Your soap making frequently asked questions, answered!
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2024
- Finally, a video to answer your most frequently asked questions about soap making, especially my particular style of soap making! I have chosen the top 15 questions asked on my channel - and answered them all right here. Please enjoy and share this video with others if you think it may help.
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Elly, well over a year ago I purchased a simple soap making book but was too intimidated to make any soap. That is until I found your videos a week ago. This morning I made my first soap and so far it looks perfect! I can’t wait to unmold it in a day or two (and make another batch)! You are a very good teacher and explain everything so good. This new video answered a few questions, too. Thanks for the confidence you gave me! Carla from Kansas, USA
Thank you so much Carla! I really appreciate your feedback, and I'm over the moon to hear that I helped you get started on your soap making adventure. Sounds like you're a natural :)
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Same here
You’ve been my soap guru , I’ve watched all your videos . Very informative.
Thank you. I'm very appreciative of your feedback. Glad they're helpful!
The same goes for me. Also thankful that you always take time to answer to questions asked by me and so many others. Not everyone does that. Always looking forward to next new video's of you
Thank you Rit. I appreciate that.
True ...you r my soap guru too...very sweetly you explained💕
Oh My Stars! I just found your channel and have binge watched them all on soapmaking. You make things so simple and easy to understand. Thank you so much for sharing...
Thank you Wanda! I really appreciate that! So good to hear :)
I have learned more from you than any of the other soap makers' sites around the internet. You explain everything so well, and give reasons for doing it the way you do. You've also made me less afraid to make a mistake. I appreciate your videos. Thank you so much!
Your demeanor and voice is very soothing. Love from South Africa 😍
Oh thank you, that's lovely :)
That was a really helpful video 😍 thank you sooo much for your time and effort, we appreciate it ❤
love your videos just started my soap adventure and taking classes too, thank you so much for thinking of all us potential soapers. cheers from NZ
Thank you Elly
Thank you ! You made me so much more confortable in making soap!
Great answer for all the questions!! ❤
Thanks for all the insights! much appreciated!
Thank you, Elly!!!
You're welcome Lauren :)
This is perfect. Thank you!
Thanks Shawn, you're welcome!
you are simply amazing!! thank you!
Thank you too!
This is super helpful! Thank you for creating this video.
You're welcome, thanks for your feedback :)
Thanks for your time.
Love your videos. You are a great teacher. Thank you for this video!
Thank you so much, I appreciate that :)
this was soooo helpful! Thank you.
Glad it helps. You are welcome :)
Thanks for answering these questions it was very helpful for me
Your tutorials are absolutely wonderful.
Thank you so much :)
Thanks so much for a very informative video, Elly!
You're welcome, thanks!
Thank you Elly
It’s really helpful.👍
You're welcome :)
your voice is so soothing!!! thank you for posting this!
Thank you!! 😊
More soap videos please! Love!
Hi Elly!thank you for been a good teacher!
You're welcome. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this amazing video ♥️♥️♥️
You are so welcome
YOUR VIDEO WAS GREAT. I AM A BEGINNER AND IN NEED OF INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOUR SO THOROUGH.
Fantastic Video Elly. Thanks very much
Many thanks!
Thank you so much for your videos! I'm just about to start making soap and your videos are so informative and easy to follow :)
You are so welcome!
I love your videos. Very informative
Thank you.
Thanks for the video! always great to watch and listen to other soapers! Greetings from Sydney
Thanks! Great to hear from another Australian!
Hi! thank you very much! I completely believe much more in someone who has her own criteria base in her experience knowledge and common sense than a calculator!! You have a new subscriber!! 👍💓
Thank you so much for your time and dedication ❤️ you are my soap making teacher 😊
Thank you, you're welcome!
Thank you so much ! I feel blessed meeting u here.just a beginner and trying to do my first one,
I was thinking about this super fat .
u fixed it.
Oh, that's great. Thank you!
Your videos are all wonderful , informative and simple to understand. You are wonderful and much appreciated for taking the time to share as you do. I am new to soap making and your videos are encouraging. Thank you!
Thanks so much Leah :)
Elly, I’ve only just discovered your channel and I love watching all of your videos! You explain things very simply and clearly and with so much warmth and authenticity - I can’t tell you how much I enjoy learning from you. Thank you so much! ❤️
You are so welcome!
I had all of those questions when I first started soap making so this video is a wonderful tool for those just starting out. Great job on this video.
Thank you Renee :)
Fantastic responses to so many questions for all Soap Making beginners. Awesome.
Thank you so much :)
I love your videos, anytime I'm making my soaps and have a question I tune into your channel. ❣❣ you give so much information and great for beginners.
Thanks so much Halima!
Greetings from Brazil! This video clarified most of my doubts! Many thanks, Ellie!
Thank you, that's wonderful!
Your videos are fantastic ! Thank You from Georgia, USA. 😁
Thank you so much. And hello from Brisbane, Australia! :)
From making heaps of melt and pour soaps certainly going to give this one a go, looks so easy, thanks for the tutorial 😊
Nice! Got that water for soap question answered! Thanks🎉
Brilliant!
First I want to say thank you very much! You are teaching me to learn how to make my own homemade bars soap.
Thank you, you're welcome!
Hi Elly, great video and so beneficial. About to make soap for the first time and like Carla have just found your videos. Glad I watched this video which answered all my questions too.
You're very welcome Corina, that's great! Have fun :)
Thank you so much, Elly 😊 This video was very helpful. I've got answers to some questions. You explain everything so well so I had the conference to make my first to beches of soap and they look good. Thank you again 😊
You're very welcome, thank you!
Great job Elly, I wish I had heard you when I first soaped.
Oh thank you. Better late than never I guess?
Thank you Elly! - from Hong Kong.
You're welcome :)
Elly is amazing. Am addicted to soap making now
Hehe thanks Jacqueline!
Great video wish this was around when i started making soap. Perfect for newbies :)
Thank you. Please feel free to share with any newbies you know :)
I am new and got so much out of the vids cant wait to start making soap! I like how she's upfront about it and stays on track so well! A very nice lady totally blessed with her knowledge and wisdom!
I am so glad I found your channel! I was intimidated by the whole soap making process but after watching your intro & video for beginners, I gave it a try. I was so excited when it turned out beautifully! I was a little nervous at first because it stayed soft longer than I thought it was going to but I just left it (silicone molds) and the soap is now in it's third week of curing. Can't wait to try it! Thank you so much! I'm going to try another batch this weekend! Thank you for such great videos & clear instructions!
You're very welcome Maggie, thank you! Very happy to hear of your success :)
You’re just lovely, Elly, and so helpful, too! Thank you so much. I really enjoy your channel and can’t wait to try your recipes. Olive oil is on order as we speak! 🥰 🧼
Thank you Jill, that's great! I appreciate your kind words.
That answered my question about use of distilled water , as I was confused why we can't use tap water . I totally agree with you , i will be using tap water when i make my first soap :) .
Thank you.
Fantastic! You are a legend. Making everything super easy to understand. I will definitely venture into cold process soap making. PS I'm on the Sunshine Coast so I can imagine how hot it must have been locked in your kitchen like that.
Oh thanks Catherine! I am happy to say that my little old house is fully air conditioned by solar power now! No more sweltering when I'm filming :)
Really enjoy all of your videos! Lol was hoping to see your kitty -I love that you talk with your hands and I thought maybe your kitty would take that as an invite to jump on mama’s lap❤️. Thank you for the informative and fun answers!
Aww, that's sweet. No I think he was trying to stay out of the heat of the light that day!
Your videos are great!!!! Very detailed & informative & i love that you give recipes because i am a beginner & it is helpful i do have a soap making book with recipes but it's helpful to see it💜💜💜💜💜
Thank you. No, not yet, but I'm setting up my website!
You’re really good. I love your videos
Oh thank you, I appreciate that!
Watching you has made me want to try to make soap. Hope to make a batch next week
Oh wow! That's the best compliment you could give me. Good for you! Have fun. I haven't made soap myself in quite a while - I'm inspiring myself now! ;)
Hello,tanks of the interesting stuff you mentioned 🌸🌺
Because of your straightforward information and demonstrations, I have finally ordered my supplies and will begin making soap for my family and others in my social world. Thank you!
That's so great Claire! You're very welcome.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Well done! You got through it. Thank you a great helpful video as always. This was helpful to me as a few of those questions I needed answered. Please keep making your soap videos. I wish I was able to come & have soap making lessons with you so having your youtubing soap tutorials is the next best things. Gidday from South East of SA.
Gidday Fiona! Thank you, I really appreciate your feedback. I've been daydreaming about making soap to sell again. Maybe one day. Acutally I plan to write a soap making guide book before that! I'll definitely keep going with my videos, the'yre well appreciated. Thanks again.
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking you're welcome & thank you. A book is a great idea & good to hear about your videos. I was hoping to make soap to sell but I've discovered there is a lot of different red tapes involved & it has scared me off. I would've really loved to have given it ago so I'm disappointed. I wish I could go through it with a fully experienced soapmaker so I could get a better understanding of it, so I could work out if it's a good idea for me to do it. A soapmaking business seems to be a risky business. I don't know how anyone can sell soap here in Aus because of all the red tape involved. So soapmaking will just have to be for pleasure & personal use for me.
Yes, it can be done, but there are costs involved, and to make any decent money out of it you have to work very hard and make a lot of soap! It takes the fun out of it fairly quickly.
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking thank you very much for your kind informative reply its very good to know.
Thanks so much for the down to earth advice. So many soap makers get hung up in the minutiae.. any extra cost to me is extra cost to customers.
Elly, I'm delighted to have found your channel. I've learned so very much from your videos. I've only made two batches of soap thus far (using recipes from a book I own) but the water content was so high that my bars looked deformed and shrunken after curing. I'm inspired to make more soap this afternoon using one of your recipes. You're a wealth of information. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
Thank you, that's really wonderful! I had the same experience when I started. Welcome to the channel :)
Your channel is one of very few who actually go into the how and why of soap making. I've learned so much in a few videos, thankyou very much.
You're very welcome, thanks Lore.
well done and really appreciate your efforts. God Bless U :-)
I look forward to my first try at Soap making! As I wait for supplies to arrive I continue to study tutorials, read books ,and revisit your RUclips Chanel. Thanks for your teachings! Jan from Eugene,Oregon
Thank you Jan! I'm very glad I can help :)
I watched all your videos. You are unbelievably wonderful. Your videos are a treasure of knowledge. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
Thank you so much :)
i am grateful, never understand making soap after a year of youtubing until i came across your videos, thank you, thank you.
Thank you so much :)
Thank our for all those explanations. I can rest now. I will keep watching our videos.
Oh thank you, that's great :)
Miss Elly's Everyday, please understand that you're my teacher for my " to be" small business soon and later, big business and I will share with you in a few months to come.
That's so wonderful Betty, I feel very honoured. Thank you, and good luck!
Thank you - from Texas, USA
You're welcome! Thank you. Oh wow, I'd love to go to Texas some day :)
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking I suggest that you don't come here in the Summer. We have some of the hottest weather in this country.
I'm pretty warm here in sunny Brisbane right now! I know what extreme heat is like. I'd actually love to come to the US in the fall.
Thank you very much for this effort, explaining all these basics! Im happy to hear that you also prefer castile soap. Because me too I only make soaps on olive oil base, because I live vegan and palm/ coconut oil I dont use because primates have to suffer so badly under their habitat loss due to palm oil farming. Greetings from south Germany 💕 and thank you again, one of your videos was the first video I saw, it was a about how to make soap out of olive oil and that made me start doing my own soaps 🧼🧽
Thank you so much Silkie, I'm grateful for your feedback. I am vegan too :)
Thank you very much
You're welcome.
Great video, as a new soaper it was very informative, thank you! Going to stop buying distilled water now 😊.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Elly, after watching your videos you have inspired me alot. Last week ive made my frist soap and it came out perfectly. I cant wait for your videos on liquid soap making. Lots of love from Northeast India.
Thank you
Thanks.
You're welcome :)
Thankyou! I really enjoyed this and other videos you’ve done. I’m 66 and started making soap in 1970s . I had a goat dairy and had to market the milk in a wide variety of ways. Anyway, I used a blender ( like a vita mix) to mix my batter and always turned out nice. Now I use a stick blender, don’t milk goats anymore and now have the time to watch videos like this to continue to learn…. The Zest loving Lady in Florida 😉
Wow, thank you for your comment Donna, that's a real delight! I can understand what you mean about the time to watch videos - I don't get to see many at all ironically! Clever use of the blender too, I have heard of that before.
Hello Elly from Canada, I've been binge watching your videos. I'm really enjoying them. I am going to try to make soap one day. I'm looking for a good box mold first. I have to tell you that one of my favourite things on your videos is hearing the birds from where you live,,,, so please leave the window open part of the time. 🐦🕊️💞👍🤗💞
Thanks Anita, yes I love that too. I always leave them open, unless someone's mowing their lawn in the street ;)
I watched your HP soap videos before I started soaping, so thanks for the uploads. Also, the next time that someone asks you if they can use other oils besides olive oil in Castile soap, please let them know that in order to be called Castile, the soap can only contain olive oil. Some people love Castile and some people consider it slimy.
Thank you, glad you are enjoying my videos. Yes, Castile is not everyone's favourite! I think people are asking about using other oils for soap generally, I don't think many people commenting on my castile soap video know much about soap making :)
Thank you so much for all your explanations. Can I use Shea butter in soap making too
Yes, absolutely! Shea butter is wonderful in soap. You just have to calculate it into your recipe. I demonstrate how to calculate soap recipes here ruclips.net/video/AqKxin0q1bM/видео.html
Hi Elly, recently become interested in making soaps and I just love your videos! You are so helpful at demonstrating and explaining everything. I also live in Australia and I am just wondering where you purchase all your essential oils and clays? Or what brands you use?
Thanks so much!
Hi Emma, thank you! I purchase my most of my essential oils and clays from Escentials of Australia in Noosa. I also buy EO's at Sydney Essential Oil Company. No particular brands, I just buy from different sources according to quality and price. I always buy EO's in bulk from online suppliers - much cheaper!!
Hi Elly, I really love how you go all out to share your knowledge. My question is, are essential oils a must include in soap making? Can I do a batch without adding essential oils?
Thank you Dennis. No, essential oils aren't necessary at all. Plain soap is just as beautiful.
Tq so much aunty Elly... You nvr failed to guide beginner and we simply love yr channel.Hope you can guide us more video on soap bar for enzema kids, some say goat soap are good. Pls do some video on this. 🥰
Hi, you would need to consult a health professional or dermatology site for that :)
Some good points here Elly. In ancient times this is how they make soap without a blender.
it from animal fat, wood ashes, and water. The fat had to be boiled (refined) and the wood ashes leached for a weak lye solution (to also boil into a condensed state. Plants can be used as soap. I hope this helps people in countries that cannot get a blender.
Hi Elly! Just made my first batches of soap one batch using your basic soap recipe, the other using your Castile soap recipe. I unpacked the basic soap batch after 12 hours - it wasn’t perfect but I’ve worked out where I’ve gone wrong so I’m trying it again tomorrow. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and I’m really looking forward to unpacking the Castile batch.
Fantastic! Well done! It's cool huh.
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking just tried a sample bit as a tester - it's really lovely! I'm curing the rest of the batch - it's for my son who suffers from incredibly dry skin on his hands so I'm hoping this will help?
I think this may very well be my new addiction 🙄🤣. Thank you!
Oh yes, making soap is very addictive! I would suggest your son uses a moisturiser too.
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking yes he's doing that too. Palmer's coco butter seems to be working best
Elly, You are the Queen of Soap. I am from India near ooty, coimbatore, Tamilnadu. I started soap making energetically after seeing you channels video. Long live you and your thoughts of presenting..... 😍
Thank you from my heart.
Wonderful to hear! Thank you. I loved Ooty and Coimbatore when I was there in 2018. Amazing part of the country.
Hi Elly, Massive thank you for explaining all of these bits and pieces. I am new to this and am in the process of buying all the bits and pieces I need. I shall be starting off with your cold process lavender soap or do you think I should start with more basic melt and pour? xxx
Thank you Elaine, you sound very prepared and you've educated yourself on the ins and outs of soap making, so I think why not jump right in to a simple cold process soap recipe! I don't really think melt and pour is anything like CP soap making, and who knows what is in those soap bases. I've never made one! But do what feels right for you, that's the most important thing :)
Hi Ellie, wondering why my soap doesn't stay hard in the soap dish when in use. Have had lots of olive oil/coconut oil soaps that have stayed quite firm, and not slimy, but mine seem a bit of a mess. Any advice? Thanks in advance. Love all of your work ❤
Thank you Elly I found you looking for soaps recipes.... And most of them were just "melting and pour soap base options:(". And I'm really happy that I found your channel and the easy: step by step way, your explanation of the wonderful "Saponification" process, and all the calculation "math" involved... As a teacher I really appreciate those skills, I really DO :). Just a question can you replace castor oil (I couldn't find it locally) or just increase the amount of olive oil or coconut oil, In one of your recipes???. Thanks again Elly.
Hi Betty, thanks for your lovely feedback :) Yes, you can replace the castor oil in any recipe, but it will need to be recalculated again to ensure the lye amount is correct.
Hello Elly, It’s great pleasure seeing your videos of soap making.Can I know where do you source your essential oils as all the essential oils these days are not so pure.
These are my suppliers in Australia www.ellyseveryday.com/soap-making-suppliers-australia
I've used the egg beater//electric hand mixer method and I'm sure it works if you really manage it well and spend a lot of time making your soap. But honestly it's not really worth it in my opinion it's best to just get a stick blender. I had a batch of soap at one point that the lye water separated in and it was still usable after it was cured but it was just a pain in the ass, just wanted to share my experience because I'm also very new in this and was trying to get around it but it's best to get one if you are going to do it long term they are super compact usually come apart, you could have it in your bedroom, or van, or kitchen, or craft bin and you can always go used ;P
Thank you so much Elly, for answering so many questions I was having as well. I do have another one that is very important to me. My stick blender was very expensive. With lye being so caustic I worry that with frequent soap making, the metal stick and the blade attached underneath might corrode despite being made of stainless steel. What is your experience with your metal utensils, including your cooking pan, over the years?
Stainless steel should be perfectly fine! Or you could buy a cheap stick blender just for soap making? I've used the same one for many years with no issues. It still works :)
Hi Elly, can I pre make my lye and store and re heat as needed ? Love your videos !
Yes you can, but you'd need to fully research what's involved and store it very safely. You can look up 'masterbatching lye' for more info :)
Ely thank you for helping me on my journey. I have been using you recipes and guides which has been so helpful and encouraging. I do feel however I need to learn more about what it is I'm doing. Do you have courses that you offer? A recipe book?
Hi, not yet, but I plan to publish some soap making guides in 2021 :)
Hi Elly, Thank you for always being so informative.
I was wondering if you or anyone commenting has ever had sweating in their
CP soap? We are having a very humid summer and the shop where I sell my soaps is not really too cool. I just did not think cp soap would sweat, even under those circumstances, but they do. I have stared to shrink wrap some soap but I really don't like the look. Any ideas of how to fix this? Thank you.
Hi Carol, yes that's tricky - CP soap is essentially a type of salt, so in humid weather it will always sweat. Shrink wrapping is the best option to prevent this that I know of, unless you can keep them in a climate controlled/AC environment.
Hello Elly! Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge in soap making! You explain very well and I am even understanding mathematics better 😊. I have two questions. Does soaking flowers in oils (to extract properties) influence in the oil fatty acid value when making a recipie in soapcalc? And why should soap be covered with towels the first days of saponification. Thanks for reading. Gisela
Hi Gisela! No, flowers and herbs won't change the oil fatty acid profile. And the soap is wrapped to help it go through a gel phase and prevent soda ash :)
Hi Elly, wow... I just binge on your soap making videos, very simple to understand for someone who has no Idea on how to make soap.
Elly im pleased to have found your channel, as it came as answer to my sleepless nights of thoughts, thinking about soapmaking.
I met a friend who's into soapmaking, he has a small business in soapmaking and it seems very successful. As I met him, he showed me his soaps, and all. And I became so interested in such a field of soap making, fell in love with it. I desired to learn from him, but he cut me off.
So as I watched your videos, I'm clear and I kinda understand, and looking forward to venture into such. Just have a couple of questions.
1. When one starts such a business of soap making and selling, what kind of certification is needed?
2. Does it become a normal registered business?
3. What becomes of the dermatological approval process? Or it's not even necessary?
4. Between hot and cold process of making soap, which is preferable and simpler with best results?
I'm so eager and in love with this concept of making soaps. I só wanna venture in this. Your advises and guidance would really mean so much to me.
Hi, the certification really depends on which country you are in. You really have to do your own local research on that topic. I would say that yes, if you want to sell soap commercially you would have to register a business. Regarding hot and cold process, there is no preferred method. It's your personal choice. My preference is cold process. It's easier to make large batches in one session and the results look smoother to my eye. Best of luck!