Hi Im new to cold process soaping and I have been messing around with the oils and the recipe and my soaps were not setting and they were sweating and they were soft and slimy and wet and disgusting. I have been searching for a recipe but everybody were only interested in showing their designs and nobody would share their recipe. You are the first soaper I found to have actually explained it so well and even shared your recipe. Thank you so much ❤
Hi Tiki and thank you for your comment on our video. I am so glad to hear that our videos have been helpful to you, as though we do them for fun, we do want them to be able to help and inspire new soap makers too. This recipe is quite easy for beginners, but if you want to make it easier, you can always omit the charcoal powder and the pink on top. Good luck with your soap making and if you need any other help or advice don't hesitate to ask! :-)
Thank you Kathy! Great to hear you enjoy our humour - we weren't sure at first about putting our humour in the videos, but then figured it is most definitely a part of who we both are, so why not!
I’m so glad you talked about how dangerous ingested charcoal can be for people who take certain medications! It’s refreshing to find someone who uses natural ingredients responsibly.
I agree, although no one will (hopefully) eat the soap, I thought it was important to just mention about charcoal tablets not being recommended for people on certain medications. So many people think the word "natural" automatically means safe but it really doesn't. Arsenic and Lead are both natural elements, but you certainly wouldn't want to ingest them!
Haha, thank you! There is a TV chef in the UK who uses that phrase a lot - I think I must have been watching him too much the day I made that soap and stolen his phrase! :-)
Thank you Kinyuy :-) We added the lye water when oils and lye solution were both at approximately 110 degrees fahrenheit. This is a bit warmer than other soap makers seem to go, but it works for us!
That's a great soap ... and a great movie! Do you know if rubbing alcohol is accepted as a variation on a CPSR (here in the UK), if it is just used to mix with mica for a finishhing touch on cp soap? Thank you.
Love this soap! A couple of questions, my soap didn’t turn the lovely black yours did, it went dark grey. And it took a very long time to harden, I’m talking weeks. I cut it after a few days, but was so soft and I made a bit of a mess cutting it, but after a few weeks it hardened and I fixed the slices up. Any ideas of what went wrong please.
How hard is this bar? I've tried one with only Olive Oil, Castor Oil and Coconut oil and according to the soap calculator it's quite a soft bar, which seized the second I added the FO (Rose Musk).
After curing for 6 weeks it produces quite a nice firm bar. The seizing is most likely caused by the fragrance oil - I know rose ones can be a bit of a pain for seizing!
Hi, we normally soap anywhere from 105 fahrenheit to 115 fahrenheit, it all depend on what ingredients we are using. For example, we tend to soap at the higher end of the temperature scale when we are using beeswax and we soap much lower (even below our normal 105 degrees) when using Goats' Milk.
Lovely! Really Lovely!
Thank you very much for sharing!
A big “Ciao” from Italy!
Hi Im new to cold process soaping and I have been messing around with the oils and the recipe and my soaps were not setting and they were sweating and they were soft and slimy and wet and disgusting. I have been searching for a recipe but everybody were only interested in showing their designs and nobody would share their recipe. You are the first soaper I found to have actually explained it so well and even shared your recipe. Thank you so much ❤
Hi Tiki and thank you for your comment on our video. I am so glad to hear that our videos have been helpful to you, as though we do them for fun, we do want them to be able to help and inspire new soap makers too. This recipe is quite easy for beginners, but if you want to make it easier, you can always omit the charcoal powder and the pink on top. Good luck with your soap making and if you need any other help or advice don't hesitate to ask! :-)
Awesome....Love the colors!!!
Both of your humor makes the video entertaining to watch!!!
Thank you Kathy! Great to hear you enjoy our humour - we weren't sure at first about putting our humour in the videos, but then figured it is most definitely a part of who we both are, so why not!
I’m so glad you talked about how dangerous ingested charcoal can be for people who take certain medications! It’s refreshing to find someone who uses natural ingredients responsibly.
I agree, although no one will (hopefully) eat the soap, I thought it was important to just mention about charcoal tablets not being recommended for people on certain medications. So many people think the word "natural" automatically means safe but it really doesn't. Arsenic and Lead are both natural elements, but you certainly wouldn't want to ingest them!
Very nice 👍🏻 simplicity is the best n looks elegant 😍
Thank you very much Rosita, we are glad you like it :-)
Those are beautiful!
Thank you Brook
What a beauty! I have to try that as well! I like your tips of the day as well
Thank you Sonja :-) Glad you like the tips too!
I laughed when you said oh my lordy Lord that was so jokey, but I love your soap and I love your designs
Haha, thank you! There is a TV chef in the UK who uses that phrase a lot - I think I must have been watching him too much the day I made that soap and stolen his phrase! :-)
I love the art. so beautiful. At what temperature did you add lye water to the oils?
Thank you Kinyuy :-) We added the lye water when oils and lye solution were both at approximately 110 degrees fahrenheit. This is a bit warmer than other soap makers seem to go, but it works for us!
I love it, that pink really does set it off. I wonder what charcoal with hot pink swirl would be like?
may you have best of both in the world
And I’ll have the grease soundtrack in my head all day! 😂
Haha, after reading your comment, I had it going round in my head too!
Lovely. Thanks for sharing. And you are a crazy end of video singer lol. You make me laugh. -Momo
You are welcome Mary! Yes, as you can tell, I am a much better soap maker than singer! Haha!
That's a great soap ... and a great movie! Do you know if rubbing alcohol is accepted as a variation on a CPSR (here in the UK), if it is just used to mix with mica for a finishhing touch on cp soap? Thank you.
If I'm white person it ll be very exciting to try this out as white people have naturally glow skin
Love this soap! A couple of questions, my soap didn’t turn the lovely black yours did, it went dark grey. And it took a very long time to harden, I’m talking weeks. I cut it after a few days, but was so soft and I made a bit of a mess cutting it, but after a few weeks it hardened and I fixed the slices up. Any ideas of what went wrong please.
Lovely soap!! If you don't mind, what is the size of the mold used here?
Hello Jola and thank you for your comment :-) The mold that we use is from "Two Wild Hares" and measures is 8" long by 3.5" wide by 2.5" deep.
How hard is this bar? I've tried one with only Olive Oil, Castor Oil and Coconut oil and according to the soap calculator it's quite a soft bar, which seized the second I added the FO (Rose Musk).
After curing for 6 weeks it produces quite a nice firm bar. The seizing is most likely caused by the fragrance oil - I know rose ones can be a bit of a pain for seizing!
Good job
Could you tell me please the size of your mold ?
Thankyou ❤
Yes of course. The inner cavity of this mold is is 8" long by 3.5" wide by 2.5" deep.
Hi. What temperature do you soap at? 😊
Hi, we normally soap anywhere from 105 fahrenheit to 115 fahrenheit, it all depend on what ingredients we are using. For example, we tend to soap at the higher end of the temperature scale when we are using beeswax and we soap much lower (even below our normal 105 degrees) when using Goats' Milk.
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@@lovereigns4017 You are very welcome :-) So glad to hear that you are enjoying our videos and thank you for subscribing :-)