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*Cold Process Soap*🧼 Recipe • Ingredients :- 400 ml (40%) Olive Oil. 300 ml (30%) Coconut Oil. 200 ml (20%) Palm Oil. 50 ml (5 %) Sweet Almond Oil. 50 ml (5%) Castor Oil. 1 Cup (250 ml) Drinking Water or Distilled Water. 1/2 Cup (4 Ounces) Lye , Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH). 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) Fragrance Kitchen Lemon And Lavender Essential Oil , Optional. 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) Food Color Gel Rose Pink or Food Color Powder , Optional.🌹
Mrs Katie Carson!(said in motherly teacher voice) you always tell us to be true to ourselves and you need to take your own advice! If you want to make a brown soap, you should darn well diddly do that!
I loved hearing about how trends in customer preferences influences your designs. You should do a video breaking down stuff like that. Christine at Holo Taco did something like that breaking down the most/least purchased Polish. I know you don’t really sell the same soaps over and over but breaking down color/fragrance/design would be fun to watch. Love your channel/soaps! 🧼
“It’s a slightly different direction than some of the other collections we’ve done in the June/July time” just caught me waaaaay off guard, how are we this far into the year?!
I was just saying to my husband that I CANNOT believe that we are literally half way to Christmas 🤯🤯 AAAARRRGGHHH!!!! Where the holy heckle has it gone??
You should make a soap under red light. Have someone choose colors where you can't see the name, then choose the colors you feel like using, then layer/swirl the soap and see how it turns out in 18-24hrs
Katie, let me level with ya. I buy the soaps you're really excited about making, as long as I also like the fragrance. Your excitement goes into the bars, so that's what I buy. And I made a Reindeer Poop soap last Christmas, which sold out first, so idk why your people are so picky. Reindeer Poop was all brown shades in a drop swirl lol
I'm Italian, from Tuscany. I'd love to see something inspired to olive trees. When my American boyfriend came here and first saw an olive tree field in the breeze he said "what are those silver trees?" And I thought it was so pure and cute that now I associated silver with olive trees in my mind
HOLY SHIT THAT'S BEAUTIFUL! I love purple and I love lavander so I may be biased, but this soap is abslutely lovely. I think from time to time, at least, you should make collections or a few bars that ignore your logical "my customers will like it this way" and follow purely your creativity. That way not only will you be personally satisfied and keep your brand your own, but also you may find your customers actually like something you thought maybe they wouldn't. Or they themselves will be more willing to try new things!
Katie keep doing the soaps you love to make, it's what makes Royalty Soaps Royalty Soaps : things made with love, joy and happiness are the best. And if I didn't live in Scotland I'd buy every bar you offer. Esp the brown ones, I love vanilla scented things.
I never would have thought that putting together a collection would be this difficult. You're doing an excellent job Katie! Love your soaps ❤️ Love from India
I went to Italy for a month for my Honeymoon years ago and it was amazing! We went to Cinque Terre, Florence, Venice, Rome and did a day tour through Tuscany. It was so lovely 💕
Ooooohhh am I jealous??? Yes I am!!! What a wonderful anniversary trip, I love all things Italian and that sounds like an absolute dream!! I will get there one day🖤
Katie, you need to create the designs that spark creative joy for you! You have so many people who watch your videos because they love you and would support a design that makes your heart sing. What you can do is market them as a bonus soap in the collection and only do a limited run of them. Limited supply makes people want products more. Also, I'm sure many people who purchase your soap love it, but are hesitant to use it and ruin it. A bar that has a design they don't love would make them less hesitant to use it and enjoy your wonderful formula.
I think all artists that have a shop struggle with “do I make things that my customers want/expect? Or do I make what the muse is really calling me to make but would be risky?” It doesn’t matter if you’ve only sold 2 items or have a massive shop with tons of different items, I think we’ve all probably been there. Heck, even if you’ve never sold anything, just as an artist there’s that question of do you stick with your style or medium and what you’re comfortable with, or try a new style or medium and possibly discover something new and exciting to you, or totally suck at it and waste time and money and possibly discourage yourself? It’s the age-old artistic question, really.
I 100% understand your issue, I'm a freelance artist who streams on twitch. When I work on original art I get a lot less views than when I'm working on fan art, but doing fan art all the time becomes a chore, its finding a balance and it is hard.
Katie is definitely an artist. I see a lot of artist on youtube feeling boxed by whats most popular. Y'all need to just be able to create what makes you happy.
make the browns limited edition! you still get to make them and they will most likely sell out. or put it up for preorder so that people who really want it can get it and you don’t make a bunch of extra
I wish I had known you were looking for soaping help 10 years ago or so. I've been making soap for about 20 years now and water discount, especially with my goat milk soap, was a game changer for me. I was part of an online Scandinavian soap-makers group and part of a US group, but I didn't find the US group very helpful, so I wasn't there too long. When I found a UK soapmakers group, I felt I had come home. So helpful and encouraging. Now, when people ask me about showing them how to make soap online, I send them here, to you. Happy Soaping!
I wish you would bring back the mosaic terracotta soap. I loved that one. Yes, it’s a throw back from like 2-3 years ago. Your mood board reminded me of that soap.❤️
as someone who lives in Europe and has had the privilege of spending a full vacation in both Italy and France multiple times (in different regions within the countries too!), I'd say my overall preference goes to Italy. Still, France is so wonderful as well. If you ever plan on visiting, please keep in mind that touristic locations in Italy will usually have English translations and guides, while in France they very often don't provide English translations, even in very touristic areas. Just something to be prepared for!
I just noticed your rainbow bar of soap hiding with the powders in the beginning of the video! It would be super cool if you kept a collection of bars from the batches you make in the shelf below the powders - like Moriah Elizabeth does with her Squishies!
My parents just went to France for a month! As a retirement and their anniversary gift to themselves, love them both. -little jelly they got to see the catacombs Happy retirement and 10th wedding anniversary to my Dad and step-mom You both definitely deserve it 🥰 *Perfect video since her favorite sent is lavender!
Never apologize for following your creativity or for having shaky hands or a shaky voice or for doing different types of soap making than others. It's all what makes you unique! I've never purchased from Royalty Soaps because I'm on a pretty strict "Dial Gold from Dollar Tree" kinda budget, but I really love these videos and watching you create.
Honestly, I am SO excited for this collection. It’s honestly more my speed than the super glitzy soaps (which I do think are lovely but aren’t my personal style). I haven’t purchase in a while cause I haven’t needed to since the last time I made a RS purchase, but I probably will from this collection cause I don’t want to miss out 🥰
AHHHH IM SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU MAKE THIS COLLECTION!!! I definitely have a pinterest board devoted to the same refreshing, california-esk summery vibe!
We enjoy seeing you make the designs that really inspire YOU. That's why we're here. Please don't limit yourself creatively, that will only lead to you burning out🤎
I am a sucker for glitter but I also really enjoy simple elegance. Those lavender bars look beautiful, feminine and oddly delicious. Ha! Also Italy hands down.
I made a Sparkling Lavender Lemonade soap with similar colors. I put the lavender down the middle and made melt n pour lemon wedges to go in the center of each soaps. Smells great and the one you made I’m sure smells amazing too. Beautiful as always. I’d love to go back to Italy. I had the best time and the food is soooooo much better than any Italian restaurant in the US. France, I’ve been there and had fun. I was in both back in ‘91 and in Paris there for their Bastille Day parade. Interestingly, I and another person in our group were asked if we wanted to go on their tank with these military guys. The parade was a big deal bc it was after Desert Storm and the soldiers were in the desert colors… As much as I would’ve thought that would be an amazing story to say one day about riding on one (we were both 18yr old young women) we were smart enough to decline cause god knows wth would’ve happened if we had! 🤔😬😓 my last time in Paris was several years ago in CDG airport and it was awful the French airport worker was just rude and nasty to people who were waiting in the long queues. 😤
You could/should do a monochromatic collection! Different shades of brown, marbled brown, in the pot, etc. And tie the scents in with the colors (i.e. more “brown scents”: cinnamon, vanilla, coffee, mocha, nutty scents, etc.
I’m just grateful you’re posting videos and you have themes each month! Even if the theme was “brown” I’d still watch and enjoy it! I hope more people buy your brown soaps so that it allows you to do what you want!
You gotta try lemon lavender ice cream! It's so easy to DIY too. Just use a hand mixer to blend some lemon juice into softened vanilla ice cream, then mix in culinary grade lavender buds. So simple, so refreshing. Simply delicious!
Katie! Have you thought about doing something like a "pie" series...where you could do a nice crust and then fruits for the inside? Or even like sundaes or something like that...where you might use more than one fragrance? And maybe you could poke at your own soap making interests but also those of the buyers? I want to see you do things that YOU like too...you know? :) I'm sure everyone else DOES feel the same, and maybe it's just that they are counting on someone else to buy the bakery scented soaps? Iunno! Positive thoughts though! :)
I think this collection already sounds refreshing. And I think you should do stuff that you would personally like to create because we like watching that too.
I remember when the viewer (aka RCM/Royal Court Member) gave you the info about the lavender buds and how amazingly excited you were. In the previous video you had put out an SOS for any info leading to the discovery of non-mouse poop lavender buds and, well anyway, it was fun and exciting for many of us. ☺️
As a fellow soap maker I find 80 degrees works great for soap. Even when use the heat transfer method I do so and end up with about 85 degree solution. I can totally relate to your issues with creative needs vs. customer expectations. So hard to balance as a creative entrepreneur! Thank you for sharing your business insights!
QOTD I’ve been to Italy during the summer (August in Rome to be exact) and it was absolutely beautiful, but sooo hot!! Air conditioning is not exactly common there either so be sure to book a nice hotel room. We took a train up to Florence and it was much cooler, we wished we’d stayed there the whole trip. The good thing about Italy is that they have easily accessible public transportation so even if you’re staying in one city, you can take the train anywhere in the country in about an hour
I love this bar! Your other soaps are beautiful, but I've always been drawn to the simpler designs like this. And I think a soap in shades of brown would be gorgeous. Oh and Italy. I'd definitely choose Italy!
I really enjoy simple designs as much as the bright and complicated ones. Maybe I even enjoy the simple designs more because they look more natural. So I'm already enjoying this collection! 😁 And you made fabulous soap!
My absolute favorite soap you have made so far was the SUPER SIMPLE Fall soap with the flat top and plain brown acorn embeds. (Forgive me, I'm terrible with remembering names, so that's no help, I'm sure.) I am absolutely feeling this design of yours today and would 100% purchase if the scent was pure lemon. As someone severely allergic to lavender specifically, but also most floral, earthy, airy and musk scents, I'm a customer that picks soaps by the scent so I stray toward the more "candy/fruity" scents which tend to be the more wild and wacky colors. I would LOVE a brown vanilla soap, as that is my favorite scent. You're an amazing artist, Katie. I hope you keep your joy and effervescence even though times have been a struggle for you lately. Thank you for bringing joy to so many people the world over.
I have vacationed in both France and Italy and I loved both! I just loved all the museums in France. But I think I’d go back to Italy first because Im Italian and loved getting back to my roots… and all the food ❤️❤️❤️
This is delightful to my eyes! I've been branching out into lavender-leaning fragrances and this blend sounds wonderful. As for Italy or France??? Italy, hands down. I want food and sunshine, and I always wanted to visit the boot!
Putting together collections is an interesting challenge for sure, but you do an amazing job. As to the question of the day: I would have to choose Italy. I was fortunate enough to spend a couple days there when I was stationed overseas and I would love to go back. The people, the food, the feel of the different cities and towns....so amazing.
First thing, I love all of your soaps and your videos, and I'm thrilled with any and every design you do! Your work is always so beautiful! Second thing, my granny always made me a lemon icebox cheesecake for my birthday (which is in July funnily enough) and it was the most fluffy, most lemony, just all around delicious cake I've ever had. You're gonna love it when you make it.
You are so right about Lavender Lemonade It's definitely my favorite summertime drink. Also, if you've never tried it... Lavender Hot Chocolate & Lavender brownies are also lovely. I'd have to say France because I love Vincent Van Gogh & Oscar Wilde so want to see sights related to them. Also 2 grandparents were stationed there.
Girl, I have been watching you since your very early days in the garage/workshop and you are just amazing. I love that you were talkative (more than usual, lol) because you are just such a happy soul. :)
The soap turned out lovely!! I love the scent of lemon and lavender!! ❤️ QOTD: I would just like a vacation period, however I would chose Italy. I think it would be great...
When Katie says that this collection will be more refined, my heart goes, "Does this mean no glitter?!💔" I'm sure it will be fun and beautiful either way (and maybe more of my actual aesthetic).
Can't wait to get my hands on this soap!!! My favorite candle of all time is the Lemon Lavender candle from Yankee Candle!!!! It doesn't even smell like Lavender or Lemon but like a delicious and clean candy lol! It's hard to describe but I highly recommend it!!!
It’s probably because I’m becoming an old lady, but this theme is so appealing and I’m pretty psyched for this collection. As much as I’m sure the bright neon, rainbow-y soaps are popular, I prefer soap that looks and smells like this one. That’s not to say I don’t get the appeal of the bright exciting ones, just that I would definitely buy (and I have in the past) a brown or more simple soap. I’ve actually been hoping Katie makes a bastille or castile soap again, because I want some!
I spent a summer on the Mediterranean coast in Spain. My home stay over looked the beach. I loved the simple beauty of the architecture of the city blocks
Oh how fitting that the theme is based around mediterranian countries including Italy. Eurovision had just started yesterday and it's in Italy this year! I love the soap! Lavender is one of my favourite smells, I wish I could justify getting another batch of your soaps shipped to Europe so soon again (just purchased in january or february).
As a creative I would always try to throw in something that is just for me, even if it was a super small run because it may not sell well. Just to keep motivated I have to let myself go a little too. 😊
Im kind of new to the whole fancy soap community, but I consider your work functional art. And so I believe the artist should get to make what they want, and if I like you as an artist, I'll support that, even if it's not necessarily the kind of art I would gravitate towards on it's own. Like I love your big whipped top rainbow glittery soaps, both because of how they look and how they work/smell- both as art AND as soap. But I would also buy a brown one with simpler decorations simply because I know you guys make a good product. Its good soap, it smells amazing, it lasts, it cleans. And I like your company, so even if I wouldnt usually go out of my way to find a brown earthy soap, if its a brown earthy soap from *you,* from an artist I already am invested in seeing succeed, I'd buy it. Just my opinion that I kind of...like your brand so much I'd just buy whatever I saw you were passionate about making? Im sure other people feel similarly, but I also understand that's a big risk for you to take as a small business. Whatever you decide to design, whenever you decide to make it, your audience will be here for you
This is how I feel too! I like the low tops best, and I know those aren't Royalty Soap's most famous style, but I love Katie, so I have gotten lots of things that aren't my main style because they are Katie's!
Katie. Love. You can literally do both Italy and France. Like if you’re in the south of France, you’re something along the lines of a 45 minute drive to northern Italy. You might even be able to take a train, I haven’t looked. There are trains that run throughout Europe
Thank you for pulling back the curtain on your collection design process. It was so interesting to watch! As much as I love your amazing, over-the-top designs, I'm super excited to see this simpler collection come together. :)
I think you should do one "wild child" soap every release, that is different from the other, usual soaps. You could call it the Court Jester of the Month. That way you get to try out new ideas, and it may surprise you on some soaps as to their popularity. :)
Katie Carson I love watching your videos you are very inspiring to me and many others. Love how you come up with all your collections. I really hope that you enjoyed the gifts I sent you a few months ago.
I'd say France just cause I do live in Italy and have traveled quite a lot throughout the country. But I bet there's plenty of places I've yet to visit here as well. Italy never ceases to amaze me.
I have been to Italy and France and I would absolutely go back to either. I have seen more of Italy though so maybe France. The great thing about Europe though is that it is fairly easy to travel around and see several places. Especially if you can take some time. Also, you are so fun, I think it is great to do themes and designs that matter to you. Don’t change a thing!
I know it's an extra tool to clean, but if you haven't already, look into bowl scrapers! I bake a lot and it scrapes out containers SO MUCH FASTER than a normal spatula. Of course, then we'd get less scrapy scrapy :P
I would love a vanilla dented soap! You have inspired me to get into soap making, please keep your passion. I will absolutely buy the next brown soap you make!
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*Cold Process Soap*🧼
Recipe • Ingredients :-
400 ml (40%) Olive Oil.
300 ml (30%) Coconut Oil.
200 ml (20%) Palm Oil.
50 ml (5 %) Sweet Almond Oil.
50 ml (5%) Castor Oil.
1 Cup (250 ml) Drinking Water or Distilled Water.
1/2 Cup (4 Ounces) Lye , Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH).
2 Tablespoons (30 ml) Fragrance Kitchen Lemon And Lavender Essential Oil , Optional.
1 Tablespoon (15 ml) Food Color Gel Rose Pink or Food Color Powder , Optional.🌹
I would travel to France
Mrs Katie Carson!(said in motherly teacher voice) you always tell us to be true to ourselves and you need to take your own advice! If you want to make a brown soap, you should darn well diddly do that!
I loved hearing about how trends in customer preferences influences your designs. You should do a video breaking down stuff like that. Christine at Holo Taco did something like that breaking down the most/least purchased Polish. I know you don’t really sell the same soaps over and over but breaking down color/fragrance/design would be fun to watch. Love your channel/soaps! 🧼
That would be a fun video!
Seconding. I like to watch the 'best-selling' view on your website just to see what styles take off or don't. It's interesting stuff. :)
I love this viewers idea :) sounds fun!
Would love to see that! I really do like some "Behind the scenes" of the soap business.
I would click on this type of video so fast! I love data analysis stuff!
I love that you're focusing on designs you want to do this month! They're going to turn out beautiful as always!
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“It’s a slightly different direction than some of the other collections we’ve done in the June/July time” just caught me waaaaay off guard, how are we this far into the year?!
Way too far! My kids have one week left of school, and I am just 🤯
Exactly I feel like I blinked and the year has flown by!!
I was just saying to my husband that I CANNOT believe that we are literally half way to Christmas 🤯🤯 AAAARRRGGHHH!!!! Where the holy heckle has it gone??
In my brain it's still February so I'm quite surprised when I go outside and it's beautiful and warm out.
@@SirenTheSecond I am too. And I live in Florida lol
You should make a soap under red light. Have someone choose colors where you can't see the name, then choose the colors you feel like using, then layer/swirl the soap and see how it turns out in 18-24hrs
Katie, let me level with ya. I buy the soaps you're really excited about making, as long as I also like the fragrance. Your excitement goes into the bars, so that's what I buy. And I made a Reindeer Poop soap last Christmas, which sold out first, so idk why your people are so picky. Reindeer Poop was all brown shades in a drop swirl lol
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Fair enough! 😂
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I have to ask, what does Reindeer Poop smell like?
Like hot chocolate!! But this year, it's gonna smell like fudge brownie from WSP because it's a stronger smell
I'm Italian, from Tuscany. I'd love to see something inspired to olive trees. When my American boyfriend came here and first saw an olive tree field in the breeze he said "what are those silver trees?" And I thought it was so pure and cute that now I associated silver with olive trees in my mind
So excited for a lemon lavender soap! That is my favorite scent combination.
HOLY SHIT THAT'S BEAUTIFUL!
I love purple and I love lavander so I may be biased, but this soap is abslutely lovely. I think from time to time, at least, you should make collections or a few bars that ignore your logical "my customers will like it this way" and follow purely your creativity. That way not only will you be personally satisfied and keep your brand your own, but also you may find your customers actually like something you thought maybe they wouldn't. Or they themselves will be more willing to try new things!
Katie keep doing the soaps you love to make, it's what makes Royalty Soaps Royalty Soaps : things made with love, joy and happiness are the best. And if I didn't live in Scotland I'd buy every bar you offer. Esp the brown ones, I love vanilla scented things.
What a lovely combination of colors! I feel like I am in a French country side with an old book in my hand. Beautiful.
They look like the most divine cheesecake. I'm excited for this collection.
I never would have thought that putting together a collection would be this difficult.
You're doing an excellent job Katie! Love your soaps ❤️
Love from India
looks just like the french country side and i'm sure it smells like it too 💜
Thank you, UA-cam!! 😂💖💖
I went to Italy for a month for my Honeymoon years ago and it was amazing! We went to Cinque Terre, Florence, Venice, Rome and did a day tour through Tuscany. It was so lovely 💕
Ooooohhh am I jealous??? Yes I am!!! What a wonderful anniversary trip, I love all things Italian and that sounds like an absolute dream!! I will get there one day🖤
I think you should do small limited edition batches of brown soaps. Your creative outlet is just as important as profits.
Hands down Italy!! Id spend all summer exploring abandoned villages and ruins, see all the museums and galleries...
Katie, you need to create the designs that spark creative joy for you! You have so many people who watch your videos because they love you and would support a design that makes your heart sing. What you can do is market them as a bonus soap in the collection and only do a limited run of them. Limited supply makes people want products more. Also, I'm sure many people who purchase your soap love it, but are hesitant to use it and ruin it. A bar that has a design they don't love would make them less hesitant to use it and enjoy your wonderful formula.
I think all artists that have a shop struggle with “do I make things that my customers want/expect? Or do I make what the muse is really calling me to make but would be risky?”
It doesn’t matter if you’ve only sold 2 items or have a massive shop with tons of different items, I think we’ve all probably been there.
Heck, even if you’ve never sold anything, just as an artist there’s that question of do you stick with your style or medium and what you’re comfortable with, or try a new style or medium and possibly discover something new and exciting to you, or totally suck at it and waste time and money and possibly discourage yourself?
It’s the age-old artistic question, really.
I 100% understand your issue, I'm a freelance artist who streams on twitch. When I work on original art I get a lot less views than when I'm working on fan art, but doing fan art all the time becomes a chore, its finding a balance and it is hard.
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Katie is definitely an artist. I see a lot of artist on youtube feeling boxed by whats most popular. Y'all need to just be able to create what makes you happy.
this collection feels right up my alley! my bathroom's all done up in dolphins/underwater/seashells/etc!
make the browns limited edition! you still get to make them and they will most likely sell out. or put it up for preorder so that people who really want it can get it and you don’t make a bunch of extra
Italy, for sure! When I was in France I never ran across any friendly natives, but those Italians will love you to pieces!
I wish I had known you were looking for soaping help 10 years ago or so. I've been making soap for about 20 years now and water discount, especially with my goat milk soap, was a game changer for me. I was part of an online Scandinavian soap-makers group and part of a US group, but I didn't find the US group very helpful, so I wasn't there too long. When I found a UK soapmakers group, I felt I had come home. So helpful and encouraging. Now, when people ask me about showing them how to make soap online, I send them here, to you. Happy Soaping!
I just love the top of this soap. The first thought that popped into my mind was antique lace. Had that creamy yellow.
A happy event 😊
I wish you would bring back the mosaic terracotta soap. I loved that one. Yes, it’s a throw back from like 2-3 years ago. Your mood board reminded me of that soap.❤️
Oooooh, the one with the white and blue swirl on top and the stamp on the terra cotta layer??? I loved that one!
@@wyogrl11 yes. It smelled wonderful and looked so beautiful.
I am one that LOVES the simpler designs. The frosting doesn't always do it for me. Love this one
Italy for sure! And staying somewhere for a summer doesn’t mean you can’t visit the other while you’re there
as someone who lives in Europe and has had the privilege of spending a full vacation in both Italy and France multiple times (in different regions within the countries too!), I'd say my overall preference goes to Italy. Still, France is so wonderful as well. If you ever plan on visiting, please keep in mind that touristic locations in Italy will usually have English translations and guides, while in France they very often don't provide English translations, even in very touristic areas. Just something to be prepared for!
Yes lemon and lavender a fantastic scent. I think vacationing in Italy for a summer would be wonderful.
I just noticed your rainbow bar of soap hiding with the powders in the beginning of the video! It would be super cool if you kept a collection of bars from the batches you make in the shelf below the powders - like Moriah Elizabeth does with her Squishies!
My parents just went to France for a month! As a retirement and their anniversary gift to themselves, love them both.
-little jelly they got to see the catacombs
Happy retirement and 10th wedding anniversary to my Dad and step-mom
You both definitely deserve it 🥰
*Perfect video since her favorite sent is lavender!
Never apologize for following your creativity or for having shaky hands or a shaky voice or for doing different types of soap making than others. It's all what makes you unique! I've never purchased from Royalty Soaps because I'm on a pretty strict "Dial Gold from Dollar Tree" kinda budget, but I really love these videos and watching you create.
Honestly, I am SO excited for this collection. It’s honestly more my speed than the super glitzy soaps (which I do think are lovely but aren’t my personal style). I haven’t purchase in a while cause I haven’t needed to since the last time I made a RS purchase, but I probably will from this collection cause I don’t want to miss out 🥰
AHHHH IM SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU MAKE THIS COLLECTION!!! I definitely have a pinterest board devoted to the same refreshing, california-esk summery vibe!
We enjoy seeing you make the designs that really inspire YOU. That's why we're here. Please don't limit yourself creatively, that will only lead to you burning out🤎
I am a sucker for glitter but I also really enjoy simple elegance. Those lavender bars look beautiful, feminine and oddly delicious. Ha! Also Italy hands down.
Italy, Italy, Italy it is beautiful and every region is so unique. The soap is beautiful Katie.
I made a Sparkling Lavender Lemonade soap with similar colors. I put the lavender down the middle and made melt n pour lemon wedges to go in the center of each soaps. Smells great and the one you made I’m sure smells amazing too. Beautiful as always. I’d love to go back to Italy. I had the best time and the food is soooooo much better than any Italian restaurant in the US. France, I’ve been there and had fun. I was in both back in ‘91 and in Paris there for their Bastille Day parade. Interestingly, I and another person in our group were asked if we wanted to go on their tank with these military guys. The parade was a big deal bc it was after Desert Storm and the soldiers were in the desert colors… As much as I would’ve thought that would be an amazing story to say one day about riding on one (we were both 18yr old young women) we were smart enough to decline cause god knows wth would’ve happened if we had! 🤔😬😓 my last time in Paris was several years ago in CDG airport and it was awful the French airport worker was just rude and nasty to people who were waiting in the long queues. 😤
You could/should do a monochromatic collection! Different shades of brown, marbled brown, in the pot, etc. And tie the scents in with the colors (i.e. more “brown scents”: cinnamon, vanilla, coffee, mocha, nutty scents, etc.
I’m just grateful you’re posting videos and you have themes each month! Even if the theme was “brown” I’d still watch and enjoy it! I hope more people buy your brown soaps so that it allows you to do what you want!
a simpler, european summer collection is going to be STUNNING. i know my mom will love these soaps
Agreed. I'm already starting a mental list of the soaps I'm going to buy her.
I said it once but I’ll say it again I LOVED THE ZELDA SOAPP! *ahem* I also can’t wait for the new collection!!
Same here. I ordered it right away. 😌
I am loving this simple design. If I had a choice I would go to France. I went as a teen on a school trip and fell in love with France.
You gotta try lemon lavender ice cream! It's so easy to DIY too. Just use a hand mixer to blend some lemon juice into softened vanilla ice cream, then mix in culinary grade lavender buds. So simple, so refreshing. Simply delicious!
Katie! Have you thought about doing something like a "pie" series...where you could do a nice crust and then fruits for the inside?
Or even like sundaes or something like that...where you might use more than one fragrance? And maybe you could poke at your own soap making interests but also those of the buyers?
I want to see you do things that YOU like too...you know? :)
I'm sure everyone else DOES feel the same, and maybe it's just that they are counting on someone else to buy the bakery scented soaps?
Iunno! Positive thoughts though! :)
I think this collection already sounds refreshing. And I think you should do stuff that you would personally like to create because we like watching that too.
I remember when the viewer (aka RCM/Royal Court Member) gave you the info about the lavender buds and how amazingly excited you were. In the previous video you had put out an SOS for any info leading to the discovery of non-mouse poop lavender buds and, well anyway, it was fun and exciting for many of us. ☺️
As a fellow soap maker I find 80 degrees works great for soap. Even when use the heat transfer method I do so and end up with about 85 degree solution. I can totally relate to your issues with creative needs vs. customer expectations. So hard to balance as a creative entrepreneur! Thank you for sharing your business insights!
If most of the soaps are going to be simple and gorgeous like this I'm in love!!
QOTD I’ve been to Italy during the summer (August in Rome to be exact) and it was absolutely beautiful, but sooo hot!! Air conditioning is not exactly common there either so be sure to book a nice hotel room. We took a train up to Florence and it was much cooler, we wished we’d stayed there the whole trip. The good thing about Italy is that they have easily accessible public transportation so even if you’re staying in one city, you can take the train anywhere in the country in about an hour
I love this bar! Your other soaps are beautiful, but I've always been drawn to the simpler designs like this. And I think a soap in shades of brown would be gorgeous. Oh and Italy. I'd definitely choose Italy!
PREACH Mama! I feel you, thanks for saying it out loud...we love you and from the soaping community, we thank you for being you!
I really enjoy simple designs as much as the bright and complicated ones. Maybe I even enjoy the simple designs more because they look more natural. So I'm already enjoying this collection! 😁
And you made fabulous soap!
I'd go with France, but I would love either! Wonderful design by the way
France! The last time I was there, I was 14, and I would love to go back now and properly explore the country.
OMG!! This is the prettiest soap I have seen in a LONG time!! I love it!!!
My absolute favorite soap you have made so far was the SUPER SIMPLE Fall soap with the flat top and plain brown acorn embeds. (Forgive me, I'm terrible with remembering names, so that's no help, I'm sure.) I am absolutely feeling this design of yours today and would 100% purchase if the scent was pure lemon. As someone severely allergic to lavender specifically, but also most floral, earthy, airy and musk scents, I'm a customer that picks soaps by the scent so I stray toward the more "candy/fruity" scents which tend to be the more wild and wacky colors. I would LOVE a brown vanilla soap, as that is my favorite scent. You're an amazing artist, Katie. I hope you keep your joy and effervescence even though times have been a struggle for you lately. Thank you for bringing joy to so many people the world over.
I have vacationed in both France and Italy and I loved both! I just loved all the museums in France. But I think I’d go back to Italy first because Im Italian and loved getting back to my roots… and all the food ❤️❤️❤️
This one is so pretty! So simple but so amazing! I really got flashbacks to all the vacations to France when I look at the soap! I love it Katie!
This is delightful to my eyes! I've been branching out into lavender-leaning fragrances and this blend sounds wonderful. As for Italy or France??? Italy, hands down. I want food and sunshine, and I always wanted to visit the boot!
I will now exclusively refer to Italy as "The Boot"
@@SirenTheSecond Yay, haha! 👍🏻
I would love to see you making some of the "standards" in your store, like diamond soaps, shampoo bars, lotions, how you do the sample packs, etc.
I hope the cream color goes a bit yellow all-throughout. That just looks so pretty on the top!
Putting together collections is an interesting challenge for sure, but you do an amazing job.
As to the question of the day: I would have to choose Italy. I was fortunate enough to spend a couple days there when I was stationed overseas and I would love to go back. The people, the food, the feel of the different cities and towns....so amazing.
First thing, I love all of your soaps and your videos, and I'm thrilled with any and every design you do! Your work is always so beautiful! Second thing, my granny always made me a lemon icebox cheesecake for my birthday (which is in July funnily enough) and it was the most fluffy, most lemony, just all around delicious cake I've ever had. You're gonna love it when you make it.
You are so right about Lavender Lemonade It's definitely my favorite summertime drink. Also, if you've never tried it... Lavender Hot Chocolate & Lavender brownies are also lovely.
I'd have to say France because I love Vincent Van Gogh & Oscar Wilde so want to see sights related to them. Also 2 grandparents were stationed there.
Girl, I have been watching you since your very early days in the garage/workshop and you are just amazing. I love that you were talkative (more than usual, lol) because you are just such a happy soul. :)
The soap turned out lovely!! I love the scent of lemon and lavender!! ❤️ QOTD: I would just like a vacation period, however I would chose Italy. I think it would be great...
I love seeing your colorant jars behind you again.
I think that you need to let your creativity reign. One of the reasons we fell in love with you is your art and how open you are with it!
When Katie says that this collection will be more refined, my heart goes, "Does this mean no glitter?!💔"
I'm sure it will be fun and beautiful either way (and maybe more of my actual aesthetic).
There will still be glitter, I promise!! 💗✨
Can't wait to get my hands on this soap!!! My favorite candle of all time is the Lemon Lavender candle from Yankee Candle!!!! It doesn't even smell like Lavender or Lemon but like a delicious and clean candy lol! It's hard to describe but I highly recommend it!!!
It’s probably because I’m becoming an old lady, but this theme is so appealing and I’m pretty psyched for this collection. As much as I’m sure the bright neon, rainbow-y soaps are popular, I prefer soap that looks and smells like this one. That’s not to say I don’t get the appeal of the bright exciting ones, just that I would definitely buy (and I have in the past) a brown or more simple soap. I’ve actually been hoping Katie makes a bastille or castile soap again, because I want some!
I spent a summer on the Mediterranean coast in Spain. My home stay over looked the beach. I loved the simple beauty of the architecture of the city blocks
The coffee shop that is attached to the pharmacy that I work at sells lavender lemonade and it is so good!
France. When lavender is in bloom!
Oh how fitting that the theme is based around mediterranian countries including Italy. Eurovision had just started yesterday and it's in Italy this year!
I love the soap! Lavender is one of my favourite smells, I wish I could justify getting another batch of your soaps shipped to Europe so soon again (just purchased in january or february).
As a creative I would always try to throw in something that is just for me, even if it was a super small run because it may not sell well. Just to keep motivated I have to let myself go a little too. 😊
I'm in love with this soap, love that you are changing it up a bit and going with your creative ideas...
Im kind of new to the whole fancy soap community, but I consider your work functional art. And so I believe the artist should get to make what they want, and if I like you as an artist, I'll support that, even if it's not necessarily the kind of art I would gravitate towards on it's own. Like I love your big whipped top rainbow glittery soaps, both because of how they look and how they work/smell- both as art AND as soap. But I would also buy a brown one with simpler decorations simply because I know you guys make a good product. Its good soap, it smells amazing, it lasts, it cleans. And I like your company, so even if I wouldnt usually go out of my way to find a brown earthy soap, if its a brown earthy soap from *you,* from an artist I already am invested in seeing succeed, I'd buy it. Just my opinion that I kind of...like your brand so much I'd just buy whatever I saw you were passionate about making? Im sure other people feel similarly, but I also understand that's a big risk for you to take as a small business. Whatever you decide to design, whenever you decide to make it, your audience will be here for you
This is how I feel too! I like the low tops best, and I know those aren't Royalty Soap's most famous style, but I love Katie, so I have gotten lots of things that aren't my main style because they are Katie's!
Katie. Love. You can literally do both Italy and France. Like if you’re in the south of France, you’re something along the lines of a 45 minute drive to northern Italy. You might even be able to take a train, I haven’t looked. There are trains that run throughout Europe
Thank you for pulling back the curtain on your collection design process. It was so interesting to watch! As much as I love your amazing, over-the-top designs, I'm super excited to see this simpler collection come together. :)
Oh my goodness that yellow is gorgeous 😍
I have already visited France so I would love to spend a summer in Italy! Love the soap!
I think you should do one "wild child" soap every release, that is different from the other, usual soaps. You could call it the Court Jester of the Month. That way you get to try out new ideas, and it may surprise you on some soaps as to their popularity. :)
Katie Carson I love watching your videos you are very inspiring to me and many others. Love how you come up with all your collections. I really hope that you enjoyed the gifts I sent you a few months ago.
I think I might say Italy. I think there'd be a lot of really pretty stuff there to see and explore.
I use pancake mix and add a little sugar and powdered lemon and the pancakes taste like lemon cake. yummy
France seems so beautiful. I would love to go to Paris one day. ... Love the mood board and the bar did have the same vibe.
This is my favourite soap I’ve seen you make so far. It’s just a beautiful soap!
I'd say France just cause I do live in Italy and have traveled quite a lot throughout the country. But I bet there's plenty of places I've yet to visit here as well. Italy never ceases to amaze me.
When she added the colorant for the second layer... I was like "That's gonna be so pretty!"
Honestly, when you said lavender and lemon, I was hoping you were going to do a lilac and pale yellow swirl. This is pretty too!
Very nice design! Love the understated elegance. I think the theme of this collection will be perfect for summer 🍋🌞🌊
Omg the soap reminds me of a lemon pie with a baiser top. It looks delicious.
I have been to Italy and France and I would absolutely go back to either. I have seen more of Italy though so maybe France. The great thing about Europe though is that it is fairly easy to travel around and see several places. Especially if you can take some time. Also, you are so fun, I think it is great to do themes and designs that matter to you. Don’t change a thing!
I know it's an extra tool to clean, but if you haven't already, look into bowl scrapers! I bake a lot and it scrapes out containers SO MUCH FASTER than a normal spatula. Of course, then we'd get less scrapy scrapy :P
I would love a vanilla dented soap! You have inspired me to get into soap making, please keep your passion. I will absolutely buy the next brown soap you make!
I literally just left Marseille, France yesterday!! I love the south of France and if I could stay there for an entire summer, I definitely would!