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Coventina Soapery
Великобритания
Добавлен 7 авг 2009
Tips, tricks & tools, hiccups & saves as I make soap!
Hey-hey Soapsters! I own a vegan run soapery in the UK, specialising in cold & hot process, palm free soaps. I use clays, essential oils, botanicals, (some home grown) & home processed plant milks, quality fragrance oils, lab colours & ethically sourced micas.
Learning to edit & 'do the toobs' whilst keeping my small business ticking along isn't easy, but I love what I do & want to share the process with you. Feel free to let me know what you'd like to see me make & what you think of my vids (& soaps of course!).
Whether you're a seasoned soap maker, beginner, curious onlooker or customer, I hope my vids offer something for you. I also post on the community tab, so do take a look. I respond to all comments so do come say hello! 😊
Over 10 years in I'm not bad at making soap, but not so YT savvy, or that good at making videos, but I do want to get better. Maybe subscribe if you want to see how that pans out? 😉
Peas
Pumpkinska xx
Hey-hey Soapsters! I own a vegan run soapery in the UK, specialising in cold & hot process, palm free soaps. I use clays, essential oils, botanicals, (some home grown) & home processed plant milks, quality fragrance oils, lab colours & ethically sourced micas.
Learning to edit & 'do the toobs' whilst keeping my small business ticking along isn't easy, but I love what I do & want to share the process with you. Feel free to let me know what you'd like to see me make & what you think of my vids (& soaps of course!).
Whether you're a seasoned soap maker, beginner, curious onlooker or customer, I hope my vids offer something for you. I also post on the community tab, so do take a look. I respond to all comments so do come say hello! 😊
Over 10 years in I'm not bad at making soap, but not so YT savvy, or that good at making videos, but I do want to get better. Maybe subscribe if you want to see how that pans out? 😉
Peas
Pumpkinska xx
My masterbatch oils have set up! 😬 What would you do?
Soapmakers, do you masterbatch your oils? What challenges have you had?
I recently made a video where I 'talk' about temperatures in relation to masterbatching oils, especially on a small scale. Theres a lot of melting, mixing & temperature checks, some relaxing music & as usual, a smattering of nerdy facts & swish edits, (I hope). Please go have a looksy!
You can find the full video here ruclips.net/video/4yXRpKmmzqg/видео.html
Please Be kind... 😬😜🤗
This is simply me sharing my process with you. If you have any questions or advice I'm here for either, just fling me a comment! I always get back with a reply 💗
Remember...
👍Never bin your soap without a FIGHT! Take notes! If you know exactly wher...
I recently made a video where I 'talk' about temperatures in relation to masterbatching oils, especially on a small scale. Theres a lot of melting, mixing & temperature checks, some relaxing music & as usual, a smattering of nerdy facts & swish edits, (I hope). Please go have a looksy!
You can find the full video here ruclips.net/video/4yXRpKmmzqg/видео.html
Please Be kind... 😬😜🤗
This is simply me sharing my process with you. If you have any questions or advice I'm here for either, just fling me a comment! I always get back with a reply 💗
Remember...
👍Never bin your soap without a FIGHT! Take notes! If you know exactly wher...
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CP soap masterbatch oils have solidified! What now?
Просмотров 7683 месяца назад
CP soap masterbatch oils have solidified! Soapmakers, do you masterbatch your oils? What challenges have you had? In this video I 'talk' about temperatures & how that relates to masterbatching oils, especially on a small scale. Theres a lot of melting, mixing & temperature checks, some relaxing music & as usual, a smattering of nerdy facts & swish edits, (I hope). Be kind... 😬😜🤗 This is simply ...
Hidden soap spirits in cold process soap revealed! #pareidolia
Просмотров 1224 месяца назад
Introducing some of the secret spirits hiding within our Woodlander cold process soap! This soap was made using an alternative woodgrain pour, best suited for accelerating fragrances. Want to see the full making & cutting video? It's here... ruclips.net/video/VhyBoaVChDk/видео.html Remember... 👍Not every soap will be your finest creation. The soap gremlins are always watching! If it's a simple ...
Making Woodlander cold process soap. An alternative wood grain pour?
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.4 месяца назад
What do you do when you want the wood grain effect, but your fragrance accelerates your cold process soap? This is how I create my Woodlander soap. The fragrance has some naughty fast moving aroma chemicals in it, but it smells divine! Granted, I'm not using the typical wood grain pour, but the final effect is pretty close imo. Would you use this tech? This video is not intended as a tutorial, ...
Making 100% coconut oil based high cleanse household soap
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Making 100% coconut oil based household soap - high cleansing single oil soap 🥥 Sometimes all you want is a simple soap to use for random household cleaning. This IS that soap! 🥥 Made with 3 ingredients, fragrance, colourant & additive free, this truly is a simple soap, but cleans so well. With a low superfat, (so a high lye content), it's made using the cold process method. This soap is NOT me...
Making Forest Bathing cold process soap & chat about stearic spots in soap 🧼
Просмотров 6 тыс.6 месяцев назад
A simple video showing how I make Forest Bathing cold process soap No naughty accelerating fragrance, no horrendous mishap, but a soap which had a surprise up its proverbial none the less! This video is not intended as a tutorial, (obviously, really). This is simply me sharing this soaps journey with you. If you have any questions I'm ready to help, just fling me a comment! 💗 Remember... 👍Not e...
Anyone for earthworm soap? No, me neither. It's Ciaglia rebatch time again... 😅
Просмотров 3636 месяцев назад
Ciaglia rebatching a soap which, on paper sounded like a reeally cool design. Honestly, this soap was going to be THE bomb, but no. It bombed, well in my eyes anyway.🫣 That is, until I rebatched it & was able to spin a brand new design from failure. There was no naughty accelerating fragrance, or horrendous mishap, just a soap which looked like a worm fest! And once I'd seen it, I could not uns...
Ciaglia rebatch with clays & fast moving floral fragrance | 'Zanou' Cold Process Soap
Просмотров 3657 месяцев назад
Ciaglia rebatch using clays & a fast moving floral fragrance. 'Zanou' Cold Process Soap This was originally a custom order, but it went a bit awry the first time... 🫣 The client had specific design & fragrance notes in mind. They wanted a French rose clay ombre, with oatmeal. Fragrance: fruity floral with creamy vanilla notes. Sound lovely, but I knew the whole thing was potentially promblemati...
You can't make soap dough from gelled soap... 🤔 You sure? #TerrazzoSoapClay #GelledSoapClay
Просмотров 398Год назад
Yes you can! And what's more, you can make non-grainy, soft soap clay/dough and it will keep soft for weeks, even months later. In this video I make terrazzo soap clay or soap dough, whatever you want to call it, from gelled soap. One colour kept soft, one less so, but BOTH made from the same batch with the same recipe & water content. It's important to say that this works well for my recipe, y...
Extreme acceleration! 😭 What we did next... | Cold Process Soap | Coventina Rebatch | Cold Rebatch
Просмотров 12 тыс.Год назад
What do you do when your fragrance oil accelerates so fast, you can't even rescue the spatula as the soap saponifies around it?! 😱 Ach, soap on a stick, seized soap, accelerated trace, extreme acceleration, 'expletive soap!' Call it what you will, it's definitely soap behaving badly! Is it a soap fail? Did you struggle to find the right tools, hacking away at it with a skewer or knife? Yes, it ...
Making & cutting To the River handmade soap 🤩 | Cold Process Soap
Просмотров 3 тыс.Год назад
Part TWO making & cutting our 'To the River' handmade oatmeal soap. With terrazzo pebble embeds! What an epic make this was... The embeds were made from an unscented batch I wasn't that happy with, so I turned it into embeds. That soap was blue & white with a cocoa powder pencil line between the two colours. I wanted a super flat line, but, well I didn't quite make that! Oh, & note to self, nex...
Making terrazzo pebble embeds the Cold Rebatch way 😍 #CoventinaRebatch
Просмотров 885Год назад
Part ONE of our 'To the River' handmade oatmeal soap. Stay with us as we show you how we create our unique terrazzo soap pebbles! These embeds were made from an unscented batch I wasn't that happy with. The original soap soap was blue & white with a cocoa powder pencil line between the two colours. I'd tried to create a super flat line, but, well I didn't quite make it, so I rebatched the soap....
Making 'Chef & Skivvy' cold process chef's soap with coffee & turmeric
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Making 'Chef & Skivvy' cold process chef's soap with coffee & turmeric
Is this cold process?
@@RogueVisionary yes it is 😊
I am here to kinda learn about masterbatching my oils. I did a really small batch to try it. I love masterbatching my lye. What is the size of your bucket?
Hi, thanks for watching & for asking a question. I'm glad masterbatching is going well for you! Its a 10 litre bucket. It works well for me. I would masterbatch in larger quantities but my scales only go up to 6kg, so I have to weigh my liquid oils first, then my solid oils & combine in the bucket. It's a bit of a procedure, so I only do one bucket at a time. I hope that helps!
@@CoventinaSoapery it helps so much. Every other video didn’t really say what to do if it goes solid again. I am really excited to try out in a bigger scale.
@@rosieeder5512 Aw that's great, glad to help. If you have any questions do feel free to ask away. Good luck!
I need that scraper ! Where is it from?
@@vee2613 Hey! What the stainless steel one? I have a few for sale, or you could try a pottery supplies shop. I hope that helps!
Wow! These are so beautiful. The second one looked, to me, like a bird's-eye view of a deer! Fantastic examples of pareidolia 😊 Did you sell these as matching pairs, or did you have to separate them from their spiritual buddies?
Hi, they're cool aren't they? I'll have to go back & see if I can dsee the deer! Sadly they are sold seperately, but I love the idea of selling them as spiritual buddies! 🩷🩷
That scooping did look very satisfying, though 👌🏽
@@openorwap5412 It really was! 😄
Beautiful 💕 🫧
@@openorwap5412 thank you so much💖
Notes of rum, you say 🤔 Sounds deelish 😆🥃
@@openorwap5412 hehe xx
I like the video but I think it could be cut in half and more people would watch.
Maybe, but 3.1k views isn't too shabby 😊
@@CoventinaSoapery no it isn't. It is only a suggestion but I do think you would get more views and earn more money off it.
@@harrietyounger6118 You do have a good point & I really value feedback like this. Thanks for your time reading / commenting, I do appreciate it! It's true I know creators in my field make shorter content & gain success, however, after looking into it, (with creator tutor channels), the conclusion was although set formulas do work, it's a good idea to experiment. Foremost, the idea should drive the video, meaning, although set formulas, do work, (including sticking to specific length of video), the video needs to flow naturally at it's own pace. If that video works better longer, great, if it works better shorter also great. I personally prefer to watch longer videos & there is some evidence that my viewers watch both. RUclips is awash with shorter length content, so I felt the desire to create longer videos to stand out. I think it's worth experimenting with longer content to see how it works within a particular genre. Well, it seems it does work in mine, so if whilst editing a video turns out to be longer than anticipated, I'm ok with that. I do make shorter ones as well, so I feel I'm covering all bases. Oh & sadly I'm not monitised yet so I make no monies yet on the channel!
@@CoventinaSoapery it could still be longer format if it was shorter. I watched the video but I skipped bits that felt too long and unnecessary parts for example taking off the baking paper took a few minutes. The actual soap pouring was great and I don't think should be cut down. The cutting of the bar was great too but there was alot of time setting up the cutting board and it didn't add anything. My personal feeling is that the focus should be on the skill, design and techniques and that too much extra footage takes away from those features. I like longer format but I don't like watching footage that adds nothing. I think you are talented and I would like you to be monetised and that is why I even left the feed back. If you would like I could tell you more about the bits I fast forwarded. I watched your spirits in the soap video which was a shorter format and enjoyed it. I agree experimenting is wise. Your method in this video is the focal point for me. It's not one I have seen before and it could be better highlighted with a more efficient video. Thank you for taking the time to reply.
@@harrietyounger6118 Ah, yes, I could have shortened those bits I agree. Thanks so much for your feedback, I'm definitely open to constructive criticism & absolutely happy to read more! Thanks so much for kind words x🩷
I would throw it away.... Just kidding! Do you have a heater belt?
Haha, 😂 I have a crappy home brew belt, not a proper one
@@CoventinaSoapery HAHA! Honestly I have one for a five gallon pail, but haven't used it yet. I got it on Amazon. It was cheap and is silicone. I think it was $40. I'm afraid to plug it in! LOL
@@kreamysoaps hehehe xx
Lots of great tips for soapers, thank you!
Thanks for watching 😌
Each bar looks like a piece of art! Love IT! Thanks for sharing...
Thanks so much for watching & commenting! X
I haven’t had that problem because I don’t melt my master batches without immediately using them to make my soaps. The video was pretty cool showing the melting and you did a super job with your editing skills! Hugz, Tree
Thank you so much Tree! Ah yes, makes sense. I'm so getting into editing so thank you for noticing & your kind words, it really makes my day! Big hugz back xx
Soapmakers, do you masterbatch your oils? What do you do when your oils set up in cooler conditions? What other challenges have you had with masterbatching? Let me know! 💗
16:00 Look at you mixing to the beat of the music.
Hehe, I do try to sync my footage to the music sometimes! So glad you noticed! ☺️💖
"Reusable lids for jugs would be great." I just ordered a 100 piece bag of these little things that look like plastic bonnets. They fit over a cup, a bowl, whatever.
Oooh where do you get those?!
@@CoventinaSoapery I got them from Temu but some folks are weary of ordering there so in case you are, I found them on amazon under "Elastic Disposable Shrinkable Food Storage Covers for Kitchen."
I'm so upset. I had everything set up perfectly to make a huge batch of beautiful marbled soap. I had a very thin trace and went to make my colors in separate cups with batter, poured colors into each cup. By the time I finished mixing that one color, the other 6 cups were too hard to mix in the color. Here I sit with 7 cups of hard soap with color so badly mixed and a tub of hard soap beside it. I'm looking every where to see if there's a way to reverse, heat, cool, anything!
Try this method & you could make a lovely soap. A less time consuming way would be to shred the lot & either make a confetti soap, or use the Ciaglia rebatch method, (I have a couple of videos using that mathod if you're unsure). Best of luck!
@@CoventinaSoapery thank you for replying. I've watched a bunch of rebatch videos and I'll find your Ciaglia videos now, thank you. I'm curious why no one uses the microwave lol.
@@CoventinaSoapery
@@KratomLuv I've used the microwave in the past to soften soap shreds, but only on a small scale.
Great recipe ❤
Thanks so much xx
Ok now I need a painting series from you based on these 😊❤
They all have characters of their own. Princess Vomitus is a fave xx
Delicimelous❤
Thanklinesses xx
What a delicious idea!!! 🌲🌲
Thanks! 🌳🌳
Hello im from sri lanka. Is this good for skin?
Yes it's made to clean skin 👍
yea... marbled brownies. not woodgrain
Aw, no woodgrain?
Oh wow 😮that was a good save!
Thank you! 😊
I immediately thought of brownies when I saw the thumbnail.
Hehe, definitely soap!
Just put your kaolin clay or any clay into your lye mixture. Stir a bit before adding to your oils. Works great & no extra blending that will speed up trace. ❤ It does seem plausible that you could put colloidal oatmeal into your lye solution also. After all oatmeal gets cooked normally & isn't effected/burnt by a little heat. I think I will give it a try with my next batch of oatmeal & honey soap. ❤ Beautiful soap. ❤❤❤
Hey Tracey, thanks so much for taking time to leave a detailed comment, I really appreciate it. I might give it a go xx
I clicked this recommended video, thinking it was a stack of brownies. 😂
Ooops! I hope you still stayed to watch though? 😀
Hey cress!! This Looks awesome ❤...
Hi! Thanks so much!! X
The colours remind me of the Jamaican flag 🇯🇲 Love it!❤
Oh 😮 it became quite blue
Oh yeah! The green is a sort of tealy green though
Ok- what happened to the volume?? 😳
What did happen with the volume?
RUclips does this after the last update. You'll just need to close and restart the app. Hope that helps!
@@oraclepanda thank you xx
If you don't mind, where did you get your fragrance oil? The description sounds amazing. Also it's so cool how some of the bars look like they have knots in the grain
Hi, I don't mind you asking at all. Its unique to Coventina Soapery & it really is lovely 🤩
Amazing, every soap has a unique face looking at you! I love the sweet woody smell of woodlander too, I must get some!
Haha, these characters are now fixed in my head!😄 PS you know where to get some...
Aah, one of the pleasures of cutting soap is seeing those mirror images! Shapes, faces or whole beings revealed in soapy form! I call them soap spirits & I love them! Here are a few from the latest batch of Woodlander soap! Enjoy! X
The wood grain effect is incredible in this batch! I'd TOTALLY try & do my first wood grain this way. I think it looks great!! I'm still scared to try & do the wood grain though,... for fear it mess it up somehow. LOL! ♥😍❤
Thank you! Give this way a go, you might be surprised! x
Que pena não ter tradução para o Português 😢
Eu sinto muito. Não sei sobre traduções do RUclips. Eu gostaria de saber como ajudá-lo. (Estou usando o Google para traduzir).
Recovery is everything sometimes. Imitation is the best form of flattery. I'm a musician as well. I would love it if people copied my song. Not stolen. You know? Plus you may be helping someone else to recover. We all know soap can cost a bunch. Especially starting out. I think your sharing was gracious. Thank you. I wouldn't have thought of that. Could have been my last hundred or so bucks.
Also. What you did is a lot of work. We see your passion and creativity. Excellent!
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments, that is a good way to look at it. I do still believe in crediting the originator. Yes soap supplies are so expensive & I hate the thought that folk are throwing their unsuccessful batches away. There aren't many if any soaps that can't be rebatched. If you know where you went wrong you can remedy it, so always take notes is my best advice. Take care & enjoy your soaping xx
Aw thank you so much, I needed to read this! 💖
@@CoventinaSoapery I should have spell checked that. Omg. It was horrible. Lol. Can you believe I'm also an author. First book. I had to edit the whole manuscript 9 times. 6 of them being Dec and Jan. Grueling!! Book two won't be as bad. I've never written anything. You might like it. She makes sea glass jewelry, soap, is an author moving from being a cleaner and a musician. She's trying to discover what truly makes her happy. Comes here to pei on vacation after a failed abusive relationship. Meets the man of her dreams and more. Then loses him in a bad way. And her children. Then wakes up to find her life is once again in turmoil. There's 3 to the series so far. If you like to read I could send a free copy and maybe you leave me a review on good reads.
New to your channel
Welcome! 🤗
Wow hard work, but came out amazing. Great video.
Thank so much! Yeah, I really enjoyed the process of creating something good from a failure.
I want that sample bar that's a full slice off the top layer!!! Those swirls are gorgeous 😍 ✨️ ❤️ I wish you would do a really shallow full slab with a beautiful swirl on top and cut all the bars like that one.
Hey that's such a great idea! I can do that no problem! Thank you 😊
@CoventinaSoapery ohhhh man I'm so excited!!
It looks like a bunch of different colors of chocolate and caramel ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Heheh, it really does! I do love this soap, but so many times it has me on my toes speeding up as I pour. This one behaved well thankfully xx
So beautiful, the colors
Thank you!
That looks gorgeous
Aw thank you! 🤗
@@CoventinaSoapery you’re welcome
An interesting soap. I bet it smells fantastic! It looked SO much like yummy chocolate and caramel when you were initially pouring it! LOL! The woodgrain effect turned out pretty nicely.
Thank you so much! It smells really lovely, I'm quite proud of this blend. Hehe, yes, so often soap batter looks like delicious pudding 🤤
You are awesome!! You should be growing a bigger following on here soon❤
Aw thank you! I hope so! X
Hey-hey Soapsters! What do you do when you want the wood grain effect, but your fragrance accelerates? This is how I 'now' create Woodlander soap. The concentric pot dump. There, I've named it. 😂 & oh mama this fragrance has some naughty fast moving aroma chemicals in it, but I soaped steady & kept the quickening at bay, (phew!). It smells absolutely divine & is downright addictive for my customers! Granted, I'm not using the typical wood grain pour, but the final effect is pretty close imo. What do you think? Would you use this tech? Thanks for watching xx
do you cure it for 4 weeks, too?
I do, yes
Olá !! Para regiões muito quentes ele não derrete e não é necessário fazer o teste de PH ? Grata
No it shouldn't melt. It's a very hard bar. You can do a pH test if you want to. This soap is for household cleaning, not for skin cleaning as it will be too drying for skin.
Thank you for sharing. So kind and generous of you. This is such a great inspiration idea to convert the seized soap in dough!!❤
Hi thanks so much! It may seem laborious to some, but it's really enjoyable. Plus no waste! 💗