Rose Geranium Clay Soap (cold process) with Diagonal Pour Technique
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 3. 03. 2021
- This is such a beautiful soap. I make this for my friend Alison a few times a year đ She just loves that natural rosy scent! This video demonstrates the complete making of this diagonal pour cold process soap, with attention paid to the preparation, pouring and cutting of the soap. The recipe is provided below.
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RECIPE
My mould used in this video is 37cm long, 7cm wide and 5.7cm deep
It holds 1.480kg of soap batter (1000g base oils is a good amount for this mould).
To work out the base oil amount for your mould, see this video âą Calculate Soap Recipes...
For this soap, I made two identical half-sized batches, each with 500g base oils. The quantities given below are for one half-sized batch. Two halves are needed to make the entire soap.
Half batch:
70% olive oil - 350g
20% coconut oil - 100g
5% castor - 25g
5% cocoa butter - 25g
Water 118g (1.7:1 water to lye ratio/37% lye concentration solution)
Sodium hydroxide 69g (4% superfat calculated into the recipe)
White kaolin clay - 1 teaspoon
Or pink clay - 1/2 teaspoon (use one colour for each half)
Essential oils - 35g needed for the entire soap, so 2 lots of 17.5g are needed for each half batch.
To make 17.5g blend for each half, mix:
14.9g rose geranium essential oil
2.6g rosewood essential oil
*Note, due to the issue of rosewood trees facing extinction in their natural habitat, I will no longer be using rosewood essential oils once my current bottle is empty. Ho Wood essential oil is a good sustainable substitute for rosewood essential oil.
METHOD
As demonstrated in the video
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Sitting at a freezing cold Euston Station waiting for my train after a bloody hard day's work. Was fed-up but now I'm not. Cheers Elly this has put joy back in my day đ
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Thank you so much for your tutorials! I love that you are an Aussie too, which means you use ingredients I can actually get my hands on!
The foldable wooden dish racks are great to use for diagonal pours too. Thanks for the video!
I love how that turned out!
This is a very pretty soap! It's is on my list to make now!
Enjoyed the video, and I'm glad you're back recording new videos!
Thanks Judith! I'm happy to be back too :)
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I have just found your videos. You explain soap making so much easier & better than all the others I have watched. Thank you for this.
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Thanks for sharing nice looking soap. I like rose geranium essential oil scent.
Another lovely video! I love to watch your videos, the way you explain things and simplify the whole process and you always make me smile with your funny comments! I've learned a lot from you and I'm always excited to watch your new videos! Can't wait for the next one :) Thank you! Lot's of love from UK xx
Oh thank you so much, you're very kind. I'm so glad! Love from Australia :)
Wow! How lovely is that! You work do cleanly too. Thank you đ Iris
Thank you Iris, you're very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it :)
Looks really good! I think the diagonal turned out great! I really appreciate that it looks great using natural colorants! I will probably try something similar when I get some more clay.
Love watching your videos, will definitely give this one a go.
So good to have fun while making soap!!!!!! and clay is so good for the skin!! Thank you for your videos!!!
Thank you Despina! Yes it was really great to make this soap. I loved it!
This looks amazing! I can smell it from here...
A well planned project. I enjoy watching how you make soap in a neat and careful way.Thanks!
Thanks so much Ellen, I appreciate that feedback a lot! It takes the stress out to be prepared and organised.
Thanks!! Great tutorial video. Greetings from Brazil. Very important you mentioned about the Rosewood tress extinction.
Thanks for this video and recipe idea Elly. I will make this one for sure! Cheers Mike
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Luv luv your video, well done.
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I absolutely love the soaps you have created and I have very much enjoyed spending my time watching all your videos. I hope you have an amazing Easter and stay safe.
Thank you so much Emma, so nice to hear.
Love this one!
Thanks Aannsha. I'm glad you're finding my older videos. There are some good ones there. It's probably time I started re-sharing them!
Your step by step videos are the best Elly. I really feel invited into your soap making tutorials. This soap looks wonderful,.... and of course I am going to have to make it too. Just have to 'get me' some rose geranium EO and pink clay; which I never thought to include in my order that arrived today! đ
All in good time Marion :)
Thank you, I appreciate your comments so much. I feel like you're all there with me when I'm filming!
Alway a pleasure to see when you release a new video. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Made my first batch, after watching all of your videos.
Many thanks from Florida.
Ah that's fantastic James, you're so welcome. I'd love to visit Florida some day. I think our climates are similar!
thanks Elly awesome soap. xx
Beautiful, Elly!
Thanks Debra!
Gorgeous recipe and technique, I owe you a few coffees Elly! Thankyou.
Thank you Samantha, you're very welcome! That's very kind.
ps. Keep your eye out for more connecting/support options soon (membership options and zoom consultations/group catch ups - it's going to be fun!
I really love your videos. Very educating and your recipes are easy to make. Thanks and be blessed đ€
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Thanks George, glad you enjoyed it :)
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Thank you. You have encourage me so much. Your tutorials have been amazing. You have dispel some of the myths that kept me scared and I am now getting the ingredients to start a cold press. Thank so very much.
That's so wonderful Janice, I'm so glad my videos have helped you!
Elly, Thank you for the tutorial and its so helpful for me to make soup the first time.
You're welcome Tony, thanks. Make sure you check out my other videos too, I have many that explain all the ins and outs of soap making. Here is the full list czcams.com/users/EllysEverydaySoapMakingvideos
Beautiful soap ! Thanks for sharing đ„°
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Absolutely GORGEOUS!!
I made an Activated charcoal and french green clay soap & it was a real hit....can't wait to try this Thank you Elly, love it xx
Thanks Charmaine! That would be nice as a layer pour. Beautiful!
You are doing everything so neat and tidy. No wastage. Superb đ
Thank you, I love that compliment! I love efficiency.
This was fantastic Elly, thank you. I personally love the colours and the 'bumpy' line, it gives it a lovely character that feels more natural.
I look forward to more videos. I have got the soap making bug and I love it so much...and I find any excuse to wash my hands!
Ah, that's so great. Thank you :)
Loved it.
Thank you Jaqueline :)
Great looking soap. I love the design!
Thank you!
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Love that one just beautiful
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Excellent ..
Lovely soap!
Thanks Kells :)
Beautiful, thank you for sharing.
You're welcome Nilza, thank you :)
Beautiful â€
just beautiful...
Lovely, and I can smell it from here!
Thank you!
I love â€ïž soap very nice video follower from đ©đż Algeria
Thank you very much for this video!
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Beautiful Elly!
Thank you Katrina! :)
Very awesome technique thank you for sharing this
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The Australian Battenberg versionđ. Loved watching the process. Thanks,đ
Oh yes! That's funny Ellen, it reminds me of strawberry cream Chuppa Chups too! Thank you.
Beautiful soap.
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You're welome, thank you :)
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Great one...done so nice...you know when you cut and show...it looks like a typical Indian sweet dish....
Great job...like the way you do it...thanks đ đ
Thank you, yes I know! It also reminds me of an Australian sweet we call 'coconut ice'. Thanks for your comment :)
just placed my first order for the oils and essential oils from a local supplier (fingers crossed) they'll all turn out alright! xoxo
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Thank you Norma, that's great feedback. I'll be offering some extra options like individual zoom meetings through my Buy Me A Coffee page soon, you may be interested in connecting there. I'll be announcing these on social media when I get things organised :)
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Thank you for your beautiful recipe. I made the soap and some of the soap turned out lovely but unfortunately some didn't. I fear I may have made a mistake with the lye concentration. But I will do the PH testing to check and re-batch if needed. Anyway, I was very happy with the 'diagonal' pour. I would like to try it again but will experiment with a different scent next time as the Rose Geranium is absolutely divine but super expensive for a mistake. I'll give it another go though. Thanks again.
Thanks so much for another lovely video and soap recipe to try. I've made quite a few of your recipes now and they all turn out so well. I'm not a fan of cocao butter in soap so I'm going to try this with the same amount of Shea butter. I've heard they are interchangable. My new motto: When in lockdown watch Elly's video's and make soap....Thanks again.
Thanks Carolyn, that's so nice. Yes the shea will be nice instead of cocoa butter. Thank you, take care :)
Hi Elly... another great soap.
Thanks Miss Claudia!
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Hi Elly, very nice soap as always.
Thanks Claudia :)
Thanks!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your support.
Hi am very happy to see your video again please upload your videos daily. Your voice is very kind and encouraging. Thanks.
Thank you for your request but that would be impossible! I can barely keep up with one video per week across two channels! These videos take a lot of work - 2-3 days in fact. I do the best I can :)
Oh congraut .what is the another channel name. Please if it is possible. Thank you for your kind reply .
This is my other channel. It's quite new czcams.com/users/EllysEverydayWholegrainSourdough
Though I love watching you with the whole process of soapmaking, and the way you always find ways to improvise , I truly wish you would add smell!!! Lol Another gorgeous soap. Wish I were you neighborly friend......
I know, wouldn't that be amazing! I wish everyone could smell this soap. It's divine! Thank you Kathy :)
Thank you
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It is, thanks Yamina!
Thankyou for mentioning in the description about Rosewood trees facing extinction, I didn't know this but I am not too surprised either as it was heavily logged in northern n.s.w ( where I am from) for timber in the past to the point of losing most of it there in the rainforest. I don't want to contribute to such precious plants becoming extinct forever.. everywhere.. so this bottle I have will be my first & my last. It's very sad such plants can't be better protected in general. I have a keen nostalgia for the scent of the fresh sawdust due to it was discovered in the very old floorboards of the house I grew up in & my parents were shocked and delighted (in a way) because our house had been originally a banana shed haha & wasn't much to look at when they bought it but under the grey weathered boards was the most stunning red wood and when they sanded it the house smelled so beautiful. The real wood has such a soft delicate yet robust scent, never smelled anything like it. The essential oil smells different to the fresh wood anyway so my little bottle (although nice) isn't quite the same. Anyway if you or anyone has read this far well done and my apologies haha, just had to tell the story and thanks so much for another gorgeous soap to watch you create. I'll have to try this diagonal pour technique one day. And I just love the soft colours you achieved using the clays xx Thanks Elly
Thank you so much. I'm sorry I didn't mention this in the video itself, but I struggle to keep my talking to a minimum! I'm glad you saw this detail in the description box, and thank you for sharing your story. What precious memories x
Could you please do a tutorial on Charcoal Hand Soap?
I love it
Thank you!
Beautiful
Thanks Stella :)
Oh, I love these colors! Maybe a wavy line between the two colors would look awesome, too...
Yes, I thought of that later! Thank you :)
Înother awesome video from you!!! Bye from greece.
Thank you Dimitra!
Very nice!
I was wondering if you would make a Aloe soap!.... I got a big plant and thought it would be nice to try some. Thanks again.
Thanks Chantal, yes I will be making an aloe soap. I have many videos on my list! I will be getting to that one soon though :)
Hi Elly! Thank you so much for taking the time
to make ur youtube videos because they are so helpful. đ„ș I had a question regarding preservatives while making bars of soap, are they not needed for this kind of soap??
That's right, no need for preservative in cold process or hot process soap.
Very pretty homemade soap you made
Thank you Karen.
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Hi Elly - I tried your soap recipe and it came out perfectly- thank you for posting it. I wish I could attach a picture here but looks like CZcams doesnât allow that. Thank you again đđ
Very happy for you Elisa! :)
Hi Elly,
Thank for all the education I am so grateful. Can you please tell me what I can do with a batch of soap that I forgot to add an ingredient which was 20% of the recipe. Thanks
You can rebatch it, and re-introduce the ingredient that was left out. This is the basic rebatch method I use czcams.com/video/STQ-C4L363o/video.html
Thanks for all your videos I learned q lot of saponification. Just I think it is important to provide information about kind of oils for specific skin. Example if I want to use the soap for drying skin what are oils that we can use?
This video covers that topic :) czcams.com/video/V-uDPifp3n0/video.html
This is such a beautiful soap Elly! Lovely and sophisticated.
It also looks like such a good recipe. I am guessing it must be a hard bar and not very slimy?
I might want to try that soon, thanks somuch for sharing!
Thanks Sam, yes this one is nicely balanced but still gentle.
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking do you think I could add in some honey and oatmeal at trace? Plus if I were to add some extra shea butter at trace do I need to reduce the superfat included in your recipe?
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your videos! And for all your knowledge and information. I really appreciate it!!! How is the lather with this recipe? Can you do a lather test to show us?
Hi Sherrie, I completely forgot to do a lather test! I haven't tested it yet, so not sure if it's fully saponified, but will do a lather test when it's cured a bit :)
Such a fan, Elly! Thank you for another great tutorial video and recipe. I've finally been able to use my first soaps from a double-batch I did at the new year. have been so proud that I'm mailing off extra and giving bars to all of my neighbors. I need to work on my soaping temperature, though, since it was winter and my windows were open for fear of lye fumes. I think it made the house temperature too low for mixing everything and caused some white spots in the finished product. I tested them with ph strips before using/gifting and they were just cosmetic. I used the half ice/half water trick and the fumes weren't nearly as bad as I had anticipated. And if, by chance, you are looking for an idea for a new video, it would be very helpful for beginner soapers to have a lesson on the merits/drawbacks of using the different common oils in recipes (ex. olive v. cocoa butter v. coconut). Thank you for introducing and guiding me in soap making!
Thank you so much Amber, I'm so happy you're enjoying your soap making! I've got a few videos coming up soon that I think will help you a lot. I'm going to be explaining temperatures for soap making, superfat, and also will get to one about chosing oils as well. In the mean time, this chart might be helpful to you www.lovinsoap.com/oils-chart/
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Hello, Elly! All your videos are so amazing and inspiring. I've been watching for hours! :) Thank you so much for sharing! Don't you use any antioxidant? Thanks again and all the best!
Thanks Laura, no, I don't add anything else to my soaps :)
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking Good to know! I've always thought it was necessary. :) Thanks again! :)
Hi Elly, your videos are very detailed, thankyou for all the information. I wanted to ask as you kept the soap covered in your cooler, can we avoid the gel phase. Would it change the texture?
It's hard to avoid gel in loaf moulds. This video explains all about gel phase czcams.com/video/pl7ONfaWPWE/video.html
Hi love your soap, I was thinking of doing one with a pencil line of activated charcoal what do you think please anytips. Your video's got me soaping a couple of months ago thankyou so much
Oh yes, a charcoal pencil line would be lovely!
hi elly, i really enjoy your soap making videos. you are a naturally gifted teacher. i have a question. do you use sodium lactate. can i add it to this recipe?
Hi Stella, thank you so much! I don't use it in my recipes, but yes, you absolutely could. Just follow your supplier's recommendations :)
Wonderful, Elly wow, next week is my holiday and l will do soapđ€©. I hit two hundred like, that's a good sign, I want to buy euromillionđđđđđ
Hi Elly! Loved this video! I canât wait to start making some. I was wondering where a good place is to get the clay, Iâm in canada also.
Thank you Tammy! It's probably best to search what's available in Canada. I get mine locally.
LOVE IT!!! Do you have a video on embeds? I have one but I'm so afraid to try it đ€Š
Thank you! No, I haven't done a video on that yet. Perhaps in future! You should give it a try! :)
Wow super post for dry skin soap
Shea butter soap
Thank you, yes I have a shea butter soap on my list soon. Thank you for your patience!
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Hi Elly, I enjoy watching your soap making videos as I started researching how to make bath soaps as my son has mild eczema. We can only make soaps at licensed workshops as sodium hydroxide is a controlled chemical is Singapore. Your homemade soaps look amazing! Living vicariously through you.. Cheers đ
Oh thank you. I'm sorry to hear that. You can't buy caustic soda freely in Singapore?
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking as far as I know, it can only be bought at licensed soap making workshops for DIY soap making :(
Oh that's a shame. Sorry to hear that.
@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking no worries, it is what it is.. Blessed Good Friday & Happy Easter to you, your family & all your viewers!
This looks amazing! I love rose geranium scent and it looks so good with the two colours. Would you use rose geranium on its own or do you really need to blend it? Do you ever use fragrance oils?
I rarely use FO's, I just love EO's. You can use rose geranium on its own, but I think it's better blended with a woody base not to ground the scent. A small amount of cedar would be nice too.
I was wondering instead of using rose geranium and rosewood essential oils, could you use just normal rose essential oil with the same amount as said in the recipe? I do not know if it would affect the batch of soap and its quality.
Your soap looks beautiful, thank you for sharing. I am looking to buy scales for weighing oils and also essential oils, any recommendations ?
Just buy the best digital kitchen scale you can afford. I have a Salter scale and it works very well for me :)