Hi Everyone, I hope you are all fit and well. It's been a madly busy month here, but all good. I love how this soap came out, which was great for me as I was tight on time squeezing it in. I hope you like it too. If you're interested in buying the scraper or some Halloween themed extruder discs they're available in the shop now. www.idreaminsoap.co.uk/ The September release with lots of lovely new soaps (including some fab Haloween soaps) will be on 15th September, worldwide shipping available with delivery to the USA ( that's where you're located) only taking 1 week.
So I was looking at web site.fo you need a special tool for the small plastic soap designs. Could I make long length for whole loaf as well small. You mention a fima -that what i’d use. Also do you give a soap dough recipe to use w them?. One last question, on the designs, like wave and zigzag, have you found they work or look better in tall and skinny or regular loaf size. So excited!!
Hi Terri, I think you mean the extruders, yes you can use them to make long embeds, that's what I use mine for all the time. I don't have a specific soap dough recipe, I just use my own normal soap, make some up and sea it tight away from any air, then leave it for about 3-5 days (or more). The wave and zig zag can work well in both styles of loaf. I have made the zigzag scrapers for people with both styles and they all look great
I've noticed that you seem to be getting more comfortable in front of the camera, and I'm happy to see it😁 (not that there was a problem before, I've just enjoyed seeing your growth)! I also really like the song that you've been adding, I think it's a fun idea. And I think the colors you've chosen look amazing in this design!
Rewatched this after quite a long time. Even better this time around! You are a master teacher. Thank you for all the time and talent you share with us (me)! Happy soaping
Wow!! What an awesome soap! Love your scraper tool, what an innovative idea with the level adjustment. You have so many skills! Can't wait to see the next soap!!
Thank you so much Beck. Ooh I've got a new video coming out on 1st Sep, so that's an extra one. It's part of a CZcams collaboration. It's even got miniature cows 😊
Another amazing soap Lisa! It does look like rick rack! And those colors are right in the color scheme of clothes that my grandmother made with it in the 70s.
Those soap scrapers you created are amazing with the little tiers for different layers... So cool. And your soap turned out BEAUTIFUL! Very lovely job, Lisa❤️ Looking forward to seeing your soap collab design
Oh wow Lisa, these little rungs on your scraper are genius! I've had sculpted soaps go wrong because my tape wasn't strong enough and the lolly stick moved. I'll definitely be making my scrapers this way in the future! And as always, your soap is beautiful. I love the crisp lines and colors contrast. :)
That tape can be such a pain to get it to stick and then sometimes you forget to move the stick and your ready to scrape and you're then fiddling around, I know, been there, done that :-)
I have been so in love with making soap recently byt all of my batches have been a flop , it’s pretty upsetting since I’m 17 and having to move out on my own and I already work 40 hour weeks , I was going to sell my first batches to have enough to get more oils but it looks like I’ll be postponing my soaping for a while . It’s really great to be able to watch you do it and make me feel a little better . ❤️ beautiful soap as always
Get onto a soap makers forum. Lots of people out there willing to help. I just un molded my second batch and I'm very please. Start simple and work your way up. Try 100% lard. Or 100% olive oil. Go to soapcalc.net and ensure the lye concentrations are correct. And have fun.
Oh goodness me, good job I made one and didn't follow through on my plan to skip this month, and left you hanging. Thank you so much as normal Teresa, you are always such a fabulous supporter, i really appreciate it :-)
Love this! You have mentioned the assessment process before, but I think this was the first time I heard that it included colors. Really interested in learning more about the assessment process you have in the UK. All your videos are awesome and inspiring. :)
Hi Kim, thank you so much. Yes the regulations are quite tough in the UK. We have to have any soap we make cosmetically assessed in the UK. We are allowed a base recipe which contains all our oils/lye etc and any thing you want in EVERY soap, this can not be changed in any way, the % have to stay the same, you have to include everything in every soap, you cannot change anything. Then you have variants, these are additions to your base, you are typically allowed 5 additions, so that will include your colours (each colour counts as 1 item) any fragrance oil, additives etc. You pay to have your base assessed and attach variants to it, you pay for each variant and once assessed you cannot change them, so if you had say black rasp vanilla with activated charcoal, a red mica, white mica, green mica, then that's it set you have to use those every time. Micas and fragrance oils must be named and linked to a supplier, so you can't for example get a black raspberry vanilla from someone else. The assessment even includes your packaging (which again you can't change) Any changes at all mean you have to create a new variant and pay for that to be assessed (even if you are just swapping a colour), if you want to make a change to your base then again you pay for that (more expensive than a variant). Once you have your assessments you, have to keep batch logs, product information files and good manufacturing documents on all soaps made, any ingredients used must be linked to the batch supplied by the supplier and you also have to keep MSDS sheets on all of them. Lot's of rules over labelling. Then before we can sell every product has to be listed on the 'Cosmetic Portal' you upload all the details, your safety assessments, answer a list of questions and also upload a copy of your label and a photo of the completed soap in it's packaging. I'm sure I've missed some things out, but that's basically it, so making the soap is the easy bit :-)
I am so impressed with what you consider something simple. Your soap turned out amazing. Such brilliant design. Just love it. You are such an artist. Great job!!
It turned out so pretty! 😍 I understand with being busy. School started back, and I ended up taking a step back from the challenge this month, but I'm really looking forward to Tuesday's collab! 🥰
I Dream In Soap yes it's wonderful to be back with them. I don't know how I'm ever going to learn names and faces with masks, but it's so good to be in the classroom again.
@@JandWSoaps Oh masks, well I'd be rubbish, we joke that I have 'facelexia' which is a made up version of dyslexia, so the inability to recognise faces. I'm truly rubbish, I can watch a TV program and see a person, then the shot goes to a house and there will be a photo of the person and I can't tell if it's the same person, I'm terrible at it. I think I'd have to get them to write their names on the front of their masks.
I Dream In Soap oh, my goodness. I'm exactly the same way. I really can't do faces either. It's embarrassing, because it usually takes me a few weeks to get names with faces, and that's studying and trying to learn them. I always worry they won't feel like they're important enough for me to remember, but wow I feel better knowing I'm not the only person who is that bad with faces. In the movie"Constantine," I didn't realize the main characters were supposed to be twins until someone explicitly said it 😳😂.
Ooooo, my goodness, I really love this soap design!! I had to stop the video and go to the website and order this scraper. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks so much Lisa, for another great video and for making such an awesome soaping tool.
Hi Lisa, I love this tribal looking soap, this is an interesting looking scraper. I love this soap in the colours you chose. Honey wash is one of my top favourite fragrance oils. 3D printers and those people who are able to design and make their own scrapers have taken some soaps to another level in design and look.
Hi Tanya. Thank you so much. Yes the ability to make things is great, but you can still make scrapers with cardboard or plastic, I gave done so many times. The printed ones just last longer and enable you to reuse them. I do still think a lot af fabulous soaps can be made with just pouring techniques too.
So beautiful, Lisa😊❤️ I always loved a drop swirl and with these layers, it all looks so exotic and refined. Thank you once again for the lovely and very well explained video🙏🏼you are definitely a great teacher!
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much that's really kind of you to say Mag and thank you for taking the time to leave another comment for me :-)
Thanks Louise, The only problem with that video is I don't feel I am expert enough to give advice. I know what I have had to do, but it literally just relates to my own experience. I see a lot of people asking all sorts of questions in the UK facebook groups that I wouldn't really know the answer to as I haven't had to deal with those situations, so I would hate to do a video giving advice when I don't have wide enough knowledge to deal with questions and queries
Oh my goodness. This soap is out of this world! Do you mail to Canada? I'm thinking it will probably be expensive for shipping but if it wasn't too bad I'd love to purchase a scraper from you!
Love it. As always your creations are just beautiful. Now we see how you have been putting that 3D printer to use. Can you share the name of the song and artist you use in you videos?
Hey again, thanks for another lovely comment. The music is called 'Way way back' by Lvly. I really love the song and now I associate it with soap making I love it more :-)
You are really a very talented soaper. Do you give out your soaping recipe? Your batter seems to be a slow mover. Would be great if you did a video on recipes perhaps.
Thanks Shaz. I don't give out my recipe I'm afraid as it's something I've spent a long time developing and have also had too pay to have it cosmetically certified (as I'm in the UK) so I can't afford to just give it away I'm afraid.
Lovely soap, Lisa! I've been meaning to try to make sculped layers myself, but it seems a bit daunting. I love what you did with your scraper. Do you use a 3D printer?
Hi Lisa--thanks SO MUCH for your wonderful videos. I always learn and get ideas form every single one. Question for you--and no need to answer if it's too detailed. I just got a 3d printer and am super excited for some scraper ideas (now including your brilliant ladder feature on the back!). I see you have a bit of an undercut in your design here (some of the next layer will flow under the previous; little overhangs in the layers) and I'm wondering how much you can get away with of that. There's probably not even a way to describe the answer but any hints are helpful! Or just keep doing what you're doing and I'll be grateful and fine with that.
Hi Diane. Thanks for your lovely comment. I think you're referring to the fact that I am scraping slightly underneath and leaving a little roof. Generally as long as your batter is set enough that's fine, as long as your design has enough space built in to allow the excess batter to move up and be scraped away. Best wishes. Lisa
Hi Lisa, you have inspired me to attempt a layered soap, I've not been doing cold process soap for very long and your videos have been invaluable to my progress. Just a quick question, how much of a water discount do you do? I'm happy with my cp main recipe and it's good for swirls and staying thin it's just something that I keep hearing people say on videos. I don't know if this is a factor but my recipe is olive oil pomace30%, babassu oil 25%, coconut oil 25%, castor oil 10%, then I vary the last 10% with either rice bran or avocado oil or grapeseed.
HI Katrina. I typically work at 35.6% lye solution, which is about 25% oils to water. If you're happy with your recipe then stick with it. If you find it does move a bit quick at all it will be the olive pomace, that will speed up trace quite a bit, I find regular olive oil best (not extra virgin as it's too green). Best wishes.
Great. Lisa. Being a lady of precision how do you work out your lye when you have to split it. Do you physically weigh the water and lye and divide by %?
Hi Christine. Because I master batch my lye I always weigh it out. I know how much lye I need for my recipe. When my lye is made up I know that the ratio of lye to oils I need is 1 lye to 2.53 oils. So what ever amount of oils I pour out (also master batched) I divide the weight of them by 2.53 and that tells me the amount of my lye solution needed.
❤️❤️❤️ love it Hi Lisa your website for some reason doesn’t allow me to add more than one item to my basket Not sure if there is a trick to it Or there is a glitch I placed an order for the one that I need for now Just wanted to know for the future Thank you again I am your biggest FAN 😍
Hi Reem, thank you so much. There should be no reason that you cannot add more than one item many people order several things so it should be OK. If you did want anything else then by all means try again with another order (if that's not a pain) and I will combine the shipping and refund you for the excess as you would have paid shipping twice.
Hi Jenette, sorry fo rthe late reply. Micas do mix in easier than pigments and oxides. I also find quite a few oxides bleed a bit. But I do use them as low rates if I need a certain colour. Neons are pigments, they don't bleed, but like the others you have to mix them really well to prevent getting any spots
@@IDreamInSoap thank you Lisa for sharing your skills in soaping, that is so kind of you💞 i'm a beginner and still in the stage of reading, researching and watching videos about soap making. Thanks a lot again, so happy we're both member of tree-marie group. Always stay safe and God bless🥰🌻🌷
@@IDreamInSoap I thought since mine was a silver in a black over grey layer it would. it kind of does. When you see one called Pillow Talk, that's mine.
I was so ticked that I missed the cut off. I had about 200lbs of pork fat dumped on me, and I ended up dealing with that. But looking at the beginner entries, if my idea had come out like I wanted, I'd probably be in the top 3.
@@IDreamInSoap well the neighbour cut me a deal. She has hogs and the deal was I take her fat and render it, then we split it. I was expecting 20 pounds, not 200. I'm looking forward to the new challenges. The stained glass in December looks interesting.
Hi Everyone, I hope you are all fit and well. It's been a madly busy month here, but all good. I love how this soap came out, which was great for me as I was tight on time squeezing it in. I hope you like it too. If you're interested in buying the scraper or some Halloween themed extruder discs they're available in the shop now. www.idreaminsoap.co.uk/
The September release with lots of lovely new soaps (including some fab Haloween soaps) will be on 15th September, worldwide shipping available with delivery to the USA ( that's where you're located) only taking 1 week.
So I was looking at web site.fo you need a special tool for the small plastic soap designs. Could I make long length for whole loaf as well small. You mention a fima -that what i’d use. Also do you give a soap dough recipe to use w them?. One last question, on the designs, like wave and zigzag, have you found they work or look better in tall and skinny or regular loaf size. So excited!!
Hi Terri, I think you mean the extruders, yes you can use them to make long embeds, that's what I use mine for all the time. I don't have a specific soap dough recipe, I just use my own normal soap, make some up and sea it tight away from any air, then leave it for about 3-5 days (or more). The wave and zig zag can work well in both styles of loaf. I have made the zigzag scrapers for people with both styles and they all look great
kindly give ml or litres measurement for oils and kilograms or grams measurements for prepareing 10kg of soaps mail me @ daysharos@gmail.com
Love this soap because I am a beekeeper and a soap maker!! Do you know how much shipping from the UK to the US would be if I bought this tool?
@@shalomeclark9204 kindly give ml or litres measurement for oils and kilograms or grams measurements for prepareing 10kg of soaps
I've noticed that you seem to be getting more comfortable in front of the camera, and I'm happy to see it😁 (not that there was a problem before, I've just enjoyed seeing your growth)! I also really like the song that you've been adding, I think it's a fun idea. And I think the colors you've chosen look amazing in this design!
That's so kind of you to say Kayla Steines, thank you so much 😊
Great to see British soaping community represented in the soap club challenge.
Thanks so much Amanda, there are a few of us in there, it's such a fun and brilliant club :-)
Rewatched this after quite a long time. Even better this time around! You are a master teacher. Thank you for all the time and talent you share with us (me)! Happy soaping
Glad you liked it.
Happy soaping yourself!
I’m always amazed by the designs you make. Both layers of this soap are wonderful. Put together it is wonderful. I love the tools you make also.
AW that's lovely to hear, thank you so much, and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me 😊
Wow Lisa that's amazing. The idea of the scraper is brilliant. Thank you for the lesson.
Hi again Michael. Thank you so much ☺️
Patent that scraper idea, someone will have it! Beautiful soap as usual sweetie!
Ooh that would be lovely, but unfortunately very expensive :-(
Another beautiful soap! There really is no end to your talent.
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much that's really kind of you and thank you for taking the time to leave another comment for me Nicole :-)
Wow!! What an awesome soap! Love your scraper tool, what an innovative idea with the level adjustment. You have so many skills! Can't wait to see the next soap!!
Thank you so much Beck. Ooh I've got a new video coming out on 1st Sep, so that's an extra one. It's part of a CZcams collaboration. It's even got miniature cows 😊
@@IDreamInSoap miniature cows?! Sounds adorable Lisa! Looking forward to the 1st!! Am sure it will be awesome! x
Another amazing soap Lisa! It does look like rick rack! And those colors are right in the color scheme of clothes that my grandmother made with it in the 70s.
He, he, thank you so much, although I'm not sure whether Grandma's clothing in a good thing or not :-)
@@IDreamInSoap it was my clothing! Those are definitely 70s colors and it's a good memory.😄
Those soap scrapers you created are amazing with the little tiers for different layers... So cool. And your soap turned out BEAUTIFUL! Very lovely job, Lisa❤️ Looking forward to seeing your soap collab design
Thank you so much Shona, ooh I'm very excited, mines got tiny cows :-) looking forward to seeing yours too :-)
@@IDreamInSoap tiny cows??!!!!?? That's amazing!
I agree with Tracey. Lovely soap. Navajo style
Hey, thanks Tania, yes I can definitely see that too :-)
I love How this one turned out the colors are perfect nice contrast between the drop swirl top and the layered bottom
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much that's really kind of you to say and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me :-)
Lisa: you´re a wonder and you inspire me a lot. Kisses and thank you for your beautiful work! Greetings from Chile
Thank you so much!
Brings to mind the American southwest or candy corn!💖💖💖
Ooh yes, I can see what you're saying :-)
Hey Lisa, love it, I think it’s looks a bit Navaho, really cool, perfect colours to match the design. Well done 💐🌈
He, he, yes a few people have said that and I agree too now that you've said it.
Absolutely LOVE these scrapers, would be awesome all the way up the soap. Going to your website for a look
Thank you Karen yes all the way up would be like a mad Christmas jumper
Oh wow Lisa, these little rungs on your scraper are genius! I've had sculpted soaps go wrong because my tape wasn't strong enough and the lolly stick moved. I'll definitely be making my scrapers this way in the future!
And as always, your soap is beautiful. I love the crisp lines and colors contrast. :)
That tape can be such a pain to get it to stick and then sometimes you forget to move the stick and your ready to scrape and you're then fiddling around, I know, been there, done that :-)
I have been so in love with making soap recently byt all of my batches have been a flop , it’s pretty upsetting since I’m 17 and having to move out on my own and I already work 40 hour weeks , I was going to sell my first batches to have enough to get more oils but it looks like I’ll be postponing my soaping for a while . It’s really great to be able to watch you do it and make me feel a little better . ❤️ beautiful soap as always
Oh that's such a shame. I hope things pick up for you really soon .
Get onto a soap makers forum. Lots of people out there willing to help. I just un molded my second batch and I'm very please. Start simple and work your way up. Try 100% lard. Or 100% olive oil. Go to soapcalc.net and ensure the lye concentrations are correct. And have fun.
Beautiful soap. It makes me challenge myself to give it a try.
Ooh yes, do give it a go, I hope it goes well
Absolutely LOVE this soap!!! I would love to get a tool like that!! Super great job!!!!
Hi Splendid Grace Farms lovely to see you again, thank you so much for taking the time to leave another comment for me 😊
I love when you get excited by your soap! Great job ❤️
Thank you so much Christa , that's very kind of you.
Another beautiful soap and expert tutorial. Thank you! Also, the adjustable height feature on the scraper is brilliant! Well done, as always!
That's so kind of you to say Karen, thank you so much 😊
Your little tool is brilliant. I love how you have been making all these things to solve your problems.
That's so kind of you to say Emily, thank you so much 😊 I do love to try to make something to solve a problem :-)
excellent job love it. you should be the winner.
Thanks so much Claire, ooh that would be lovely, but there are lots of fantastic entries :-)
Absolutely gorgeous! Well done!
Hi Emily thank you so much for your very kind comment 😊
Great video Lisa ... I was waiting ... your soap is beautiful .... 🐝🐝🐝🌈🌈🌈🧼🧼🧼🧼❣️
Oh goodness me, good job I made one and didn't follow through on my plan to skip this month, and left you hanging. Thank you so much as normal Teresa, you are always such a fabulous supporter, i really appreciate it :-)
Just gorgeous
Hi Marisol lovely to see you again, thank you so much for taking the time to leave another comment for me 😊
Love this! You have mentioned the assessment process before, but I think this was the first time I heard that it included colors. Really interested in learning more about the assessment process you have in the UK. All your videos are awesome and inspiring. :)
Hi Kim, thank you so much. Yes the regulations are quite tough in the UK. We have to have any soap we make cosmetically assessed in the UK. We are allowed a base recipe which contains all our oils/lye etc and any thing you want in EVERY soap, this can not be changed in any way, the % have to stay the same, you have to include everything in every soap, you cannot change anything. Then you have variants, these are additions to your base, you are typically allowed 5 additions, so that will include your colours (each colour counts as 1 item) any fragrance oil, additives etc. You pay to have your base assessed and attach variants to it, you pay for each variant and once assessed you cannot change them, so if you had say black rasp vanilla with activated charcoal, a red mica, white mica, green mica, then that's it set you have to use those every time. Micas and fragrance oils must be named and linked to a supplier, so you can't for example get a black raspberry vanilla from someone else.
The assessment even includes your packaging (which again you can't change)
Any changes at all mean you have to create a new variant and pay for that to be assessed (even if you are just swapping a colour), if you want to make a change to your base then again you pay for that (more expensive than a variant).
Once you have your assessments you, have to keep batch logs, product information files and good manufacturing documents on all soaps made, any ingredients used must be linked to the batch supplied by the supplier and you also have to keep MSDS sheets on all of them.
Lot's of rules over labelling.
Then before we can sell every product has to be listed on the 'Cosmetic Portal' you upload all the details, your safety assessments, answer a list of questions and also upload a copy of your label and a photo of the completed soap in it's packaging.
I'm sure I've missed some things out, but that's basically it, so making the soap is the easy bit :-)
My respect and awe of you just increased. Thank you for the information.
I am so impressed with what you consider something simple. Your soap turned out amazing. Such brilliant design. Just love it. You are such an artist. Great job!!
AW, thank you so much Renee :-)
It turned out so pretty! 😍
I understand with being busy. School started back, and I ended up taking a step back from the challenge this month, but I'm really looking forward to Tuesday's collab! 🥰
Oh gosh, you must be busy. I bet that was a shock to the system, was it nice to see the children again?
I Dream In Soap yes it's wonderful to be back with them. I don't know how I'm ever going to learn names and faces with masks, but it's so good to be in the classroom again.
@@JandWSoaps Oh masks, well I'd be rubbish, we joke that I have 'facelexia' which is a made up version of dyslexia, so the inability to recognise faces. I'm truly rubbish, I can watch a TV program and see a person, then the shot goes to a house and there will be a photo of the person and I can't tell if it's the same person, I'm terrible at it. I think I'd have to get them to write their names on the front of their masks.
I Dream In Soap oh, my goodness. I'm exactly the same way. I really can't do faces either. It's embarrassing, because it usually takes me a few weeks to get names with faces, and that's studying and trying to learn them. I always worry they won't feel like they're important enough for me to remember, but wow I feel better knowing I'm not the only person who is that bad with faces. In the movie"Constantine," I didn't realize the main characters were supposed to be twins until someone explicitly said it 😳😂.
These are beautiful 🧡🖤💛🧡🖤💛🧡
That's so kind of you to say JoAnn, thank you so much 😊
Incredibly Lisa. You are such an inspiration. You have grown so much in your business. Well done xx
That's so kind of you to say Lainey, thank you so much 😊
Beautiful as always!
That's so kind of you to say Ally , thank you so much 😊
Lisa, these are amazing! The colours and the design are perfect. Thanks so much for sharing your talent.
AW, thank you so much, once again Michelle, it's so good of you to leave comments for me :-)
The pattern on top in mesmerising, love how neat the inside turned out as well!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment ❤️
The detail in your designs is incredible! Little pieces of art. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much that's really kind of you and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment :-)
Stunning again! Love it!
Hi Mrs Murphy lovely to see you again, thank you so much for taking the time to leave another comment for me 😊
that is amazing!!!!!!!! I love your gadget
That's so kind of you to say melodeecho, thank you so much 😊
Thank you so much, for sharing! Being new to soapmaking, I would have never have know where to begin. Beautifully done!
You are so welcome, so pleased you found it useful :-)
your super talented, nice piece of music too.
Hi peter Randall thank you so much for your very kind comment 😊
Lisa I absolutely thought of ric-rac as soon as I saw this soap! I didn't know if it was called the same thing in the UK or not.
Ah, ha , yes. and I was wondering if it was called ric-rac elsewhere :-)
Fantastic!!! Love it 👍💕
That's so kind of you to say C.D. Wenas, thank you so much 😊
Wow, excelente que escribas en español. Gracias. Me encanta tu canal.
Muchas gracias. Estoy muy complacido. Espero que mi español no sea tan malo y que sea lo suficientemente bueno para que puedas entenderlo.
You are literally the soap wizard. Everytime i see an amazing soap before seeing the name I'm like, "oh that's gotta be Lisa!"
That's so kind of you to say A Gee, thank you so much 😊
Love all your teaching and tips!!!
Thank you so much Shelley, that's very kind of you.
Just fab as always! This is so lovely and perfectly executed, not too busy, and still interesting. I adore it!
Well thank you so much. I was really pleased with it, looking forward to seeing your ones (might be difficult to fit a cat in there :-) )
Ooooo, my goodness, I really love this soap design!! I had to stop the video and go to the website and order this scraper. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks so much Lisa, for another great video and for making such an awesome soaping tool.
AW, thanks so much Kelli. I'm so pleased you liked it ooh and I hope you make some fab soaps with the scraper :-)
My bow!
Thank you so much for your comment Natasa .
Amazing!! It looks fantastic! :-)
AW that's lovely to hear, thank you so much Rachel, and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me 😊
Hi Lisa, I love this tribal looking soap, this is an interesting looking scraper. I love this soap in the colours you chose. Honey wash is one of my top favourite fragrance oils. 3D printers and those people who are able to design and make their own scrapers have taken some soaps to another level in design and look.
Hi Tanya. Thank you so much. Yes the ability to make things is great, but you can still make scrapers with cardboard or plastic, I gave done so many times. The printed ones just last longer and enable you to reuse them. I do still think a lot af fabulous soaps can be made with just pouring techniques too.
Awesomeness
Thank you so much MoodyGirl Beauty, that's very kind of you.
So beautiful, Lisa😊❤️ I always loved a drop swirl and with these layers, it all looks so exotic and refined. Thank you once again for the lovely and very well explained video🙏🏼you are definitely a great teacher!
AW, such a lovely comment, thank you so much that's really kind of you to say Mag and thank you for taking the time to leave another comment for me :-)
Fab job again Lisa 👏🏻👏🏻😍. This mini drop swirls are just gorgeous 💕
Hi Hilary lovely to see you again, thank you so much for taking the time to leave another comment for me 😊
Lovely soap! I love how you manage to make colour combinations that don't sound pretty, pretty! 🧡🖤🤍!
AW, thank you so much, so glad you think it looks pretty. \i guess colour wise I was just thinking Bees and Honey :-)
It makes me think of candy corn :D
He, he, yes a few people have said that. Being in the UK we don't have candy corn, but I did google a picture and I can see what you mean :-)
I've ordered this scraper x
Woohoo, how exciting. Thank you Karen, hope you have fun with it.
Love it!!
Thank you so much Melody, that's very kind of you.
Love!!!
Thank you so much Honey Bee, that's very kind of you.
13k Congratulations ! It’s a lot of work but very efficient!
Thank you Celine
Hi Lisa! Beautiful soaps as always. Pls can u do a video of how u make your soap scrappers from scratch to finish? 😊
Hi. Thanks so much. I wouldn't do a video on soap scrapers as I 3d print them. So doing a video on 3d printing isn't really a good fit for my channel
@@IDreamInSoap ok. I understand. Pls could u point me to resources where I could learn how to make them?
Another gem. Thank you for sharing. Any chance you could do a video/s on how to prepare for and what is required to allow soaps to be sold legally.
Thanks Louise, The only problem with that video is I don't feel I am expert enough to give advice. I know what I have had to do, but it literally just relates to my own experience. I see a lot of people asking all sorts of questions in the UK facebook groups that I wouldn't really know the answer to as I haven't had to deal with those situations, so I would hate to do a video giving advice when I don't have wide enough knowledge to deal with questions and queries
Very nice
Thank you so much for your comment, and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment, I really appreciate it as it helps my channel to grow.
@@IDreamInSoap thank for you that sharing with us your experts in making soap
Oh my goodness. This soap is out of this world!
Do you mail to Canada? I'm thinking it will probably be expensive for shipping but if it wasn't too bad I'd love to purchase a scraper from you!
Thank you so much Tracy. Yes I do mail to Canada, there is a special rate for scrapers etc so hopefully it's not to bad.
Love it. As always your creations are just beautiful. Now we see how you have been putting that 3D printer to use. Can you share the name of the song and artist you use in you videos?
Hey again, thanks for another lovely comment. The music is called 'Way way back' by Lvly. I really love the song and now I associate it with soap making I love it more :-)
You are really a very talented soaper. Do you give out your soaping recipe? Your batter seems to be a slow mover. Would be great if you did a video on recipes perhaps.
Thanks Shaz. I don't give out my recipe I'm afraid as it's something I've spent a long time developing and have also had too pay to have it cosmetically certified (as I'm in the UK) so I can't afford to just give it away I'm afraid.
Lovely soap, Lisa! I've been meaning to try to make sculped layers myself, but it seems a bit daunting. I love what you did with your scraper. Do you use a 3D printer?
Hi Amanda, thank you so much. Yes I do have a 3D printer, but I have also made many scrapers just out of cardboard or plastic, cut with a sharp knife.
@@IDreamInSoap interesting! I'll have to try it 😊
So pretty! Love ric rack!!
Ooh, yes someone who knows what it is - Yippee :-)
Hi Lisa--thanks SO MUCH for your wonderful videos. I always learn and get ideas form every single one.
Question for you--and no need to answer if it's too detailed. I just got a 3d printer and am super excited for some scraper ideas (now including your brilliant ladder feature on the back!). I see you have a bit of an undercut in your design here (some of the next layer will flow under the previous; little overhangs in the layers) and I'm wondering how much you can get away with of that. There's probably not even a way to describe the answer but any hints are helpful! Or just keep doing what you're doing and I'll be grateful and fine with that.
Hi Diane. Thanks for your lovely comment. I think you're referring to the fact that I am scraping slightly underneath and leaving a little roof. Generally as long as your batter is set enough that's fine, as long as your design has enough space built in to allow the excess batter to move up and be scraped away.
Best wishes. Lisa
@@IDreamInSoap Thank you! That is very helpful--I hadn't thought to consider that. Thanks so much for prompt reply.
Where do you go to see your shop? Love, love, love your video!!
Thank you so much Terri. My shop is here : www.idreaminsoap.co.uk/
Wow that’s incredible, how do you join the challenge club or is it a members only thing
Thanks so much. It's easy to join, you can just go the the challenge club website. wwwsoapchallengeclub.com and join it's so much fun :-)
Hi Lisa, you have inspired me to attempt a layered soap, I've not been doing cold process soap for very long and your videos have been invaluable to my progress. Just a quick question, how much of a water discount do you do? I'm happy with my cp main recipe and it's good for swirls and staying thin it's just something that I keep hearing people say on videos. I don't know if this is a factor but my recipe is olive oil pomace30%, babassu oil 25%, coconut oil 25%, castor oil 10%, then I vary the last 10% with either rice bran or avocado oil or grapeseed.
HI Katrina. I typically work at 35.6% lye solution, which is about 25% oils to water. If you're happy with your recipe then stick with it. If you find it does move a bit quick at all it will be the olive pomace, that will speed up trace quite a bit, I find regular olive oil best (not extra virgin as it's too green). Best wishes.
this is amazing! can you let me know where to get a soap scrapper like yours in this video?
Hi. I sell the scrapers my shop. Www.idreaminsoap.co.uk
Great. Lisa. Being a lady of precision how do you work out your lye when you have to split it. Do you physically weigh the water and lye and divide by %?
Hi Christine. Because I master batch my lye I always weigh it out. I know how much lye I need for my recipe. When my lye is made up I know that the ratio of lye to oils I need is 1 lye to 2.53 oils. So what ever amount of oils I pour out (also master batched) I divide the weight of them by 2.53 and that tells me the amount of my lye solution needed.
❤️❤️❤️ love it
Hi Lisa
your website for some reason doesn’t allow me to add more than one item to my basket
Not sure if there is a trick to it
Or there is a glitch
I placed an order for the one that I need for now
Just wanted to know for the future
Thank you again I am your biggest FAN 😍
Hi Reem, thank you so much. There should be no reason that you cannot add more than one item many people order several things so it should be OK. If you did want anything else then by all means try again with another order (if that's not a pain) and I will combine the shipping and refund you for the excess as you would have paid shipping twice.
I Dream In Soap
ok, will do so
Thank you Lisa
Hi Lisa! What colorants do you prefer most? Mica or oxide? Im just a newbie, sorry for always asking you, lol!!! Thanks and stay safe always💞
Hi Jenette, sorry fo rthe late reply. Micas do mix in easier than pigments and oxides. I also find quite a few oxides bleed a bit. But I do use them as low rates if I need a certain colour. Neons are pigments, they don't bleed, but like the others you have to mix them really well to prevent getting any spots
@@IDreamInSoap thank you Lisa for sharing your skills in soaping, that is so kind of you💞 i'm a beginner and still in the stage of reading, researching and watching videos about soap making. Thanks a lot again, so happy we're both member of tree-marie group. Always stay safe and God bless🥰🌻🌷
Do you use a 3D printer?
Yes I do, I also make and sell all of my scraper in my online shop.
Can you recommend where to get a CPSR done in the UK?
Hey Katrina, I think I gave you the info by email, but I use Cosmetic Safety assessments, they're great
@@IDreamInSoap thanks, yes I got your email x
I did a mica line between my soap layers but I fear they won’t be visible
AW, mica lines are tricky aren't they. Too much and the soap falls apart, not enough and you can't see them.
@@IDreamInSoap I thought since mine was a silver in a black over grey layer it would. it kind of does. When you see one called Pillow Talk, that's mine.
I was so ticked that I missed the cut off. I had about 200lbs of pork fat dumped on me, and I ended up dealing with that.
But looking at the beginner entries, if my idea had come out like I wanted, I'd probably be in the top 3.
Oh goodness me that's a lot. Why not try your soap anyway. I'm sure it would be fab.
@@IDreamInSoap well the neighbour cut me a deal. She has hogs and the deal was I take her fat and render it, then we split it. I was expecting 20 pounds, not 200.
I'm looking forward to the new challenges. The stained glass in December looks interesting.