For the record, I love your unrelated intros. My kids have ferrets and yet somehow I always end up with cage duty. Mom life.

@MrsSoapAndClay

2 жыл бұрын

It is SUCH mom life! So they/I sent a parakeet over the rainbow bridge a few years ago because it was their job to feed the birds, and they never put more birdseed in the little tray thing - which was totally my fault because I forgot to tell them that the birds eat the seeds and leave the shells, so it might look like their dish is full, but it’s not. Those things were dead within the first two days of having them. So as a result, I check on the other pets they’ve forgotten about 13 times a day. 😂

Beautiful Soap!! I love watching you create 😊 Thank you for the tips 😊

Thanks for all that jazz. Love your credibility. Happy Holidays.

I love your sense of humor.

Beautiful bar with the lotsa great info!

Love the videos….. and the 3 keys on the wall✨✨✨

I love this color soap it's very beautiful

Those bars are beautiful! I just made a batch of soap dough this weekend. Worked it into pliable balls today. First successful batch of said dough. My partner and I are going to try to make the Godzilla soap this weekend! The soap dough is for embeds... =D

@MrsSoapAndClay

3 жыл бұрын

That’s going to be FUN!

@emerencespringer

3 жыл бұрын

That's so Awesome. Would love to see it when finished.

LOVE this soap!!! That technique for in the pot and down the side pour... AWESOME!!!! Your information is ALWAYS so helpful, and I will always keep it in mind!!! It's because of you, that I ordered a couple mini fragrance oils to "test the waters" and see how I feel about using them as opposed to essential oils for my personal soaps. Still waiting on my cocoa butter to arrive... Grr Amazon!!!

@MrsSoapAndClay

2 жыл бұрын

So Cierra Candles just sent me their brand new Mystical collection of fragrance oils and oh my damn it is soooo good! The entire collection smells so delightful and would be the perfect segue between essential oil soaps and fragrance oil soaps.

@iKit306

2 жыл бұрын

Cindy I fell ya on cocoa butter delivery. I had... issues with getting some delivered by Rustic Escentuals recently. I was very frustrated. I hope it arrives soon!

@MrsSoapAndClay

2 жыл бұрын

Soapers Choice FTW!

Thank you for this!

@MrsSoapAndClay

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I put a massive amount of Lemongrass EO in my 5lb loaf (ratio based on oils) ... and after un-molding it was off-putting because I don't like overpowering scents. Today marks 6 weeks of "curing" and the scent is absolutely perfect. It's strong enough to smell like Lemongrass, but light enough to keep in the restroom without it smelling like a Lemongrass factory. Haha

Those bars are so pretty

Ok. Here goes. I'm doing a FO/EO blend. Patchouli FO and Orange 10 Fold EO. The company I got the FO from has the IFRA usage rate at 2.6%. The orange is 3%. I want to make a 50/50 blend. How would I go about doing that? It would be simpler to use both EO'S, but this is something I have already, so was wondering if I could get some help figuring it out. Thank you so much! Your info and soap are amazing!

I love essential oils! They smell good lol. They don’t make me sneeze like other “fragrance” do.

Yeah, as a parent I think if you buy or allow your child to have a pet before they’re 18 you have to be prepared to care and provide for that pet until it’s dying day. I know people who’s kid is going on 30 and they’re still looking after the horse she got when she was 12.

Hi again. Nice colors in your soap. Can you tell me how do you mix your micas please? I’m seeing that a FO is easier to work with as well.

@MrsSoapAndClay

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! Usually I mix the micas into a bit of the batch oils, though sometimes I put the dry mica directly into the emulsified soap batter. They’re easily incorporated either way. Have fun!

How do you properly blend them? Would you use the lowest percentage at its maximum and use another one at its maximum it would that be too much?

Soapcalc asks for oz/lb, how do you convert that to percents? I’m now to soap and lost on fragrances. My fragrance oils I got to start say use .25 to .5 percent. Is it common to have percentages so small? Tyvm!

@MrsSoapAndClay

Жыл бұрын

Hey! There are percentages options on soapcalc - check the boxes next to the ounces. For fragrances, I typically don't mess with the ones that have such low usage rates on their own, but they can be blended with other fragrances.

Bbbbut butt but..i blend Eos and FO's..ooooo i must be cray cray😂😜🤣

@MrsSoapAndClay

2 жыл бұрын

Crazy like a fox!

I know this vid is dated,but doing research for next test soap. My batch would be 18 oz of oils. I am blending 3 FOs. One 3.5% max, one 3.9% max, and one 31.1% max. The FO that’s 3.9% is going to be the majority (50%) and others 25%. Would I measure based on max use rate for majority FO being used? Thanks!😊

@MrsSoapAndClay

Жыл бұрын

I would never put a max usage rate that high in any soap; those max usage rates are safety ratings, not what the soap will tolerate. 30% of any scent or a blend in a soap could very well lead to leaky bars. Try between 5-10% of the oil weight, splitting 50/25/25 amongst the three. Have fun!

@debran.3100

Жыл бұрын

@@MrsSoapAndClay Thank you. The 31.1% is going to be one of the 25% portions. I think I messed up on the question. I do that. I needed a % base guide for a FO calculator. Being a newbie, just concerned about going over max rate suggested ex: 3.9%. But I’m going to guess you’ll sayyyyy Forget the calc and stick with 5% and the 50/25/25 split. 😁

It looked like hips, like a pelvis....in your soap! Can you tell im in the healthcare field. 😆

@MrsSoapAndClay

3 жыл бұрын

Soap Rorschach is THE BEST!!

Ok, so since MP has already been through the saponification, it doesn't need as much EO or FO, right? Am I understanding you correctly? BTW, beautiful soaps

@MrsSoapAndClay

2 жыл бұрын

That’s right!

@pattiemoseley8752

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrsSoapAndClay thank you. I have asked other soapers and let's just say that the conversation got a little heated

@MrsSoapAndClay

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know why people try to overcomplicate things. Saponification is a brutal process, and much gets lost as a result. Melt and pour requires less scent because it’s already been through the change. It’s usually best to trust your best instincts in the soaping world - you’ll find that you’re right most of the time. Now for the why behind it all? I’m happy to help make that make sense! 😂❤️

@pattiemoseley8752

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrsSoapAndClay it does make sense since you explained it. Since it doesn't have to go through saponification, it doesn't need as much

I feel like it is a stupid question but here we go. Blending oils( fragrant or eo) eg cinnamon eo is .5 % and blend with 2 other eos, is the total amount of oils at .5% for total oul weight or .5% cinnamon plus 2% lavender plus 3% rose = 5.5% eos for total oil weight please? NOTE: I just pulled %s and names out of my head for example. Thank you.

@MrsSoapAndClay

3 жыл бұрын

Questions are never stupid! So it would be the .5 of cinnamon plus whatever you would like to blend to hit that essential oil total of 4% of the oil weight. So basically how you wrote it out!

@soapsonstone740

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrsSoapAndClay thank you so much! So some reason, I have never been able to get my head around that🤦‍♀️

@emerencespringer

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrsSoapAndClay ... I disagree about the stupid question. There is a stupid question. The ONE you don't ask. - a professor, from what feels like a million years ago, explained that the process of learning, in a classroom is SUPPOSED to be "interactive" - in That, teachers give information, and examples in such a way that is designed for students to actually ask questions. But no one does because they are too afraid of asking a dumb question, or looking stupid. - I was never afraid of that. No matter what grade I was in, By the 2nd week of school every teacher saying does anyone have any questions? Or asking the class does anyone know - fill in the blank - would then say "Does anyone ELSE - have, know - fill in the blank. I might have a lot to say, and I might know more about a lot than most, but I also read everything I have access to. Because I'm not a Know it all, I just WANT TO know it all, everything about everything. How do you open your mind? Open a book 📚. 🤗❤️😁💜😎 Everything is about perspective. Opinions are choices that we choose to believe one thing over something else. And beliefs are thoughts we have chosen to repeat, until we believe them to be true.

@emerencespringer

3 жыл бұрын

And while I love, love love cinnamon. It's considered a "hot" EO. - it's spicy in flavor. But in terms of there's a difference in essential oils families. Peppermint and cinnamon are hot because they, for lack of a better option, being heat to the skin. Use peppermint oil in a soap and use it for southern areas and there's going to be exclamations that are above rated PG-13. - hot. Hot. hot. 🥵🔥 So please use caution when formulating EO. - because if I'm not mistaken, you're going to have to calculate EACH INDIVIDUAL OIL as far it's requirement for Use plus it's ratios within the limits of the total Use, Used. - Oh My the maths. - I'm not a math geek. I need more math geeks for friends. Yes I just want to use you for your mind 🧠🧠🧠 LoL.

@iKit306

2 жыл бұрын

@@emerencespringer I actually love using peppermint EO and menthol crystals in soap. I'm careful about the usage rates so that it's never burning or painful in its sensation but the tingling is enjoyable. And because of that it's not so intense that it can't be used in the sensitive below belt locations.

My lavender smell almost disappeared from my melt and pour soap

@MrsSoapAndClay

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no!

Now. I'm a super smart granny. Like I said I read about quantum physics for fun because I find the subject fascinating. But for the LOVE of chuck and my sanity, I don't do math. My Achilles... And that's what giant computer brains 🧠, calculators and spreadsheets are for. I can read a map, but algebra is not going to happen. So help me please understand what the math is for for the formulas for adding FO and EO. - as in school when you're told to show your work, how do I get the answer...⁉️ You completely Lost me with total weight of Oils but not for the water. And I understand that soap calc doesn't give measurements for EO-FO, and there's other websites for calculating specifically for those. But my 🧠 wants to know the proper procedure, process, how to do it just in case. Because I'm just a NERD... - soap making is basically science and chemistry, right...? Liquid becomes solid, and all that jazzy stuff you do... My hubbster has said for years me, just making coffee is a science project. But it's the best cup of coffee you will ever know... Because guess what, cooking, also science and chemistry.. thanks in advance. ❤️💗💜

@iKit306

2 жыл бұрын

Okay. Numbers! I have a 4.5LB tall & skinny mold from Nurture Soap. So my current soap recipe is designed for this mold. To fill it I use EXACTLY 48 ounces of oils, 15.28 ounces of water, and 6.55 ounces of lye. Plus 3 ounces of fragrance (roughly). At that rate 3 ounces of fragrance is 6.25% of my OILS (math: 3 ounces divided by 48 ounces of oils). But if I did the math based on total weight of oils + water + lye, 3 ounces would be only 4.29% (48 + 15.28 + 6.55 = 69.83 then 3 ounces divided by 69.83 ounces is 4.29%). What Mrs S&C is saying is that you need to calculate it ONLY based on the oils weight because, roughly speaking, after you cure out a soap the water weight (15.28 ounces in my case) will evaporate out. Meaning if you ARE actually using a fragrance that is only skin safe up to 5% in any soap product, basing it on oil weight tells me my 3 ounces is unsafe but on the combined total weight I would think it IS safe... and then we'd be unsafe after cure because the weight changed! One could, nominally, consider mathing by oils + lye since the saponification reaction doesn't, to my knowledge, create any byproducts that would evaporate out. In which case 3 ounces of fragrance would be 5.49% (3 ounces divided by 54.55 ounces [48 ounces of oils + 6.55 ounces of lye]) and would still be too high for something at a safe usage rate of 5%. But that takes more math since you have to add the oils and the lye first, without the additional water and other additives.

@iKit306

2 жыл бұрын

So if we start at my recipe minus the fragrance, what we want to do to find the max rate of fragrance (either EO or FO) to use is a simply mathematical calculation: 48 ounces times 0.05 = 2.4 ounces. This is the rough max if I want to do 5% fragrance in my soap. Of course safety is, as Mrs S&C said, dependent entirely on my fragrance. Cinnamon and black pepper for example would be MUUUUUUCH lower. Some FOs might be only IFRA safe up to 1% (which as she said... why bother?). In which case of those 2.4 ounces no more than 0.48 can be the fragrance that is only safe up to 1%. The remaining 1.92 ounces of fragrance needs to be something else.

@MrsSoapAndClay

2 жыл бұрын

Great job explaining it!

@iKit306

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrsSoapAndClay Of the very few things I am competent at, math is actually one of them. At least up through Algebra 2 stuff. Pre-calc and up hurts my brain. Sooooo much hurt. >_>

@emerencespringer

2 жыл бұрын

@@iKit306 ... I appreciate your explaining it, and I'm trying to wrap my head around how to get a base formula. I can do % and basic conversation to decimals so since the very Max for safety is at 5% - my math is ALWAYS going to be 0.05 of Oil. - this part I understand. where I was wanting to get more math help is - for Example. Using Soap Calc you enter at the top the batch amount say 5lbs. And Each Oil is added via drop down options and the plus - into each line to calculate the recipe. In the column each oil has a % to be included. - when you calculate the recipe it goes to the page with All the details in the amounts as you described. The water amount, the lye amount, each Oil amount, all given by our choice for ounces or grams etc Where do I find or figure out what is the total weight of the Oils. - at this point am I just adding up those measurements of Oil myself? - or am I making it more complicated than necessary? Thank you for your help

The frag oils that are avail to me are devilish indeed

Yay. I'm first. ???.. 💃💃💃💃 LoL

@emerencespringer

3 жыл бұрын

Dang missed it by That much.

i did not learn

@MrsSoapAndClay

Жыл бұрын

Glad you already had the information in your brain! Essential oils and fragrance oils and how we add them to soap is confusing for many new soapmakers, which is why this video was made. Not all things on the internet are going to be specifically made for you. 😂