Your tips and tricks have REALLY helped us perfect our bath bombs and they are selling well for us now. Thank you for not being afraid to share your knowledge and wisdom with young business owners like us. This is awesome!

I just got my new respirator as well. Can't wait to use this week. Thank you for all of these videos. Using your Etsy tips to revamp my titles and description. 💗 Happy Valentine's week to you, Cale and the pup!!

Absolutely gorgeous and informative as always! Thanks Jerika

Two thumbs up for safety!!! Love that you are promoting safe habits!

Very informative, love that you do demo's. Thank you for another great video.

Love 💗 💕 love, love!! Thank you for all your fantastic tips and sharing your videos. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Another great video! Thanks so much Jerika, I feel like i learn something new each time!

Beautiful!💛💛💯 Thank you so much for sharing the info about the calculator for the essential oils. You're amazing!!

Another fantastic video ! Thank you sooooo much on the education on essential oils . I just love your products 🛁🧼

The cinematography of the bath bomb in the bath water is exquisite..... I can almost smell the lemons in the air.....

Thanks for the great upload, Jerika. by the time I watched this you are already on OVER 16K. Congrats to you AGAIN! Loving and enjoying every video of yours. Stay safe.

Thank you again Jerika for the very informative video, good sharing about safety!! Also for eocalc site!!😊⚘👏

I am so grateful you did this video on essential oils. The bath bomb color is so soft and pretty. I also appreciate you demonstration on mask protection & eye as well. I have a ventilator mask and will use it when I start making bath bombs. Ty. The music was so nice too.

You are the bath bomb queen! I've watched a lot of your videos now, and can tell that you are so intelligent and savvy. Love that you share everything. The sun can afford to shine brightly and be generous :)

Simple and beautiful! It looks like lemon sherbert, yum! Jill

So great to know about the fragrance calculator. I always used the manufacturer's usage but it got confusing when making blends. Thanks for sharing!

Loooove this video!!! Thank you so much!! 🙂 Great to have an ess oil calculator now as well 😬👏🏻

That’s a beauty! Thank you for sharing.

I am so glad we found your channel! ❤️We love it! Thank you for sharing great info! BTW love your video style and music too☺️

You are an absolute delight to watch! No don’t just inspire: You instruct. THANK YOU!!!

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Lovely! So informative xx

7:23 .... I legit screamed "aww" ... the look on your face says that you love what you do. Too cute.

You're awesome! Love your videos.

Thank you for sharing!😊🙏🏼

stunning!

Thank you for sharing ! ☺️

Another awesome vid, thanks

I really enjoy your videos

I’m super impressed with the number of subscribers Jerika has gotten on this channel. I’m super disappointed though with the number of views to number of likes ratio. Jerika pours her heart into her content and her products, would it kill someone to hit the thumbs up 👍. I mean if people are subscribing, great... but hitting the like button also helps her know what content to share more of. This tells me that a lot of people are watching and just mooching off if her knowledge. Thank you Jerika and Cale for being mentors to those if us just starting out or to those who have been struggling with things for a while. You share amazing and useful information.

I just recently played around with EO Calc. I had fun mix and matching oils

Wow so much frizzy goodness 🥰

Once again "Thank you!" I am still working on our soap line but in the future I would love to add bath bombs ! ~jc

Thank you so much for this video. I have struggled so much trying to figure out the amount of EO's to use in my products and everything I've searched on the subject doesn't quite make sense. I will be using the EO calculator frequently. Again, thank you!

Thanks for getting the message out that there are safe and unsafe ways to use essential oils.

You are amazing !!

Beautiful

Thank you so much for sharing! I just started my own scrub and lotion biz and I've been wanting to add bath bombs but I feel like the competition is high so I haven't done them yet. But I love watching your videos and I'm patiently wait for my order from you. (I live in the US so it takes longer).

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! There was a covid outbreak in the facility that processes our packages heading to the states, so if you’re from there, there’ll likely be a huge delay 😭.

THANK YOU AGAIN JERIKA

I don’t even make anything but I like KNOWING how you make these n the love n attn that goes into your items. I think you should add a link to a demo video on KZread if Etsy lets u. Or on your Shopify. I have not seen anyone do this n it makes me want to get your products more bc I kno (more or less) it’d perform.

Would you consider doing a video about using lye and what safety precautions must be taken? I want to try making my own soap, but I’m so scared of working with lye. I think a video on that would be really interesting and useful to a lot of people.

@teehlfx5238

3 жыл бұрын

Lye is always the thing that makes me nervous about soap making.

@codybrookehanson2346

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Royalty Soaps, she has a very thorough video playlist called the Royal Academy where she goes over everything a new maker would want to know including lye safety guidelines, cleaning up after, and more. Bramble Berry/Soap Queen is an endless resource. I'm sure Jerika could also go over it, but if you want to get started those are already available. Lye tends to be the scary thing for everyone - but once you start and respect the ingredient for what it is, it's really not that scary, not any more than cooking over a very hot stove that could splash you

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

This!!

You music choice is so great btw.

Love this!! Also, what song was in the background? It’s so soothing! ( the first part of your video)

I find your videos soooo satisfying and i would love to start my own business as it would be amazing working from home with kiddies :D What is embed powder that you use in the centre of the bath bombs to make the colour explode!! xx

Awesome video.

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

That calculator is VERY helpful

I would love to see you do a video, making and packaging your soap and bath bombs, the way you did before you had your shrink wrap system and bath bomb press.

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video idea!!

Oh you should make 1 bathbomb with powdered milk and another with Epsom Salt😍😍😍

Hi! I am going through an aromatherapist certification program and I may use bath bombs in my future case studies. Really liking your channel. Did you ever wear braces?your smile is absolutely gorgeous. Im not creepy, just a compliment. Anyway i look forward to seeing more bath bomb stuff. Congrats on a fun job. I hope to do the same with my aromatherapy.

You’re so inspiring, I also have the BBP and am having struggles with my bb floating. This video shows yours are spinning even without the embeds... any tips or trick to help non embeds spin and float?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Pack lighter is the only thing I can think of!

Just an FYI that the respirator you are using is for liquid vapor and does not have any properties of dust purification, only vapors so you should be wearing these for liquids. The cartridges need to have an N95 or p100 attachment to them in order to have dust protection. They also have just p100 filters which would help a great deal. I work in safety in a pharmaceutical company's weigh and blending departments and wish you all to stay safe. Thanks for promoting safety in your videos. Kudos and keep up the great work!

Hi Jerika, I absolutely love your videos! What size mold do you usually use for your bath bombs?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

They're the 2.5" rounds, I believe.

yay for safety!!!

I like your smaller dye load for a more all natural vibe. Have you thought about using clays to color your eo bombs? They won’t color the water or foam, but it would go along with the natural theme. You could swap out the kaolin for yellow Brazilian and French green. Just an idea... Thanks for all the inspiration!!!

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

That's an awesome idea!!!

Hi! I love your channel. So do you replace the fragrance oil amount with the essential oil in its place? Thanks!

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

It depends on the usage rate. Double check to make sure you’re within safe usage rates for your fragrance oil or essential oil!

You are going to make my dreams come true! I’ve been wanting to Create bath bombs forever but always fail with the recipe but yours looks promising! I’m very excited to try it. What other type of light oils can I use instead of hemp seed oil? Can I use grapeseed oil or jojoba??? Or if there are any others you could recommend

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Yep those oils will sub in nicely!

Thank you for sharing the eocal.com that sure helps. Ok so I am lately having my bombs don't float? What am I doing wrong?

@ctatro518

3 жыл бұрын

Loved this! No longer free to use essential oils. I'm using your recipe and just started with the bath bomb press but mine don't float and spin like yours? Am I doing something wrong?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

When molding, I dig into it and make little trenches. I fill the mold and don’t pack tightly. The idea is to create air pockets that help the bath bomb to float.

Thank you for that calculator! A lot of calculators I find only allow for their product to be input. Also, about bath bombs, I don't have SLSa, so I've tried using SCI and cocamidopropyl betaine (with my liquids) and they work ok but I'm not super impressed like I am with yours. To get that bubbly foamy action, is SLSa the only way to go really? Also, I just got approved to sell my soaps at my local artisan fair! It's essentially just like the farmer's market, right next to it even, but our farmer's market only allows for grown products (foods and flowers) and you have to personally grow/produce 50% of what goes into your products (beeswax candles for example, the only non food items found at our market). So getting approved is super exciting! We start mid April - I've been studying up on being a fair vendor.

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

THAT IS SOOOO EXCITING! Getting into a farmer's market is what got my business off the ground! You will love it! Expect slow sales at first, but KEEP SHOWING UP. You will get there!

@codybrookehanson2346

3 жыл бұрын

@@JerikaZimmerman thanks for the encouragement! We've been putting together a checklist for must haves to get prepared. Do you have a checklist video out already?

do you use refined or unrefined hemp seed oil?

Do you have the percentage of the recipe if I want to make smaller amount pls? Lemongrass is my favourite scent.

What if your using an already made blend? Such as sleepy time that already is made with different oils?? Ty

Hello, do you need to add preservative into the bath boom, and what is the shelf life for this recipe?

Do you have to put oil in your bath bomb mold for them slide out ?

Hi - is there a reason why you disburst your yellow dye and not the green dye?

What are the best selling fragrances?

What about FO calculator? FO are surely different from EO, no?

Quick question - Can you just use Shea oil instead of shea butter since you are melting it or is it different? Thanks!

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

I like Shea buttter as it’s hard in room temperature and adds hardness to the bath bomb.

Hi! Can I ask why you don’t use corn starch in your b-bombs? ThNk you so much!

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

I created a great bath bomb with out so I stuck with my recipe. Once I make something that works, I don’t really experiment from it.

Any reason why you don't use natrasorb? I thought it would be needed when using EO so that it anchors the scent...

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Ive never heard of this! Lemongrass sticks reeeeallly well in my bath bombs, as do all of the other essential oils I use.

What kind of dye do you use? Also what preservatives do you use for your bath bombs?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Water soluble bath bomb dye from fizz fairy. Link is in the description 🙂

I know this isn’t related but you have the most perfect teeth. Are they veneers? Lovely bath bomb ❤️

@kajbathandbodyllc4318

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! I thought the same thing. She has beautiful perfect teeth. 👍♥️

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Nope!! Just 4 years of braces when I was in the fourth grade!

@kajbathandbodyllc4318

3 жыл бұрын

@@JerikaZimmerman well they did a great job! Lol Sorry for the weirdness. You just notice stuff like that when ur looking at ppls faces in videos. 👍😄

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

@@kajbathandbodyllc4318 Not at all!!! Made my day :)

Do you just wear the mask when you do slsa and citric or the whole time. Is it ok if my 4 yr is at home while I'm making them or does he need to stay in another room?

@codybrookehanson2346

3 жыл бұрын

With the SLSa yeah I'd keep them in another room. If inhaled it can really burn and itch and it's very airborne despite how careful you are. I haven't had issues with bombs without it, my kids have helped me with simple ones.

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

I do it the whole time now. As I increase my exposure with my business growing, I need to protect myself. Like Cody and Brooke Hanson said, keeping your child in another room is best.

I am a beginner and I am learning that humidity is a major player in making bath bombs. What kind of humidifier/dehumidifier do you use? Is it a combo? I don’t know anything about them.

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

I grabbed my dehumidifiers and humidifier from Costco. They are separate machines dedicated to either dehumidifying or humidifying.

Can you use SLAA (liquid form) if you can’t get SLSA?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

I've never tried that so I can't say for sure.

Hello please could you copy a link to your model of compressor that you use with your press thanks x

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Will do!

My bathbomb is too oily when i put it into the water. Is that ok?

I tried the link and it redirected me to this page that said that it wasn’t a private website and this was impersonating that website to try to steal personal and financial information. I tried twice. That was an awesome shot of the bath bomb on the side . U never get that camera angle on a video. That was very cool!

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Which link?

Hallo Jerika, I am a soap maker from tunisia. I always struggle with making bath bombs. Now I want to try your recipes,but we have no cream of tartar here in tunisia. Did you have any idea what to substitutes for?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Replace it with more clay.

@madlenbayoudh1785

3 жыл бұрын

@@JerikaZimmerman thanks you very much. I will try it.

I notice you using kitchen appliances and utensils I was wondering do you use them for food is well or is it just for making the bath bombs?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

I separate my cooking stuff from my product tools completely.

Hey jerika! Do you grind your citric acid ?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Nope!

Hi Jerika, just want to know, when u submit your CNF ,didn't you have problem with the ingredients in your bathbombs which is the citric acid? It was in the Hotlist. Thanks.

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Nope. I received a cosmetic number without issues.

@cheryltejada3263

3 жыл бұрын

@@JerikaZimmerman thanks so much. I'm enjoying all your vlogs,keep it up😀

How long does the scent stay on the bath bomb before it needs to be used ?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Quite awhile!

where do you buy dyes and essential oils?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

I list suppliers in the video description ☺️

What is that powder you use in the center of your bath bombs?? You never really talk about it and I’m really curious what it is and where did you get that idea to do that?

@channasok869

3 жыл бұрын

That's her embed powder. She has a video about it.

Good morning, Jerika and Cale. I'm just starting up my business ... I haven't even submitted my recipes to Health Canada yet. I read somewhere that the citric acid could not be more than 10% of the total recipe. This was a few years ago, have the rules changed? I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to have my recipes approved the first time to avoid delays. My soap recipes should be fine, but I'm worried about bath bombs. I'm also in Ontario. Thanks in advance!

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

A typical bath bomb recipe is two parts baking soda to one part citric, the majority of the bath bomb comprising of these two ingredients so citric would typically be much higher than 10%. I have submitted my bath bomb recipe to Health Canada providing the correct percentage and received a cosmetic number, so I’m not sure where you heard this.

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Also, you’re free to begin selling your bathbombs as soon as you’ve submitted your recipes, no requirement to hear back from them. So any correction or adjustment they reply to you with, simply correct your labels or recipe to comply.

@chrisb3765

3 жыл бұрын

@@JerikaZimmerman Thanks very much for clearing that up for me. It takes a load off my mind. You two are great for sharing your knowledge with everyone. It's really helpful to have another Canadian that is willing to give out free information.

I actually really appreciate a more scent focused less coloured bathbomb. Especially if it's essential oils.

Did u replace fragrance oil in the recipe with essential oil?

@ababytaleportraits1103

3 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering to :)

@natinamartin3326

3 жыл бұрын

I’m also wondering this?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

I ran it through eocalc and it was about the same amount.

She's right about the face mask. All the dry ingredients get airborne and are being inhaled unless you have a mask like hers. N95s really aren't good enough.

did u use essential oil or fragrance oil in this recipe? you showed lemongrass essential oil first but then later in the video u said fragrance oil and your recipe had 24g of fragrance oil...so if i use essential oil do i still use 24g?

@mistymasters3148

3 жыл бұрын

I think that was an accident that she said FO, she used lemongrass EO

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Yep! That was a mistake. I just used lemongrass essential oil.

@natsworldoffun2510

3 жыл бұрын

@@JerikaZimmerman thank u:)

@natsworldoffun2510

3 жыл бұрын

@@JerikaZimmerman could u please make a video how to make bubble bars:)

Do you have any tips fo when your work space is also a frequently used part of your living space (like a kitchen)? And if you did have a dedicated space for your business what would be some essentials you would want in it?

@codybrookehanson2346

3 жыл бұрын

It kind of depends if you have kids or not. I do and work in my dining area and kitchen and I've had to get creative with my space (we are moving soon though, thank God!) You absolutely have to be good about cleaning up immediately and putting all equipment and ingredients away as soon as you're done. Any adults that live in house should also be very aware of what's going on, I've had my husband look at some containers and ask if he could drink or eat it... No 😂 so label everything and make an announcement to everyone so there's no bad oopsies. And again, start with good cleaning habits if it's in a living space with kids and pets that access it.

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Keep everything clean! Constantly wipe down counters, keep ingredients completely separate from food. If I had a dedicated space, I’d want a long stainless steel table, a stove top, my bath bomb press, and lots of shelving for storage lol

I noticed your baking soda to citric acid ratio isn’t 2:1 like most recipes. You have more citric. Do you notice that irritates the skin at all?

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Nope! Thousands of bath bomb sold with a lot of repeat buyers and not one complaint. However, if you’re skin is super sensitive, it may irritate you... can’t really say for sure.

@Runlee21

3 жыл бұрын

@@JerikaZimmerman thank you for you’re response! I’ve learned so much from your videos! love a Canadian perspective on the business side! Fellow Canadian here 🇨🇦

I'm lost. 20g of essential oil was the max but you put in 24g???

@naturallyroyalsoaps

2 жыл бұрын

Her example was for a 1000g batch, not the batch she is making

I miss when you use to do the step by step with measurements

In the recipe you have fragrance oil, then you hold up a huge bottle, saying it's lemongrass EO. For that bottle to be pure lemongrass EO it would have cost at least 1K. It seems you are confusing the terms of fragrance and essential oil. They are far apart constituents and ingredients wise.

@JerikaZimmerman

3 жыл бұрын

Yep this was an error on my part!