All About Castile Soap + Tips for Bastille Soap | Bramble Berry

[@bramble-berry]

Thanks for watching! Read more about Castile soap here: bberry.studio/AllAboutCastile Ready to dive into making your own Castile soap? Find full instructions and ingredients here: bberry.studio/3U0VaEM If you have any questions, feel free to contact our customer service team at [e-mail] or 877-627-7883 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. PST, Monday-Friday. You can also live chat with customer service on BrambleBerry.com from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. PST, Monday-Friday. Shop Bramble Berry: bberry.studio/_ShopBrambleBerry Recipes, Tips & Inspiration: bberry.studio/IntheStudio_Projects Facebook: facebook.com/BrambleBerry Instagram: instagram.com/brambleberry/ Twitter: twitter.com/brambleberry TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@brambleberry Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/brambleberry/

[@Tser]

There are amazing videos of traditionally made castile soap being created on KZbin. One I watched recently is called: "How Lebanon’s Oldest Soap Factory Makes 30,000 Olive Oil Bars". They pour it out on the floor of huge rooms, and it takes multiple people to cut. It's so amazing, and is a dying art, but there are at least some of these traditional soap makers that give tours.

[@anabelmontalvo9208]

I tried this ! Im so proud of how it came out. So excited to use it. I’m waiting a year so … 11 months to go. I may try it in 8 months after hearing your explanation. Thanks for making this video; super helpful.

[@cliviascreations]

I never liked Castile soap but I learn to appreciate it and is now sitting in my bathroom. I made it using AloeVera juice from my plants and infused the olive oil with chamomile and the lather is better. I cured mines for an entire year though Thank you so much!

[@cherrygingham]

I do something very similar, I use 100% olive oil infused with chamomile, lavender, and lemon balm for a month, aloe juice instead of water, and a very small amount of sea salt. I cure for just a month and it comes out very nice with a soft creamy lather almost like a shaving cream.

[@cliviascreations]

@@cherrygingham that sound amazing. I made lemon balm lip balms and it’s lovely

[@user-jl7rm7vv1c]

Very good video and explanation about this soap. I loved hearing the history of it. You do a great job explaining the science and benefits of this soap.😊

[@bramble-berry]

Thank you very much!

[@micahthomas9521]

Before I learned about making your own soap, Dr. Bronner's was my go to when I could find it. Still buy it when able.

[@DawnShipley1977]

I have soap in my shower, some Bramble Berry fragrances, that still smells as strong as when I got it.

[@bjdmiller3095]

Question...how would Castile soap handle the hot process method along with adding in Sodium Lactate? How would that affect the cure time?

[@moulilt]

Good question, I'd like to know too.

[@TheChampdeFleurs]

Following this. I would love to know also

[@MUSICLOVERGIGGLES]

Sodium Lactate makes the soap hard only. You still need to cure your soap for 4 to 6 weeks. With Castile soap takes a year to cure. Using the soap before the cure time can be tacky.

[@bramble-berry]

As @MUSICLOVERGIGGLES stated, Sodium lactate just adds to the eventual hardness of the bars post cure and can help with unmolding quickly. Hot Process is an option with Castile, but we still recommend a longer cure time than normal recipes, between 4-6 weeks which could always vary based on your climate and storage conditions for your finished bars.

[@Amra415]

This video kinda blew my mind lol I had no idea

[@kingdomchild03]

Great information! Now I must try the 100%.

[@ghada7067]

I make Bastill soap without knowing the term for it 🤣 i love it thank you ♥️♥️

[@datbat1]

Question: I've always used sugar syrup in my lye solution. That's just how I learned to make soap. I never realized it was controversial, but you say in this video that it is. What is the controversy surrounding sugar in the lye water? Am I doing something I shouldn't be doing? I'm interested in trying a Castile soap, or at least a bastile, but maybe I need to work on my regular soap recipe first? I thought it was really good, but now I'm second-guessing. 😱

[@SK-kn3ov]

I'm curious too, I love sugar in my soap

[@bramble-berry]

Sugar in soap can be a wonderful way to get a more bubbly lather, but it can be hard to work with and lead to soap volcanos right after pouring. If you are already adding sugar to your recipe without any issue then you are fine to continue doing so!

[@datbat1]

@@bramble-berry Thanks. That clarifies things.

[@Kleenex129]

Time to make Christmas Soap now

[@shehlanawaz]

Amazing thanks alot

[@micahthomas9521]

Great video! Thank you

[@skeeterskoville9226]

I just made a batch with 50% coconut oil, 50% olive oil, and faux sea water. Guess we will find out if I’ll shed my skin in 6 weeks 😅

[@thomasricks5737]

Right I be telling people that dr broners is not castile soap and they look at me crazy 😂

[@mitalimmadan4021]

Can you share what's the superfat considered in the Bastille soap. Thank you

[@bramble-berry]

We recommend a 5% superfat for all of our recipes.

[@LilRedPhoenix89]

Be careful to cut it as soon as its hard enough. I waited too long and the edges broke 💔

[@kaitlynwood4441]

Thank you for the tip! How long did you wait?

[@Nathan-pm8mh]

What about hot processing the castille soap? Will we achieve better lather?

[@bramble-berry]

We have not found the lather with Hot Process Castile to be any better than making it with the Cold Process method.

[@DawnShipley1977]

Lather isn't needed to get clean.

[@bramble-berry]

It isn't, but it does make it more fun to use and lather does make people more comfortable with thinking they are getting more clean!

[@DawnShipley1977]

@@bramble-berry as a cosmetologist I came across the same thing with shampoos.