I’m soap maker and totally understand your pain. I sell my soaps at a farmers market that's less than 5 miles from a beach. Needless to say, the humidity makes for slippery standard bar but the salt bars are ridiculously wet. Most days I can get away with selling my standard bars nude, but the salt must be wrapped! I find that most people don’t understand the science behind the sweat so they’re too grossed out to see past it. Then there are those who like the idea of being 100% environmentally savvy, that is until a wet bar of salt soap ruins a purse or bag. All you can do is suggest that customers recycle. Otherwise, you will be apologizing and replacing the product which ultimately leads to a higher carbon footprint and loss revenue. Good luck!
Compostable plastic I think by law to be sold as such has to decompose within 6 months. Compostable plastic mostly (I’m not speaking for every single independent company here lol) decomposes at the same rate as the natural world around it and brakes down into Co2 and water and micro organisms. Leaving no micro plastics behind. It’s not used more however because no micro plastic means elasticity and durability gets sacrificed
Get a sticker printed warning that humidity creates condensation on the salt soap. Wax paper usually works if its taped or stickered shut, a double wrap and a hot press should make a good sealed wrap. As an option, get something like a reusable makeup bag or travel pouch and offer the soap in a bag along with maybe a piece of loofa or shower puff and a sample size body scrub. Or try whipping it so you can put it in a jar instead.
@@wolfdogg9938 Isn't that even more money and waste on her end? I guess she could recycle things like packing supplies (split cardboard or the like), use a punch cut-out (like for scrapbooking), and write on the material to keep the homemade look people want at farmers markets. Hope that made sense. 😂
@@SaintShionhow does that matter in comparison? People need to just suck it up and do the right thing. We know enough, we’ve known enough. Make your own salt soaps. Probably a fun hobby and cheaper. Wouldn’t even have to worry about that pesky plastic wrap, anymore
I'm not taking one side or making a statement, but wouldn't you want a buisness you support to not become one of those big businesses who use all that plastic? Again, not saying one way is right, I'm just not understanding the difference really. Either way, I still have plastic in my house that I have to deal with
@@sadiedol4413 Going after small companies that are already making as many efforts they can afford, is like putting a bucket under a leaky roof. Going after the multi million-billion dollar companies that are making zero effort, is like fixing the roof.
@@sadiedol4413in the early 80s I remember my Kroger grocery store had a little trolly you would put your used soda pop bottles in to be recycled... Then I remember the the commercial with the Indian crying a single tear and somehow coca cola and pepsi thought it was a marvelous idea to switch to plastic... that went sooo well.
By completely compostable she means it will biodegrade in 2 to 3 years instead of 40 to 50 years. So this is a great alternative to maintain balance between good quality product and as safe as can be for environment within means ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Random thought as I stare at all do they make straws from this similar material I loathe paper straws they are the band of my existence and the pain in my lower back as I wake up every morning 😂😂😂
@@markstubeworldnot sure, but my favorite of the environmentally friendly straws I've seen are agave straws! they biodegrade in like 1-5 years, and feel perfectly normal as you're drinking from them
@@artwithtreeI really appreciate the time that you took to make a response I appreciate all the positivity and have a great day. Note to self: DO NOT EAT SOAP. DO NOT EAT SOAP. DO NOT EAT SOAP. Have a great day!!! ❤🎉🎉🎉
I've had bags of similar biodegradable plastics literally crumble in my room in like months, so yeah, not all plastics are alike. Go after the corpos if you want to be plastic free, they're the one's making plastic packaging a staple in your domestic waste.
@@kerrykirk2515Correct, but what average person actually knows that? Not many, I would assume, which is why OP said what they did. Sayings change with time, unfortunately, after all everyone knows that great minds think alike, but do they know that simple minds seldom differ?
That saying is incomplete and thus very often wrong The full saying is "the customer is always right in the matters of taste" Ie they are always right when it comes to their prefernaces or personal tastes not that they are always correct in regards to how things should be in the business or that they are right to demand what ever they are demanding just because they are a customer
I would love to see you test out the compostability of this film, is it just compostable at an industrial facility? Most people in the United States don’t have access to that kind of Waste Management.
@@boop7313she is just asking about the compostability. Chill out. She worded it very well and did so with positivity “i would love to see” instead of “well a lot of compostable plastic can only be sent to facilities we don’t have access to sooooo still not a fix! PROVE IT!” She didn’t say anything about other packaging. Saying “would you rather blank?? Its a fact!” when she said nothing at all about alternative packaging is weirdly defensive.
@@tellibear not everywhere. In fact, I'd say most cities in the US do not offer the service of industrial composting; if they do, in order to have access to a bin that gets picked up, you have to own a house, which is even less feasible. Does the technology exist? Yes. Is it widely accessible? Not even a little bit.
The fact that people are leaving over a thin piece of plastic to protect the soap is crazy.😂 I always believe small businesses do not do anything extra unless it's necessary. Meaning exactly what you said to protect the soap.
Is it possible to wrap in some sort of wax paper instead? Biolefin is only compostable in industrial facilities and most cities don't offer that service.
@@Aj-sn1dpso you're saying it's better to have a phone AND plastic covered soap? Or that people should get rid of phone so they can use soap? That seems like a bad faith whataboutism
@@Aj-sn1dphow is it crazy to want to minimize the damage you do? you do know that its literally imposible to participate in society without a phone nowadays, right?
(maybe you're already doing this but if not) it would be a great idea to include this info on a little card or slip of paper in the packages so folx don't assume it's regular disposable plastic + why you need to package it this way
So what I’m hearing is that ur customers can’t make up their minds. They want salt soap which had to be wrapped in plastic, but don’t want ur soap to come in plastic.
I mean, the assumption would be that the people who want salt soap and the ones who want no plastic aren't the same and if they are they're unaware that the two options are incompatible.
Based off this video I'd say they care about the environment until it's an inconvenience to them. Ex) whining about plastic but whining even more when she doesn't use plastic and the soap rubs off in their bag or hand 😒
Yeah i was gonna say @HulklingsBoyfriend,additionally it's impossible for the workers to tell what plastic is biodegradable, so it just all goes the same place anyway.
I had a similar problem when I put salt in paint for an artwork texture years ago. I had no idea it would sweat the way it does. Like it dripped down the wall. It's fascinating to find the same thing happens to soap! ❤
Was using salt an experiment or is there a reason you didn't use something like sand for the texture? I would've assumed salt dissolves in paint so I'm surprised it even worked and curious why you chose it!
Same people that are unwilling to support this small business because of the plastic wrap are also the same people that are ordering a bunch of stuff through amazon and still buying a bunch if processed foods from the grocer. But no the little bit of plastic on this soap is the straw that broke the camels back. Couldn't be the millions of tons of pastic waste from shipping packages and the packaging for products from the store.
It's easier to bully a small business than stand up to a company. Mostly because you can get tangible/palpable results that makes people feel like they're actually effecting change instead of raging against a machine thar doesn't care.
@@rroman1988Or the people who were supporting this businesses in the first place are the people who are willing to pay that extra price for eco friendly packaging and now that they are no longer using eco friendly packaging they would rather take spend their money at another small business that does follow their ideals?
Most compostable plastics aren’t accepted at the majority of comercial composting facilities. They take too long to break down and/or require special additives to the compost as it’s breaking down, and most facilities don’t want the hassle. If you’re going to compost a “compostable plastic”, pleeease double check on your compost facility/city’s website to see if they accept them. If they don’t, but too much plastic gets in anyways, it’s considered contaminated
It means that it decomposes/breaks down a lot faster than other plastics. So rather than having plastic sitting on the earth for 40+ years... this plastic is gone in 2-3 years (some processes can make it decompose in 1 year).
The shrink wrap can also makes using the soap more economical cause you can cut off an inch off one end and only use that end until you need to unwrap more. Well, maybe as a thicker bar.
Isn't the point of the shrink wrap to keep it airtight? As soon as you cut it, that airtight seal is gone. Also, you could do that regardless of a soap being wrapped or not..
@@earcher Since the plastic is not only wrapped, but shrinked to the bar, I was thinking instead of peeling it off entirely, cutting just the plastic a small part, meaning if you don't wet the entire thing, only one part is exposed to moisture and ruining the entire bar. Just making some observations.
@@randomsandwichian Right, I'm just thinking that once the seal is popped, would it start sweating inside the plastic and create an oozy mess? Maybe if it was kept in the fridge? But then, would it sweat from the condensation? This soap seems like a pain ita to be honest! 😂
I’d say definitely use plastic to wrap soaps especially with hotter areas like Arizona or Texas packages can sit outside for a few mins and be totally ruined
I’d make a big website banner that says this. I think it’s really cool that you DID think about your customers concerns and the environment AND you made a change. Very cool indeed!!👍
In fact, I’ve never heard of you before and I’m gonna check out your products right now. My big deal is colored. I don’t like dies inside my stuff and my perfumes but it dies that really get me.
I wish that companies would CLEARLY label when they use bio-based packing materials. As someone with a corn allergy, this sort of thing can cause me allergic reactions.
As a complete soap pleb I can also guess that if the soap is sweating, that’s creating excess moisture that would work to break down the soap before the customers even get to use it
I hope you were able to communicate with your buyers! If they voiced their concerns about the plastic you used that’s fair, but I’m hoping they got the memo that you’re using a conscientious plastic?
When you say compostable, people can get confused. Everything breaks down eventually it's a mater of how long it takes though and if there are any chemicals that can further the negative impact to our environment or become micro plastics that end up in our food
I think i would prefer a plastic that's either reusable or has a common recyclable number on it. I understand this prevents the sweating bc it's not touching air, but this type of plastic just ends up in the trash and ends up being an unnecessary expense to you when you could go cheaper with something that could be reused or recycled by most ppl 🤷♀️ i wouldn't not buy bc type of plastic but i also wouldn't not buy if it was wrapped in bees wax with a little "i sweat a lot" card in the box. Honestly, i worry more about how this becomes a microplastic in the waterways than i do about the sweat!
Some people really need to get off their high horse and go outside and touch grass. Good grief, temper tantrums over plastic? I just don’t understand it. I mean I recycle and repurpose things all the time but some materials are just better and more efficient to use than others. It’s nothing to cry about. 🤷🏻♀️
Yes, because some people want to reduce the plastic waste they add to the environment. People who are passionate about the environment are usually the ones that regularly enjoy it! Recycling non-biodegradeable plastic doesn't do much. That just ends up in huge piles in some 3rd World country or the ocean where it suffocates marine life. Micro-plastics end up in your body, too. No one is crying, people just want to commit to their personal standards and don't have to buy things wrapped in non-biodegradeable materials.
Yes, because some people want to reduce the plastic waste they add to the environment. People who are passionate about the environment are usually the ones that regularly enjoy it! Recycling non-biodegradeable plastic doesn't do much. That just ends up in huge piles in some 3rd World country or the ocean where it suffocates marine life. Micro-plastics end up in your body, too. No one is crying, people just want to commit to their personal standards and don't have to buy things wrapped in non-biodegradeable materials.
i think a big part for me was they had been married for six months after being married in a church. something was brought up in her past from entering the church.
Biolefin is NOT biodegradeable. It is oxo-degradeable which basically means it's engineered with additives that are designed to make it fragment into microplastics. You gotta do what you gotta do for your packaging but neither you nor any of your customers should think that biolefin is eco friendly.
Where I come from, this compostable foil is also rigorously advertised. It’s also greenwashing. Yes, it’s compostable. Home compostable. Which means, if you live in the city or do not have the possibility to home compost it, you have to sort in into the „regular“ plastic trash because the organic trash doesn’t accept this type of foil.
There are cloths saturated in beeswax, great for food wraps. I love to watch their asmr vidoes. Anyway, Could be great for your soaps rinse and reuse them.
Their is no biodegradable plastic. Shrink Wrap plastics molecular structure is still maintained and there is no change in their chemical compositions, being there is no true biodegradation Edit: the kind youre using is considered "functionally biodegradable" which is a fancy way of saying its not 100% biodegradable and will still pollute
The main different though is that this decomposes after 2-3 years instead of 40+ years for some plastics. Everything is a pollutant at some point it's about reducing their impact and the amount of time they're a pollutant... with this case adding without compromising the integrity of the product, isn't it? I thought the point is to Reduce, Reuse etc. This reduces.
@xaym3095 it doesn't decomposed after 2-3 years bc it not fully decomposable. I didn't say it was a bad product, I was simply stating the truth about the product bc the op didnt
The core problem is mass production so no matter what we do, if its on mass, there will alwasy be negatives in producing the product. There does need to be a new mindset of understanding that we should only source locally and accept the beauty of what a homemade product looks like in all of its states ❤
Home soap makers are destroying septic systems and sewer utilities because they arent designed for the commercial strength waste. Please please please if there is a 'soap maker community' swmd the news about this. Failing a septic can be a $50,000 repair. We have a situation where a tenant is making soap and destroying the septic, sewage waste strength is far exceeding the system limits and sewage is just pouring out of the drainfield. Tenant refuses to acknowledge she is at fault, but the septic system is only 3years old. Owner doesn't want to evict tenant for actions and we can't get either one to make a change. They would rather have sewage coming up than adjust their use of the system. The tenant could be you....
I wonder how compostable it is. I’m not even someone who stops buying products because of plastic usage, I’m just interested in the constant lies companies say to make things sound more environmentally friendly than they are. Let’s say you take a wrapped piece of soap and drop it in a bowl of water, how long until the soap starts to get wet? When plastic takes hundreds and thousands of years to break down something that only takes decades to decompose is more compostable. Just curious.
Do all of your products contain coconut milk? Reason I ask is that I would love to try your product, but all the ones I viewed (admittedly not everything on the site) listed it in the ingredients. I’m not allergic, but the smell makes me sick to my stomach. My sense of smell is super sensitive, so even a subtle hint of the scent will have that effect.
If you haven't been that smell sensitive all your life, watch your health. I became super smell sensitive and found I had an ovarian tumor. It triggered me body like pregnancy.
@@HeatherG-qg5px … okay… but, yes, my sense of smell has always been very strong. Same for my vision and hearing. I wear glare reducing glasses to drive at night, and wear earplugs whenever I go anywhere. *sarcastic cheer* Three cheers for ADHD!
Some plastic compostable items are only compostable in commercial composting facilities. If you throw them in the trash it's the same as throwing away plastic. Do your research and see what products you feel ok with.
Which is really weird because people buy bread in plastic still people buy milk and plastic a lot of fruit and vegetables are put into plastic bags on bottled water so so many things
It's no problem if it's compostable. Do you have a little information card to send out with the soap? My husband gets customer complaints about packing peanuts, but the type they use dissolve in water. You can just put it in your mouth, completely safe. I wish they would add information cards, for customer peace of mind and proper disposal.
What do you mean by salt soap? I apologize if this is a dumb question, I guess I don't know that much about soap. I went to your website but I didn't see anything that mentioned salt or which soaps were salt soaps.
I get needing to do this, im just triggered by companies saying certain plastics are compostable but lying. Nothing against you, just the greenwashing companies.
I support people following in what they believe as well, but maybe they should’ve asked before they left. If they’re so environmentally educated, they should know that not all plastic is non-recyclable.
That plastic is definitely not 100% compostable, unless maybe by professionals or some type of equipment an average person wouldn’t have access to. Just saying 🤷🏽♀️
So are milk jugs. So are a lot of wrapped produce. So are baby wipes. So are disposable nappies and pads. A lot of single use items we grew up with are now recyclable or biofilm if you don't have the money or time to buy multiuse. I love cloth nappies but yeesh they are a nightmare when you're time short so bio it is.
Compostable is actually much better. It breaks down into something that mother nature can reuse herself. Regular plastic only breaks down into microplastic, so we have to recycle it, or it becomes microplastics like the old biodegradable plastics.
@@LadyVineXIII but here’s the thiiing though. if it’s only compostable in large scale facilities, then most people aren’t able to compost it at all. then it’s just non recyclable plastic that can’t be broken down by traditional methods. and the amount of energy used, plus the amount of (yes biodegradable in specific ass circumstances) plastic, it’s all just more waste. this is another case of greenwashing, i’m sorry homie.
@@tinselstar just did another reply, this is a case of greenwashing. i’m incredibly pro compostable plastic provided it is able to break down in someone’s own compost bin, but lots of biodegradable plastic is not, it needs to go to a big ol facility most cities don’t have. the best versions of this thing are bamboo straws.
I love when the soap kinda jumps when you’re shrink wrapping it
"Noooooooo please I'm closterphobic" 😂
I think it’s because of the table they are on
Omg! It's the cutest thing I would've never noticed!
@@Gary_Gamerdid you not see Ambers comment? It’s cause they’re claustrophobic.
@@taly4123 silly me you’re right
I’m soap maker and totally understand your pain. I sell my soaps at a farmers market that's less than 5 miles from a beach. Needless to say, the humidity makes for slippery standard bar but the salt bars are ridiculously wet. Most days I can get away with selling my standard bars nude, but the salt must be wrapped! I find that most people don’t understand the science behind the sweat so they’re too grossed out to see past it. Then there are those who like the idea of being 100% environmentally savvy, that is until a wet bar of salt soap ruins a purse or bag. All you can do is suggest that customers recycle. Otherwise, you will be apologizing and replacing the product which ultimately leads to a higher carbon footprint and loss revenue. Good luck!
Compostable plastic I think by law to be sold as such has to decompose within 6 months. Compostable plastic mostly (I’m not speaking for every single independent company here lol) decomposes at the same rate as the natural world around it and brakes down into Co2 and water and micro organisms. Leaving no micro plastics behind. It’s not used more however because no micro plastic means elasticity and durability gets sacrificed
Get a sticker printed warning that humidity creates condensation on the salt soap. Wax paper usually works if its taped or stickered shut, a double wrap and a hot press should make a good sealed wrap.
As an option, get something like a reusable makeup bag or travel pouch and offer the soap in a bag along with maybe a piece of loofa or shower puff and a sample size body scrub. Or try whipping it so you can put it in a jar instead.
@@wolfdogg9938 Isn't that even more money and waste on her end? I guess she could recycle things like packing supplies (split cardboard or the like), use a punch cut-out (like for scrapbooking), and write on the material to keep the homemade look people want at farmers markets. Hope that made sense. 😂
Man that sounds rough im sorry!
@@SaintShionhow does that matter in comparison? People need to just suck it up and do the right thing. We know enough, we’ve known enough. Make your own salt soaps. Probably a fun hobby and cheaper. Wouldn’t even have to worry about that pesky plastic wrap, anymore
Ya'll, big corporations are the ones you want to go after if you Actually want to make a difference 😮💨
💯 This!
Yup. Not these other comments.
I'm not taking one side or making a statement, but wouldn't you want a buisness you support to not become one of those big businesses who use all that plastic? Again, not saying one way is right, I'm just not understanding the difference really. Either way, I still have plastic in my house that I have to deal with
@@sadiedol4413 Going after small companies that are already making as many efforts they can afford, is like putting a bucket under a leaky roof. Going after the multi million-billion dollar companies that are making zero effort, is like fixing the roof.
@@sadiedol4413in the early 80s I remember my Kroger grocery store had a little trolly you would put your used soda pop bottles in to be recycled...
Then I remember the the commercial with the Indian crying a single tear and somehow coca cola and pepsi thought it was a marvelous idea to switch to plastic... that went sooo well.
By completely compostable she means it will biodegrade in 2 to 3 years instead of 40 to 50 years. So this is a great alternative to maintain balance between good quality product and as safe as can be for environment within means ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Random thought as I stare at all do they make straws from this similar material I loathe paper straws they are the band of my existence and the pain in my lower back as I wake up every morning 😂😂😂
@@markstubeworldnot sure, but my favorite of the environmentally friendly straws I've seen are agave straws! they biodegrade in like 1-5 years, and feel perfectly normal as you're drinking from them
@@artwithtreeI really appreciate the time that you took to make a response I appreciate all the positivity and have a great day. Note to self: DO NOT EAT SOAP. DO NOT EAT SOAP. DO NOT EAT SOAP.
Have a great day!!! ❤🎉🎉🎉
I've had bags of similar biodegradable plastics literally crumble in my room in like months, so yeah, not all plastics are alike. Go after the corpos if you want to be plastic free, they're the one's making plastic packaging a staple in your domestic waste.
@@markstubeworldSalty salty yums
Perfect example of "the customer isn't always right" 👏 well done!
I understand what you are trying to say but the full saying is
"The customer is always right, by means of taste,"
@@kerrykirk2515Correct, but what average person actually knows that? Not many, I would assume, which is why OP said what they did.
Sayings change with time, unfortunately, after all everyone knows that great minds think alike, but do they know that simple minds seldom differ?
That saying is incomplete and thus very often wrong
The full saying is "the customer is always right in the matters of taste"
Ie they are always right when it comes to their prefernaces or personal tastes not that they are always correct in regards to how things should be in the business or that they are right to demand what ever they are demanding just because they are a customer
@@thecraftycreeper3167 we know. Read the other comments
@@kerrykirk2515That part of the saying is also a myth lol.
I would love to see you test out the compostability of this film, is it just compostable at an industrial facility? Most people in the United States don’t have access to that kind of Waste Management.
salt soap will sweat it's a fact so would you rather receive the soap in a soggy disintegrating paper or box?
@@boop7313girl wtf are you on about😭 no one said they wanted soggy boxes all they asked was if it’s home compostable or not. get a grip honestly
@@boop7313she is just asking about the compostability. Chill out. She worded it very well and did so with positivity “i would love to see” instead of “well a lot of compostable plastic can only be sent to facilities we don’t have access to sooooo still not a fix! PROVE IT!” She didn’t say anything about other packaging. Saying “would you rather blank?? Its a fact!” when she said nothing at all about alternative packaging is weirdly defensive.
Thanks for this comment, i think its a good question and you asked it in a really kind way.
@@tellibear not everywhere. In fact, I'd say most cities in the US do not offer the service of industrial composting; if they do, in order to have access to a bin that gets picked up, you have to own a house, which is even less feasible. Does the technology exist? Yes. Is it widely accessible? Not even a little bit.
The fact that people are leaving over a thin piece of plastic to protect the soap is crazy.😂 I always believe small businesses do not do anything extra unless it's necessary. Meaning exactly what you said to protect the soap.
Is it possible to wrap in some sort of wax paper instead? Biolefin is only compostable in industrial facilities and most cities don't offer that service.
Have you ever bought her soap?
@@emilykelly5253 How is that relevant to the question?
worried about plastic covering on soap while typing on a phone that’s produced more damage to the earth than this product is crazy
@@Aj-sn1dpso you're saying it's better to have a phone AND plastic covered soap? Or that people should get rid of phone so they can use soap? That seems like a bad faith whataboutism
@@Aj-sn1dphow is it crazy to want to minimize the damage you do? you do know that its literally imposible to participate in society without a phone nowadays, right?
(maybe you're already doing this but if not) it would be a great idea to include this info on a little card or slip of paper in the packages so folx don't assume it's regular disposable plastic + why you need to package it this way
They can also explain it on a label in the online store display. Just one line is all it takes.
That's added waste. Even if biodegradable... the production of paper is probably 2% of the world's total energy use
*folks 🤦♀️
@@beckyward89 **folx 💁♀️
So more can complain? 😂
So what I’m hearing is that ur customers can’t make up their minds. They want salt soap which had to be wrapped in plastic, but don’t want ur soap to come in plastic.
I mean, the assumption would be that the people who want salt soap and the ones who want no plastic aren't the same and if they are they're unaware that the two options are incompatible.
She makes a lot of apologetic type videos which makes me think her customers are out of touch.
Based off this video I'd say they care about the environment until it's an inconvenience to them. Ex) whining about plastic but whining even more when she doesn't use plastic and the soap rubs off in their bag or hand 😒
Maybe say it's biodegradable plastic in the description on your site. A little video showing how it composts would help too
But it doesn't decompose outside of INDUSTRIAL COMPOSTERS.
Yeah i was gonna say @HulklingsBoyfriend,additionally it's impossible for the workers to tell what plastic is biodegradable, so it just all goes the same place anyway.
Oo yes, I'd love to see her do an almost 5 year time-lapse of this "compostable" plastic.
@@MyLoserBrain whatever it takes to prove a potential customer wrong!
I had my volume really low and I was so confused why you were shrink wrapping crinkle cut spam 😅
I had a similar problem when I put salt in paint for an artwork texture years ago. I had no idea it would sweat the way it does. Like it dripped down the wall. It's fascinating to find the same thing happens to soap! ❤
Was using salt an experiment or is there a reason you didn't use something like sand for the texture? I would've assumed salt dissolves in paint so I'm surprised it even worked and curious why you chose it!
We'll never know 😢 @@char1211
Sweating through the soapboxes was a terrific pun😂 and a tad bit of sarcasm I love it!
Paper stickers!!! "Hello! This plastic is biodegradable..." A cute little sticker and smily or something!
The problem with paper stickers is they degrade in water. It will just add to the mess when the saltsoap sweats.
@shareehocking6294 if they shrink wrap them to stop the sweating, then it wouldn't affect the sticker right ? /gen
Kind of counter intuitive to add more waste material
I like buying from small companies. Thanks for the extra care.
Same people that are unwilling to support this small business because of the plastic wrap are also the same people that are ordering a bunch of stuff through amazon and still buying a bunch if processed foods from the grocer. But no the little bit of plastic on this soap is the straw that broke the camels back. Couldn't be the millions of tons of pastic waste from shipping packages and the packaging for products from the store.
It's easier to bully a small business than stand up to a company. Mostly because you can get tangible/palpable results that makes people feel like they're actually effecting change instead of raging against a machine thar doesn't care.
@@rroman1988Or the people who were supporting this businesses in the first place are the people who are willing to pay that extra price for eco friendly packaging and now that they are no longer using eco friendly packaging they would rather take spend their money at another small business that does follow their ideals?
The people buying soap from a small business likely do most of their shopping from small businesses - not from Amazon.
@@vanessarayfoxthis!! like idk why they just assume these are the same people
And what gave you this idea? You looking at everyone’s finances now?
Humidity is the devil!
For real!
Most compostable plastics aren’t accepted at the majority of comercial composting facilities. They take too long to break down and/or require special additives to the compost as it’s breaking down, and most facilities don’t want the hassle.
If you’re going to compost a “compostable plastic”, pleeease double check on your compost facility/city’s website to see if they accept them. If they don’t, but too much plastic gets in anyways, it’s considered contaminated
What does compostable plastic mean? It turns into microplastics faster?
It means that it decomposes/breaks down a lot faster than other plastics. So rather than having plastic sitting on the earth for 40+ years... this plastic is gone in 2-3 years (some processes can make it decompose in 1 year).
The shrink wrap can also makes using the soap more economical cause you can cut off an inch off one end and only use that end until you need to unwrap more. Well, maybe as a thicker bar.
Isn't the point of the shrink wrap to keep it airtight? As soon as you cut it, that airtight seal is gone. Also, you could do that regardless of a soap being wrapped or not..
@@earcher Since the plastic is not only wrapped, but shrinked to the bar, I was thinking instead of peeling it off entirely, cutting just the plastic a small part, meaning if you don't wet the entire thing, only one part is exposed to moisture and ruining the entire bar. Just making some observations.
@@randomsandwichian Right, I'm just thinking that once the seal is popped, would it start sweating inside the plastic and create an oozy mess? Maybe if it was kept in the fridge? But then, would it sweat from the condensation? This soap seems like a pain ita to be honest! 😂
@@earcher Hmm, true that. Maybe cut off slices and wrap the rest back with more cling wrap?
@@randomsandwichian oooh! Maybe! Then they're at least contained little parcels of slime 😂
As a Texan I appreciate having a brand that can give me a Texas summer friendly soap
Reminds me of Spam
I can't wait to move so i can buy a bunch as a housewarming gift to myself!! Lol
I’d say definitely use plastic to wrap soaps especially with hotter areas like Arizona or Texas packages can sit outside for a few mins and be totally ruined
I’d make a big website banner that says this. I think it’s really cool that you DID think about your customers concerns and the environment AND you made a change. Very cool indeed!!👍
maybe you can put on your website banner or something that you use eco-friendly/biodegradable packaging :0
I had a woman at work angrily refuse a Teapigs tea because of the "plastic" tea bag... they're made from corn starch
Why does this look so satisfying to watch and I now want a job where I shrink wrap stuff all day. 😂😂😂
is it their instinct or conviction
Yep! This is what I use!! It's the best!! ~jc
thinking these soap bars look like spam
Nice❤
In fact, I’ve never heard of you before and I’m gonna check out your products right now. My big deal is colored. I don’t like dies inside my stuff and my perfumes but it dies that really get me.
Wrap them in parchment or wax paper. Keep up the good work. Many blesses to you and yours.✌🏼🙏🏼☝🏼🤞🏼💪🏼
Thanks for this
I wish that companies would CLEARLY label when they use bio-based packing materials. As someone with a corn allergy, this sort of thing can cause me allergic reactions.
Would wax paper work instead? Or bees wax paper?
I don’t think those things are as air tight as this shrink wrap type of plastic
As a complete soap pleb I can also guess that if the soap is sweating, that’s creating excess moisture that would work to break down the soap before the customers even get to use it
I hope you were able to communicate with your buyers! If they voiced their concerns about the plastic you used that’s fair, but I’m hoping they got the memo that you’re using a conscientious plastic?
When you say compostable, people can get confused. Everything breaks down eventually it's a mater of how long it takes though and if there are any chemicals that can further the negative impact to our environment or become micro plastics that end up in our food
I think i would prefer a plastic that's either reusable or has a common recyclable number on it. I understand this prevents the sweating bc it's not touching air, but this type of plastic just ends up in the trash and ends up being an unnecessary expense to you when you could go cheaper with something that could be reused or recycled by most ppl 🤷♀️ i wouldn't not buy bc type of plastic but i also wouldn't not buy if it was wrapped in bees wax with a little "i sweat a lot" card in the box. Honestly, i worry more about how this becomes a microplastic in the waterways than i do about the sweat!
There's something so satisfying about shrink wrapping.
Love love love this but the variance in size stressed me out 😅❤
Interesting info. Thanks for sharing.
That was very satisfying to watch!!
This was sooooooo satisfying 😊
It's still made of plastic though so still does all the damage it just does it quicker I.e. releases microplastic into the environment more quickly.
Wow what is the plastic made of that makes it compostable?? Thats awesome
Some people really need to get off their high horse and go outside and touch grass. Good grief, temper tantrums over plastic? I just don’t understand it. I mean I recycle and repurpose things all the time but some materials are just better and more efficient to use than others. It’s nothing to cry about. 🤷🏻♀️
Yes, because some people want to reduce the plastic waste they add to the environment. People who are passionate about the environment are usually the ones that regularly enjoy it!
Recycling non-biodegradeable plastic doesn't do much. That just ends up in huge piles in some 3rd World country or the ocean where it suffocates marine life. Micro-plastics end up in your body, too.
No one is crying, people just want to commit to their personal standards and don't have to buy things wrapped in non-biodegradeable materials.
Yes, because some people want to reduce the plastic waste they add to the environment. People who are passionate about the environment are usually the ones that regularly enjoy it!
Recycling non-biodegradeable plastic doesn't do much. That just ends up in huge piles in some 3rd World country or the ocean where it suffocates marine life. Micro-plastics end up in your body, too.
No one is crying, people just want to commit to their personal standards and don't have to buy things wrapped in non-biodegradeable materials.
This video was so satisfying!
i think a big part for me was they had been married for six months after being married in a church. something was brought up in her past from entering the church.
Biolefin is NOT biodegradeable. It is oxo-degradeable which basically means it's engineered with additives that are designed to make it fragment into microplastics.
You gotta do what you gotta do for your packaging but neither you nor any of your customers should think that biolefin is eco friendly.
This was so satisfying to watch
It's not instinct, it's principle. Instinct is mindless, primal animal programming. Jfc people get your words right pls it's been ages
Where I come from, this compostable foil is also rigorously advertised. It’s also greenwashing. Yes, it’s compostable. Home compostable. Which means, if you live in the city or do not have the possibility to home compost it, you have to sort in into the „regular“ plastic trash because the organic trash doesn’t accept this type of foil.
Is it home compostable? A very important distinction
I've used this exact shrinkwrapping system for glycerin based soap for the same reason!
There are cloths saturated in beeswax, great for food wraps. I love to watch their asmr vidoes. Anyway, Could be great for your soaps rinse and reuse them.
Awww that's awesome 👌
“Plastic” and “compostable” is why we have microplastics in everything now.
...that isn't why.
There’s an Indian company that makes biodegradable waterproof plastic looking bags out of cornstarch…
Their is no biodegradable plastic. Shrink Wrap plastics molecular structure is still maintained and there is no change in their chemical compositions, being there is no true biodegradation
Edit: the kind youre using is considered "functionally biodegradable" which is a fancy way of saying its not 100% biodegradable and will still pollute
The main different though is that this decomposes after 2-3 years instead of 40+ years for some plastics. Everything is a pollutant at some point it's about reducing their impact and the amount of time they're a pollutant... with this case adding without compromising the integrity of the product, isn't it? I thought the point is to Reduce, Reuse etc. This reduces.
@xaym3095 it doesn't decomposed after 2-3 years bc it not fully decomposable. I didn't say it was a bad product, I was simply stating the truth about the product bc the op didnt
maybe silica gel could help ? :0
The core problem is mass production so no matter what we do, if its on mass, there will alwasy be negatives in producing the product. There does need to be a new mindset of understanding that we should only source locally and accept the beauty of what a homemade product looks like in all of its states ❤
Home soap makers are destroying septic systems and sewer utilities because they arent designed for the commercial strength waste. Please please please if there is a 'soap maker community' swmd the news about this. Failing a septic can be a $50,000 repair.
We have a situation where a tenant is making soap and destroying the septic, sewage waste strength is far exceeding the system limits and sewage is just pouring out of the drainfield. Tenant refuses to acknowledge she is at fault, but the septic system is only 3years old. Owner doesn't want to evict tenant for actions and we can't get either one to make a change. They would rather have sewage coming up than adjust their use of the system. The tenant could be you....
Good job❤❤❤
This was so satisfying
Why does it look like SPAM?!?!? lol. Love the shrink wrapping though!!
I wonder how compostable it is. I’m not even someone who stops buying products because of plastic usage, I’m just interested in the constant lies companies say to make things sound more environmentally friendly than they are.
Let’s say you take a wrapped piece of soap and drop it in a bowl of water, how long until the soap starts to get wet? When plastic takes hundreds and thousands of years to break down something that only takes decades to decompose is more compostable.
Just curious.
Do all of your products contain coconut milk? Reason I ask is that I would love to try your product, but all the ones I viewed (admittedly not everything on the site) listed it in the ingredients. I’m not allergic, but the smell makes me sick to my stomach. My sense of smell is super sensitive, so even a subtle hint of the scent will have that effect.
If you haven't been that smell sensitive all your life, watch your health. I became super smell sensitive and found I had an ovarian tumor. It triggered me body like pregnancy.
@@HeatherG-qg5px … okay… but, yes, my sense of smell has always been very strong. Same for my vision and hearing. I wear glare reducing glasses to drive at night, and wear earplugs whenever I go anywhere.
*sarcastic cheer* Three cheers for ADHD!
Some plastic compostable items are only compostable in commercial composting facilities.
If you throw them in the trash it's the same as throwing away plastic. Do your research and see what products you feel ok with.
Watching someone shrink wrap their products while I’m shrink wrapping at my job is something I didn’t expect.
How can i see more of your products & buy some?
As a consumer, I hate shrink wrapped things…because they never leave enough slack to help my finger start a tear. Don’t shrink it so much.
So cool❤
Compostable plastic doesn't actually compost easily. It just *technically* is compostable.
Which is really weird because people buy bread in plastic still people buy milk and plastic a lot of fruit and vegetables are put into plastic bags on bottled water so so many things
I haven't heard of compost able plastic film. Col to hear about it!
It's no problem if it's compostable. Do you have a little information card to send out with the soap?
My husband gets customer complaints about packing peanuts, but the type they use dissolve in water. You can just put it in your mouth, completely safe. I wish they would add information cards, for customer peace of mind and proper disposal.
Could waxed paper be a solution?? Just thinking out loud
The soap looks like spam😅
Love this
I didn't understand what the plastic is called. Can you share it here? ❤
Soap kinda lookin like Spam
Leaving due to plastic and then finding out it was biodegradable plastic is crazy
Watch them jump back finding out about the wrap. 👀
Whatever company is telling you that that plastic is biodegradable is lying to you
What do you mean by salt soap? I apologize if this is a dumb question, I guess I don't know that much about soap. I went to your website but I didn't see anything that mentioned salt or which soaps were salt soaps.
Basically salt is in the recipe for the soap itself not sure what the effect on the final product is but it's there
People also think Cellophane is just plastic. It's literally made of cellulose and is also compostable.
Yes. Cellophane is a possibility here that really would be fine. But they don't use it.
I get needing to do this, im just triggered by companies saying certain plastics are compostable but lying. Nothing against you, just the greenwashing companies.
I support people following in what they believe as well, but maybe they should’ve asked before they left. If they’re so environmentally educated, they should know that not all plastic is non-recyclable.
That plastic is definitely not 100% compostable, unless maybe by professionals or some type of equipment an average person wouldn’t have access to. Just saying 🤷🏽♀️
Is that what my salt lamp is doing?
Bro I’m so baked I thought they were shrink wrapping spam.
The irony of people having soap shipped to them but drawing the line at it being wrapped in plastic. 😂🤦🏻♀️
this is only compostable through industrial composting tho and not everyone has access to it.
It’s not completely compostable, only the manufacturer claims this, but recycling factories have claimed otherwise.
What about wax paper bags?
I'd say add a note on the kind of plastic used.
the issue is that it’s still single use, it’s not recycled, and it’s more plastic than regular plastic.
So are milk jugs. So are a lot of wrapped produce. So are baby wipes. So are disposable nappies and pads. A lot of single use items we grew up with are now recyclable or biofilm if you don't have the money or time to buy multiuse. I love cloth nappies but yeesh they are a nightmare when you're time short so bio it is.
Compostable is actually much better. It breaks down into something that mother nature can reuse herself. Regular plastic only breaks down into microplastic, so we have to recycle it, or it becomes microplastics like the old biodegradable plastics.
@@LadyVineXIII but here’s the thiiing though. if it’s only compostable in large scale facilities, then most people aren’t able to compost it at all. then it’s just non recyclable plastic that can’t be broken down by traditional methods. and the amount of energy used, plus the amount of (yes biodegradable in specific ass circumstances) plastic, it’s all just more waste. this is another case of greenwashing, i’m sorry homie.
@@tinselstar just did another reply, this is a case of greenwashing. i’m incredibly pro compostable plastic provided it is able to break down in someone’s own compost bin, but lots of biodegradable plastic is not, it needs to go to a big ol facility most cities don’t have. the best versions of this thing are bamboo straws.
@@clintlaroux It depends. Some can safely composted at home. Others cannot. We don't know which specific one she has.