You are adorable! I watch these videos to calm down and just stumbled on you, you may be my new favorite calm down channel! Thank you for being a lovely calming and somewhat comical channel in these crazy times.
Oh that is such a lovely comment, thank you so much. I'm so pleased my videos help you keep calm. Hope the 2 dragons aren't giving you too much stress :-)
Excellent tutorial on how to cut soap curls! In addition I love how you use common every day items to make budget friendly soap tools! Such a beautiful soap. Thank you again for sharing your talents.
Oh how I wish I had your talent!!! I'm a new soap maker and in awe of what you do. You're an excellent teacher, explaining why you do what you do or don't do . I save your videos to refer back to....yes I'm subscribed and if I weren't across the pond I'd simply have to show up for a tea, coffee or wine and hug you hard! Thank you ever so much for sharing all you do. God Bless. I pray your Christmas is filled with joy.
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much that's really kind of you to say Pam Weber and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me :-)
So fun! I'm considering making a green curl and making a vine inspired soap. Maybe a jungle theme or possibly ivy. So much inspiration in this video! Thank you!
I love this soap! And I love your personality so much! I love your very subtle pauses in your videos it’s like you have a team of people behind the camera it’s all very professional! 🤍🤍🤍
Such a cheerful, whimsical soap, and really good directions, as always. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos, Lisa. We appreciate them very much!
I love love love the soap curl soap. I can see you love what you do too! Hopefully I can make these someday but I am still a beginner Thank you so much you are truly an inspiration !
I'm new to cp soap making. I just made one uni colour batch so far, but I really enjoyed it. You channel is a treasure for getting to know different techniques. Thanks a lot for uploading these super informative and nice videos! I can't wait until I'm more experienced and can try all these cool designs. Greetings from Germany ☺️💚
I think your soaping style is very good. I follow several well known soap makers any you are becoming my favourite. I’m going to try this design . Thank you for the tutorial.
Oooh I found a few that I hadn't watched from your channel. It's like it's Christmas! This is beautiful. I am wondering how I can do this and what depth I would need to make a batch to make my soap curls be the right height for a slab mould. You got it perfect, Lisa. This turned out so great - you truly are so talented!
Thanks so much Tracy. I actually poured them so they would be the right height, I did them 3cm I think, so that would allow a little planing and still get a 2.5cm bar at least.
You have more talent in your little finger than I have in total but I m going to try this one also! Thank you for your tutorials. By far, you have provided the most useful, easy-to-understand information for this newbie!
Thank you! I came by to find out if I needed to put my soap through gel phase to make a curls.😁😁 I appreciate how thorough your explanations are. And gorgeous soap, as usual.
Thank you so much, ooh that's lovely to hear. I will be listing my chasing butterflies cat soap very soon and then I have another batch of Wishing on a star on the curing rack now :-) If you want to receive notifications about shop update, just subscribe for update on my website. Thank you so much :-)
I have been binge watching soaps and came across your channel last night. You have amazing soaps and explain so well.. You have a new subscriber from now Lisa.. Love from India.. 🙏❤😍
I saw a comment once that said how soap curls add an easy design to soap. I responded how difficult they are to make. I had such a hard time getting mine the same thickness all the way through. You made it look easy. 😁
I agree, they can be tricky if your soap batter won't curl, but gelling and not adding sodium lactate helps. Also having the curl bar only as thick as your curling tool is really helpful too. Then it's just a case of even pressure as you curl. Sometime you do have to play around with when you start to curl, if your bar's too soft they can just stick and squidge up. Sometimes turning over the bar and curling from the other side helps if you're getting further in and it's a little softer than you'd like. But I do agree they can sometimes be tricky.
I Dream In Soap I had a hard time applying even pressure to the peeler to make the curl the same thickness all the way down. I finally used a mandolin slicer to get a consistent strip to curl.
Wow, just wow. Thank you thank you thank you. As a soap making quiller I've been wondering how to blend my two favorite hobbys. You've done it!!! Subscribed, following, thumbs up, happy faces and hearts!!!
Ooh Linda, quilling and soap, yes you can combine. I wish I could add pictures here, but I can't. Anyway, before I was doing RUclips videos I did a few blog posts and I did some picture quilling type designs using soap curls. If you fancy a look here's the link. www.wix.com/dashboard/66fc276a-250b-48e5-9c6c-dde307146432/blog/5dd0bbf8f15f7200176c9d55/edit
I discovered you tonight. Your tutoriels are far the best I saw . I started 3 months ago, and made 10 soaps...some worked out fine, but I had problems with acceleration quite often. All the questions I had, about trace, acceleration Ith certain EO , temperature, emulsion. micas , titanium etc etc...you answered them all. wouw. And thank you. Until now I created every soap I made, with different oils , butters and essential oils...colours...so of course it is always a suprise even when I am just making it...lol. Last try was with milk and honey, lye with fresh cowmilk... next will be vanilla wirh goatmilkk or donkey... it's'really exciting to do. I plan a rastafari soap to bring to Barbados to my friends there.. with hemp ouil, lol of course, coconut cream and ylang ylang...and rastafari colours... Thank tou so much for all your advices. XOX from south of France... ulli
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much that's really kind of you to say, I'm so pleased you've found answers to a lot of your questions and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me :-)
Hi, Lisa. Hi am really enjoying your channel. I've been binge watching all the episodes. Have you ever considered a video about how you organize your tools, equipment, ingredients, molds, etc? I would love to see something like that.
AW, thank you so much. I have though of something like that and may in fact do it, as I don't have a special soap room. The one thing I am looking to do quite soon is sort of equipment related etc. I'm looking to do a video on reducing single use plastic in soap making, do you think people would be interested?
@@IDreamInSoap Yes! I LOVE the idea of a video on reducing single use plastic! I think your subscribers would be super interested in that. An equipment-related video, too. Thank you for everything you do!!
I’m flabbergasted! I can’t hear the video cuz my hubby is sleeping but who taught YOU how to make soap ??? Wow what a lot of work ….. it’s just amazing 😊5/22/23
Aw thank you so much. I basically taught myself, lots of research, practice and always questioning why we do things a certain way and how we can improve
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment, I really appreciate it as it helps my channel to grow.
Bonjour Lisa. Je fais aussi des savons mais pour moi et ma famille. Je ne fais pas d'aussi beaux savons que vous. Les miens sont tout simple aux herbes médicinales que je trouve dans mon jardin. J'aimerai beaucoup pouvoir créer comme vous, et un jour j'essaierai. J'adore ce moule transparent que vous avez mais je n'en ai pas trouvé de semblable. En tout cas je vous remercie de partager votre passion. Un grand merci. Petra
Another lovely soap - as usual! All your soaps are lovely. Don't you ever have failures like the rest of us? I have a silly question to ask you if I may: where do you buy your cling film? I have never seen one in the UK like that.... Mine always tears badly on the cardboard teeth.
Hi Nicole. Thank you so much. I must admit I don't tend to get many fails, but I think that's because I'm an obsessive planner and tester. For the cling film, I think the box is the key, it wasn't cheap, but I've had mine for about 4 years and it's still going strong, no sign at all of it looking any worse than when I bought it. It was this (I think the pattern on mine's different) www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GB95P54/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I then refill it using these, they're not made for it but work really well. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00237PWO2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
@@IDreamInSoap Thank you Lisa. I had not realised the cling film was a separate thing. I thought it came in a box like that! It makes sense. Thank you again and I look forward to your next video!
another great video, love the swirls🤩, this maybe a silly question to an experienced soaper, but do you place in the oven to avoid having the let it cure for 4/6 weeks like I've seen on other channels or does this do something else ??, thanks
@@pennydickinson3258 🤣, Lisa has some fabulous designs, I'm new to the soap world, so I think I'll stick to Melt & Pour for a while and see if I can attempt to recreate some of her easier designs😵
Ann Marie Quinlan I’m fairly new too! I’m making my 3rd batch today, so I’m not ready for these advanced designs but I’m addicted to watching these videos😂 Brambleberry has some cold process kits to start with if you ever want to give it a go. Have a great day!!
Hi, yes any mold should be fine, you are only heating the oven very low. The oven is not on when the soap is in there, you turn it off as you put the soap in.
Thank you so much, Micol. I am in the UK, so not sure if you will be able to get the same one, but anyway, this is it. www.amazon.co.uk/Heston-Blumenthal-Precision-Platforms-Aquatronic/dp/B00DW419G0, you may be able to find them, or something similar.
Just a curiosity question. What would happen if you slowly poured the white batter from a jug over a spatula to fill in all the spaces? Mind you, I haven't even an inkling of your skill, so I haven't tried this technique. I was just wondering if you had tried this already? :)
Hi Tami, you certainly could use a jug, I wouldn't worry about a spatula. The only reason I use a bottle is you want the stream of batter nice and thin, if you pour your batter and the stream covers a wider area you are risking trapping in air bubbles, which if your batter is nice and fluid could be banged out.
This is so pretty and very effective! Love it. I have a couple of questions...what’s the difference between using an acrylic mould vs silicon mould. I’m still at lining with greaseproof paper stage, it wondering whether to invest in an acrylic mould...or make some silicon ones. Also, where did you buy your planer please? Thanks for sharing the video and technique. 💕
Thanks so much Hilary. I use an acrylic mould a lot and I love it, I don't own an acrylic slab mould though. For a slab mould I think an acrylic mould would be fairly difficult to unmould as the large volume of soap on the base, would make it tricky to get off. If I had one I would probably just line the very bottom, but leave the sides as they are. I never line my acrylic loaf mould and it always unmould fine, but does take quite a bit of pushing to get the bottom off. I like both the silicone and acrylic but for a loaf mould I always go for my acrylic one 1st. I got my planer from Ebay, they're also on Etsy. If you're in the US you should be able to get one, the chap I got mine from doesn't seem to be shipping to the UK any more. Oh gosh, just gone to look on Etsy and he's not even on there any more :-(
on Etsy www.etsy.com/listing/247627248/blade-less-acrylic-soap-planer-no-more?ref=shop_home_active_19&frs=1&crt=1 if in US and on Ebay www.ebay.com/itm/223499828761 if not
Thanks Lisa, I’m in the UK and just starting my soaping journey. It seems as if soaping supplies are so hard to come by at affordable prices here. Another ‘to make’ project. I’m afraid I just don’t like buying things if you can make them yourself 😉. My cruelty soap mould is a homemade one, which is now starting to warp a bit, but that’s ok 😁. Xx
@@Hilary_ClarbySoaps I know how you feel. I thought you might be in the UK because you spell mould the same way as I do. It's tricky here to get things, but you can make a lot of things and that's really satisfying :-)
Lisa... These are so so pretty! Wonderful work! I just love the final result 😊 So, putting soap in the oven just makes the soap gel, or does it also hurry the curing process? Thank you for showing your lovely techniques and sharing helpful tips 💕 -Shonna
Hi Shonna, thanks so much. yes putting in the oven (heated to 170f and then turned off when the soap goes in) helps to force gel. It's handy when you use a water discount as less water means your soap doesn't get as warm and therefore is more difficult to get to gel. If you soap at full water or nearly full water you soap is quite likely to just gel on its own if you wrap it in a towel. Gelling your soap will makes the bar initially a bit harder and easier to get out of the mould but it won't shorten the cure time at all (sadly). It also tends to make the colours in your soaps brighter.
How do you make up your dispersed td in terms of powder to liquid? Also, I've tried dispersing mine in oil as it says it's oil soluble but it just dissolves it water so much easier.
I've got a whole video on that it shows the rate I use, and also how to disperse it successfully. I never even need to use a stick blender on mine when I add it to the soap and often just stir it in. Here's the vid that will explain everything ruclips.net/video/N9xAsaDJ-GY/видео.html
Hahhahahahaha the cat in the box 😂😂😂 I had to cat years and years and years ago with my very first boyfriend in our very first apartment and both of the cats loved to get inside of boxes or they would sit on top of pizza boxes ...usually I would stack the one or two pizza boxes on the chair next to the door to be taken out to recycling and sure enough one or both would sit up their like kings of the mountain 🏔 I really enjoy your channel very very very much. I enjoy you and your personality I think you are so funny first of all and your creativity is through the roof!! I’m really interested in trying my hand at cold process soap and I have so many ideas swirling around in my head but I’m still very nervous. I guess I’m more nervous as to how much supplies I should buy and what molds would be best to use and how much colorant to buy and it gets even more confusing because everything that you can buy along those lines comes in many different sizes. Do you have any advice for someone wanting to get started like me? I tend to bite off more than I can chew when I start a new project and whether it turns into something I can sell later down the road we will cross that bridge when we get there I just don’t know where to start
He, he hey Amber thank you for your lovely comment. If you like cats you should watch my 'Pussycat Stars' video. OK starting off, it can be so easy to get carried away. I would advise just buying a simple cheap mold 1st of all. the ones with the silicone lines in a wooden box are great, just a cheap one, should be somewhere between $10 - $20 (I'm presuming you're in the US' Read reviews for fragrances and pick something that's going to behave. Something like Black raspberry vanilla or love spell, they tend to be pretty reliable and smell great too. You just need a few micsa, some companies will do little selection packs where you get quite a few small tester pots. Mind you for your 1st soap you don't need any colours, a plain soap is great, or if you have cocoa powder, adding some of that to part of your oils will give you a lovely swirl. Just take your time. Stay safe and well :-)
I Dream In Soap Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! And I’ve already watched the pussycat stars video several times but that’s great advice and I really appreciate it and I can’t wait to get started. I think for ease of mind for my first girl I’m going to get a kit from Brambleberry it comes with everything I need including a loaf and the Mika’s and the fragrance and it even comes with all the utilities I need like pitchers and mixing tools and a stick blender and even a scale. Whether or not I choose to do the actual design on my first try will have to see I think your idea of a very basic soap for my first go is better advice! But at least I’ll have everything I need for the next time I make or attempt a batch again thank you so much for taking the time to give me advice and Can’t wait to see what more do you have in store for 2020
I Dream In Soap Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! And I’ve already watched the pussycat stars video several times but that’s great advice and I really appreciate it and I can’t wait to get started. I think for ease of mind for my first girl I’m going to get a kit from Brambleberry it comes with everything I need including a loaf and the Mika’s and the fragrance and it even comes with all the utilities I need like pitchers and mixing tools and a stick blender and even a scale. Whether or not I choose to do the actual design on my first try will have to see I think your idea of a very basic soap for my first go is better advice! But at least I’ll have everything I need for the next time I make or attempt a batch again thank you so much for taking the time to give me advice and Can’t wait to see what more do you have in store for 2020
Yes you could, and melt and pour is good for curls, so thank you for adding that. For me with our restrictions in the UK, I wouldn't be able to add melt and pour and still legally sell my soap
I Dream In Soap but I know others that are in the UK and sell CP soaps with MP Curls etc. Plus I Make & Sell only MP soaps legally plus other various body products + the Safest Soy Candles & Soy Melts In The World Plus.
@@natashagreen-chillaxedprod7769 Hey Natasha, ooh I'm not saying that they would be illegal for anyone to make and get assessed, but for me with the assessments I have, I couldn't add melt and pour, as I have to stick to the ingredients that I have in my assessed recipes.
Muchas gracias. No incluyo mi receta públicamente porque mi canal trata de ayudar a las personas a crear maravillosos diseños de jabones y compartir mucha ayuda con mucha información sobre técnicas.
Hi Reem. I'm afraid that's the one thing I don't really just want to post openly I'm afraid. I really hate saying no, but I spent a lot of time and money getting it how I like it. To be honest though I really think a lot of it has to do with how well you spot emulsion and therefore don't blend too much and temperature, you can have the slowest recipe, but if you don't manage those elements it will still move quickly. However, I will try to give you some tips so you can maybe change your recipe a bit. Try not to have too many hard oils and butters, I find it's better to keep an eye on your saturated : unsaturated fat ratio rather than just hard vs liquid oils, you will find it on the top right hand side when you view a recipe in Soapcalc, Mine is 41:59. If you don't mind using lard (it makes excellent soap) that will trace very slowly, also make sure you use olive oil, rather than pomace olive oil. Temperature is also a big factor, you may need to play around a bit until you find the best range, do you soap cool, either at room temperature or say between 80-90 degrees. Butters, like cocoa butter and Shea butter etc will accelerate, so will castor oil, so use those sparingly. I hope this helps a bit, Best wishes. Lisa
Hi Kelly, yes I do (due to tight regulations though I cannot sell all of them, only those that I have paid to get cosmetically assessed. This is my shop www.idreaminsoap.co.uk/shop-1
Hi Everyone. I hope you liked the video. If you have any questions or comments please leave them below. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Perfect balance of science and artistry! I wish I had a drop of you talent....
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much that's really kind of you to say and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me :-)
You are adorable! I watch these videos to calm down and just stumbled on you, you may be my new favorite calm down channel! Thank you for being a lovely calming and somewhat comical channel in these crazy times.
Oh that is such a lovely comment, thank you so much. I'm so pleased my videos help you keep calm. Hope the 2 dragons aren't giving you too much stress :-)
Love the colours you used. Pink and purple are my 2 faves
Hi Dusty Unicorn thank you so much for your very kind comment 😊
Excellent tutorial on how to cut soap curls! In addition I love how you use common every day items to make budget friendly soap tools! Such a beautiful soap. Thank you again for sharing your talents.
AW that's lovely to hear, thank you so much Julie, and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me 😊
Oh how I wish I had your talent!!! I'm a new soap maker and in awe of what you do. You're an excellent teacher, explaining why you do what you do or don't do . I save your videos to refer back to....yes I'm subscribed and if I weren't across the pond I'd simply have to show up for a tea, coffee or wine and hug you hard! Thank you ever so much for sharing all you do. God Bless. I pray your Christmas is filled with joy.
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much that's really kind of you to say Pam Weber and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me :-)
So fun! I'm considering making a green curl and making a vine inspired soap. Maybe a jungle theme or possibly ivy. So much inspiration in this video! Thank you!
Ooh they all sound good, good luck with them :-)
I love this soap! And I love your personality so much! I love your very subtle pauses in your videos it’s like you have a team of people behind the camera it’s all very professional! 🤍🤍🤍
AW, thank you so much, that's so kind of you. I do try to remember to pause every now and again, so I'm not just going on and on :-)
Such a cheerful, whimsical soap, and really good directions, as always. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos, Lisa. We appreciate them very much!
Thank you so much Christine, oooh yes I like whimsical, that describes it perfectly :-)
Beautiful! I've seen a few soap curl videos, but yours is definitely my favourite. Love the stripes, very clever! Such a fun soap!
Thank you so much Beck, yippee nice to be a favourite :-)
I love love love the soap curl soap. I can see you love what you do too! Hopefully I can make these someday but I am still a beginner
Thank you so much you are truly an inspiration !
So incredibly ambitious yet you pulled it off like a whip! You are so talented and intelligent.
That's so kind of you to say Michelle, thank you so much 😊
You're welcome 😊 I've been so delighted to find your channel.
I'm new to cp soap making. I just made one uni colour batch so far, but I really enjoyed it. You channel is a treasure for getting to know different techniques. Thanks a lot for uploading these super informative and nice videos! I can't wait until I'm more experienced and can try all these cool designs. Greetings from Germany ☺️💚
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much Katha Catlady that's really kind of you and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment :-)
I think your soaping style is very good. I follow several well known soap makers any you are becoming my favourite. I’m going to try this design . Thank you for the tutorial.
AW, that's so lovely, thank you Christine. I'm so pleased you find my videos helpful. I hope you do have a go at the soap curls, they're so much fun.
Oooh I found a few that I hadn't watched from your channel. It's like it's Christmas! This is beautiful. I am wondering how I can do this and what depth I would need to make a batch to make my soap curls be the right height for a slab mould. You got it perfect, Lisa. This turned out so great - you truly are so talented!
Thanks so much Tracy. I actually poured them so they would be the right height, I did them 3cm I think, so that would allow a little planing and still get a 2.5cm bar at least.
Omg woman I love your creativity and techniques I'm at awe!!!
Aw such a lovely thing to say, thank you so much ❤️
VERY PRETTY! You break all the steps down to seem so easy! Thank you.😘👏👏💖🤷♀️
You are so welcome!
I have never seen soaps like these, love them. You are very creative!
Thank you so much Simply Whimsy Soaps , that's very kind of you.
You have more talent in your little finger than I have in total but I m going to try this one also! Thank you for your tutorials. By far, you have provided the most useful, easy-to-understand information for this newbie!
Hey thanks!
Give it a go, it'll be fun! 😉
The stripey curls look so neat! That’s a fun soap. :)
Thank you Denise, I think it's fun too, it makes me smile. Thanks for leaving a comment :-)
Yay got to see one of your lovely cats again! My big ginger boy says hello 😸😸Lovely soap too. 🐾 Very Cheshire cat 💜💗
He, he, oh yes I remember a little end shot in that video. I can see Cheshire cat too :-)
I love these. Golly, once again you do a work of art.
Thank you so much!
Thank you! I came by to find out if I needed to put my soap through gel phase to make a curls.😁😁 I appreciate how thorough your explanations are. And gorgeous soap, as usual.
Such a cute soap! I really like the zigzags.
Thank you so much, so pleased you liked it, and thanks for leaving a comment :-)
You are so talented. I love your attention to detail.
Thank you so much @acrylicavenue6056, that's very kind of you.
Wow! They look soooo beautiful! 💜
Aw thank you so much ❤️
I am obsessed with your soaps! I can’t wait to place my order. I wish I had found your channel when the cat soap was in stock!
Thank you so much, ooh that's lovely to hear. I will be listing my chasing butterflies cat soap very soon and then I have another batch of Wishing on a star on the curing rack now :-) If you want to receive notifications about shop update, just subscribe for update on my website. Thank you so much :-)
How lovely, I need to try the soap curls.
Thank you, Sheila, yes you should try them, they're lots of fun.
Absolutely brilliant! You are for sure inspiring me ;)
Wow, thank you so much, stay safe and well :-)
I have been binge watching soaps and came across your channel last night. You have amazing soaps and explain so well.. You have a new subscriber from now Lisa..
Love from India.. 🙏❤😍
Hey, that's excellent news, welcome new subscriber, hope you enjoy my channel and thank you for leaving a comment :-)
You have the most charming designs! I've really enjoyed watching these videos - I've just recently found them. :) Just lovely!
Thank you so much Mary :-)
You have such a nice, calming voice ♥️
Hello again, thank you so much :-)
I.love your video and the teaching .
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you so much
Omg pretty kitty!!!
Absolutely stunning 😍👌👌👌👌
Thank you so much Bharati Chitnis, that's very kind of you.
I saw a comment once that said how soap curls add an easy design to soap. I responded how difficult they are to make. I had such a hard time getting mine the same thickness all the way through. You made it look easy. 😁
I agree, they can be tricky if your soap batter won't curl, but gelling and not adding sodium lactate helps. Also having the curl bar only as thick as your curling tool is really helpful too. Then it's just a case of even pressure as you curl. Sometime you do have to play around with when you start to curl, if your bar's too soft they can just stick and squidge up. Sometimes turning over the bar and curling from the other side helps if you're getting further in and it's a little softer than you'd like. But I do agree they can sometimes be tricky.
I Dream In Soap I had a hard time applying even pressure to the peeler to make the curl the same thickness all the way down. I finally used a mandolin slicer to get a consistent strip to curl.
I love your soap design and vedioes, Neelam from India
Thank you so much Neelam, so kind of you to say :-)
Amazing amazing creativity!!
Thank you very much Deeksha
Thanks again for a beautiful soap creation ❤️
Hi Chase Rider lovely to see you again, thank you so much for taking the time to leave another comment for me 😊
Another beautiful Soap. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Jeannette and thank you so much for taking the time to leave comments for me :-)
Beautiful!
Thank you! Laurel
What a gorgeous soap! I love everything about the soap! Great job soapy sister! ML!
AW, thank you so much Debra, thank you for always leaving me a lovely comment :-)
Your soaps are wonderful, and you are so delightful! Thank you so much for sharing your skills.
AW that's lovely to hear, thank you so much Carrie Purdy, and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me 😊
Wow, just wow. Thank you thank you thank you. As a soap making quiller I've been wondering how to blend my two favorite hobbys. You've done it!!! Subscribed, following, thumbs up, happy faces and hearts!!!
Ooh Linda, quilling and soap, yes you can combine. I wish I could add pictures here, but I can't. Anyway, before I was doing RUclips videos I did a few blog posts and I did some picture quilling type designs using soap curls. If you fancy a look here's the link. www.wix.com/dashboard/66fc276a-250b-48e5-9c6c-dde307146432/blog/5dd0bbf8f15f7200176c9d55/edit
@@IDreamInSoap you rock so hard!!! Thank you
Another great video
Thank you so much. so kind of you and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment :-)
This is so great! Very beautiful! Thank you for sharing
AW that's lovely to hear, thank you so much Stephanie , and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me 😊
I just LOVE your tutorials!
Hey, thank you so much Megan :-)
Lovely job. I really loved the soap curl process
Thank you so much Ann, soap curls are lots of fun. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment :-)
Loved this. Thx. CT, usa
Hi Heather thank you so much for your very kind comment 😊
Amo seu trabalho. Adoro sua voz é forma que explica. Bjs Dani
Muito obrigado, isso é tão gentil de sua parte
I discovered you tonight. Your tutoriels are far the best I saw . I started 3 months ago, and made 10 soaps...some worked out fine, but I had problems with acceleration quite often.
All the questions I had, about trace, acceleration Ith certain EO , temperature, emulsion. micas , titanium etc etc...you answered them all. wouw. And thank you.
Until now I created every soap I made, with different oils , butters and essential oils...colours...so of course it is always a suprise even when I am just making it...lol.
Last try was with milk and honey, lye with fresh cowmilk... next will be vanilla wirh goatmilkk or donkey...
it's'really exciting to do.
I plan a rastafari soap to bring to Barbados to my friends there.. with hemp ouil, lol of course, coconut cream and ylang ylang...and rastafari colours...
Thank tou so much for all your advices.
XOX from south of France... ulli
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much that's really kind of you to say, I'm so pleased you've found answers to a lot of your questions and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me :-)
Gorgeous 🥰💕❤️love your colors and those stripes🎉
Thank you so much Leslie, I like the striped too, they make me feel all jolly :-)
Beautiful! Loved watching this video, thank you!
Thank you so much Joan and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment :-)
Omg I cant WAIT to try this! Well, a variation of it
Ooh excellent, I do hope you give it a go :-)
clever idea, thank you for the information too
Thank you so much Gillian, so pleased you found it useful. I hope you and your family are staying safe and well :-)
So pretty
That's so kind of you to say Rhonda , thank you so much 😊
Hi, Lisa. Hi am really enjoying your channel. I've been binge watching all the episodes. Have you ever considered a video about how you organize your tools, equipment, ingredients, molds, etc? I would love to see something like that.
AW, thank you so much. I have though of something like that and may in fact do it, as I don't have a special soap room. The one thing I am looking to do quite soon is sort of equipment related etc. I'm looking to do a video on reducing single use plastic in soap making, do you think people would be interested?
@@IDreamInSoap Yes! I LOVE the idea of a video on reducing single use plastic! I think your subscribers would be super interested in that. An equipment-related video, too. Thank you for everything you do!!
Great idea! 😍
It's like an HD design 😘👌
Glad you like it and thank you for taking the time to leave another comment for me :-)
Thank you so much for the wonderful tutorial. This soap was beautiful.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment :-)
I’m flabbergasted! I can’t hear the video cuz my hubby is sleeping but who taught YOU how to make soap ???
Wow what a lot of work ….. it’s just amazing 😊5/22/23
Aw thank you so much. I basically taught myself, lots of research, practice and always questioning why we do things a certain way and how we can improve
so pretty!! I love your videos!
AW, thanks a lot Loretta
Love this effect
Thank you so much Alice :-)
Loved .......so cool
Hey, thanks a lot Heather :-)
Awesome soap! And ha ha ha at 1:05
Love this, reminds me of the Cheshire cat
Thank you so much Kayla D, that's very kind of you and now you say it, I cam see Cheshire cat too :-)
💖So adorable! Love this design!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment, I really appreciate it as it helps my channel to grow.
I think this looks wicked.
That's so kind of you to say Natasha Green - Chillaxed Products, thank you so much 😊
So much fun. I will shoo my cats out of the boxes and give this a try. Thank you. 😄
Excellent, it can be tricky getting them out of the boxes though :-) hope it goes really well.
@@IDreamInSoap so very true
Another wonderful video. Really appreciate the time and care you put in to create them Lisa. PS. What is about cats and cardboard boxes? 😉😊😉
AW, thank you so much Michael and cats and boxes, I don't know but they just love them don't they :-)
love it
Thank you so much Diana, that's very kind of you.
Bonjour Lisa. Je fais aussi des savons mais pour moi et ma famille. Je ne fais pas d'aussi beaux savons que vous. Les miens sont tout simple aux herbes médicinales que je trouve dans mon jardin. J'aimerai beaucoup pouvoir créer comme vous, et un jour j'essaierai. J'adore ce moule transparent que vous avez mais je n'en ai pas trouvé de semblable. En tout cas je vous remercie de partager votre passion. Un grand merci. Petra
Another lovely soap - as usual! All your soaps are lovely. Don't you ever have failures like the rest of us?
I have a silly question to ask you if I may: where do you buy your cling film? I have never seen one in the UK like that.... Mine always tears badly on the cardboard teeth.
Hi Nicole. Thank you so much. I must admit I don't tend to get many fails, but I think that's because I'm an obsessive planner and tester.
For the cling film, I think the box is the key, it wasn't cheap, but I've had mine for about 4 years and it's still going strong, no sign at all of it looking any worse than when I bought it. It was this (I think the pattern on mine's different) www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GB95P54/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I then refill it using these, they're not made for it but work really well. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00237PWO2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
@@IDreamInSoap Thank you Lisa. I had not realised the cling film was a separate thing. I thought it came in a box like that! It makes sense. Thank you again and I look forward to your next video!
another great video, love the swirls🤩, this maybe a silly question to an experienced soaper, but do you place in the oven to avoid having the let it cure for 4/6 weeks like I've seen on other channels or does this do something else ??, thanks
It still has to cure 4-6 weeks, but she puts it in the oven to go through gel phase.
@@pennydickinson3258 Thanks Penny, appreciate your prompt reply
Ann Marie Quinlan good timing as I had just watched the video too😊
@@pennydickinson3258 🤣, Lisa has some fabulous designs, I'm new to the soap world, so I think I'll stick to Melt & Pour for a while and see if I can attempt to recreate some of her easier designs😵
Ann Marie Quinlan I’m fairly new too! I’m making my 3rd batch today, so I’m not ready for these advanced designs but I’m addicted to watching these videos😂 Brambleberry has some cold process kits to start with if you ever want to give it a go. Have a great day!!
If I have only have one 42 ounce mold can I stick it in the oven at 175 degrees Fahrenheit or should I reduce the heat a little?
Hi, yes any mold should be fine, you are only heating the oven very low. The oven is not on when the soap is in there, you turn it off as you put the soap in.
Really pretty! I do have a question: where you get your weight machine, love that it has different weight pads?
Thank you so much, Micol. I am in the UK, so not sure if you will be able to get the same one, but anyway, this is it. www.amazon.co.uk/Heston-Blumenthal-Precision-Platforms-Aquatronic/dp/B00DW419G0, you may be able to find them, or something similar.
I Dream In Soap I found it on USA Amazon!! Thank you so very much!!!
@@micolt123 Perfect :-)
Just a curiosity question. What would happen if you slowly poured the white batter from a jug over a spatula to fill in all the spaces? Mind you, I haven't even an inkling of your skill, so I haven't tried this technique. I was just wondering if you had tried this already? :)
Hi Tami, you certainly could use a jug, I wouldn't worry about a spatula. The only reason I use a bottle is you want the stream of batter nice and thin, if you pour your batter and the stream covers a wider area you are risking trapping in air bubbles, which if your batter is nice and fluid could be banged out.
This is so pretty and very effective! Love it. I have a couple of questions...what’s the difference between using an acrylic mould vs silicon mould. I’m still at lining with greaseproof paper stage, it wondering whether to invest in an acrylic mould...or make some silicon ones. Also, where did you buy your planer please? Thanks for sharing the video and technique. 💕
Thanks so much Hilary. I use an acrylic mould a lot and I love it, I don't own an acrylic slab mould though. For a slab mould I think an acrylic mould would be fairly difficult to unmould as the large volume of soap on the base, would make it tricky to get off. If I had one I would probably just line the very bottom, but leave the sides as they are. I never line my acrylic loaf mould and it always unmould fine, but does take quite a bit of pushing to get the bottom off. I like both the silicone and acrylic but for a loaf mould I always go for my acrylic one 1st. I got my planer from Ebay, they're also on Etsy. If you're in the US you should be able to get one, the chap I got mine from doesn't seem to be shipping to the UK any more. Oh gosh, just gone to look on Etsy and he's not even on there any more :-(
on Etsy www.etsy.com/listing/247627248/blade-less-acrylic-soap-planer-no-more?ref=shop_home_active_19&frs=1&crt=1 if in US and on Ebay www.ebay.com/itm/223499828761 if not
Thanks Lisa, I’m in the UK and just starting my soaping journey. It seems as if soaping supplies are so hard to come by at affordable prices here. Another ‘to make’ project. I’m afraid I just don’t like buying things if you can make them yourself 😉. My cruelty soap mould is a homemade one, which is now starting to warp a bit, but that’s ok 😁. Xx
@@juleerenee4 Perfect - thank you so much JuLee, I couldn't find the link, didn't remember it was custom soap stamps.
@@Hilary_ClarbySoaps I know how you feel. I thought you might be in the UK because you spell mould the same way as I do. It's tricky here to get things, but you can make a lot of things and that's really satisfying :-)
Lisa... These are so so pretty! Wonderful work! I just love the final result 😊
So, putting soap in the oven just makes the soap gel, or does it also hurry the curing process?
Thank you for showing your lovely techniques and sharing helpful tips 💕
-Shonna
Hi Shonna, thanks so much. yes putting in the oven (heated to 170f and then turned off when the soap goes in) helps to force gel. It's handy when you use a water discount as less water means your soap doesn't get as warm and therefore is more difficult to get to gel. If you soap at full water or nearly full water you soap is quite likely to just gel on its own if you wrap it in a towel. Gelling your soap will makes the bar initially a bit harder and easier to get out of the mould but it won't shorten the cure time at all (sadly). It also tends to make the colours in your soaps brighter.
How do you make up your dispersed td in terms of powder to liquid? Also, I've tried dispersing mine in oil as it says it's oil soluble but it just dissolves it water so much easier.
I've got a whole video on that it shows the rate I use, and also how to disperse it successfully. I never even need to use a stick blender on mine when I add it to the soap and often just stir it in. Here's the vid that will explain everything ruclips.net/video/N9xAsaDJ-GY/видео.html
The wallpaper behind you looks like a soap swirl pattern!
He, he, yes I guess they do, maybe that's an idea
Hahhahahahaha the cat in the box 😂😂😂 I had to cat years and years and years ago with my very first boyfriend in our very first apartment and both of the cats loved to get inside of boxes or they would sit on top of pizza boxes ...usually I would stack the one or two pizza boxes on the chair next to the door to be taken out to recycling and sure enough one or both would sit up their like kings of the mountain 🏔 I really enjoy your channel very very very much. I enjoy you and your personality I think you are so funny first of all and your creativity is through the roof!! I’m really interested in trying my hand at cold process soap and I have so many ideas swirling around in my head but I’m still very nervous. I guess I’m more nervous as to how much supplies I should buy and what molds would be best to use and how much colorant to buy and it gets even more confusing because everything that you can buy along those lines comes in many different sizes. Do you have any advice for someone wanting to get started like me? I tend to bite off more than I can chew when I start a new project and whether it turns into something I can sell later down the road we will cross that bridge when we get there I just don’t know where to start
He, he hey Amber thank you for your lovely comment. If you like cats you should watch my 'Pussycat Stars' video. OK starting off, it can be so easy to get carried away. I would advise just buying a simple cheap mold 1st of all. the ones with the silicone lines in a wooden box are great, just a cheap one, should be somewhere between $10 - $20 (I'm presuming you're in the US' Read reviews for fragrances and pick something that's going to behave. Something like Black raspberry vanilla or love spell, they tend to be pretty reliable and smell great too.
You just need a few micsa, some companies will do little selection packs where you get quite a few small tester pots. Mind you for your 1st soap you don't need any colours, a plain soap is great, or if you have cocoa powder, adding some of that to part of your oils will give you a lovely swirl. Just take your time. Stay safe and well :-)
I Dream In Soap Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! And I’ve already watched the pussycat stars video several times but that’s great advice and I really appreciate it and I can’t wait to get started. I think for ease of mind for my first girl I’m going to get a kit from Brambleberry it comes with everything I need including a loaf and the Mika’s and the fragrance and it even comes with all the utilities I need like pitchers and mixing tools and a stick blender and even a scale. Whether or not I choose to do the actual design on my first try will have to see I think your idea of a very basic soap for my first go is better advice! But at least I’ll have everything I need for the next time I make or attempt a batch again thank you so much for taking the time to give me advice and Can’t wait to see what more do you have in store for 2020
I Dream In Soap Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! And I’ve already watched the pussycat stars video several times but that’s great advice and I really appreciate it and I can’t wait to get started. I think for ease of mind for my first girl I’m going to get a kit from Brambleberry it comes with everything I need including a loaf and the Mika’s and the fragrance and it even comes with all the utilities I need like pitchers and mixing tools and a stick blender and even a scale. Whether or not I choose to do the actual design on my first try will have to see I think your idea of a very basic soap for my first go is better advice! But at least I’ll have everything I need for the next time I make or attempt a batch again thank you so much for taking the time to give me advice and Can’t wait to see what more do you have in store for 2020
You can always use Stephenson Melt & Pour Base To for the curls.
Yes you could, and melt and pour is good for curls, so thank you for adding that. For me with our restrictions in the UK, I wouldn't be able to add melt and pour and still legally sell my soap
I Dream In Soap but I know others that are in the UK and sell CP soaps with MP Curls etc.
Plus I Make & Sell only MP soaps legally plus other various body products + the Safest Soy Candles & Soy Melts In The World Plus.
@@natashagreen-chillaxedprod7769 Hey Natasha, ooh I'm not saying that they would be illegal for anyone to make and get assessed, but for me with the assessments I have, I couldn't add melt and pour, as I have to stick to the ingredients that I have in my assessed recipes.
Hermoso jabon pero por favor podrias poner la receta .gracias
Muchas gracias. No incluyo mi receta públicamente porque mi canal trata de ayudar a las personas a crear maravillosos diseños de jabones y compartir mucha ayuda con mucha información sobre técnicas.
I have the same problem with finding boxes! 😂
What is it with cats and boxes, has anyone every explained it, they're like cat magnets
Trying this at the moment but I made the soaps too soft. May have to resort to a knife to cut them.
Oooh, can you leave them for a bit longer to harden up a bit?
Hello your work is very nice. but we can’t learn if we don’t have recip. Can you teach us recipe
Hi Reem. I'm afraid that's the one thing I don't really just want to post openly I'm afraid. I really hate saying no, but I spent a lot of time and money getting it how I like it. To be honest though I really think a lot of it has to do with how well you spot emulsion and therefore don't blend too much and temperature, you can have the slowest recipe, but if you don't manage those elements it will still move quickly. However, I will try to give you some tips so you can maybe change your recipe a bit. Try not to have too many hard oils and butters, I find it's better to keep an eye on your saturated : unsaturated fat ratio rather than just hard vs liquid oils, you will find it on the top right hand side when you view a recipe in Soapcalc, Mine is 41:59. If you don't mind using lard (it makes excellent soap) that will trace very slowly, also make sure you use olive oil, rather than pomace olive oil. Temperature is also a big factor, you may need to play around a bit until you find the best range, do you soap cool, either at room temperature or say between 80-90 degrees. Butters, like cocoa butter and Shea butter etc will accelerate, so will castor oil, so use those sparingly.
I hope this helps a bit, Best wishes. Lisa
I Dream In Soap
Thank you for your tips I’ll work harder trying &trying again
Do you sell your soaps?
Hi Kelly, yes I do (due to tight regulations though I cannot sell all of them, only those that I have paid to get cosmetically assessed. This is my shop www.idreaminsoap.co.uk/shop-1
Recipe for soap curls, please 🙃🙃🙃
Please mam full recipe n mejerment
I'm sorry, I do not give out my recipe, there are lots available on the internet and I give a lot of other things, like techniques in detail instead
@royaltysoaps why haven’t you made anything like this yet?😏🤩
Oooh, I don't know?
Lady I love you
That's excellent news :-)
Idk why but these kind of remind me of the Cheshire Cat.
He, he, you are actually not the 1st person to say that, so there must be something about them :-)
So pretty!!! I love your videos!
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much that's really kind of you and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment :-)