Years ago I used a homemade soap with aloe juice and loved it. After that I make most of my soaps with full aloe juice. My last soap i made I used half aloe and oat milk. Beautiful soap.
The cucumber skin has many benefits - it’s hydrating, contains many nutrients - including Vit A, and is chock full of antioxidants. Leaving it on will also add the lovely, natural green colour to your soap 😊
I love watching your videos and have learned so much from you. You are truly an inspiration to those of us just getting going with soaping. You are a jewel to share your recipes....Many thanks....
Absolutely beautiful!! Thank you so much for taking the time to teach us. I've wondered about using fresh additives, tallow, and aloe for a while now!:) so informative and absolutely beautiful!❤
I actually made a cucumber and aloe soap last week. I used a juicer on the cucumber and did a 50% cucumber juice and 50% aloe juice for the lye liquid. The liquid turns orange after adding the lye but turns back to green afterwards.
Oh wow I made the same kind of soap a couple of months ago but I juiced and frozen the cucumbers in place of my water along with coconut milk. It came out very creamy and very lathered. As always, I love how your swirls come out.
Where did you get your scale? I looked on your Amazon shop and in the links, but don't see that listed...thanks! Love your channel, and thanks for continuing to be teaching on RUclips!
This is wonderful seeing that you always try different additives and find you enjoy it. I use many of the same things you do in my HP soap! They give so much skin loving qualities I love! I hate you closed shop but thankfully I was fortunate enough to grab some before you sold out!! I've already used the " love you" soap and I absolutely love the quality of your soap!! The fragrance and creamy lather is amazing!! I have tried a lot of handmade products and I have to say yours is one of the best ever!! Be proud of yourself and if u ever see the opportunity to open shop again you'll have a regular customer with me!! May you & your husband's journey through health concerns get better through prayers! I've been devastated here lately with my own children's health so hopefully through prayers and love may everyone get better...God bless!
Love it! I have some tallow I purchased to make shaving soap which was an epic fail. But I needed to use up the remaining tallow, so I’m going to give this a go. I don’t have any cucumber and the roads are iced over right now, so I’ll have to skip that part. But yours looks amazing! Phenomenal lather too! Thanks Ellen!
Thank you so much for your videos. I just love how you explain things and the science behind what you are doing. Beautiful soap, I will have to try cucumber puree. Bless You!
Love this! I made a cucumber mint soap in the past and added mint on top as well:) I want to try a facial soap in this scent! I think it will be wonderful for spring! Thank you for your videos! I always love them!
I have done cucumber soap before, but I squeezed the juice out and froze it for my liquid. I use the peelings, dry them and infuse in my olive oil. I will try your way to purée the meat of the cucumber! Great video Ellen.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I will definitely try this recipe, with papaya from my mother's garden. Finally, i have some braveness & courage to try making soap using fresh fruit & vegetable. 4.5% x weight of your soap = maximum amount of fresh food ingredients to add on in your cp soap. Nice info by the way. Tq. ❤❤❤
Love this soap the colours are gorgeous, will definitely have to have a go at making this soap.Wow ! Look at thevlather on that soap.Thank you for sharing 😊xx
Gorgeous lather!❤🧼 I'm going to give cucumber mint a try. I have frozen watermelon, coconut water, goat milk, aloe and mango. All stuff i processed last summer for soap making. I just haven't made anything in a while. But your videos always inspire! Thanks for sharing ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have a cucumber mint from another supplier and it's the choice for an esthetics salon I have my products in. I am going to try the cucumber puree. Have a wonderful weekend !!
I love watching your videos! Do you have a video on how you prep your work station before you start making a batch. Im almost ready to start my first batch. You mention prepping. Just want to make sure I start off on the right foot. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Lovely❤❤❤ as usual. This green color shade looks so beautiful😍 I have never made a cucumber soap, it's still in my 'to do' list 😊That aloe cucumber combination should really be amazing. I have a question, could I sift the cucumber purée through a cheesecloth to then add it to the oil mix? ... This is what I do when I make aloe juice (from my mama's garden fresh aloe vera plants) Thank you very much for sharing another excellent video❤🙏
A great video as always. I was hoping to learn about adding sodium lactate and you didn’t use it this time! If you are using it, do you add it to the water after the sugar is dissolved but before the lye? Beautiful soap by the way! I love the swirls! 🧼❤️🥒 I will definitely try this recipe! 😊👍🏼
I'm definitely going to try this. Can I ask a question? I know you out the tea on the top but could you grind the tea and mix it in the soap as an exfoliant rather than on top?
Hi i love your videos thanks for sharing, this looks beautiful. How can i scale this down i wouldn't want to make huge batches like you do as it would be just personal use for family really. Do i just half the recipe in the description its a massive batch too big for me.
Thank you. New at this and living in the Bahamas it can get real expensive fast purchasing all the items needed for soap making. So I’m hoping to keep supplies cost at a minimum. Thanks again.
If you change the oils, you'll need to run them thru soap calc to make sure your lye is correct. Here is a video with tallow free formulas: ruclips.net/video/SO5n4uWEVO0/видео.html
Thank you!!!! I made one of the 4 recipes you share ,two had palm oil and the other 2 no palm oil. I did the vegan one and loved it. I keep using it with different addives. Thanks from Texas
I am getting ready to use the triple tall skinny mold!! It says it holds 170 oz. What size do you make your bars? I've never used a log splitter & I'm nervous about setting it up for correct measurements. LOL! I think I read that I should get 30 bars out of it.
I don't fill mine to the very top, so I can texture the soaps and still put the lid on. I cut my bars thick, so end up with 24 5+ oz bars and end slices for samples.
If you change an oil in a CP recipe, it's a new recipe and you'll need to run the numbers thru soap calc. Here is a video with several different recipes you might like: ruclips.net/video/SO5n4uWEVO0/видео.html
Have yet to make my first batch of soap😂but have been watching videos for months. Not sure if I missed it, what happened to the other four ounces of cucumber? Was it puréed and added to the lye solution? Sorry if this is a dumb question:/
I have noticed some soap makers using tallow lately. I don’t think I could feel clean using that. I not sure about this? The other ingredients are wonderful!
How can we do this with just buying a soap base and melting it? (Cold pressed pour bar) I don’t want to deal with chemicals with little ones around. Do you have an email?
@@EllenRuthSoap can I do this with any of your recipe using the cold pressed poor? I’m trying to find way to bring a little income with me homeschooling and all.
@ellenruthsoap I was wondering about you handling the soap even after it set up. So many others make it sound like it is not safe to handle until it has cured for 4 weeks to handle without gloves?.?
I can hardly wait to get this recipe started. Still in my freeze phase🤦🏼♀️ Im thinking why do l need to go to all these calculations when l have you to follow for my soaps and such. Not like l'm planning to sell. Just family/ friends gifts
Years ago I used a homemade soap with aloe juice and loved it. After that I make most of my soaps with full aloe juice. My last soap i made I used half aloe and oat milk. Beautiful soap.
can you share your recipe pleaseeee thinking to also add Honey
@@OfeliaRivera-zk4bb
Olive oil 50%
Coconut oil 20%
Palm oil 15%
Hempseed oil 5%
Avocado oil 5%
Castor oil 5%
The cucumber skin has many benefits - it’s hydrating, contains many nutrients - including Vit A, and is chock full of antioxidants. Leaving it on will also add the lovely, natural green colour to your soap 😊
I love watching your videos and have learned so much from you. You are truly an inspiration to those of us just getting going with soaping. You are a jewel to share your recipes....Many thanks....
Thank you 🥰💕
The bars look so refreshing. I love Aloe Juice! It does look like the clay. Like that you showed the Lather test.
Cheers. 👍🤗
I love this one. It made me realize that I haven’t made a French green clay soap in so long!😊
I love aloe Vera soaps!
Me too💚
You are such a joy to watch. I can tell you really enjoy what you’re doing and thank you for sharing
Glad you enjoy it!💚
Absolutely beautiful!! Thank you so much for taking the time to teach us. I've wondered about using fresh additives, tallow, and aloe for a while now!:) so informative and absolutely beautiful!❤
Glad it was helpful!💚
I actually made a cucumber and aloe soap last week. I used a juicer on the cucumber and did a 50% cucumber juice and 50% aloe juice for the lye liquid. The liquid turns orange after adding the lye but turns back to green afterwards.
Thank you for sharing how to make soap and very informative. Love the variation on your brand. Thanks again.
So mesmerizing to watch, love it great inspiration 😊
Thanks so much! 😊
Oh wow I made the same kind of soap a couple of months ago but I juiced and frozen the cucumbers in place of my water along with coconut milk. It came out very creamy and very lathered. As always, I love how your swirls come out.
Your soap sounds fantastic!
Where did you get your scale? I looked on your Amazon shop and in the links, but don't see that listed...thanks! Love your channel, and thanks for continuing to be teaching on RUclips!
Here's the one I use and love: amzn.to/3UzuZpN
Thank you so much! I learned so much from your videos. 💜
This is wonderful seeing that you always try different additives and find you enjoy it. I use many of the same things you do in my HP soap! They give so much skin loving qualities I love! I hate you closed shop but thankfully I was fortunate enough to grab some before you sold out!! I've already used the " love you" soap and I absolutely love the quality of your soap!! The fragrance and creamy lather is amazing!! I have tried a lot of handmade products and I have to say yours is one of the best ever!! Be proud of yourself and if u ever see the opportunity to open shop again you'll have a regular customer with me!! May you & your husband's journey through health concerns get better through prayers! I've been devastated here lately with my own children's health so hopefully through prayers and love may everyone get better...God bless!
Thank you so much! And I'm so happy you're loving the soaps💗
Love it! I have some tallow I purchased to make shaving soap which was an epic fail. But I needed to use up the remaining tallow, so I’m going to give this a go. I don’t have any cucumber and the roads are iced over right now, so I’ll have to skip that part. But yours looks amazing! Phenomenal lather too! Thanks Ellen!
Thank you so much for your videos. I just love how you explain things and the science behind what you are doing. Beautiful soap, I will have to try cucumber puree. Bless You!
You are so welcome!💚
Your videos are awesome. Love watching.
Thanks so much!💚
These turned out so pretty, and that LATHER!!!!!❤❤❤ I bet they smell amazing!!!
Thanks! Yes, the smell amazing and I'm currently using this one to wash my face at night and loving it💚
@@EllenRuthSoap HOW AWESOME!!!
Love this! I made a cucumber mint soap in the past and added mint on top as well:) I want to try a facial soap in this scent! I think it will be wonderful for spring! Thank you for your videos! I always love them!
Yes! I have a sample slice by my sink and am using this on my face currently. I love it💚
Just love your channel!!
Thank you so much!!🥒💚
I bought this soap and can't wait to use it! Currently using the goat milk, honey. and oat soap, and I love it! ❤ Thank you!
Hope you like it!🥒💚
I have done cucumber soap before, but I squeezed the juice out and froze it for my liquid. I use the peelings, dry them and infuse in my olive oil.
I will try your way to purée the meat of the cucumber!
Great video Ellen.
Thank you for sharing, they are beautiful
Glad you like them!🥒💚
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I will definitely try this recipe, with papaya from my mother's garden. Finally, i have some braveness & courage to try making soap using fresh fruit & vegetable. 4.5% x weight of your soap = maximum amount of fresh food ingredients to add on in your cp soap. Nice info by the way. Tq. ❤❤❤
Papaya will be wonderful ❣️
Marvellous video, Ellen. Thank you!
Thank you so much!
I love you and i love your channel❤, I can't wait to see the new chapter for your channel and for you😘. we are always here💐.
Thank you so much!!💚
Thanks for sharing. Loved it I’m trying this recipe.
It's so good, I hope you love it💚
I LOVE cucumber and aloe vera in soap but I also add avocado, it turns out so great, best soap I make! Ty for your video’s! Hugz, Tree
I love avocado soap too💚
Love this soap the colours are gorgeous, will definitely have to have a go at making this soap.Wow ! Look at thevlather on that soap.Thank you for sharing 😊xx
Thanks💚
You are an inspiration like your videos Thank you😊❤
Can’t wait to try this.
Gorgeous lather!❤🧼 I'm going to give cucumber mint a try. I have frozen watermelon, coconut water, goat milk, aloe and mango. All stuff i processed last summer for soap making. I just haven't made anything in a while. But your videos always inspire! Thanks for sharing ❤
You've got some fun ingredients to play with! Have fun soaping💚
Beautiful ❤
Ooohhh Love it Mrs. Ellen
Thanks💚
Pretty soap! ❤
Very nice. I love it and definitely will try it
Lovely minty soap!
Me too💚
The colors were great.
Thanks🥒💚
Beautiful!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have a cucumber mint from another supplier and it's the choice for an esthetics salon I have my products in. I am going to try the cucumber puree. Have a wonderful weekend !!
Wonderful!🥒💚
Are you going to put this in your shop once it’s done? I would love to try it!!😊
I'm no longer selling soap. I had a final close out so these are all sold. I'm going to keep making RUclips videos 😉
clays tend to clump.. try do hydrate them few hours before soaping .. you will have a better outcome ... great videos from Yours ..thanks for sharing🥰
haha i had the vid in the background ... i was to fast with the clay tip :) great lather
Thanks for the tip!
I love watching your videos! Do you have a video on how you prep your work station before you start making a batch. Im almost ready to start my first batch. You mention prepping. Just want to make sure I start off on the right foot. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I haven't made a video on prep yet (that's a great idea), but I just pull all my ingredients so everything is ready to go..
Thank you. Do you sanitize all your tools with alcohol first?
❤ Thank you
You're welcome 😊
I love this soap just one question can we replace the tallow ingredient in the recipe?
If you replace any oils in a soap recipe you'll need to run the numbers thru a soap calc to make sure your lye ratio is correct.
Love all your videos. I wish you would use EO instead of FO
I love them both💕 I only use high quality phthalate free fragrances 😉
Lovely❤❤❤ as usual. This green color shade looks so beautiful😍
I have never made a cucumber soap, it's still in my 'to do' list 😊That aloe cucumber combination should really be amazing.
I have a question, could I sift the cucumber purée through a cheesecloth to then add it to the oil mix? ... This is what I do when I make aloe juice (from my mama's garden fresh aloe vera plants)
Thank you very much for sharing another excellent video❤🙏
Sure, for an ultra smooth puree you can run it thru a sieve 🥒💚
This soap looks amazing. I'd love to try it. Can I ask, what can I use as an alternative to tallow?
Thanks for sharing
If you change out any oils in a soap recipe, you'll need to run the numbers thru soap calc to make sure you lye ratio is correct.
A great video as always. I was hoping to learn about adding sodium lactate and you didn’t use it this time! If you are using it, do you add it to the water after the sugar is dissolved but before the lye?
Beautiful soap by the way! I love the swirls! 🧼❤️🥒
I will definitely try this recipe! 😊👍🏼
I like to add the sodium lactate to the lye solution after it has cooled a bit, before blending with the oils.
@@EllenRuthSoap , thank you; you are my guru! 😊👍🏼🧼
I absolutely love the feel of tallow on my skin.
Me too💚
Those are very pretty and I bet they smell amazing 😂❤
Thanks! They do smell really nice💚
I'm definitely going to try this. Can I ask a question? I know you out the tea on the top but could you grind the tea and mix it in the soap as an exfoliant rather than on top?
Yes, you could add it to the body of the soap too👍
@ellenruthsoap is there a butter that you can substitute the tallow for?
If you change any oils in a CP recipe, it's a new recipe and you'll need to run the numbers thru soap calc to make sure your lye ratio is correct.
Hi i love your videos thanks for sharing, this looks beautiful. How can i scale this down i wouldn't want to make huge batches like you do as it would be just personal use for family really. Do i just half the recipe in the description its a massive batch too big for me.
I shared the recipe in % form, so that you can plug in the numbers for any size batch you’d like💕
@@EllenRuthSoap did you i didnt see that sorry i will check now hunnie thankyou xx
@@EllenRuthSoaphaha so you did i so need to wear my speks when reading sorry again x
Doesn't the Peppermint turn brown on top?
Yes it did turn brown, but still smelled so minty💚
Could I use a juicer for the cucumber?
Yes👍
I hadn't heard the rule about not putting more than 1 oz fresh ingredient PPO before. Thanks
It's a suggested guide line, I'm not sure it's a hard and fast rule...?
Hi ! Can we substitute tallow with Palm Oil?
If you change any of the oils, you'll need to run the numbers thru soap calc to make sure you lye ratio is correct.
Can lard replace the beef tallow?
Lard makes fantastic soap! If you change the oils, run the numbers thru soap calc to make sure your lye ratio is correct.
Thank you. New at this and living in the Bahamas it can get real expensive fast purchasing all the items needed for soap making. So I’m hoping to keep supplies cost at a minimum. Thanks again.
Instead of tallow what other oil or butter do you recommend for this recipe? Love all your videos!!!!!
If you change the oils, you'll need to run them thru soap calc to make sure your lye is correct. Here is a video with tallow free formulas: ruclips.net/video/SO5n4uWEVO0/видео.html
Thank you!!!! I made one of the 4 recipes you share ,two had palm oil and the other 2 no palm oil. I did the vegan one and loved it. I keep using it with different addives. Thanks from Texas
I am getting ready to use the triple tall skinny mold!! It says it holds 170 oz. What size do you make your bars? I've never used a log splitter & I'm nervous about setting it up for correct measurements. LOL! I think I read that I should get 30 bars out of it.
I don't fill mine to the very top, so I can texture the soaps and still put the lid on. I cut my bars thick, so end up with 24 5+ oz bars and end slices for samples.
What can l use instead of tallow?
If you change an oil in a CP recipe, it's a new recipe and you'll need to run the numbers thru soap calc. Here is a video with several different recipes you might like: ruclips.net/video/SO5n4uWEVO0/видео.html
Where are you selling your soaps? The only soap I found, all of them were sold out.
I'm no longer selling soaps. I had a final close out sale to clear inventory. But I'll still be making YT videos💗
Just a question is it ok to add shea butter or olive oil after saponification , will that be ok for shampoo or soap
If you change the oils or add to the formula, you'll need to run the numbers thru soap calc to make sure your lye ratio is correct.
@@EllenRuthSoapTrue i was reading about superfatting soap or shampoo after saponification
Can we juice, the cucumber 🥒?
Yes👍
Since you closed your shop online will you do farmers market?
No, I'm not going to see any longer. I'll be making small batches in the future.
@@EllenRuthSoap okay. I’ll keep watching your videos as you put them out. Love ya Ellen.
Have yet to make my first batch of soap😂but have been watching videos for months. Not sure if I missed it, what happened to the other four ounces of cucumber? Was it puréed and added to the lye solution? Sorry if this is a dumb question:/
I was making a double batch, so the other puree went to that😉
Ahhhh! Thank you so much. Love your videos:)
@ellenruthsoap
Can you please let us know exactly how many oz of fragrance you are adding as well in your recipes.
I don't like to give that number, because many fragrances have different usage rates and it's important to look each one up.
That silk looks like my attic insulation 😂😂😂😂
Guess l better not try that for my substitute huh?🤭🤭🤭🤭
🤣 probably not 😂
I have noticed some soap makers using tallow lately. I don’t think I could feel clean using that. I not sure about this? The other ingredients are wonderful!
It actually makes a very cleansing bar of soap😉
Wish I had a chance to buy some of you soap. I was going to check on your opening day tomorrow, but checked today, and it's all sold out. 😢
My shop sold out way faster than I anticipated❣️
Why didn’t you purée the entire cucumber with skin?
My problem would be eating the cucumber… i love them!😊
You could do the whole cucumber with skin and all, but the skin will not puree smoothly and would leave spots.
How can we do this with just buying a soap base and melting it? (Cold pressed pour bar)
I don’t want to deal with chemicals with little ones around.
Do you have an email?
I don't know how you could do this with MP soap base... The saponification process is what's preserving the fresh puree.
@@EllenRuthSoap can I do this with any of your recipe using the cold pressed poor?
I’m trying to find way to bring a little income with me homeschooling and all.
@@bnalejandro7 I suggest reading many articles about soap making before jumping into business. Bramble Berry & Modern Soapmaking are great resources.
@@EllenRuthSoap thank you! I just found them on RUclips!! You are awesome ❤️🙏🏼
Castor oil has healing properties and I use it in all of my soaps. I also use essential oils for their healing benefits.
Mrs. Ellen I was worried about your hands when you were mixing the lye and aloe solution. But I know you have years of experience. But whew!!! 😅
Yes, I should have had on gloves for sure❣️
By the way that lather looked sooooo silky!!! Yesss!!!❤
@ellenruthsoap I was wondering about you handling the soap even after it set up. So many others make it sound like it is not safe to handle until it has cured for 4 weeks to handle without gloves?.?
@@CptBlysWife93 It’s completely safe to handle the next day, and is a good pH after 48 hours..
I can hardly wait to get this recipe started. Still in my freeze phase🤦🏼♀️
Im thinking why do l need to go to all these calculations when l have you to follow for my soaps and such. Not like l'm planning to sell. Just family/ friends gifts