Hi Shonna, this soap looks fantastic, I was worried it was going to be muddy when you swirled so much but it turned out wonderfully. This should fly off your shelf when you open your store. Wallpaper was a big trend in the 70s in Australia but Ive never been a fan really. I like your non edited Homestead videos.

Hi Shonna, its so wonderful to see you making soap again. No ads were in your video this time. I've also noticed there are alot of soap makers missing this year I know 2 of my other favourite Soap makers are too sick to be making soap but others seem to have just disappeared. Im sad that youve made videos and Utube didnt notify me that you had uploaded a video, but Im so pleased I saw this one and now I can go back and watch the others. I'm so sorry to hear about Gordon's passing but once your house is ready I'm sure another amazing rat buddy will find his way into your home and heart. Spring is here in Tasmania so the days are warming up and I hope to get out ìn my garden. I hope both you and Aaron are well and Boris and Jackie Brown are bringing you both lots of laughter. Your soap fragrance sounds so fresh and wonderful. I hope to sèe you making soap agaìn soon or in your garden5 b ,

Rats are good pets.

Never left, just quiet

I love using corn silk for my vegan customers and in general. Do you know that we use corn silk to treat UI naturally in my country?

I am glad to see you again, sorry about your loss. I am more active on IG, have some short KZbin videos but not my thing. Sells are slow for me. I used to sell in person and was great, but do to some health issues can’t do it so if te n anymore and the online sales are not the same for me. Anyhow I went back to Cuba and took plenty of soaps and shampoos and other skin care products with me and donated to friends and places that take care of people in need. That made me happy. Still have plenty of soaps though! Good luck with the house, looks very nice already. Blessings

Loved your video. People watch you because they love you, Shonna! ❤️ You are a bright sparkling light in an otherwise mundane day!! Love the soap. I need to check out your inventory next time I visit. ❤🤗🥰

I'm so sorry about Gordon (and the other ratties)! (((HUGS))) I'm not a soaper -- more a yarn dyer and art maker -- and I don't think you're subscribed to my channel, but I haven't done any videos in a while because, well, all three of our cats died over the course of a few months in early 2023. Including one who was only seven years old and went from perfectly fine to gone in the span of twelve hours (blood clot). It was too much grief all at once, and it broke me. I couldn't face doing anything, much less all the work involved in doing YT videos. I've recorded some videos since then, but it's really hard to get the motivation to edit them when YT makes it so difficult to build a viewership, ya know? Hopefully soon, though. I feel ya on YT putting videos before, after, and in the middle of our videos when we're deemed too small to get a cut of the advertising money. So frustrating!

I just realized how much I've missed your videos. Things have been busy on my side as well, we moved six months ago, we actually ran away from the flies - long story short, they started a soy sludge plant next to our house🥵 We are now renting a old farm house on a game farm ...heaven <3 I haven't unpacked everything yet but who cares. Oh, and I realized that just making soap isn't going to generate a sustainable income for me, I took a year to learn more about other skincare products and developed a basic range. You make way more profit with a sugar scrub or body butter with the same cost to ingredients, than with soap, it's been a game changer for me. I also hate sales, in my perfect world I would be able to formulate, make and gift everything.😄 How many view hours are you short? I'll play some of your videos during the night to help make up some of them. I got my soap channel monetized in January, but only with loads of support from friends and subscribers that intentionally watched my videos to up my hours. Blessings and all the best with your renovations. I have to rewind and catch up on your videos now. 🌿

Keep on SOAPING! We have one unopened bar left. Looking forward to a possible reopening of your soap store. And you do sell your soap in your videos because of who you are as a person!

How much corn silk do you add to the weight of oils please?

I’m sorry to hear about your rat Gordon. I remember you letting me hold one for my first time ever. They really pretty cool. Also I love your soap! It looked like smooth caramel when you poured it in to the mold almost like a caramel orangesickle if you will. It sounds like it would smell delightful. I look forward to seeing some more current videos from you. Hope you have a blessed day.

Caught the last few minutes live during my break at work. So much progress on the house!

hi! Newer soap maker here! :) I didn’t even know corn silk dissolved! Haha how does it benefit the soap?

Ms Soaps! Goodness goshers, FIVE KZbin channels. I've only found four of them. Better refill my oxygen tanks for a deep, deep dive to see if I can find the elusive fifth channel as I am most intrigued as to the content and excited by the prospect of the creation of a new Ms!

I was so excited to see a new video from you. I also love the house updates. Sorry to hear about Gordon, I miss my ratties but time just doesn’t allow me to play with them. Thanks for the video!

I wasn't home so I missed the live. 😐✌🏾🫶🏾☺️

I am still here ,ha ha ha. A good soapy friend say hi from TAIWAN 😊

Where have all the soapy friends gone? If only we had Lt. Columbo to check into it.

Hm, how does the lamp work if your electric is off? :) I'm sorry to hear about your rat, they make such great pets. It's good to see you post another video! I haven't been able to post anything new since most of my orders have been wholesale, so there's nowhere to put the camera. I've also been super busy with other things, but hopefully soon I'll be able to post again.

It's like you keep uncovering secrets every time you do some work on this place, isn't it? It's wild to see the slow transformations. I do agree that the bare wood base looks better than the aggressively cheerful artificial stuff you had before. Given how much work you've been doing it's not a shock that you haven't had time to split your attention between what makes money and what doesn't. I can't imagine selling soap gives as much as a bigger income and has a lot more work besides given you're out in the country now. Unless you ship from the house? I always wondered about that. On a different note, do you like having proper counters to make soap on? I can't imagine half working on your stove like you used to was fun, but I have no idea how much of a difference it actually makes vs. a table or what have you. I would describe the pattern as flower petals on water so. The discoloration makes it look like a muddy pond someone threw flower petals on to me. You have my condolences for the loss of your rat companions though. Given everything going on in your life, I understand why you're going to wait to pick up new ones, but that doesn't mean it's not unfortunate. I hope you're doing well otherwise, and I always look forward to seeing your videos here.

There's so many videos on making soap, that no one talks about how to use soap

Heres an idea........ a Nezumi seal &/or mould as a branding exercise. Based around what signet rings were originally used for. Place initials/motif seal via a stamp as identification on all your soaps. Just a thought🙂

Nice to see you! I was just checking Nezumi channel a day or 2 ago! Nice to see both doggies too! 🙂 I watched your entire video & there were no commercials in the middle. (For me anyway) On the other hand I was watching a channel that has 421K subscribers… 67K views, just an 18 minute video, and it was suddenly interrupted by commercials 2 times! 🤷‍♀️ Anyway, the soap was pretty in a subtle way & I love orange scent! Sorry about your rats. I know you’ll get more when the time is right. Thank u for posting a video! 😀🙋‍♀️

Hey hey, I know what you mean about the construction making it feel homey. My father was a house flipper before there was such a thing and we would move into old Victorian homes and he would remodel them from baseboard to rooftop, so you have my deepest sympathies and best wishes. I know what you mean about soapers missing. a lot of the soapers that I used to subscribe to are gone now, I'm still here, just crazy busy, seems these days I'm more of a shipper than a super. But I love it all. Big hugs, and make sure you leave a little rat door in your baseboards for your friends.

Lovely to see you in 'person' again x

I'm still here watch all the videos I see. I don't think I've missed any. I don't make much soap any more at least not right now. I don't sell so I have a huge back up! We'll never use it all...LOL But I still get the urge once in a while and need to make a batch, it goes in my closet with the others. Waiting for Christmas...LOL

I have not been making bar soap this year as I could not sell it at my markets unless I sold it just above cost.

I'm still here :) You've been 'just a bit' busy this year 💙. Should I ask how long you think it will take until you have the house all done? Bless your hearts. I still like watching you soap & how you're coming along with things. Thank you for continuing to post & I'll see you the next time you do, good Lord willing and the creek don't rise :). Have a great day xoxoxoxoxox

All I know is that nothing can happen in this country until someone sells something

It’s the Columbo lady!

Interesting! I never knew you could use corn silk to make soap.

Thank you for sharing! Please let us know if you could feel the corn silk.

I really am impressed with you!❤

Just thought id say hello

Hey, welcome back. Although I'd heard of using corn silk, I hadn't seen it. Thanks for doing the experiment!

Corn silk melts!??? That’s so cool. Can’t wait to try some soap! Good to see your smiling face! ❤ Excited to meet Boris’ sister!!

I mildly panicked when I thought you forgot to add the fragrance. I did that before and was so sad haha. I like how you went with no colors on this one, sometimes a plain bar is nice. Have you tried the soap yet to see how the corn silk affected it?

That soap design looks amazing! Reds can be a pain, I've had good results with "Trial By Fire" but it's not sparkly. I wonder if you can make a soap design to match that wallpaper xD What's in the green bottle behind the sink?

We're down to one bar of Nezumi Soap, Apricot/Turmeric. The world will end when we run out!!!! Oh no! :)

Ms Soaps, I hope this isn't a silly question but do you also need to wear gloves when you use your soaps? JUST KIDDING! I totally goosed you there! [Ms Soaps slowly shakes head and quietly utters "Oh dear. I think we all know who the goose is here."]

I was, in fact, wondering what you were doing not wearing gloves when you said something about that, yes. I wasn't expecting the lard for some reason. It might have just been a while but I could have sworn that wasn't one of your favorite oil additives. Not that I have an issue with it, of course, just surprised. Also, you actually pouring coconut oil really highlights how warm your house is my friend. That consistency of batter came out supper glossy in the blend which is really interesting, actually. Oh wow, the texture on that when you cut it is WILD. I'm not sure I've seen a soap come out like that for anyone I watch before. Do you suppose the slightly different color situation was due to the corn silk? If the color variance on the face of the bar was from that it would track. I hope it turns out to have been worth the extra steps when you try it! Have a good day!

wait.... corn silk MELTS?!?!?!? you legit just blew my mind. will this be for sale? i might need a bar.

Winter is coming!

Corn silk is also medicinal for lungs

Very exciting times!

FUN video! Interesting soap with the corn silk! 😀 It has sort of a marbled texture look. I loved your face when the doggie toy was making noise! Lol. Thank u Shonna!

How super sweet of you, Shonna! You are so personable and lovely hearted! So good see you! 💛💛

It wasn't the acv that accelerated your batter, it's the scent, same thing happened to me with hot apple pie 😅😂

Love the volcano soap!! And it makes me so happy to see your beautiful smiling face! I miss you 🥰 and love you so much!! Save me a couple bars, please…😊💕