I have been making soap for years, and I started selling it 7 months ago. I use tallow for all of my products I sell!! I LOVE it, and the benefits from it are so amazing!❤❤❤ Also, I love your videos! I don't comment very often, but I just have to spread my love for tallow!!😅

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

It’s a great soap💗

@patriciaendris925

Жыл бұрын

Do you render your tallow or buy already processed?

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

@@patriciaendris925 I bought the tallow for todays video.

@MnMVelasquez-kp4cm

12 сағат бұрын

May Ask if you buy your tallow? If so, would you mind sharing where? Thank you!

My company is centered around tallow. All our soaps are made with it. I use some castor oil as well to improve lather, and I soap at 120 degrees.

Love tallow soap! I’d love if you could do a goat milk and tallow soap with recipe! Thanks for sharing this!

@keekeejenkins6162

Жыл бұрын

This + egg yolks😊

I use tallow at 20% of oils in my soaps...enough to be useful yet still workable for doing designs. I'm glad to see you making a tallow soap! 💕

I have been binge-watching your videos for the past couple of days. My grandmother is in the hospital so while I am sitting with her in her room we have been watching your videos. My grandmother taught me how to make soap from saved bacon fat and beef fat from hamburger in 2020. She taught me how to clean it. She has a recipe from my great-grandmother on how to make lye, but I suggested that we use my lye from Bramble Berry. She says she wishes she had all the fragrances like today when she was a little girl.

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

What a sweet heritage you have, love that❣️ Give your Grandma a hug from me💗

@marydunnington8001

Жыл бұрын

That is so awesome!!! I believe it's so important to share and pass down our heritage. I started making soap 5 years ago with my mom, then with my daughter, and my granddaughter helped with the cutting and drying. I love that we've shared this with 4 generations!!! Would you be willing to share your great-grandmother's receipe for lye? Also how do you clean the meat grease to use?

@ashley-cz1sl

Жыл бұрын

@@marydunnington8001 There are two different ways that my great-grandmother made lye. The main thing is it has to be with ashes from HARD wood. One of the ways is to collect all the ashes and put them in a 5-gallon bucket and cover them with water and then let it sit 8-12 weeks. I have used PH strips to test it. Strain it and put it in a glass container for storage. When making soap you do not have to add any water when it comes to the lye solution because it's already added. She also has a way to boil it over an open fire to crystalize it but I have not tried that yet. I have young kids and don't want them around the fire pit while doing that.

@ashley-cz1sl

Жыл бұрын

@@marydunnington8001 Oh yeah I forgot my grandmother says to let the soap sit a little longer if you are doing cold process soap, but we have made it on the stove and in the crock pot. The hot process soap and it's worked out even better.

@elainem7722

5 ай бұрын

@ashley-cz1sl I'm saving up beef fat from hamburger to make soap. I plan to clean it a couple of times by boiling it in salt water. Do you use it at 100% of oils? Does it move fast? Thanks

Hi Ellen, as a farmer’s wife I use tallow in 98% of my soaps. Love the stuff! I agree with the soap man’s comment below, it’s never the tallow that makes it speed up. Usually something else I did! 😂😂 Beautiful soap!

beef tallow soap is such a creamy thick lather ( its lovelyis great100%)

I'm excited to see you making this discovery. I hope you'll stick with it. I think you'll find it's worth the effort. Quite a while ago, I decided I didn't want to use palm oil in my soaps, so I switched to tallow, lard, or a combination of tallow and lard. Great decision. Despite the high saturated fats, my soap is always slow to trace, and I love the way the soap performs much more than I liked palm. It takes a little while for the soaps to harden up, as you discovered, but I do end up with nice hard bars in the end. Thanks for sharing your experiment with us. I love your enthusiasm.

I was so excited to see you did a video featuring tallow! I also love lard, camel fat and salmon. What a gorgeous soap you’ve made. Thank you🌹

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I've never heard of camel fat... That's so cool!

@debbieescobar6267

11 ай бұрын

Salmon?

@HB-yk4ut

11 ай бұрын

@@debbieescobar6267 Yes. Salmon oil is incredible. I also have been loving Wagyu Beef tallow. I’m going to be trying chicken fat too. I have very dry skin and I find that combining animal fat with produce oil is my solution.

Thank you for sharing your video. I have made soap using tallow and love it. Hopefully it will help with our farmers and economy in Britain. Tallow was used in both soap and candles many years ago. I have made candles with tallow too and they are brilliant. 😃👍

@keekeejenkins6162

Жыл бұрын

I wish I could find a tallow + beeswax candle optimal ratio or recipe

Love tallow soaps! The swirls are beautiful!

Thank you so much for all the great information in this wonderful video!

I'm a big fan of beef tallow for soapmaking for many reasons. Thank you for sharing your valueable information. I will diffinately try your recipe.❤

Thank you for teaching different aspects of soaping, I learned so much from you ❤ . Your tallow soaps are beautiful 😍

Hi éllen i follow your soap making all the time i enjoy watching you make soaps

I love using tallow in soap too.

I love tallow soap Ellen! It’s so beautiful, I haven’t ever used beef tallow but I have used sheep tallow and if you use to much it can be a bugger and moves fast! But is a beautiful soap! ❤❤❤

Great looking soap, l must try tallow. Thx Ellen

Love them ❤

I just love your videos. You are a wonderful inspiration and and excellent resource . You have given me the confidence to try all types of ingredients and I am happy to say I have made some wonderful soaps for family and friends. Keep sharing your passion with your fabulous videos!

Amazing! Love the ingredients. I too use Organic Tallow in some of soaps recipe. It gives an amazing layer. It has great benefits. Thank you Mrs. Ellen

Perfectly done love it.

I love tallow soap, and that scent winter woods sounds right up my ally too. Beautiful bars Ellen. I made some cute mango mini bars for kids with my tallow recipe, I used a mango fragrance with orange & green swirls to accent the white batter.

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Oooooh, your soap sounds wonderful ❣️

Very nice, thank you!

So beautiful I love them and the video. You are the best with everything you give us. Ty so much

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🥰

I have tallow so perfect timing for me. Thanks!

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Have fun making❣️

Loving the color and design of this soap. Very beautiful and unique swirls.

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Thank you💕

I am going to try this recipe! I love your videos. You are an amazing presenter! Thank you for sharing!!

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 💗

Thanks for the info! Before jumping into soaping with tallow myself, I wanted to make figure out how tallow affects trace and lather.

I'm placing my order now. I love all the soaps i ordered from you.

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Yay❣️ Thank you!

Oh my I always love your videos, thank you for sharing your wisdom. Greetings from Dauphin Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦

I purchased this soap months ago and just started using it and it smells AMAZING!!! I'm buying the FO now lol Thank you for the recipe.

Very nice the stamping

I just love watching you soap! I’m at year 13 of my soap making journey and continue to enjoy learning. Luckily my mother has a great local store where I can sell and continue my craft. Oh don’t show lots of blending 😂

I’ve had to leave my tallow soaps in the mold for a few days to let them harden enough that I don’t feel like I’m going to dent them. I’m glad to see it isn’t only me that ended up with a softer soap at cut time.

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

You're not alone❣️ Even though it was slow to harden, it cured out rock hard.

@Dawnstockslager

Жыл бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap that’s awesome! Mine are almost through the curing process and are looking great too. I’m still new to this but I’m so in love with the process and creativity it brings out!! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge.

You always have a lot of good information. I would say show all the blending part and just tell us about you and intermittently drop some soap knowledge lol thank you for being a great teacher.

Hello from Sweden! I'm definitely going to try this one, probably already tomorrow. ❤

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Have fun making💕

I love beef tallow soaps, I use tallow in all my soaps because it makes hard bars and it is good and moisturizing 😊. I have these same molds and I use them all the time and I hate the way they release the soap, so I let them in for a few days, but I have to have my husband drill holes in the bottom of mine lol, I never thought of that, thanks 👍. I use the tallow, coconut oil and olive oil recipes in a lot of my soaps too and shea butter works wonderful too. I love the black swirls too. I was wondering when you would make a tallow soap, I use the same tallow you did, I'm going to make my own tallow soon. Thanks Ellen for the wonderful video, see you in the next one! 😊

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Ooo, tallow and shea would be a great combo! Love that💕

Beautiful

@EllenRuthSoap

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

Awesome work thanks for recipe I had to add 5 oz extra olive oil due to my pot stick blender wasn't blending good I might go with a 40oz with oils maybe 16tal 14 coco 10 olive light only do 1oz essential oil used tea tree 1.45 and. 3 lemon grass but tea tree definitely very strong will use 1 oz maybe after it's cure time might not be as strong

@EllenRuthSoap

4 ай бұрын

Just make sure you're using the correct lye ratio for the oils your using.

Love your tutorials. So helpful. Big Fan. Malika

Ellen I love tallow soaps. I make my own since the butcher is closed to us and you can get it almost free. It’s amazing and I love to use it in face creams as well. But my fav is bison tallow. Lovely soap!

@suchanidiot2

Жыл бұрын

Wow bison tallow!

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

So nice for you! I've not tried bison tallow, I bet it's great💕

@cliviascreations

Жыл бұрын

@@suchanidiot2 I love it!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge ❤ I hope to have success 🙌 I need to go non toxic..... So l must not use essential or fragrant oils. %100 pure. I truly appreciate your help.

My soaps have tallow in them! I love using tallow, and my batter stays pretty fluid as long as I use a whisk to blend. I'm a beast with my stick blender, I end up with soap-on-a-stick a lot. 😅

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

A whisk is a great idea❣️

@angiehudson710

Жыл бұрын

Totally made me LOL 😂. All of my soaps have tallow in them and my recipes are from the 70's which means they say everything must be at the exact same temperature and the temperature for tallow soaps is 140. You can imagine what happened the first time I used a stick blender. 😢 needless to say, I've learned a little about temperatures and using a stick blender since.

@marianneellman1139

2 ай бұрын

​@angiehudson710 can you explain a bit more about temperature please?❤

You really have been experimenting lately. This looked really good.

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

It’s a great bar soap, I have one in my shower now and am loving it💗

i make Lard soap. It is just as lovely.

I use beef tallow in all my soaps except for my one and only vegan soap. My customers love the creamy, conditioning feel.

I stick the lye water in the snow where I live. Nature’s ice box!

id love to see how you dry your soap :)

Cute swirls and I love that fragrance. A very nice one. Love tallow and I am a member of Essential Depot. Shipping is free right now on 7 lbs. of Beef Tallow. Cheers & Blessings👍💕

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Awesome to know, they have some great deals if you're a member❣️

As always I love watching your about especially this one about Tallow soap...thinking now that I'm going to have to try it. Is there an EO that your would recommend for this recipe instead of a fragrance. Thank you

@EllenRuthSoap

11 ай бұрын

I personally love any citrus E.O.😉

Hi really enjoy your videos and thank you for sharing your knowledge! I'm wondering why you prefer to soap at around 80°?

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

My soap studio is pretty cool and that's just what temp things seem to settle at...

Ellen where do you purchase your Silk… mine never 100% melts correctly? Also where do you buy your colloidal oats from? Have a great day… Thank you for being you & super awesome! Hello from Toms River- NJ

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

The oats I use are listed in my Amazon store, and that’s where I got my silk this last time too.

I’m new to soap making, I’m on my 5th batch. I’m definitely doing this recipe, could anyone tell me what fragrance to use, I don’t see a link for it. Also, I’d love if anyone can tell me what are the additives for? Thank you! Love this video, plus her English is so clear and beautiful.

@EllenRuthSoap

4 ай бұрын

The fragrance is Winter Woods from BeScented, and the additives give the lather a really nice feel.

YESSSSSSSS! I’m going to try this and that scent sounds PERFECT! You increased the water with the lye. Do you think it could possibly be discounted to 8 Oz?

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you could do a super steep water discount👍

@dianehedricks7860

Жыл бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap thank you!

😍👌👌👌👍👍✌

Thank you for sharing. Can I use this as a shampoo bar?

@EllenRuthSoap

21 күн бұрын

You can use CP soap for shampoo, but if you have hard water it can have a build up on your hair.

Hi Ellen, I’m looking for a good custom soap stamp that’s is rectangle in shape. I’ve only found round ones. Do you remember where you purchased the one you use in the video from?

@EllenRuthSoap

3 күн бұрын

Here is the one I use: amzn.to/3S7I3jR

I've found, from experience, that animal fats actually slow down trace so that may be what took you so long. I like the simple look in your bars.

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

You're so right, I was prepared for it to go super fast... But it was actually really nice and slow👍

Could you use just tallow for the hard oils so replace the coconut with tallow and then the same amount of olive oil?

@EllenRuthSoap

6 ай бұрын

If you change the ratios you'll need to run the numbers thru soap calc to make sure your lye is correct.

Hi Ellen, What is the temperature a room should be for the 4-6 week cure time? I live in South Carolina and it gets super hot during the summer…

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

My soaping studio where I cure is about 68 degrees, and I have a large dehumidifier to help😉

Hi Ellen. Have you put fresh lemon juice in yiur soaps ? Apparently it lowers the PH in your soap. So you can wash your baby.

@EllenRuthSoap

29 күн бұрын

I've used citric acid, but not lemon juice💕

Ty for the video and recipe! Can I sub goat milk for the water? And if I want the bar white how much titanium dioxide would you suggest using in this recipe?

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you can use any liquid of choice in this recipe. If you use a fragrance that doesn't discolor, you should get a pretty white bar.

@angiehudson710

Жыл бұрын

I have used goat milk in my tallow soaps. The lye solution turns orange, but the finished bars are white. I never used TD in my soaps. As long as the FO doesn't discolor, the bars are bright white

I have goats and use goats milk in my soap, would it be fine to keep the recipe the same with the milk?

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Yes👍 this would be fabulous with milk.

Yeah it took me more than 10 mins on blending with 30oz

I’m just starting my soap making journey, first by binge watching lots of videos. My daughter an I have very reactive skin especially with fragrances which is why my first soap will be a tallow soap.. Can I just leave the fragrance out or will doing this affect anything?

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

You can leave the fragrance out 👍

@clairewright8153

Ай бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap thank you for your reply, it’s very much appreciated

January 5 10 AM Ellen, her soap is that a greeny feeling on it and you can see the grains in it. Can you comment on that we’re just at a loss to how to address this issue. Can we still sell it?

@EllenRuthSoap

6 ай бұрын

I have a feeling you're talking about the colloidal oats.? If they aren't a super fine grind they can leave a texture in the soap.

👋🏻 been kicking around the idea of using tallow in my skincare and I was in fact thinking of using it in soap. When you say homestead style are you saying you can create a hardened bar w/o the need for lye as the tallow has the natural salts? I am a bit afraid of lye so really looking for options not using it if possible.

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

I said homestead, because this recipe is a simple one. You can’t make soap without lye, there’s lots of great videos and articles about safely working with it.. I have a tallow balm video coming on Friday 😉

@marissa3627

Жыл бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap Thank you so much! Hopefully so extra safety education will get me over my anxiety. A balm sounds lovely! Wonder if I can use the lilac effleurage I am currently making as an added oil. I appreciate you, Ellen!

Hey Ellen! I made a version of this soap with a few changes, I upped tallow to 50%, dropped coconut and olive oil to 22.5% and added castor at 5% keeping the 6% superfat. I lather tested at day 4 like you showed and although super bubbly and creamy, it left my hands very dry. Did you experience this? Is it because it hasnt fully cured? Ive read some things that say the coconut is too high but others that dont. With your coconut being even higher, I assume youd have a similar first test batch that Im hoping cured more conditioning.

@EllenRuthSoap

8 ай бұрын

My first thought is, did you run the changes thru soap calc? It might have changed the lye concentration. And I like to super fat at 5-6%, that really helps with any dryness feel.

@user-uw1el2sw5i

8 ай бұрын

I did and it adjusted the lye concentration. I also did sf at 6%. Im reading the dryness could be because the bar is so new and not fully cured? Did yours feel try when you batch tested for the video? Did it fix after curing time? @@EllenRuthSoap

@user-uw1el2sw5i

8 ай бұрын

ph also at an 8 @@EllenRuthSoap

Ellen, may I ask what backdrop you use for your beautiful photography ❤

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

It's a wooden stand that my husband built for me. I've seen some "faux wood" vinyl backdrops that look really good..

@lynnbiggs9565

Жыл бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap yes I was looking at those, wondered if that was what you had ❤️

@ellenruthsoap if I wanted to add goat milk to this recipe I believe I would reduce the distilled water? I 'm wanting to make my own goat milk and tallow soap.

@EllenRuthSoap

11 ай бұрын

You could either do a full milk soap or milk in oil method.. Either way goat milk would be great in this recipe❣️

@crystaltucker5254

11 ай бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap thank you so much for the reply and your knowledge. I really enjoy watching and learning from you! we just recently brought home 4 adult goats and 2 baby girls. Excited to get started making my soap. Just have to find goat milk LOL- until mine are bred and in milk.

soaper's choice is best place to get beef tallow is 11.55 for 10lb.

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Great info. Thanks!

@bethshilling41

10 ай бұрын

Actually it’s a 7 lb bar…….still a great deal!

Ellen, I bought some walnut oil for the balm, also. Do you know if walnut oil can be added in the soap oil mixture? This will be my first try and I don’t want to mess it up.😂

@EllenRuthSoap

11 ай бұрын

If you add or exchange any oils in the soap, you’ll need to run the numbers thru soap calc to make sure you’re lye is correct 👍

@dianehedricks7860

11 ай бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap ok, I just wasn’t sure if walnut oil is “doable” in a soap or if it wouldn’t process like other oils.

I hv been making soaps about 5 yrs now i dont know if u can help me get some fragrances and colours for my soap making plz im a ylung entrupunire im having a hard time with fragrances n colours can u help

@EllenRuthSoap

6 ай бұрын

Nurture Soap and Makesy have great selections.

Hi Ellen, Can pig lard be used instead of the tallow?

@EllenRuthSoap

11 ай бұрын

Lard has a different sap value than tallow, so I'd run the numbers thru soap calc to double check the lye amount.

Do you microwave your oil or double broiler it?

@EllenRuthSoap

11 ай бұрын

I use the micro, but a double boiler would be great too.

Ellen where do you get your soap stamp?

@EllenRuthSoap

6 ай бұрын

amzn.to/3O5VpLz

@Elegant_Essentials_Cosmetics

2 ай бұрын

I’m sorry Ellen but where did you get your soap stamp?

Have you ever used citric acid in stead of sugar?

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

I have a video coming soon with citric acid, but it has a different function than sugar.

Can I use lard instead of tallow?

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

Lard makes great soap, but it has a different sap value. You’d need to run the numbers thru soap calc.

@robertamil

Жыл бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap I will, thank you

@HB-yk4ut

Жыл бұрын

I made a 100% lard soap that was infused with cbd. It also had milk and cream. I enjoyed making that one.

Wondering if you find that high of cleansing number too much?

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

I have a bar of this in my shower and am loving it. You can always go for a steeper super fat if needed..

@karenurbanski5004

Жыл бұрын

Ok gonna give it a try . Thanks

I got scared when you poured the lye into the metal measuring cup. 😅 is that a heat safe measuring cup you're using?

@EllenRuthSoap

7 ай бұрын

Stainless steel is lye safe and I really like having a handle on my lye pitchers.

@24lyza

7 ай бұрын

Thank you @ellenruthsoap! ❤

This is bath soap ?

@EllenRuthSoap

10 ай бұрын

👍

I noticed there is no castor oil in the recipe.

@EllenRuthSoap

8 ай бұрын

Yes, this is a very basic "homestead style" recipe.

Tallow is an infinitely better alternative than palm oil ...... It's actually disheartening how many hand-made soap makers will ignore the many downsides of palm oil in order to label their soap as "vegan friendly".

@keekeejenkins6162

Жыл бұрын

And not "environmentally friendly" if being flown or shipped in from Africa/Asia to Canada/US...

@stephaniemeuli9154

Ай бұрын

I use tallow in most of my recipes. Excellent for my girls as they have eczema. Also makes the bar harder and lasts longer 👍

@aerial1411

21 күн бұрын

It just too expensive 😢

Does that tallow have a smell?

@ophelian4646

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't smell at all! I love soaping with tallow and lard. Good luck with your soaping.

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't have any scent that I can pick up.

Why aren’t you supposed to say “moisturizing”?

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

You can't make any "claims" about soap other than I will clean you, or you cross into the cosmetics range and that has a whole host of different regulations...

@beverlygeorge694

Жыл бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap Thank you so much for your information. I love your videos. You are an inspiration to me 🩵

Love this! Have you ever made your own tallow? Would be even cheaper and it's simple to do ❤

@EllenRuthSoap

Жыл бұрын

I used to render my own tallow when we had farm animals. It's a lot of work, but yes, very inexpensive👍