on the wild West Coast of the South Island, NZ. We often travel passed some of the 'film sets'. Many of us were extras in the movies. The international border is now open without isolation restrictions.
I've been briefly to Ireland- just Dublin, and a bit of a view of the countryside. We went to find my Great Grandfather's house and his Father's old shop, and wandered around the city quite a bit. I'd love to go back and do more history tourism. But the place I haven't properly been, that is really calling me, is Wales. My Grandmother's family came out of Carmarthenshire and I think I might have tracked down the farm they used to own. It's also a dream of mine to get good enough with my little harp to throw it over my shoulder and take it with me to Wales, and learn some music there. (don't worry, it's a 22 string that fits in an overhead airplane compartment, not some honking big concert thing)
Watching this as I help my 8 year old with his science project using melt and pour soap to make the water portion of his penguin habitat. He’s currently very excited that his mama dabbles in soap making because “his habitat is going to have awesome elements no one else will think of”
Scotland and Ireland are my dream destinations. I too enjoyed an irish music faze, I admit to have never grown out of. From Christy Moore to Celtic Thunder. Today is my Birthday and my mother asked my son (7yrs) what he wanted to do for my birthday. He relplied he wanted to watch Doctor Who with me. My heart grew. Love Downton Abbey as well as all the brittish classics and their movie counterparts. Love this design and your gold mica line got me thinking up ideas. Just made my first mad micas and natures garden order tonight as well for my bday. Have loved and been inspired by your videos and have started soaping this year. Looking forward to getting out after being iced in here in DFW. My card will thank me. 😊
I’m excited about the themed collections coming back. My dream destination is Bali 😩 or any Asian country. The food and culture seems amazing across the entire continent
I have always wanted to visit Ireland too. I recently found out that my heritage is Scottish and Irish (did DNA as I am adopted) which has just solidified my desire to not only visit Ireland but Scotland too.
Well I’ve been trying to resist buying more soaps. I guess that’s going to fail this time I love this way too much to not try to get it. You did an amazing job Katie! Thank you so much for bringing the themed soap back. I’m so excited to see your future designs!
My dream country was Ireland, too! I finally made it happen in 2010...right when the volcano in Iceland grounded so much European air traffic. Yup. My mom and I got stuck in Dublin for SIX extra days!!
Scotland has to be my dream place. I'm 34% Scottish so I want to know where my several time over great ancestors came from. I know they were indentured servants and one of them survived a ship wreck!
This kinda reminded me of a pistachio layer cake... and made me hungry for cake. My friends and I did a massive girls trip a few years ago - London, Scotland, and Ireland. It was lovely. We were supposed to do a few weeks in Italy next, but the virus that will not be named happened so it's still on the list.
I would love love love to have a France/Paris inspired soap! Maybe like French pastry-themed with little Eiffel tower imbeds??? Omg that would be so cute.
I love this soap! So pretty. Funny enough it reminds me of cake. Mostly the inside makes me think of Indonesian Kueh Lapis (thousand layer spice cake). I also love the chatty videos
Katie please get together with a travel channel & do a collab to get you to the UK. You could do a special soap collection inspired by real life experience. Bonus of having a big family is built in childcare (I love taking care of my nieces & nephews). Obviously it would have to be after Covid but since it’s going to require so much organisation to get you there, there’s no harm in daydreaming & planning it all now. It might never happen but it’s absolutely can’t happen if you don’t try. I want to be part of the audience that makes your dreams come true. I want to go to Scotland, my answer has been America or Canada at different times in my life but recently… Scotland looks peaceful
Scotland would be my dream vacation. I’d love to rent a little place in the countryside where I can do almost all of my exploring and crafting in peace - no dishes, pets, phone calls, laundry, etc.
Relatives in the US who send gift boxes to family members in the Philippines love to send packs of Irish Spring soaps. It's a default gift. Only, they pack it alongside clothes, shoes, and chocolates that after months of shipping, the entire gift box already smells like Irish Spring. Even the chocolates.
My family had house guests once who accidentally left a bar of Irish Spring in the bathroom... It gave everyone in my family such headaches that my grandmother bagged it up in a freezer bag (I think she even double bagged it) and put it in the back of a cabinet until the same guests visited again and she could give it to them with strict instructions to Take It Away... They're lucky to get it back, though, for a long time my grandmother would stake bars of it out in the garden as deer repellent.
My dream place was Japan. I went in 2017. Now I would like to visit New Zealand and then some Olde Europe. Katie, you better get your tookus over there to Ireland. Life is very short and unpredictable. Before you know it something will permanently keep you from going. So plan it, drop the kids off with friends/parents or hire a travel nanny and GOOOO. Do not wait for the perfect moment to go, there will not be one. Once travel is back, go while you can. We can wait for soap vids while you live your life.
Ireland is beautiful! If i have to watch your videos on repeat all day to get you there i will.. i bought my niece a square feet of forest in ireland as a gift for her being born... go there, its amazing!!
I would love to go to Ireland again. I went overseas to England, France, Italy and Ireland in my twenty’s. Two separate trips. And I would love to go back to Ireland, but this time, I would like to be able to spend some time there. Maybe three weeks to a month. I’d ideally like to take my family with me. But, alone might be nice too. Who knows?? I’ve been to places and done things that logically I should never have been able to do, so you never know. Life is full of possibilities.
Peru so I can buy alpaca wool sweaters, they would be soooo great for our cold Canadian winters. And a close second, Ireland for their linen! Just so you know, I have been watching your videos for years. I will probably never make a bar of soap but I can't tell you how many times watching your videos have taken me from a dark place to a place of light, so thank you!
I'm so excited for this soap! Irish spring soap isn't actually a thing in Ireland, the closest would just be soap made in Ireland. If you're ever in Ireland you definitely have to come to Belfast as I'd love to take you around my city!
I definitely had an Ireland phase too. I dyed my hair red and everything! I even sang "Red is the Rose" for our talent show, AND my first tattoo is a Celtic knot. By the way I'm not Irish at all, I'm Cuban 🤣
Ireland. We’re proud descendants of Irish royalty on my dad’s side (many generations removed, but it’s fun to say!) Also, England. I want to see Barnsdale where Robin Hood originally was from.
Used to listen to Irish music? I still do! My favorite is Blackmoore’s Night. Specifically the song Ghost of a Rose ☺️ I’ve never gotten to travel there but it is on my bucket list!
Yay! Katie I am so excited that you are going back to the new designs! I still love the fan drawing designs, and I really admire that you can about your consumers. Oh, and talk away. I love it! ❤️
Katie if u really wanna go to Ireland than u should go, I’m sure that everyone would understand if u took a small break from posting videos. U totally deserve to go if u want to! 💕
I used to be absolutely obsessed with Ireland because growing up, my grandmother would tell me about how she came over from Ireland when she was a teenager and so I was a quarter Irish, and she had a cabinet full of stuff that she said she brought over from Ireland. I found out years after she passed, when my mother-in-law was researching my genealogy, that my grandmother was actually born in Pennsylvania and had never even been in Ireland! Even her children thought she was Irish. I still love Ireland but I'm not as obsessed as I used to be.
I have always been in love with visiting Europe. I love the history and want to visit all the museums/castles. I also love Egypt and the pyramids as well. I would love to go and see all the places that I fell in love with on the many many documentaries that I have obsessively watched.
I love when you are so chatty! I feel like I am hanging out in your studio just having a conversation. I love that you are so real and always yourself.
I love the green and gold combo on this soap. They go perfect together. I have travelled a fair lot, but still have many countries on my bucket list. Ireland, Wales, Feroe Islands, Japan and Australia to name a few. I fulfilled a lifelong dream a couple of years ago when my husband and I went to Iceland for our 15th wedding anniversary. Such a special place. Truly an experience!
Katie! I'm so happy that you're going back to themed collections! I just love seeing all of the soap designs come together and my sneak peak email revealing the next months collection. I support you in all of your business decisions, but I selfishly just love the monthly themes.
I love the videos where you are chatty and I actually missed hearing you talk about yourself and your life! I don't have any country I would like to visit in particular, I want to visit them all and it is too difficult to pick! But my next trip may be to Ireland! My best friend is doing an internship in Dublin and I'm hoping I'll be able to visit him this summer!
I love all of your videos! To answer your questions - loads of places. My grandparents were from the Carpathian Mountains, I'd like to go there and visit, they talked about it a lot when they were alive.
I stayed awake for this soap release and I'm so excited! We are planning a move to the west coast of Ireland within the next 2 years. Covid held us up a bit. But it's going!
I love the simple layers with the elegant mica lines! As for travel, my dream would not be international but Alaska! I would adore a cruise up the coast
Dear Katie, thank you so much for always being your fun, happy, bubbly self! I had two pretty dark days and watching you making soap just cleared a few clouds over my head and made me smile! Thanks ❤️
This soap is beautiful! The place I want to go is Sweden because I want to stay in an ice hotel and see the northern lights. Ice hotels are amazing and it's so cool how they're rebuilt every year with new sculptures. Plus, I like the cold because I don't have to worry about bugs.
Beautiful soap! I dream of visiting Australia. I want to go to Coober Pety, the underground opal town, and dig for opals. I want to go outback and see the night sky with zero light pollution. I want to hike and see wildlife, and swim in the Great Barrier Reef. Maybe make a "Down Under" collection, one day!
I’ve also never been to Europe! My dream country is Germany. My dad is really interested in our ancestry so naturally I got into it as well. For a very long time, my parents and I were convinced we had strong German ties but we all did 23&me & learned so much more. So I’d love to visit a lot of the countries that showed up on our reports, including Ireland 😝
I loved Ireland so much! So much culture and history. St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays. Any reason to have traditionals and celebrations I love. Love the soap!
Ireland would be my pick to go to as well. Darby O'Gill and the Little People us one of my favorite movies! Pretty soap. I hope I can grab it when it goes live.
Europe, for sure, is somewhere I'd like to go. Mainly Germany, England, Ireland, and Holland. Also would like to visit Victoria, British Columbia again. It's gorgeous!
As a St. Patrick's Day birthday girl about to hit 30, thanks for making this just for me :) Also I have had lots of opportunity to travel, and live abroad in my previous dream country currently, but I think right now I'd most like to go to the Maldives. I just wanna lie on the beach and go snorkelling and drink umbrella drinks.
I hope you get a chance to go to Ireland. I went as a teenager and it was the best - the food was great, the people are an absolute hoot, and there’s just something beautiful about walking around an Irish city in the evening. If you go to Italy, for the love of all things holy, never ever fly out of Venice. Beautiful city, terrible airport. Like couldn’t-get-home-for-two-days terrible.
Im in love with Scotland and Scandivaia. Ive wanted to go there since I was itty bitty, my mom never understood why, I think I was about 5 or 6 when my obssession for those two counties came about. Come to find out alot of my family came from those two counties to the us, still have some that reside over in scotland today. So one day ill make it to visit them 🤞🤞🤞
Love this soap! You should make your Europe dreams come true. One thing I’ve learned is there is always a reason not to do something. Don’t wait and make it real! You have a great group of people that can help you make it happen!
Since you are so intere sted in Ireland, you might enjoy listening to Ireland's most famous singer. His name is Daniel O'Donnell and he is just amazing. Once I start listening to him, I can't stop. Give him a try.
Australia. Scared I’d die there because of some flora/fauna nightmare, but it’d be worth it. Fun fact: the first bar of soap I bought from Royalty Soaps was the one inspired by Joanna and McLeech from Rescuers Down Under!
My birthday is ST. Patrick's day!! 👩🦽🍀Birthday soap for me this year is a must, this one is definitely in the running! Can't wait to see the rest for March!! 🍀💚🍀💚
I know the love Ireland! I still am there at 31 with 3 kiddos. We had an opportunity last year money wise but we decided to be responsible adults and use the money to buy a house lol. Not regrets but I still longingly think about going.
I like when you're chatty, it feels like we are in your studio with you and you're demonstrating how to make soap.
Awww I love that!
@@RoyaltySoaps is it just me or are you wearing Safiya's merch?
@@maryjohnson5776 it totally is!!! I've seen safiya in that exact shirt 👀
@@luv3horse lol I knew I was going to spell her name wrong I never remember the "y"
You should do a Scotland soap. Inspired by the hills, heather, thistles etc. Or you could go classic & do a Nessie soap!🤣
I am so down!
@@RoyaltySoaps check out the drone shots from Graeme at hoof gp, he makes me want to run away to Scotland every time!
@@katelillo1932 That’s like half the reason I watch his show, it’s so pretty!
Oooh that could be a fun series trying to do multiple countries actually! Madagascar would be rainy and vanilla-y with rainforest colors, India could look like the Indian flag with hints of spices like cardamom, cumin, and chili. The US would be our flag and smell like donuts (or fried chicken 😂), Australia would be earthy scents with hints of saltwater or Eucalyptus. Bahamas could be beachy scents aswell. That's all I can think of off the top of my head!
As a Scottish gal, with a little sister called Heather, who has her birthday coming up, I am so here for that!
Phew, what a sentence! 😂
As an Irish person, Id like to thank you for not making this super deedley aye, leprechaun, not really Irish! We'd love to have you visit!
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Funnily enough we don’t have “Irish spring” soap here in Ireland, seems to be a marketing tactic. Also, the four leaf clover on the packaging is not a symbol of Ireland - it is the shamrock, which is a 3 leaf clover! Still loved the video, the soap turned out beautiful ☺️
I think she did use a 3-leaf shamrock, see 15:16
@@galaxia4709 no no I meant the logo on the Irish spring soap!
@@semirelatablesarah ok, sorry
@@galaxia4709 no worries, I just thought the marketing for “Irish soap” was so strange!
Even weirder it was made in Germany 😂
Katie, this theme is perfect for spring and reminding me of the good things to come in spring! Glad you're bringing collections back as I love seeing all the bars and themes you come up with. 🙂
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I'm watching this on the border of Belarus and Vilnius as I evacute to Poland. Love the soap!
Edited: I'd love to go to the Czech Republic or Egypt right now
Please be safe!!
Stay safe ❤️
Stay safe. My prayers are with you and your family and fellow citizens.
Praying for you and your family ♥️
OOOOoooooooh! You should do a series where you make a different soap for various different countries! I don't mean flags and stuff. Let the soap come from how that country makes you feel!
I’m sorry to hear you had health issues last year. It’s hard to stay upbeat and cheerful and creative when you don’t feel good, but you did it! Take extra good care of yourself. You’re a treasure.
Katie, I just gotta say that I'm so glad you're feeling enthusiastic about soaping this year and falling in love with your craft all over again! You make some wonderful creations that really inspire me to keep making my own soapy creations! But it's much more than that for me. Your personality is so quirky and so joyful, just like mine, and you've helped me to see that it's OK to be myself. So what if I like penny loafers and pink suspenders! So what if I like rolling down grassy hills and watching kittens play and spinning around and around until I fall over! I'm gonna be me and I don't care who sees!!! Thank you for being you!!!!!💛 🪤🍄🦩🛒🎉🎠
Oh I'm so excited for this collection!! : ) !!! Also, so glad that that you're going back to the themes
Saw you were wearing Safiya’s tshirt- love it!
Of course!! Gotta support our girl Saf!
Ahaha my dream country is Norway 😭 I became totally obsessed when I was a kid, like 10-12, and was convinced I was gonna learn Norwegian (my attempts were really cringey lmao) and in the past 2 years as an adult have rekindled that love and started learning properly ❤ so I totally get what you mean about having phases of obsession with a specific country/culture!
Yay im so excited!!! I'm almost caught up with my binge in not sure what to watch after that? I really miss the Kenny videos and the Kenny and Caleb videos were always so hilarious!!! 🥰 Thank you for allowing us into your life to see a peek your family is amazing
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That violin music at the beginning made me think, “Girl, you’re going to need a new blender…that one sounds weird!” 🤣
My dream country is Argentina. I've been to Ireland. My daughter is adopted from Ukraine. Both are amazing!!
I have a suggestion. When you do the high tops, I think you should put a mica line on top of the center of the first layer of "blobs"
I grew up on Irish trad music, my grandmother would always play it when she lived with us. Some of my earliest memories are making my parents play old Irish Rovers and Dubliners songs on TH-cam. The obsession never went away, and I still listen to it on the daily. I've recently been doing a lot more research and reading into the country and history for some personal and academic projects, and it's reigniting that interest tenfold. Otherwise, I've also always had a love for Scotland, and I desperately want to go to my family's home country of Norway.
Katie, I just wanted to thank you for this channel. It’s such an inspiration. I’ve wanted to design my own themed kitchen/dining-ware for a while now and a local shop finally gave me a chance. It’s very limited release so it’s not daunting and I’m able to switch things up seasonally, which is a huge blessing. I get to go at my own pace and choose my own products. I’m starting with Alice In Wonderland, my favorite book. I think this channel was a huge influence in my having the confidence to stay true to my own taste and style, which is a mix of quirky, very colorful & highly symbolic. Your soaps taught me there’s a market for that.
This is such a high compliment, wow! I am so proud of you!!
How awesome! Very excited for you, Laura 😊
I'm so excited for you! Good luck! You'll come up with some great ideas
I'm so happy themed soaps are back! I absolutely LOVE the pinterest boards for inspiration! 😍
My dream place to visit is Iceland! Oh the scenery there must be beautiful...
I always love watching you make soap! I'm so in love with how your soap makes my skin feel. I usually hate how dry bar soap makes my hands, but your soap doesn't leave my hands feeling all icky and dry!
I’m so glad!!
Oh wow , it’s so fun to have the old Katie back , glad the themed soap’s are coming back too. I’ve been watching your videos, since your shed days, I’ve learned so much from you, Can’t thank you enough for sharing your journey on TH-cam. It’s been a comfort an a blessing. Watching you an your family helped me get through some really dark times. Once again many thanks 💕
Ireland is #1 on my bucket list both my grandparents on my moms side an my dad’s father , were born an raised there.
Each in different parts an each came to America at different ages . Some how they all ended up in the south side Chicago area where my parents met. By the time I was born my mom’s mom was they only grandparent still with us, she sheared my stories and photos .
I'm currently in an Irish phase myself. I was all about Japan for years, and I still love Japan, but right now Ireland is the obsession lol. Definitely setting the alarm for this release!
Jade
Lol, I moved on to the Scottish obsession, thanks to outlander lol 😂🤣
I fell in love with Ireland in grade school after my dad went there for work and brought me home Irish folk music CDs. I did get to go after I graduated college, and I have to say, I know you have children, and this amazing business, but please, please, please go someday. You only live once, and experiences stay with you forever. My family and I still look back at our pictures, and listen to our music and burn a piece of turf (because it's what they burn for fuel, and nothing in the world smells like it) and we reminisce about the best trip we've ever taken. It is as beautiful, and as magical as you imagine it is, and you work so hard that you deserve to fulfill this dream someday. I beg of you lol
Burning turf was nearly banned recently as it’s a smoky fuel, very few houses still actually use it though .. iv read about 20-25%. It was very important in the past for Ireland though as we are naturally limited in oil, gas and coal!
I love when you're chatty. You can feel the happiness and enjoyment of your craft. I've messed it cause it feels like a friend talking to me while I also work or just hang out with you in your workspace. Makes my day even better
Katy, I felt the same about going to Europe when I have small kids and now that they’re older, I get to travel with them so you will travel one day and you’ll enjoy seeing your children’s faces as they experience Ireland with you 💕
Ireland is at the top of my list of places to visit, and -knock on wood- we're going in June! We've been planning on going for *years* and thought we'd make it a graduation gift for my son, but he graduated in 2020 so that trip was cancelled. Then we were hoping to go last year, but that obviously didn't work out so *hopefully* everything will be right enough in the world that we can make it this year!🤞
My family and I were supposed to go on a grad trip to Europe but I graduated in 2020 so I feel that
@@laurens3857 when people say they’re going to “visit Europe”, it always seems so vague. It feels like someone saying they’re going to America but then not following up saying where in America 😂
@@semirelatablesarah they probably meant a cruise or some kind of tourism program where they go to multiple european countries in one trip.
@@semirelatablesarah a lot of people travel throughout many countries when they go to Europe
As women we always find reasons as to why we shouldn't or can't do something, and it's always for other ppl. That being said, Katie screw us and take a month of and tour Europe, and take your kids with you. You have worked hard for the past 10 years and built a name for yourself. I have watched you for the past 3 years and i plan to start making soap this year. I was able to find help in you when there was No one else willing to teach soap making. Take a month off and enjoy the fruits of your labor, you deserve it.
Yay I've always loved everything Ireland. I was very disappointed as a little kid when I discovered I was allergic to the Irish Spring soap & couldn't smell like Ireland 😅. Adult me knows I have many better options now luckily. 🍀
Awwww!
We dont actually have Irish Spring soap in Ireland so we have no idea what it smells like! 😂
I am Irish. what is the soap like?
@@emmaclancy9342 I didn't know that at age 5 so it made me sad. I do now though so it no longer makes me sad. Also, the scent is okay mostly I just thought it smelled like Ireland because of the name & I was very young.
@@laurakirwan999 I don't even know how to describe it really, except really green. Sorry.
I live in the UK, I'm from England but now live in Wales and have been to both Scotland and Ireland (Northern, and the Republic of). There's something truly magical about the Celtic nations.
Top of my destination list is Costa Rica.
Katie, I'm in my final semesters of grad school to become a librarian. It's so hard, there's so much to do. I started watching your videos early in my program as a way to relax when school and life was getting to be so much. Thank you for being my study buddy. I look forward to them every week. I also buy one or two soaps as a reward after my semester is over!
Beautiful soap, Katie! I've always wanted to go to Canada. I had a 5 year Canada obsession.
I would never have guessed that was Irish Spring’s fragrance profile. My grandmother hated the smell, and claimed it smelled like body odor, but I think it smells great!
Don’t let us keep you from traveling to Europe! Your channel gives us so much joy, we all want you to follow your heart and live your best life. We will be here when you get back!
New Zealand! I have been wanting to visit that before the Lord of the Rings movies were released and that movie just sealed the deal. It looks so beautiful there. The soap looked awesome!
I live on the wild West Coast of the South Island, NZ. We often travel passed some of the 'film sets'. Many of us were extras in the movies. The international border is now open without isolation restrictions.
I've been briefly to Ireland- just Dublin, and a bit of a view of the countryside. We went to find my Great Grandfather's house and his Father's old shop, and wandered around the city quite a bit. I'd love to go back and do more history tourism. But the place I haven't properly been, that is really calling me, is Wales. My Grandmother's family came out of Carmarthenshire and I think I might have tracked down the farm they used to own. It's also a dream of mine to get good enough with my little harp to throw it over my shoulder and take it with me to Wales, and learn some music there. (don't worry, it's a 22 string that fits in an overhead airplane compartment, not some honking big concert thing)
Watching this as I help my 8 year old with his science project using melt and pour soap to make the water portion of his penguin habitat. He’s currently very excited that his mama dabbles in soap making because “his habitat is going to have awesome elements no one else will think of”
D'awww!! 🥰 That's too adorable!
Scotland and Ireland are my dream destinations. I too enjoyed an irish music faze, I admit to have never grown out of. From Christy Moore to Celtic Thunder. Today is my Birthday and my mother asked my son (7yrs) what he wanted to do for my birthday. He relplied he wanted to watch Doctor Who with me. My heart grew. Love Downton Abbey as well as all the brittish classics and their movie counterparts. Love this design and your gold mica line got me thinking up ideas. Just made my first mad micas and natures garden order tonight as well for my bday. Have loved and been inspired by your videos and have started soaping this year. Looking forward to getting out after being iced in here in DFW. My card will thank me. 😊
I’m excited about the themed collections coming back. My dream destination is Bali 😩 or any Asian country. The food and culture seems amazing across the entire continent
I have always wanted to visit Ireland too. I recently found out that my heritage is Scottish and Irish (did DNA as I am adopted) which has just solidified my desire to not only visit Ireland but Scotland too.
Well I’ve been trying to resist buying more soaps. I guess that’s going to fail this time I love this way too much to not try to get it. You did an amazing job Katie! Thank you so much for bringing the themed soap back. I’m so excited to see your future designs!
My dream country was Ireland, too! I finally made it happen in 2010...right when the volcano in Iceland grounded so much European air traffic. Yup. My mom and I got stuck in Dublin for SIX extra days!!
I’m in love with everything Irish ☘️ can’t wait for release. May I suggest a Victorian theme
Scotland has to be my dream place. I'm 34% Scottish so I want to know where my several time over great ancestors came from. I know they were indentured servants and one of them survived a ship wreck!
This kinda reminded me of a pistachio layer cake... and made me hungry for cake.
My friends and I did a massive girls trip a few years ago - London, Scotland, and Ireland. It was lovely. We were supposed to do a few weeks in Italy next, but the virus that will not be named happened so it's still on the list.
I'm so happy to see you talking more in the videos again. Your voice and stories bring me such joy!
Love Chatty Katie! It's like hanging out with a dear friend! 🍀 love collections- glad they're coming back!
Edit: QOOD - Italy! 🇮🇹
Me too!!
I would love love love to have a France/Paris inspired soap! Maybe like French pastry-themed with little Eiffel tower imbeds??? Omg that would be so cute.
I love this soap! So pretty. Funny enough it reminds me of cake. Mostly the inside makes me think of Indonesian Kueh Lapis (thousand layer spice cake). I also love the chatty videos
Katie please get together with a travel channel & do a collab to get you to the UK. You could do a special soap collection inspired by real life experience. Bonus of having a big family is built in childcare (I love taking care of my nieces & nephews). Obviously it would have to be after Covid but since it’s going to require so much organisation to get you there, there’s no harm in daydreaming & planning it all now. It might never happen but it’s absolutely can’t happen if you don’t try. I want to be part of the audience that makes your dreams come true. I want to go to Scotland, my answer has been America or Canada at different times in my life but recently… Scotland looks peaceful
i love the themed collections!! so glad your bringing them back!
btw, my birthday is in march so i might spoil myself and buy some
Scotland would be my dream vacation. I’d love to rent a little place in the countryside where I can do almost all of my exploring and crafting in peace - no dishes, pets, phone calls, laundry, etc.
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I love the chatty videos because it means you're excited about your project.
Thanks for keeping me company while I work on laundry!
Relatives in the US who send gift boxes to family members in the Philippines love to send packs of Irish Spring soaps. It's a default gift. Only, they pack it alongside clothes, shoes, and chocolates that after months of shipping, the entire gift box already smells like Irish Spring. Even the chocolates.
My family had house guests once who accidentally left a bar of Irish Spring in the bathroom... It gave everyone in my family such headaches that my grandmother bagged it up in a freezer bag (I think she even double bagged it) and put it in the back of a cabinet until the same guests visited again and she could give it to them with strict instructions to Take It Away... They're lucky to get it back, though, for a long time my grandmother would stake bars of it out in the garden as deer repellent.
I’m so happy the themes are back! I wasn’t quite sure where the channel’s direction was going.
My dream place was Japan. I went in 2017. Now I would like to visit New Zealand and then some Olde Europe.
Katie, you better get your tookus over there to Ireland. Life is very short and unpredictable. Before you know it something will permanently keep you from going. So plan it, drop the kids off with friends/parents or hire a travel nanny and GOOOO. Do not wait for the perfect moment to go, there will not be one.
Once travel is back, go while you can. We can wait for soap vids while you live your life.
Ireland is beautiful! If i have to watch your videos on repeat all day to get you there i will.. i bought my niece a square feet of forest in ireland as a gift for her being born... go there, its amazing!!
Australia, New Zealand and Iceland.
My first trip was to Ireland and I felt like I had come home. Awesome people
I would love to go to Ireland again. I went overseas to England, France, Italy and Ireland in my twenty’s. Two separate trips. And I would love to go back to Ireland, but this time, I would like to be able to spend some time there. Maybe three weeks to a month. I’d ideally like to take my family with me. But, alone might be nice too. Who knows?? I’ve been to places and done things that logically I should never have been able to do, so you never know. Life is full of possibilities.
I don’t even care about soap making or fancy soaps but you’re just so delightful to listen to that I love your videos anyway, so chatty is good for me
Peru so I can buy alpaca wool sweaters, they would be soooo great for our cold Canadian winters. And a close second, Ireland for their linen! Just so you know, I have been watching your videos for years. I will probably never make a bar of soap but I can't tell you how many times watching your videos have taken me from a dark place to a place of light, so thank you!
I'm so excited for this soap! Irish spring soap isn't actually a thing in Ireland, the closest would just be soap made in Ireland. If you're ever in Ireland you definitely have to come to Belfast as I'd love to take you around my city!
I definitely had an Ireland phase too. I dyed my hair red and everything! I even sang "Red is the Rose" for our talent show, AND my first tattoo is a Celtic knot. By the way I'm not Irish at all, I'm Cuban 🤣
Ireland. We’re proud descendants of Irish royalty on my dad’s side (many generations removed, but it’s fun to say!) Also, England. I want to see Barnsdale where Robin Hood originally was from.
Used to listen to Irish music? I still do! My favorite is Blackmoore’s Night. Specifically the song Ghost of a Rose ☺️ I’ve never gotten to travel there but it is on my bucket list!
Yay! Katie I am so excited that you are going back to the new designs! I still love the fan drawing designs, and I really admire that you can about your consumers. Oh, and talk away. I love it! ❤️
Katie if u really wanna go to Ireland than u should go, I’m sure that everyone would understand if u took a small break from posting videos. U totally deserve to go if u want to! 💕
I used to be absolutely obsessed with Ireland because growing up, my grandmother would tell me about how she came over from Ireland when she was a teenager and so I was a quarter Irish, and she had a cabinet full of stuff that she said she brought over from Ireland. I found out years after she passed, when my mother-in-law was researching my genealogy, that my grandmother was actually born in Pennsylvania and had never even been in Ireland! Even her children thought she was Irish. I still love Ireland but I'm not as obsessed as I used to be.
I have always been in love with visiting Europe. I love the history and want to visit all the museums/castles. I also love Egypt and the pyramids as well. I would love to go and see all the places that I fell in love with on the many many documentaries that I have obsessively watched.
I love when you are so chatty! I feel like I am hanging out in your studio just having a conversation. I love that you are so real and always yourself.
I love the green and gold combo on this soap. They go perfect together.
I have travelled a fair lot, but still have many countries on my bucket list.
Ireland, Wales, Feroe Islands, Japan and Australia to name a few.
I fulfilled a lifelong dream a couple of years ago when my husband and I went to Iceland for our 15th wedding anniversary. Such a special place. Truly an experience!
South Korea! I love the food and I believe that their culture is just amazing! And let's not forget about the scenery there!
Katie! I'm so happy that you're going back to themed collections! I just love seeing all of the soap designs come together and my sneak peak email revealing the next months collection. I support you in all of your business decisions, but I selfishly just love the monthly themes.
I love the videos where you are chatty and I actually missed hearing you talk about yourself and your life!
I don't have any country I would like to visit in particular, I want to visit them all and it is too difficult to pick! But my next trip may be to Ireland! My best friend is doing an internship in Dublin and I'm hoping I'll be able to visit him this summer!
I love all of your videos! To answer your questions - loads of places. My grandparents were from the Carpathian Mountains, I'd like to go there and visit, they talked about it a lot when they were alive.
I stayed awake for this soap release and I'm so excited! We are planning a move to the west coast of Ireland within the next 2 years. Covid held us up a bit. But it's going!
OMG yes!!!
I’m planning on getting married on St Patrick’s Day in Ireland next year and this made my heart sooooo happy! 🍀
Awww congratulations!!
@@RoyaltySoaps thx! I’m as excited about Ireland as I am about getting married 😂
@@RoyaltySoaps also! I see that shirt and I love it! 🦇 💄 I love SN too!
Bhutan!! They really prioritize their cultural heritage there and I'd love to experience it 💕🇧🇹
I love the simple layers with the elegant mica lines!
As for travel, my dream would not be international but Alaska! I would adore a cruise up the coast
Dear Katie, thank you so much for always being your fun, happy, bubbly self! I had two pretty dark days and watching you making soap just cleared a few clouds over my head and made me smile!
Thanks ❤️
This soap is beautiful! The place I want to go is Sweden because I want to stay in an ice hotel and see the northern lights. Ice hotels are amazing and it's so cool how they're rebuilt every year with new sculptures. Plus, I like the cold because I don't have to worry about bugs.
Beautiful soap!
I dream of visiting Australia. I want to go to Coober Pety, the underground opal town, and dig for opals. I want to go outback and see the night sky with zero light pollution. I want to hike and see wildlife, and swim in the Great Barrier Reef.
Maybe make a "Down Under" collection, one day!
I’ve also never been to Europe! My dream country is Germany. My dad is really interested in our ancestry so naturally I got into it as well. For a very long time, my parents and I were convinced we had strong German ties but we all did 23&me & learned so much more. So I’d love to visit a lot of the countries that showed up on our reports, including Ireland 😝
I loved Ireland so much! So much culture and history. St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays. Any reason to have traditionals and celebrations I love. Love the soap!
"Keeping up Appearances " is a brilliant comedy UK show if you can get it across the pond. Love your soaps Katy.
I’m so glad you used actually shamrocks, as an Irish person myself I’m sick of seeing people replace the shamrock with the 4 leaf clover, Thank you.
Ireland would be my pick to go to as well. Darby O'Gill and the Little People us one of my favorite movies! Pretty soap. I hope I can grab it when it goes live.
Europe, for sure, is somewhere I'd like to go. Mainly Germany, England, Ireland, and Holland. Also would like to visit Victoria, British Columbia again. It's gorgeous!
Oh Katie, you're back to your happy chatty self! So good to see you on fire again!
As a St. Patrick's Day birthday girl about to hit 30, thanks for making this just for me :)
Also I have had lots of opportunity to travel, and live abroad in my previous dream country currently, but I think right now I'd most like to go to the Maldives. I just wanna lie on the beach and go snorkelling and drink umbrella drinks.
Chatty you is the best you Katie. You sound so happy and motivated.
I hope you get a chance to go to Ireland. I went as a teenager and it was the best - the food was great, the people are an absolute hoot, and there’s just something beautiful about walking around an Irish city in the evening.
If you go to Italy, for the love of all things holy, never ever fly out of Venice. Beautiful city, terrible airport. Like couldn’t-get-home-for-two-days terrible.
Im in love with Scotland and Scandivaia. Ive wanted to go there since I was itty bitty, my mom never understood why, I think I was about 5 or 6 when my obssession for those two counties came about. Come to find out alot of my family came from those two counties to the us, still have some that reside over in scotland today. So one day ill make it to visit them 🤞🤞🤞
Love this soap! You should make your Europe dreams come true. One thing I’ve learned is there is always a reason not to do something. Don’t wait and make it real! You have a great group of people that can help you make it happen!
Since you are so intere
sted in Ireland, you might enjoy listening to Ireland's most famous singer. His name is Daniel O'Donnell and he is just amazing. Once I start listening to him, I can't stop. Give him a try.
From the old Irish Springs soap commercial, Manly yes, but I like it too!! Do you remember?! It was beautiful!! Italy 🇮🇹
Australia. Scared I’d die there because of some flora/fauna nightmare, but it’d be worth it. Fun fact: the first bar of soap I bought from Royalty Soaps was the one inspired by Joanna and McLeech from Rescuers Down Under!
My birthday is ST. Patrick's day!! 👩🦽🍀Birthday soap for me this year is a must, this one is definitely in the running! Can't wait to see the rest for March!! 🍀💚🍀💚
I love the new and throw backs. I just enjoy watching you make soaps and chit chat about whatever. Lol
I know the love Ireland! I still am there at 31 with 3 kiddos. We had an opportunity last year money wise but we decided to be responsible adults and use the money to buy a house lol. Not regrets but I still longingly think about going.