I currently make your calamine soap you previously posted. I make it for a friend who has lupus. He loves loves this soap. This fragrance is also awesome. Thank you so much for your excellent videos and knowledge. I always get excited when I see a new video from Ellen Ruth. I have watched hundreds of soap/body care videos along with so many many hours of research. By far, I have learned more from you than any other person. Blessings

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🥰 I’m so glad your friend loves the calamine soap💕

@roxaneevans1187

Ай бұрын

Same here

You are the first person on KZread who has explained how to calculate the water. I finally understand. That is going to be so helpful. Thank you.

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I like calamine soap because of my facial breakouts 😊 Pretty natural soap ❣️

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

It's so good!💕

Me: Saving the recipe so I can try it for my friend who has Lupus. I'm sad you're not selling any longer but, I completely understand the hassle too much soaping can be. It can become tedious and no longer enjoyable if you have a ton of demand. Also, could you teach us how to make and print labels from Online Labels and how to set it up for a printer. That's one thing I just can't master. LOL. I can create the logo but, can't figure out how to print it. Thank you so much for being such a great teacher.

@Soul.7

28 күн бұрын

Me to please Ellen. And love you.

You are the best teacher. Again, another beautiful project, thank you so much.

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!🥰

That was funny we you said - riding the struggle bus when unmolding the soap, I can relate😂. Thanks for sharing

Looks great!

Beautiful ❤

The soap is beautiful and zen-ful like you!! 🩷 Thank you Ellen!! I love watching your videos. I appreciate your explanations. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and tidbits. Can’t wait to try this one for my kiddos!

@EllenRuthSoap

11 күн бұрын

Oh thank you!💕

You’re the best Ellen! I had both Lard and White Tea/Ginger soap on my pour list this weekend. ❤

Me encantó tu video muchas gracias 🎉🎉🎉❤

Muy pero muy hermoso gracias ☺️ 👌🏼

Thank you, again Ellen. I love making calamine soap. In mine I use an essential oil blend. love from Pretoria, South Africa

I have been thinking about adding calamine into my next batch of soap, sooo glad you made a more current video with it. Thank you!

I love that FO! 😊

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Me too 💕

I want to make this soap immediately!! ❤

You are just amazing and so wonderful to watch! Thank you for all your knowledge! I'm going to try this soap for my mom!

What beautiful bars! I bet they are wonderful for this time of year❣️❣️❣️❣️

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Thanks! They really are great for summer skin💕

Perfect pink:)Love all your creations! Been meaning to do a calamine, thanks for the reminder.

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Give it a try, calamine is so nice in soap💕

They look so creamy, love it. Thanks for sharing. You are always doing good things for us. Tysm

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Thanks💕

Made your calamine soap last night! It's beautiful!

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Wonderful!💕🌸

I will be making this soon, thank you so much, always beautiful soap

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!💕

Thank you for this recipe; with gardening and bug season, a good soothing soap is so important. Truly wonderful to watch you do your soap magic! 🧼❤️😊

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!💕

Wow! That really looks wonderful! I'm definitely going to try this one I absolutely love calamine it's so wonderful!! T.y. for sharing! 👍❤

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

It's so good! Hope you love it as much as I do💕

I just made a small batch a week or so ago, I also just switched to a vegan recipe and it ended up becoming a glycerine pool through the middle but then didn't gel either, so interesting. I lathered a bit a couple days after I made it and was shocked to see it didn't make my eczema flare up on my hands, most soap that early out of the mold does. Anywho, thanks for the content lol it was my inspiration to try it.

Perfect! I have been wanting to make a calamine soap for a few months...

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Hope you like it!

I remember the first calamine soap I watched you make. I am always expecting that again (the speed that it set was crazy): So glad this turned out so beautifully! Thank you again for sharing this process with us. ❤

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Oh my, that first one was a nightmare🤣 this one was the exact opposite, it was soooo slow💕

Love the math!

Love this soap,I use calamine soap in the summer as I get bitten by the bugs and find this very soothing for my skin. Thank you for sharing 😊xx

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

❤

Beautiful soap Ellen, something about a no bells and whistles (swirls) just so Pretty! Thank you for sharing, I am looking forward to making a Calamine soap. Also, I have a mold that is very similar to the one you used and I also struggle to get the loaf unmolded. I had my hubby make a wood box for it because I noticed that with out, the mold would flex and my bars came out kinda funky. Have a wonderful weekend. 🌻

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

A box would be helpful, this one did bow out in the middle just a bit..

@Kattcreate

Ай бұрын

I have a mold like that and it also was a pain to take out. However i make sea salt bars now so i will try that mold again.

First I have to say you look like you’re getting younger, your makeup is amazing and you look absolutely beautiful. Now for your soap, Wow! Just love this and is on my next to make soap … Ordering what I need tomorrow. Thank you for your time in showing this

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Oh thank you!🥰

When you were selling this soap in your shop this was my all-time favorite besides your tripple butter bars. I know you can't make claimes on what it can do for your skin, but this soap helps calm down my eczema flaire ups. I can tell you that it is awesome in the summer time for bug bites too. It really helps calm down the itching.

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Thanks 💕 Yes, we love it here for all those things 👍

Eeyy lass, I love to hear you say It tickled yer, you could say yer ‘tickled pink’ with this soap, I am going to make it tomorrow, it looks decadent. 🙏🌹🧙‍♀️💖

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

I hope you love it as much as I do 💕

Good morning. I'm enjoying your channel so much. I'm using your tutorials to make goodies for family and church friends gift giving. You have me so enthusiastic. Waiting and watching your soap tutorials before l dig in while stocking my supplies. I found the cutties silicon ice cube makers l scored at 10 cents each yesterday and plan to use for soaps Two questions please. Where do you get the lye any certain brand a must? Where do you get shrink wrap for lip balms and jars? Thank you and blessing

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Here is a good sourec and price for lye: amzn.to/3xscYQV And I get my lip tubes and shrink wrap from WSP

Try Less lard for a better mold release. 25% lard and add 25% sunflower oil. Also rose clay with zinc oxide will give you that color. Love the salt idea on top. I’m gonna try half the loaf regular soap color and the other half pink. My bars are wider and I feel a whole bar of calamine is too overwhelming. I’m also gonna try the Rexall liquid calamine from dollar general. They are awesome bars for sure.

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips!💕

Lard is amazing to slow trace.

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Yes, I'm learning that ❣️💕

I love your videos and your soaps! I make quite a few of them. I have a question though about this soap. If it's a calamine soap, why would you add fragrance and not any essential oil that would be beneficial to your skin?

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

You could absolutely add your favorite essential oil to this formulation👍 I just personally love the fragrance oil I used.

Hi Mrs Ellen. Thank You for your amazing videos and sharing the recipes . I would like to ask you what type of butter I can substitute the Lard without changing the rest of the recipe ?

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

If you change any oils in a CP soap recipe, it's a new formula, and you'll need to run the numbers thru soap calc to make sure your lye ratio is correct.

@lisselottebenito5144

27 күн бұрын

I just made yesterday this recipe. Turned out beautifully. Can’t wait to do the lather test. I was going to send you picture but I can’t figure out through UTube . Thank you again 🫶🏻

Hi Ellen! Just wondering if I could swap out beef tallow for the lard? Have you tried it? I will run it through soap calc for sure.

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

You could, as long as you run the numbers 👍

I LOVE your very understandable instructions and recipes! I do however have a question about how you know how much of certain additives to include per recipe, ex: powdered clays, silk fibers. I do realize that FO and EO have recommendations from manufacturers websites so that isn't as confusing to me. When your adding more than one (ex: clay) how much is the right amount OR how much is too much? Is there a calculator for additives?? Thank you so much!

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Yes, it can be confusing with the "additives". I've found that a soap can hold a good amount of extra ingredients. I find that adding 1tsp per lb of oil for each additive is good and I have never overloaded a soap, and I've added much more than that.... I don't know of a calc for additives, just trial and error..

@Megs4th

Ай бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap Thank you for responding Ellen! I hope you're getting relief from this heat!

Ellen, will you have this soap for sale on your website? I know you are mainly teaching now. I have to ask - have you ever used cold pressed sunflower oil in your soap and if so, do you like to use it? I have a local farm source in my area for organic cold pressed sunflower oil and would love to see if I can use it and make a nice soap with it. I would rather support locally if at all possible!

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

I no longer sell retail. Sunflower is a wonderful soap ingredient, if you can get it local, that's fantastic!

@MsAubrey

Ай бұрын

I use sunflower all the time. 😊

Also can u please also mention the temperature at which you work at different stages. It would help newbies..

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

I prefer to soap between 80-90 degrees

Ellen, I just learn so much from your videos. I am trying to make soaps and I notice that my soaps - After curing after 6 weeks - 6 month old soaps, OIL is coming out of my soaps -?? Anyone have any idea why? I am using No Fragrance OIL - using SoapCalc - but dont understand why OIL is forming on top of some soaps. They work great ! My eczema stopped since I starting using homemade soap. Thank to you!!!

@EllenRuthSoap

15 күн бұрын

That curious... I've not had that experience. My first thought is to check the pH, perhaps your super fat is very high?? Or do you live in a super humid area??

Hello again, I want to try some of your recipes with lard, but if I remember right. I can't use the ones from the store correct? Like the ones in the blue box. If so where would you suggest looking? My local butcher doesn't have lard for sale or even the stuff to render

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

You can use store bought lard, just watch out for other added ingredients.

@lisasiekierka917

Ай бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap ok. Thank you

What can you use in place of lard?

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

If you change an oil in a CP recipe, it's now a new formula and you'll need to run the numbers thru soap calc. Here is a video with several recipes that don't use lard: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYNp0Jauh6i8f5M.html

What can we use instead of lard or tallow??anything plant based??

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

If you change oils in a CP recipe, it's now a new formula and you'll need to run the numbers thru soap calc.

Hi thank you so much for your video and recipe I have one question please can I use tellow instead of lord it's going to work as a slow moving recipe oh it's gonna take time just like your recipe to thicken up please reply humble request from UK

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

If you change the oils, you'll need to run the numbers thru a soap calculator to make sure the lye ratio if correct👍

@rheelamohammed8009

Ай бұрын

Hiya thank you so much for your replying I know that I have to go through the soap called if I'm changing my recipe but the my question was if I change lord to tallow would my recipe be runny as your or it's going to be a thicker than yours because I am looking for a recipe doesn't get a thicken quickly I just need some idea hope you understand what I want to know from you would I get same as your runny recipe because I would like to make some design soap so I'm looking the same as your recipe your recipe give give quite long time to work with it it is good recipe to work as a design soap but I don't use lord homemade I would love to use that please reply me and sorry to bother you again will wait for your reply I am a new to soap making so I would get some idea from you.❤

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

@@rheelamohammed8009 tallow does trace faster than lard.

@rheelamohammed8009

Ай бұрын

Ok thank you for your reply ❤

Can you use this recipe in liquid form? Can you substitute the Sodium Hydroxide for the potassium Hydroxide?

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Not sure what you mean "in liquid form"? Like the calamine lotion? And no, sodium hydroxide is very different than potassium hydroxide.

Hi Ellen, Ellen, I know you quit selling your products online😥, but do you have a store front that you sell from? I am not a soap maker(yet) but would love to have a bar of your calamine soap. If you don't sell anywhere, and there is someone else that makes a calamine soap like yours either this one or your other one , would that soaper please contact me and let me know where I could buy one. Thanks. I just love watching your videos.

I won't use animal fats in my soap. What can be used in place of the lard?

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

That would be a different recipe. Here is a video with several recipes: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYNp0Jauh6i8f5M.html

the description box doesn't show up on my screen .. how strange Awe

@EllenRuthSoap

29 күн бұрын

Oh no, there's so much info in it...🥲

I'm muslim, what is the alternative for lard? Tallow?

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Tallow is fabulous in soap. Just know that if you change any of the oils, you'll need to run the numbers thru soap calc to make sure your lye ratio is correct. Here is a video with several recipes: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYNp0Jauh6i8f5M.html Plus I have a soap recipe playlist.

I dont think we can get calamine powder in South Africa, only calamine lotion and I doubt that would work.

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

Yes, I’m not sure how the lotion would work?. You could try it as a portion of your liquid (depending on the ingredients)?

Hi. I see that your online store is empty. Do you have plans to restock?

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

No restocking, I’m not selling retail anymore.

next time do big batch soap

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

I’m making smaller batches most of the time now.💕

@user-mu9fs6zu4g

Ай бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap i love big batch soap

Animal fats usually are the longest to trace. 😊 Don’t use an animal fat recipe for piping! 😂

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣 you may need to wait several hours ❣️

@MsAubrey

Ай бұрын

@@EllenRuthSoap I did! 😂😂

That is my least favorite mold because it's a struggle to get the loaf out and it bulges on the sides after the 2nd use 😅then makes your bars look funny...

@EllenRuthSoap

Ай бұрын

It was a struggle to unmold for sure🤣

@tassiegirl1991

Ай бұрын

Thanks i was about to order as cheap and can get here in Aus without high shipping …..wont now.