There is just something special about a classic plain bar of soap. The natural smell of the oils is so nice. I love the way you do your cutting sequence, it's SO very satisfying to watch. I have to say that since I started doing the heavy water discount it gets the soap out the door much more quickly as I don't have a lot of space for the curing. I can wrap them in a week. You did great Shonna, I look forward to seeing what you come up with next. I'm sure it will be lovely!!
Great job Shonna, I wasn't expecting it to stay fluid as it was being poured into the molds. Your always so brave trying new things, you are always a huge inspiration to me. Beautiful pure white bars of soap. I just made Emulsified Body Butter one of my favorite products to make and my first ever body sprays. Stay safe and warm my friend
Good thing you saved all that water with the water discount so you had some left to drink :) No worries, the soap is not lye heavy! I used to do a steep water discount when I made soap for my craft fairs. They firm up really fast, usually within 6-8 hours I could cut them. It's a great timesaver, but sometimes it makes the batter accelerate :) Beautiful bars, can't wait to see your next video!
Good job catching that line from Aaron, lol! Thank you for the encouragement, as well. I was just caught off guard by it. I hope you're doing well, Laura 💕🫧
Ah, don't you just love Renee? Who doesn't love her? You're brave using such a strong water discount. I always use a discount, though not as much and I usually unmold and cut at 12 hours.
Sometimes I think the fewer ingredients, the better. Then I think, what if I just add a little bit of this or a little bit of that? Then I end up with 4 lye additives and 7 oils/butters and milk! The bubbles are likely from the stick blender. The seals wear out over time causing the shaft to pull air into the batter. The crumbly texture at first is due to the thin trace at which it was poured. If you pour at a thicker trace, more lye has reacted with the oils causing less free lye to react with the air creating a sodium carbonate sort of cast on the soap. It's still good soap, just a texture thing right at first. I'm excited to see the other soaps in this series!
Wow, your comment was the most useful comment I've read in a long time! Thank you so much for sharing this information about the stick blender bubbles and the kind of "shell" my soap made from a thin trace. I appreciate you!!
Very interesting. I really like the pure white bar. What is the “normal” ratio of lye:water? I see other soapers talking about a water discount. How do you know how much of a discount to do? One other question..,do you have any eucalyptus soap lying around? I really like the cooling vapors of it in the shower, especially in winter it helps congestion. Love you Shonna! Keep up the good soaping!! ❤🥰🤗
It's kinda up to the soaper how much water to use. I guess normal would be if you need 5 oz of lye to make the soap you should use at least 10 oz of water. I don't have any Eucalyptus but I will make it now that you requested it! I hope you are doing well and I love you very much!!!!!!!
@@NezumiSoaps Thanks for the explanation, Shonna! I hope you are well, also. I love you so so much. ❤️ Hope I get to see you soon. No hurry on the eucalyptus. The plain white bar made me think of it. 😊
@@NezumiSoaps thanks! I used a black raspberry vanilla and had a good 8-10 mins before it thickened. Game changer. But you're right when you said it's probably good for more simple designs. If
That is the palest soap I think I've ever seen from a home maker. I'm glad that you're conscious of safety for these things though and that you're willing to try new things like this. Were they that thin in the initial pour because of the lack of water? I'm actually really surprised by that as I would have thought the opposite. Good luck with your experiments!
I master batch my lye at 1:1 and then add another 1 part of something. Water, wine, etc. I’m planning to increase the water part however because I’m making small (1 pound oil) batches to test fragrances at the moment and I feel like I don’t get the lye solution distributed evenly in such a small amount before it thickens or something. I think they had tiny lye specks (although the lye was full dissolved in the water) the bar was really soft and had a few pinkish spots. The other one had a few little bubbles with a tiny speck of liquid in it… they were both so soft though. Everyone always talks about lye heavy soap being hard and crumbly? I think I’m going to go back to the start. 30/30/30/10 and full water. 2 pound oil batches then split and fragrance separately. That never did me dirty lol
@@nicolemitchell446 my biggest batch is currently 1200g (google the conversion but that is more than 1lb) ... the bigger the batch the longer it takes to reach trace so I wouldn't bother increasing the water ratio ...
There is just something special about a classic plain bar of soap. The natural smell of the oils is so nice. I love the way you do your cutting sequence, it's SO very satisfying to watch. I have to say that since I started doing the heavy water discount it gets the soap out the door much more quickly as I don't have a lot of space for the curing. I can wrap them in a week. You did great Shonna, I look forward to seeing what you come up with next. I'm sure it will be lovely!!
Thank you for the generous request to make these three batches. You are just the best there is, Renee!
@@NezumiSoaps Please remember that anything good in me is Jesus!!!
Love your willingness to explore all kinds of soapy things
Thank you, Lynda! You are always wonderful :)
Great job Shonna, I wasn't expecting it to stay fluid as it was being poured into the molds. Your always so brave trying new things, you are always a huge inspiration to me. Beautiful pure white bars of soap. I just made Emulsified Body Butter one of my favorite products to make and my first ever body sprays. Stay safe and warm my friend
Thank you for always being here and being such a lovely friend, Tanya 🤍 I have never attempted making body butter, but I should!
I love your bravery Shonna! The soap turned out absolutely lovely! 💗
You are sweet, thanks Tammy 🥰
That is so cool! Lovely request from Renee, I really enjoyed watching your video! 😊
You are just the best, Beck :)
What an interesting process!😍
Hello my sweet friend, Beoul :)
@@NezumiSoaps We are far away, but the moment we say hello through video means a lot to me! I am always cheering you on!🥰
Good thing you saved all that water with the water discount so you had some left to drink :) No worries, the soap is not lye heavy! I used to do a steep water discount when I made soap for my craft fairs. They firm up really fast, usually within 6-8 hours I could cut them. It's a great timesaver, but sometimes it makes the batter accelerate :) Beautiful bars, can't wait to see your next video!
Good job catching that line from Aaron, lol! Thank you for the encouragement, as well. I was just caught off guard by it. I hope you're doing well, Laura 💕🫧
Ah, don't you just love Renee? Who doesn't love her? You're brave using such a strong water discount. I always use a discount, though not as much and I usually unmold and cut at 12 hours.
I also always do a water discount but this was extreme
Sometimes I think the fewer ingredients, the better. Then I think, what if I just add a little bit of this or a little bit of that? Then I end up with 4 lye additives and 7 oils/butters and milk! The bubbles are likely from the stick blender. The seals wear out over time causing the shaft to pull air into the batter. The crumbly texture at first is due to the thin trace at which it was poured. If you pour at a thicker trace, more lye has reacted with the oils causing less free lye to react with the air creating a sodium carbonate sort of cast on the soap. It's still good soap, just a texture thing right at first. I'm excited to see the other soaps in this series!
Wow, your comment was the most useful comment I've read in a long time! Thank you so much for sharing this information about the stick blender bubbles and the kind of "shell" my soap made from a thin trace. I appreciate you!!
I love a classic soap! I never use a water discount I'm too afraid LOL.
Don't be afraid :)
Hi Shonna!! Beautiful bar!!!!
Pat! I have missed you! I hope you've been well :)
@@NezumiSoaps I'm better, have to get back to work!! :)
Very interesting. I really like the pure white bar. What is the “normal” ratio of lye:water? I see other soapers talking about a water discount. How do you know how much of a discount to do? One other question..,do you have any eucalyptus soap lying around? I really like the cooling vapors of it in the shower, especially in winter it helps congestion. Love you Shonna! Keep up the good soaping!! ❤🥰🤗
It's kinda up to the soaper how much water to use. I guess normal would be if you need 5 oz of lye to make the soap you should use at least 10 oz of water. I don't have any Eucalyptus but I will make it now that you requested it! I hope you are doing well and I love you very much!!!!!!!
@@NezumiSoaps
Thanks for the explanation, Shonna!
I hope you are well, also. I love you so so much. ❤️ Hope I get to see you soon. No hurry on the eucalyptus. The plain white bar made me think of it. 😊
oh wow! I was looking at doing 1.2:1 and worried it would accelerate. Thanks for your experiment!! I'm going to try 1:1
I hope it goes ok for you! The fragrance oil will determine a lot
@@NezumiSoaps thanks! I used a black raspberry vanilla and had a good 8-10 mins before it thickened. Game changer. But you're right when you said it's probably good for more simple designs. If
That is the palest soap I think I've ever seen from a home maker. I'm glad that you're conscious of safety for these things though and that you're willing to try new things like this. Were they that thin in the initial pour because of the lack of water? I'm actually really surprised by that as I would have thought the opposite. Good luck with your experiments!
Thank you, my sweet friend, Skeren :) I have no idea why it was so thin. Thank you for always being here with me!
Hi. How did u go with curing the soap ? Did u do a PH test ? Are u now making all your soaps equal parts lye and water ?
Thank you for asking! It turned out to be a very nice hard bar. I did but ph test it but I used them and they felt great. No burning or dryness.
What is the Oil Quantity? How many total ounces of oil did you use?
I do not remember anymore
If you had litmus paper, could you use that to test if it's lye heavy?
I have tested it and everything is ok, thank goodness :)
I use 1:1 because it gives you the freedom to dilute your TD or other oxides with water if you wish
Thant makes sense
I master batch my lye at 1:1 and then add another 1 part of something. Water, wine, etc. I’m planning to increase the water part however because I’m making small (1 pound oil) batches to test fragrances at the moment and I feel like I don’t get the lye solution distributed evenly in such a small amount before it thickens or something. I think they had tiny lye specks (although the lye was full dissolved in the water) the bar was really soft and had a few pinkish spots. The other one had a few little bubbles with a tiny speck of liquid in it… they were both so soft though. Everyone always talks about lye heavy soap being hard and crumbly? I think I’m going to go back to the start. 30/30/30/10 and full water. 2 pound oil batches then split and fragrance separately. That never did me dirty lol
@@nicolemitchell446 my biggest batch is currently 1200g (google the conversion but that is more than 1lb) ... the bigger the batch the longer it takes to reach trace so I wouldn't bother increasing the water ratio ...
@@Badoura yeah. You’re probably right. These 500g batches are probably the problem. 1000g oil weight is the smallest I used to make.
How much oil did you use. Pls let me know.
For a two pound batch I use two pounds of oil (32oz) plus 1oz.
The simplest soap is a Castile Soap. That’s just olive oil and water and lye.
Yes, 3 ingredient soaps are the simplest soaps.
Omg..What are the measurements..smh
Take it easy over there