Hi. I loved your video. I think it is more helpful watching people have mistakes because people who are learning make a lot of them and need to know what to do when they happen. I don’t want to use steric acid because of palm allergy. Do you know if I can substitute soy wax? I found other recipes using soy wax - but I like how yours has glycerin added. Or, can I add glycerin to another recipe? Thank you for your help.
That looks amazing! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I make cold process soap and making shaving soap is a reason I would like to start hot process. 😊👍🏼🧼🪒
Hey ! Great video. I made my first shave soap today ! Woot! It was so much fun. Your video was cool because you had all the crazy things that happen to everyone go down yet, You made it easy to recognize how to roll with it. I’m slowly learning to manage the flusters and the surprise every batch has in store. There’s never not a surprise! 😆
Thank you for sharing this with us! I just made it and it could not be easier!!!! It is now sitting in a pvc pipe to mold! Can't wait to see it! It was truly the easiest hot process soap I have ever made! I added bentonite clay to it for some more slick. Thank you again! Bless you!
Definitely want to try this! Thank you for the HP tutorial. CP is my go to, so watching this has inspired me. Love the sound of the worship music in your home!
I followed the recipe and it's been a week , and the shaving pucks are not very hard. How hard are these supposed to be? Maybe I over cooked? I also pulled it out of the mold Maybe only a few hours after it hardened. I'm new to making soaps.
Thanks for your video, but I would like to know if stearic acid is liquid oil like avocado oil or shea butter or all combinations?please reply 🙏 thanks for your video.
Thank you for such a nice video in showing the hp steps. How long does a 3.5 oz bar last usually? Also, how many bars were you able to create with this recipe?
Love your videos and your very genuine and sweet personality. Please keep up the good work. Can this recipe be done cold process and poured to cure directly in shaving bowls? Thanks and greetings to your whole family.
I've tried this cold process, but because of the stearic acid which needs a very high melting point, it all curdles on me and I had to transition into a hot process. If you could find a recipe without stearic acid, you could definitely do it cold process though.
Hi! Thank you for posting this, it's very useful! I'm curious what percentage of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide you use. I don't mean the measurements, just which % of each is recommended.
Hello! This recipe works great! The lather is excellent but my experiments turned out a bit on the soft side. Any idea how I can harden the soap a little? I assume I need to increase or decrease something?
Hi! Although this soap is not yet ready for sale, once it is ready, I will be posting it here for sale: www.etsy.com/shop/NutritiousSkin?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
3M N95 mask. This pot I do not use for food, just soap. I wouldn't recommend using it for both, (though I have known people to use it for both if the soap is unscented)
@@nutritiousskinsnifnaturals1266 Why not using it for cooking? If you normally wash pots and pans with dishsoap, what's the difference if you use it for soap making?
I really want to make this shaving soap.....but there is no recipe in the description box. Part of it is in the vidio....but missing is the water amount and the 2 lye amounts, the serlic acid, and the tallow.......Also how many pounds it makes.....to calulate the fragrance amount? Can ya help a girl out? Ive never attempted to make a shaving soap.
@@jamieshowmaker7151 I was able to cut within 24 hours and the soap lathered that well. My husband uses it fresh without cure, but I do cure generally 4 weeks before making it available to the public.
Dove soap is cheap an good use dry brush more water Shave with any bar soap or Mitchell's Wool Fat? Cut the bar soap up, put in a mug, cover the soap with a small amount of water, microwave for a minute or so? if it foams up, stop. let cool you just went it to congeal' place in the sun, until soap hardens Larry
Hi! If I can't use Beef Tallow for the recipe... Can I use 12.8oz of Palm Oil? Will I get the same lathering consistency? Or should I use coconut oil?, I really want to do this recipe but I cannot use beef tallow :( could you create a new video using a recipe with no beef tallow please? :)
I was using tallow for the first time this week . It was available to me and I had to try it in soap. I found the smell of it very strong even after CP. What is your experience using it in HP?
I didn't know what happened, I cook my soap for hour and never reach a low ph, I give up and put it in the mold and wait a couple of weeks, the ph is 13 even now 😞😢
Ph is not something that you need to worry about. Soap is going to be on the higher end and that is normal. As long as it is safety tested for zap, and properly cured it will be fine.
Try cooking it again with some apple cider vinegar and more oils. You likely didn't have enough oils for the lye to react with. Look up "French milled soap" and see if that helps.
@@brookehodge135 I know, that isn’t what I meant. I stated it poorly. Ph testing of soap is not easily done and will not be accurate unless done in a very specific way with very specific measurements. Doing so for the average soap maker is unnecessary because it’s not accurate anyway. Use a lye calculator, weigh carefully, cure , and safety test. If it is at 13 then something isn’t right.
I used cedar wood and patchouli essential oil in one batch, but I made another batch using a fragrance very similar to Old Spice, very quintessential/barber type scent. He's not fussy for scent, but I love the Old Spice type one!
You used 0.6 oz and 0.1oz of essential oils? So you used just over a half ounce and a tenth of an ounce? What? You said that you used under an ounce when the calculator said to us almost 10ounces? Again.... say what?
It will all come out right in the end! Thanks for showing us without hiding the mess ups!
lol, yes! I can't be perfect all the time as you well know!
I love that you muscled through this and still produced a good product in the end. This is real life, girl. Thanks for sharing the recipe!!
This video is almost 3 years old. You did awesome!
Hi. I loved your video. I think it is more helpful watching people have mistakes because people who are learning make a lot of them and need to know what to do when they happen.
I don’t want to use steric acid because of palm allergy. Do you know if I can substitute soy wax? I found other recipes using soy wax - but I like how yours has glycerin added. Or, can I add glycerin to another recipe? Thank you for your help.
That looks amazing! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I make cold process soap and making shaving soap is a reason I would like to start hot process. 😊👍🏼🧼🪒
This recipe was as gorgeous as you are.. Loads of love and respect!!!
Wow! Amazing, I need to try your recipe! Thanks for sharing!
A real shave soap recipe! Thank you!
Hey ! Great video. I made my first shave soap today ! Woot! It was so much fun. Your video was cool because you had all the crazy things that happen to everyone go down yet, You made it easy to recognize how to roll with it.
I’m slowly learning to manage the flusters and the surprise every batch has in store. There’s never not a surprise! 😆
Loved the tutorial as I'm delving into grass feed tallow and shave soap. I found this very helpful, Thank You! Christian music was icing on the cake!
Thank you for sharing this with us! I just made it and it could not be easier!!!! It is now sitting in a pvc pipe to mold! Can't wait to see it! It was truly the easiest hot process soap I have ever made! I added bentonite clay to it for some more slick. Thank you again! Bless you!
Sounds wonderful! So glad you tried the recipe, hopefully those who use it will love it! Great idea on the bentonite clay too. :)
How did it turn out? Did it lather well? How was the scent? To weak of a smell? Too strong?
Actually adding the lye water a little cold kept it from volcanoing out of the pot.. and love the worship music I do that too when I am soaping
Yes, you're absolutely right about the volcanoing!! Good music is a must when soaping, I agree!
The lye solution and oil should be at a high temperature around 165 F for both. Just very slowly pour the lye into the oils and stir.
Definitely want to try this! Thank you for the HP tutorial. CP is my go to, so watching this has inspired me. Love the sound of the worship music in your home!
Thank you so much Karen! Yes, the worship music and hymns are on almost all the time! Glad you appreciate and recognize that!! :)
@@nutritiousskinsnifnaturals1266 YES!!! Love me some Bethel worship music!!!
WOW! You make it look easy!
Tip to avoid the mold from blowing out......secure the seam sides with large binder clips
What a great ideal now that my Williams shave mug soap is discontinued😢
You guys don't sell your shaving soap at all? It looks good.
I followed the recipe and it's been a week , and the shaving pucks are not very hard. How hard are these supposed to be?
Maybe I over cooked?
I also pulled it out of the mold Maybe only a few hours after it hardened.
I'm new to making soaps.
Thanks for your time.
I was wondering where did you purchase your mold fir your soap?
Thanks
I have sheep tallow..shall I enter this into soap calculator??
Great video and just in time for Christmas gifts!!! How soon can this be used after making?
I dont hace Tallow is posible año thee Butter?
Thank you!
Can you substitute something else for the tallow?
Thanks for your video, but I would like to know if stearic acid is liquid oil like avocado oil or shea butter or all combinations?please reply 🙏 thanks for your video.
It’s more like a wax.
Thank you for such a nice video in showing the hp steps. How long does a 3.5 oz bar last usually? Also, how many bars were you able to create with this recipe?
Alright now we’re talking 😁👏👏
Love your videos and your very genuine and sweet personality. Please keep up the good work. Can this recipe be done cold process and poured to cure directly in shaving bowls? Thanks and greetings to your whole family.
I've tried this cold process, but because of the stearic acid which needs a very high melting point, it all curdles on me and I had to transition into a hot process. If you could find a recipe without stearic acid, you could definitely do it cold process though.
Hi! Thank you for posting this, it's very useful! I'm curious what percentage of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide you use. I don't mean the measurements, just which % of each is recommended.
I use about 70% KOH and 30%NaOH. I've seen varying percentages, I think 60% KOH and 40% NaOH is also a popular ratio.
@@nutritiousskinsnifnaturals1266 thank you!
Hello! This recipe works great! The lather is excellent but my experiments turned out a bit on the soft side. Any idea how I can harden the soap a little? I assume I need to increase or decrease something?
It won't harden. You want it soft.
Potassium hydroxide will keep the soap soft.
Leave the potassium hydroxide out if you want harder soap
Hello, thankyou for sharing. Can I ask superfast % please.
Hello...is your soap available for sale...I am wet shaving enthusiast!!
Hi! Although this soap is not yet ready for sale, once it is ready, I will be posting it here for sale: www.etsy.com/shop/NutritiousSkin?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
This is the Hot process? How many days the person can use it?
How many ounces does that recipe make?
Hello, I would like to know how much superfat did you calculate. Thank you very much for sharing.
I don't want to add tallow. What should I choose if I add another oil instead?
Hi! Thanks for the recipe! Can I ask you what kind of respirator are you using? Also, the pot is not usable for cooking food after this I suposse?
3M N95 mask. This pot I do not use for food, just soap. I wouldn't recommend using it for both, (though I have known people to use it for both if the soap is unscented)
@@nutritiousskinsnifnaturals1266 Why not using it for cooking? If you normally wash pots and pans with dishsoap, what's the difference if you use it for soap making?
@@Vincerama just preference :) No reason why you couldn't.
Thanks for this. Where did you purchase the round mold? Thanks!
I had gotten it from Bulk Apothecary.
Do i need to have both potassium and sodium hydroxides?
What is your opinion on using clay instead of glycerin for a slicking agent?
Clay has been known to dullen blades, but a lot of people claim it works well. I have never used clay as an sickening agent.
@nutritiousskinsnifnaturals1266 Understood, and I agree with your assumption of dulling the blade at a faster rate. Thank you 👍
Can tallow be replaced with any other oils / butters?
Yes
Hi, At what temperature does your soap transfer into a mold? Thanks 😊
This is a soft soap. Put it in a container as warm as you and the container can tolerate.
hello...how many day it can store and use?
I really want to make this shaving soap.....but there is no recipe in the description box. Part of it is in the vidio....but missing is the water amount and the 2 lye amounts, the serlic acid, and the tallow.......Also how many pounds it makes.....to calulate the fragrance amount? Can ya help a girl out? Ive never attempted to make a shaving soap.
It's in the description box, I Just double checked. You'd need to click show more, and the whole recipe shows up.
Thank you thank you......ordered the tallow, and the other lye.....and iam ready to go when it gets here.
Thanks 🤓? For what 😳 do u used NaOH? 📒✏😍congrats...
what is your % lye solution? I like the fluidity of your formula but I tried my first batch and it was sooooo thick! Like play-dough
How hot suggest that lye should be?please reply.
Hiya, may I ask cure time?
Right?! The video makes it look like the same day as the cut, but it has to be longer than that yeah?
@@jamieshowmaker7151 I was able to cut within 24 hours and the soap lathered that well. My husband uses it fresh without cure, but I do cure generally 4 weeks before making it available to the public.
Can be use right away?
His would you add steric acid to a soap calculator? And glycerin, lol guessing not
stearic acid is on the calculator, while glycerin is not.
Hi, where did you get your mold? thanks
Is the slickness good?
where did you get the mould from?
this one was from Bulk Apothecary.
Dove soap is cheap an good use dry brush more water Shave with any bar soap or Mitchell's Wool Fat? Cut the bar soap up, put in a mug, cover the soap with a small amount of water, microwave for a minute or so? if it foams up, stop.
let cool you just went it to congeal' place in the sun, until soap hardens Larry
Where did you get the mold?
Bulk Apothecary
Thanks for your tutorial... Can you suggest a vegan substitute for lard?
I would suggest shea, mango, cocoa butters (or other butters), also, if you're not opposed to palm oil, that would be another great substitution
How long do you cure it before use?
Hi please can you post the recipe
It is written in description.
Why is the steric acid being added? What does it do for the end product?
It is the trick to the dense, foamy lather.
Okay, thanks.
How Hot the lye should be?
What mold is that??
Hi! If I can't use Beef Tallow for the recipe... Can I use 12.8oz of Palm Oil? Will I get the same lathering consistency? Or should I use coconut oil?, I really want to do this recipe but I cannot use beef tallow :( could you create a new video using a recipe with no beef tallow please? :)
I would like to know this also please.
Why is Glycerin added after cooking?
Soaping produces Glycerin so it should be no problem to add in the beginning?
You probably could with no issues :)
@@nutritiousskinsnifnaturals1266 Idid add mine to the lye and didn't see any problems.
cold process method can work for me
Glad to hear it!
With that much stearic acid?
@@louisdepointedulac3072 You and I both know that would be impossible! lol
I was using tallow for the first time this week . It was available to me and I had to try it in soap. I found the smell of it very strong even after CP. What is your experience using it in HP?
I find the smell of tallow always cures out in my experience.
substitute for tallow?
Coconut oil, Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Avocado Butter
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What can I replace tallow with
Lard?
I don't see the description
You have to click on "show more" under the video and the recipe will show up.
I didn't know what happened, I cook my soap for hour and never reach a low ph, I give up and put it in the mold and wait a couple of weeks, the ph is 13 even now 😞😢
Ph is not something that you need to worry about. Soap is going to be on the higher end and that is normal. As long as it is safety tested for zap, and properly cured it will be fine.
@@PPMOCRG That's the pH of bleach, so she would absolutely need to worry about that.
Try cooking it again with some apple cider vinegar and more oils. You likely didn't have enough oils for the lye to react with. Look up "French milled soap" and see if that helps.
@@brookehodge135 thanks, I put citric acid, everything fine now.
@@brookehodge135 I know, that isn’t what I meant. I stated it poorly. Ph testing of soap is not easily done and will not be accurate unless done in a very specific way with very specific measurements. Doing so for the average soap maker is unnecessary because it’s not accurate anyway. Use a lye calculator, weigh carefully, cure , and safety test. If it is at 13 then something isn’t right.
how you melt stearic acid in cold process?
It needs a temperature of 156 degrees F to melt, so I did that in crock pot, or even in a microwave.
@@nutritiousskinsnifnaturals1266 you melt it with what oil .water or just it
@@gamma3539 I melted it with. my shea butter and tallow. No water.
Do you add scents...does your husband like certain scents?
If you look in the description you will find that she used patchuli and cedar wood essential oils.
I used cedar wood and patchouli essential oil in one batch, but I made another batch using a fragrance very similar to Old Spice, very quintessential/barber type scent. He's not fussy for scent, but I love the Old Spice type one!
@@nutritiousskinsnifnaturals1266 Probably do that barbershop....May do a review...later!
You used 0.6 oz and 0.1oz of essential oils? So you used just over a half ounce and a tenth of an ounce? What? You said that you used under an ounce when the calculator said to us almost 10ounces? Again.... say what?
The usage rate was a percentage, not ounces. I may have mis spoke. Can you imagine 10oz of fragrance in this batch! That would be a disaster! :)
@@nutritiousskinsnifnaturals1266 okay, thank you 👍
What about us guy's, got a recipe for us too?
This was a recipe for mens shave soap..... Not sure what you mean.
@@nutritiousskinsnifnaturals1266 sorry my mistake.
Look, lady
Can you just mail some to me? I'll pay for it.
Other than water, I don't know how to get the others.