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Saw your amazon list but the large large container wasnt in the list.

Hi simi, im wondering where you purchase your eo as well as your glass containers from. Thanks

Prob the best video I’ve seen so far.

Ziploc bag for piping is a great idea!

I just finished my first batch of 50/50 lye and ice. I don’t know what happen but I have a lye slush. My container has frosted. The temp is 22°. Did I do something wrong?

Why adding essential oils before trace

I can not tell you how excited I am we found your page! Me and my husband diving in .. we have been on this journey for a few months and we are about to launch this year .. super exciting but your videos🤌🏽have been soooooo helpful and educational and just getting us where we neeed to be! ❤

You've helped me so much, thank you for giving. I appreciate you Upstate NY

Just one of the most confusing videos I've ever seen I don't understand what you're talking about You're talking in circles

This made a whole lot of sense, particularly for an enthusiastic soap maker, who has had so many frustrations with this craft. You have simplified quite a lot. Thank you.

I took a drink every time you said "body butter".

Thank you for this awesome spreadsheet! It was wonderful to see my cost per bar. Happy New Year to you and your family, its gonna be a great one!

thank you for sharing! your process will make my soap making faster ! I will try your procedure. thank you again

Temperature makes a huge difference. I make goat's milk soap only, so I always soap on the cool side. My soap shed does not have air conditioning so I almost never make soap during the summer because it just gets too hot out there. If I do have to make soap during the summer, I go out there in the evening and melt my oils so they can cool overnight and then I go back about 6 am and get the soap made and into the freezer, otherwise bad things happen. Soaping in hot temps does not work for me. At least you didn't panic, which is always my first inclination. LOL! You would think after 23 years of soap making I wouldn't panic, but I do.

Merry Christmas Chelsea and family ❤

Thank you. This information is helping me boost my soap making game ❤❤

This is awesome! Can you do a video where you talk about what you might expect on launch day or things to consider when planning for launch day?

Lye calculators often vary. SAP values are an average, batches of fats or oils can vary. There's not much point trying to make recipes match exactly.

I‘ve been soaping for many years. I‘ve found this video so much more interesting and informative than I had expected from this length. You are sharing very valuable in depth knowledge here. Thank you so much for that. I‘ve never used palm oil and I don’t plan to, so all your tips were especially appreciated. I‘ve rendered gras-fed organic beef tallow before, that my local butcher used to give me for free. It made the most wonderful soaps, so I highly recommend it. But since my butcher retired I haven’t found a replacement, yet. Thank you again for this great video!!! Truly inspiring.

Thank you! I compared this to my base soap recipie and I ended up with very similar characteristics to what you said you thought were good. I use goat milk in my soaps and ussually keep a 5% super fat. Great soapy minds think alike lol

I just bought where do I download it?

What a lovely couple you are.😍 You have such wonderful energy, and it's so nice to see you both working together. I've been subscribed to your channel for a while now, and today I'm watching videos I haven't seen yet. I wish you both much success. 🙂

Can you explain please why you didn't filled the mold all the way up ? I know its the perfect size but how do I know how much I need to fill it up ?

That is amazing and crazy. I can't believe you make ao much. Shows there is always room in the business for other entrepreneurs to start as well. So educational. I very much appreciate your videos. In fact, it gave me positivity to go forward and try a new adventure. 😊. Just the break down alone is almost an wducstion on what all goes into your soaps. Which is a better explanation for those who are more visual. Not to mention what a new business could become at what scale size. You are very well organized and i really appreciate that. Do you ever do cold pour soaps ans if not why not. I belive they cure immedistley thats why im asking. As when you forst started youd have to cure for such a long time before being able to sell. I mena once you start you have several batches of several kinds ans ans long as your making them daily or weekly ya cant really sell out. But for someone just starting out at a smaller scale, they'd have to wait several weeks if they ran out. Youd really need to dit back and calculate to keep up on things if you were a samller business. Yours is just perfect. I dont think you would ever run out. Be the same with candles as they need to really sit for 14 days or so, and i notice a lot of ppl dont wait that time out. They sell them really fast and immediately. The candles aren't really cured to their full potential. So seeing the eay you do things is rather very helpful and educational. ❤😊thank you for sharing. This was one of the best videos ive ever watched. I hope one day i can be as successful as you are. 😊

How long were the slabs drying before you cut them into loaves?

I love this channel

Your videos are always so informative!! Thank you!! I always wondered, if I make a high water discount, for example Lye Concentration 40% or 45%, is it going to affect the moisturizing properties of the soap? Will it be drying to the skin? I am asking because I watched a video with a yogurt soap recipe and they made a high water discount and said "don't worry about this high water reduction because yogurt will replace the hydrating properties of the missing water" I am really curious... Thank you again for your work, Simi!!

Wonderful information, thank you! Do you loosen the tension on the slab cutter wires when its not in use?

Excellent video.

Thank you for the great knowledge you've shared. Love your videos. Can't wait for the next one. Have a great Christmas from the UK 🎉

I have a question about lye. Is it still good to use after the expiration date?.. thank you so much for your knowledge., I love your videos!! And I know I can trust your opinion.

So grateful that you are sharing your knowledge and expertise. My family and I own a lavender farm in Parker CO and are beginning our soap making journey now. You are an excellent educator and so happy you're so successful. Right here in Colorado! Terrific! Will be spending a lot of time watching your videos and just purchased your book. Can hardly was to get it. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this! So helpful

Thank you Simi! Love your explanations and grateful for your substitution of different oils. May I ask you for an input for future videos if you also use any ghee in a soap and can include the properties of it and its comparison and similarity to another butter? Have a wonderful Christmas to you and your staff!!! ❤❤❤

Why don't people use fragrance oils in soaps?

So true, 90 % prep work

Hi Simi and thank you for your lovely videos. So much to learn from them. Easy to understand and so informative. ❤ I have one question: you mentioned Saturated : unsaturated fats in soap. What difference does that make in soap? (I am just used to think about it in food 😅)

What is the soap cal do you use, honey?

This has been the most helpful thing for me!! I have a few questions. First of all I know that using coconut milk, I buy mine in the can at the grocery store, has quite a bit of fat. Usually I have been freezing it and using it as my liquid. But because the fat content is so high, it sets up as it's cooling and ends up being like a thick yogurt and makes a nice bar of soap still. My question is does it not affect the final soap qualities? Because there is no way to add it in Soap Calc. My second question is what is your/others' opinion of Grapeseed oil instead of Olive? It's easy to buy at Costco. Also how do I know if the Crisco Oil I buy is the old or new? It's the one in the blue box. Thank-you for this very exceptional video....oh one more comment.....I've made several bars with 0 cleansing properties as you mentioned, hard as rocks due to tallow and cocoa butters but essentially 0! I made them before understanding how to use this calculator. They suds up nice, smell nice, but leave a slippery feel. I'm happy to hear we can still use them as soap!

Do you make hair conditioner bar? Do you also use tallow in some of your recipe, if not what is the pros and cons?

You are the best teacher!! Anything you post am listening watching because l will learn a lot. Thank you for all the effort.

What is the reason 16:16 you have to use water? Asking because I use all goat milk in my recipes. I am fairly new at making soap and just wondering. It's my understanding was if I use milk (reduce the water amount). I do use ice goat milk. I love your tutorials like these. I have 14 goats and the way I store their milk is to freeze it in ice trays. If I am not making cheese with it.

Thank you for sharing I have purchased soap making classes but none of them give all the information you give in that video thank you ❤ I have also purchased your book off amazon I haven't tried any recipes yet but I did read the entire book Really happy with my purchase ❤

Simi perfect timing. I have been playing around with recipes for a year and using those numbers in soap calc to guide me. After determining what recipe to go with as my base one I made more soap. My husbands friend asked if she could try some and was happy to give feedback. So I put together a page of what I wanted her to consider for each soap (5) not all with the base ingredients and all with different additions. She just gave the feedback and it has been so well done it’s useful. At the same time we are both trying the same amongst others and scoring the same values. Of course I recognise we all have different skin type , age etc so will prefer possibly different bars but it is the overall affect I am interested in. Now I have gone back to reading more about fatty acids and which oil is responsible and what is the recommended/preferred score. So you can see your video arrived just at that stage. I’ll come back to it later once I’m free in the day , but already thank-you Simi if you ever run an online course let me know.

Thank you! Very informative! I use SoapMaker Friend and they include a Longevity number. Is that something I need to worry about as long as I'm following your other guidelines?

Thank you . Very informative.

I dropped palm oil and replaced it with grass fed beef tallow. it is a dream to soap with.

You're the best! Thank you 💕

How do you measure the ice

Simi, even though I have been making soaps for six years, I always learn something new from you. THANK YOU, THANK YOU for all the knowledge you generously share with us, your followers. You’ve made another excellent video, which I was eagerly waiting for, because last time we were writing to each other, you mentioned that you were preparing it. Thank you. Sending you warm greetings from Europe - Slovenia.🥰🥰