i remember watching your first youtube video back when it had a few hundred views. i love that i’ve been able to watch you grow so much as a business and a person. i’m rooting for you guys. you’re an amazing soap maker and it shows. nothing but blessings your way love

GOODNESS,,,,,,Your Video sense is SPECTACULAR!!! IVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SOAPING VIDEO AND I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 10 YEARS❤️

Congratulations my dear! So happy your business is growing! I just love how genuine you are with the process and showing us all the work that goes behind this line of work.

I love your choice of color. Your soaps are always pastel colors, which make them look luxurious and creamy

I love how you show the everyday life, nothing is polished to look perfect! Much love from America!

Okay, the content of your video aside (which I loved), your entire vibe is on brand for what you do. I hope you don't mind me blowing through your other playlists. Looking forward to seeing your growth!

So wonderful to see You ramping up!

Wow! You make it look so easy!! Thank you so much for all that you share. It means a lot for an noob soap maker to see your process. I see mastery girl!!!

Your intro just makes me so happy for you!!! Yay!! 4 soaps!! 🥰❤ (tbh, I still really need to work on my time management..) So happy to see you grow!! 💓

I want to into the soap business for myself, so knowing that I would need a couple of different bars and my original mold was cracking I bought myself 2 new molds, they are small for a starter, but they will get the job done, thanks for this video, it's encouraging!

So happy for you girl, getting twice as much done! Now you might have more time for bath bombs etc. Keep it up, love to watch you..I'm still trying to get my nerve up to work with lye. Hoping to expand to CP. MP is the only soap I do, but my candles and tarts keep me busy too. Cheers to you can't wait to see another video, I can watch you all day. You are so informative and give good instructions. God bless you both!!!

I take one day w my son and daughter and we master batch. We melts down all the hard oils and butters then we add the liquid oils and it doesn’t harden back up at all. When I’m ready to make soap I grab a bucket make my lye w ice i grab a bucket w the master batched soap I hit it w a stick blender I add what ever I’m gonna put in the soap and I pour. It saves hrs!

I love all the information that you give out very much informative I'm just starting out I'm working as a truck driver I'm over the road but I have started making quite a bit of different colors and scented oil flavors. I have watched almost all of your videos on business I think you and your husband have a great deal going and then to form everybody how you do things is awesome so keep up the good work keep up with the great videos in the information I really do appreciate it Sincerely Rose

So happy to hear your business is growing, beautiful soaps as always

So fun to see You ramping it up!

I have loved watching your journey gives me hope for my business 💖

Those are beautiful 😍 great video jerika! Im in love with your soaps.

I love the pattern you use on the top of your soaps!! So beautiful.. Kudos to you!!

Congratulations love your products!!! 🥰 when I have several molds to pour into I hardly ever measure but it always turns out fine since I make a little extra to put in my sample molds

Scaling can be scary! Good job Jerika!!

Your soaps are great and love how they are a unique style to you!! 💞 You are increasing production exactly how I did but just a word of advice, you will find it an awful lot of work and in the long run it's better to have more than you need mixed up ready to go. Now what I find that works well is get a very large stock pot and scale up in that. I'm now prepping 10 loaves of oils and butters at a time in the pot. That way you are only measuring each oil and butter once. Eventually I want to get one of those 6 to 8 gallon beer pots with spigot. Hope that helps! 😉

I'm sure you know this already but u can master batch your hard oils in the same coconut oil bucket and when you are ready add your liquid oils so you don't have to measure every time

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

I neeeeed to do this lol 😂

@Bella_0303

3 жыл бұрын

Can you expand on this? How do you master batch? Thanks

@jonettienne9193

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bella_0303 there's lots of videos on it but once you have a recipe that you like and use all the time you get containers that have lids and you measure out all the oils you need for one batch multiple times so if u have enough product for 6 batches of soap measure it all at once altho I do recommend keeping your hard oils and liquid oils separate until you are ready to make the soap this way you can melt the hard oils easier or do the heat transfer method with the Lye solution

@cliviascreations

3 жыл бұрын

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I have been getting stuff so that I can make soap to see if I’m good at it and to get good at it. I would like to eventually start a business but I want to see if I like it and get soapmaking down first before I do anything else. You and your videos have helped tremendously I thank you.

Hello from Las Vegas! This is my first time watching your channel and Ive gotta tell you, I loved everything about it. From your soaps to your music! I cant wait to watch more. Be safe! ~Ann

Thank you for sharing. I'm scaling up my business too! Definitely inspired to keep getting bigger. Best of luck!!!

Your videos are so sooooothing, and I really need to upgrade my texture game, the waves and swirls you do are amazing!

Love this!! If you want to avoid dragging petals down into the soaps and creating grooves, put the soap on the side and cut instead of upright:)

Yahooo. I have done it and wow it is a lot of work but so worth it. Kudos. All the best.

Awe, love how you do the top of your soaps!!

Your process is so satisfying 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Amazing work truly experienced hands in the field of soap. Almost thought I was watching her work with cake batter

So beautiful. What an accomplishment

Good stuff I am ramping up from my samples to full size bars. Two 5lb loafs at once. I was also thinking large square slab molds that make multiple loafs at a time. I have found scaling up now you really start to use products so keeping track is a must for spending.

I love the textured tops on your soaps

@nila518

3 жыл бұрын

same!

If you want a tip for slow melting, use Instant pots pressure cookers. The basic models all come with the "keep warm" function and you just need glass lids and it warms coconut oil gently and efficiently while you work with other batches. If you need bigger sizes, Instant Pot comes in various sizes up to 8 quart.

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

This is then next step!!!!

All look wonderful great job!

Woohoo! You go girl💪🏼 I made 100 bars of Soap in 2 days last week and I’m still tired😅

I totally second what you said about July. I'm. in Barbados and I LOVE shopping with and supporting her business and dream.

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

She’s a special person! Can’t say enough how sweet she is ❤️

So excited for your success ! Congratulations 🎈

Loved this Jerika. I must say I use the exactly the same method when making 8 loaves per batch. I prefer the individual moulds. Still be nervous to use slab moulds. Anyway girl good job 🙂

These are beautifully made ❤️

Definitely Georgian Bay is my fav. It smells fabulous

So I noticed that in the Georgian Bay soap there was a heart in one of the bars. It was so cute.

You inspired me to make my own home made soap ♡♡♡ wish you all the best!!! ♡♡

Looks wonderful!

Nice work dear please can you list out your chemicals, oils and measurements thanks

Love the swirl tops on your soaps. Very pretty

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Absolutely love your journey! Thanks for sharing it with us and teaching along the way!! ~jc

Hi ! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!! I have learned SO MUCH watching your videos :)

Turned out great !!!!

I loved all 3 soaps that you’ve made. Looks like cake once you cut them.

Thank you for sharing 💕

GORGEOUS

Loved watching this!! ☺️💕👍🏻 You truly are an artist Jerika!! Your products are beautiful!! (I’m new to all this) enjoy watching your journey!! I thought cold press soap had to sit for weeks?? Maybe this is a different type? 💗 such beautiful soap!! 🤩

Ong thanks so much for including my name in your video. New patron.. thanks Jerika xx you're a gem 💎

At the peak of my business, I was making 200 bars a day. People have mentioned master batching, which is of course an option. However, I didn't do that because my shop was only heated when I was in it and I found that when I master batched my oils, during winter they would harden up and be very difficult for me to scoop out. So my husband would measure out the hard oils for one batch and put them in a zip lock bag. Same with the lye. So when I wanted to make soap, all I had to do was grab a bag of hard oils and a bag of lye. I would then measure out my liquid oils while the hard ones were melting. This saved me a ton of time and was so much easier for me physically. Just grab and go. I generally made 4 12 lb batches a day. You may also want to get larger molds. HTHs.

Great job making larger batches. I use a.slab mold from Workshop Heritage and love it. Many say they have droopy liners. Mine don't fall in on the sides.. I've had them awhile. I clean with a damp cloth, spray with rubbing alcohol and store in their boxes, no issues. Your soaps are beautiful as alway, love the muted colors, always so pretty! I basically large batch the way you do. O don't want oils and lye master batched. I would rather have everything fresh. I just don't like the thought of it sitting around, I want them to be at their best quality. If they are all mixed and preheated, left for a few days maybe a week, then rewarmed to soap, I think your losing some quality. Same with your lye solution. I could be really wrong about that, but just a thought. Jill Gross

this stick blender is the one i use. its really good.

Great job!

Job well done💫

I think if you invest in a Multi bar soap cutter it would cut some time down too if that is something in the budget for the future. thanks for sharing I love your videos.

another great video..ty for sharing. I always wear a hairnet as I have found hairs in my products before.luckily while making them not in a finished product but it would be awful if a customer found it in their bath! Your videos I believe are inspiring for many starting out

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Good suggestion!

@missmary5048

3 жыл бұрын

@@JerikaZimmerman I love your videos and your so pretty! Your business is getting bigger and bigger..expanding quickly

I have been watching your videos and I love your energy! Do you by any chance have this in a print out form that gives step by step instructions and are you weighing out the measurements? Thank you for your feedback in advance ✨

Excelente trabajo, me.gustaria saber como consigo estos moldes de silicona tan super grandes y funcionales

AWESOME.

Very good👏👏🙌

You’re awesome!

Have you tried using room temperature lye solution? I make up several batches of lye solution, and use them throughout the week as I make soap. Not having to wait for the lye to cool is a huge benefit!

@TheLoveweaver

2 жыл бұрын

What do you store the lye water batches in?

@Stamada2

4 ай бұрын

That is smart

Thank you so much for the nice video ma, please what oil produces more quantity of soap

How do you get white? Whenever I use hemp seed oil, my TD cannot get it to turn white? I love your channel and your soaps and advice are amazing!!! thank u so much

I may have missed this but do your soaps go through gel stage? Beautiful!

Love soap video ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Great content! Do you cover your soaps to prevent it from gelling or how do you do it since the tops of your soaps are raised

Congratulations

I needed this ty ❤️🌹

Congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏👏super boss I love u staff

Just starting out, love your tutorials, thank you so much for them :) Question, I've seen soap with winter scenes in the middle, hearts, moons etc, where do I find these ?

Your soap is awesome. Really beautiful. Please could I ask? What do you cover your soaps with over the 24 hours as they harden?

Wow nice

Hey JZ! Why don't you use a multi soap cutter? It will definitely save you time! They sell them on Etsy and Brambleberry has an awesome one!

Hi 👋did you use the 7.5 lb or the 6 lb mold for the video. They make really nice molds. Great video 😊 as well.

How did you keep the soap mixture from getting to hard ? Not stir it ?

This is amazing. I wonder is this the house kitchen, is it allowed to work from house kitchen for a business, i understand that some country require separate workshop which increases the cost 🤔

How do they set so well with no gel ring?

I made my first batch of melt and pour soap yesterday, it looks ok but i am nervous because I've never done it before.

I just love watching your soap creations. So satisfying and inspiring!! Keep creating and inspiring. Love and Blessings 😊😊👏🏽👏🏽❤

My 5yr old son has stated that he likes them all and I am to make them for him.

Hi! Love your videos, subscribed couple of weeks ago! Wanna ask where you purchased those heat resistant glass bowls with handles that you mentioned you have only three for now! Cheers from Thailand

Do all 4 molds fit in the oven?

I started with one small loaf... then 2... then 3... now I can do a smaller slab that's a little more than all three together and the 3 smaller ones. The first time I made soap was February 3rd of this year.

@deathdiablo22

3 жыл бұрын

I also use a bigger mixing bucket for oils to melt then mix with my Lye. I will pour out what I need for my smaller loaf molds into smaller buckets/mixing bowls right when they reach a light trace. I'll add the fragrance oils only when I'm ready to mix up and pour the soap. The colorant also gets mixed it after I do the fragrance oil. The one time I did the fragrance oil separately I didn't feel confident and the layers didn't come out right.

You definitely need to upgrade the single wire cutter now. Lol but they look amazing

Hi, how could we get that hard texture because when I do it is so watery cannot make the design

where did you purchase the soap cutter?

What are you using to cutt the soaps?

Hello 💕 What type of soap mold do you use? I still use my bramble berry lol I wish it was longer and higher

Were there two types of olive oils or what is that?

WOOT!! 👍👍 Is soda ash ever a problem for u? It's been my biggest demon since day one of soap making. Thank u.

I’m curious if you use the same recipe on all your soap creations?

Yessssssssssss boss lady ❤️❤️❤️❤️

How long do you let them dry before selling?