Clear Glycerin Base from Scratch! | Real Recipe, + testing another | Day 298/365

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

RIP my audio and my pillows.

[@blackpony7063]

We'd love to see you make your own recipe with the Everclear. I've got to say thank you too Lol since starting homeschooling and we watch you here, my kids have learnt so much chemistry and understand these reactions which has given them the confidence to learn more and want more chemistry. Thank you you've helped more than you cld know💜

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

That’s amazing! I’m so glad to be of service in the homeschooling world!

[@african_aunty]

Thank you so much! I'm quite new to soaping. I was going crazy trying to figure out what the difference is between soap and melt n pour soap base! I'd watched so many videos on the same before finding this series.

[@salemthorup9536]

2, possibly 3, clear melt and pour recipes from scratch. This is why I'm subscribed. You're amazing.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Well thanks! It’s fun to do, and why not share the info with those that are interested in the soapy things?

[@MsAubrey]

@@MrsSoapAndClay There are some people that are really strange about recipe sharing... not even just soap either.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Well, I’m not Lush so my formulations aren’t some hyper secret that nobody can access! 😂

[@MsAubrey]

@@MrsSoapAndClay

[@Zone8-jk]

I do mine totally different. I mix each time then, let sit with something over the top for 10 minutes then, check it, add the next thing, stir then, let sit. It works and I can be lazy.....and mine turns out clear. I love lazy!!! LOL. I don't use anything but, fractionated coconut oil or regular coconut oil. That makes it the whitest and I take my mixture off the heat after the first process.....no more heat after I add the sugar.

[@discokaren]

I'm a new follower here and I started soaping as a hobby early on during covid. Definitely love talking about soap to anyone who will listen- some people are more interested than others lol. Love hearing you chat about all this stuff, working through troubleshooting and explaining things as you go along. You're so chill about it all, which is super refreshing! Really enjoying your videos! Thanks for sharing your experiences!

[@elizabethwillis4484]

I want thankyou all the way from Scotland I have watched many you tube videos and your the only one that teaches and gives out recipes I have just started making soap and thank god I found you because I have no clue everyone's on you tube but they're very secretive about the ingredients and weights so thankyou for really helping people like me as I've wasted so much product so I've just subscribed so thanks so much xx

[@MrsNerfyattheendoftheworld]

You're amazing. I've been writing recipes all day, going cross eyed and THIS. Thank you.

[@blackpony7063]

Thank you from 🇦🇺 Was just looking at your Stephenson base recipe n then this pops up!!! Awesome!!!

[@emerencespringer]

oH my goodness yes definitely looking forward to the everclear version and absolutely double thank you for showing this. Because I'm super curious about the concept of glycerine, in general and in everything. I really appreciate you doing this. Thank you, Thank you very much. 🤗💜🤗❤️

[@vernettavernettae4917]

Can't wait to use your recipe. I'm going to do this one too to see if the bubbles get better over time. I like the yellow, it looks like you did it on purpose. Thank you for all you do.

[@alihussen6600]

did you use it ?

[@karenMQSoapery]

Yay I’m so excited to try your way tho so thank you and yes I’m the video I watch they put sugar in last to clear it up

[@phatwombat4241]

Totally read that as clear soup :) I thought Goodness, Mrs Soap & Clay is going way off base today. I need to go back to bed!! ( In Australia, it's 8am here!!) Thank you, very much appreciated.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Soup, soap, isn’t it all the same? 😂

[@soapsoilandsunshine3241]

Same here. Had to do a double take.

[@elaineroth4361]

Hi dear heart.. try pop some velcro on a couple of pillow slips and see what happens... feel the kiddo's will not tug at velcro whilst they are sleeping.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Thanks!

[@elaineroth4361]

@@MrsSoapAndClay you are welcome. My daughter has Down Syndrome.. at times Velcro was my go to. Lol.

[@BeccaSue-Sue]

Excellent video! CP soap- maker for 21 years, but love the artistic things that can be done with M&P (since my business has been “handmade from scratch” always felt like it would be “wrong” to use a pre-made base) Ha! Now I can make the base “from scratch” myself, and save $ in the process!! !Woo Hoo!!🎉🎉💃🏼💃🏼

[@sjastram]

Oh...the battle of the pillow cases, lol. Sew some envelope style cases. That worked for me. Looking foward to more about this clear melt and pour. Fun stuff

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Good idea, thanks! Yup I love this series, so I’m excited to give more info! So nice to see you, by the way. ❤️

[@schellsc]

I did my first melt and pour soap recipe with one of the Soap Challenges. It was very cool to do and easier than I thought it would be. I still have a small chunk left that I've been using for embeds. I will definitely try your recipe! Overheat the sugar and end up with caramel lol.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Caramel is delicious, though. 😂

[@schellsc]

@@MrsSoapAndClay 😂

[@whonos]

What do you run the heat at? Low or high, I never can get hot process right lol.

[@iKit306]

Okay questions!! 1) What does the sugar solution do? This is the second video where someone makes a clear melt & pour base and both use a sugar solution! So... what does it bring to the melt & pour? Is it just for increasing lather? Does it increase the clarity? I'm absolutely confounded and curious!! 2) I noticed some brown bits in the oils and block. Were those from overcooking the oils or something else?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

All good questions! I’ll talk about this in greater detail in the final installation of this series, but the sugar solution is used for lather, sure, but also to help with the stability of a soap that is meant for remelting. It’s technically not a requirement, as the solvents are what really makes melt and pour meltable, but in clear glycerin soaps it does help disrupt the chains enough to keep the base clear. The brown bits in the oils I think must have been from the overheating of the stearic. I’m really not sure as I’ve never seen it before! They would have easily strained out, I think, but I didn’t want to mess with hot oils and strainers. 😂

[@dorisrronda6365]

Hello. Greetings from Cuba. I have been watching your videos and I love they way you tak though all of them and share yur experience, I learn a lot from them. I have been making cold process soap for about two years and I would like to try to make my own M&P base from scratch. I will first give try to the M&P rebatch that you showed in on video, where yu mention that it's ok to use either stearic acid or beeswax to make it harder. After watching this one video where you have shared your recipe, I have to ask if I can substitute use beeswax instead of stearic acid too. Thank you in advance

[@emerencespringer]

Ahhhhh the pillow cases dilemma... It's like you put 2 socks in the washer but coming out of the dryer 1 is missing in the universe somewhere. But I think it's about the weight of the pillow and it's stuffing fluff and that as you move in your sleep the pillow shimmies out of the case. For hubbster and I, I had to thunk up a redesigned version, for different reasons and it's going to be a few months before I can get it to prototype stages but I will send you one when it's done. Good luck until then.

[@MtnGrandma]

Enjoying all these M & P videos! 😊❤

[@mandalyn212]

Hey, thank you for sharing, what adjustments would I need to make if I used sorbitol powder instead of white sugar?

[@foyeb3449]

Help.! 😁 I have made a few batches of melt and pour but seem to get a liquid layer on the top of the hard bar. Have I missed something like wrong temperature or wrong sort of glycerine or something odd? Please advise me what to try next!

[@pattiemoseley8752]

I am excited about these recipes. I use a lot of MP soap

[@daydreambeliever6603]

You can find pillowcases the zip closed. You could also try Velcro tape .

[@Skylightatdusk]

Perhaps attach SEVERAL soft buttons to keep them closed.

[@The-Grateful-Hippie]

Re: pillows being asthmatic I toss and turn all night and I sleep propped up so I have a lot of pillows that I use and rearrange. My cases come off too. I finally bought pillow cases that have zippers to solve the problem.

[@karenMQSoapery]

I used ever clear vodka I have the same recipe for this to 😂and I used coconut sugar water and mine turn a little yellow like that too

[@wendyx2489]

If we don’t have a crockpot can we use a regular stovetop pot?

[@gailchicks6946]

It is called burrowing with the pillow cases. My kids did it. No big deal.

[@charlottetinxcundall7015]

Thank you for this...been curious for a while! I do wonder if it is worth making a melt and pour from scratch or just buying one of the many ones available from a certain manufacturer? Would love to get your opinion on that. Bearing in mind I like to control what goes into my products, not bothered about clarity really (I usually buy the organic one that is slightly milky) but will compromise slightly for a product that saves money. 😃

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Last I checked, the glycerin bases have gotten pretty expensive, and shipping prices are absolutely astronomical right now, so making it from scratch is probably a cheaper option right now. That said, you can make a scratch recipe very expensive too! 😂

[@nicolemitchell446]

I’ve personally never experienced the naked pillow situation but I used to clean people’s homes and I did see that on occasion but it was usually a thin pillow with a loose case. I also witnessed fitted sheets popping off at the corners. These were easily the least eye-opening things I saw whilst cleaning though 😳

[@nilzagarcia6341]

How fantastic! The bubbles weren’t that great with this one, castor oil didn’t help. Woohoo, I have a couple of gallons of Everclear. I can’t wait to see what you come up with next. I appreciate your sharing this recipe and all your guidance. OMG I’m very familiar with the battle of pillowcases. Found out the kids were putting their arms inside the pillow to sleep and as they tossed and turned they slipped it right off. 😭❤️

[@karenem7489]

I love Perks!

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Emots!

[@tara6777]

Your recipes are always appreciated! In our house, we were always missing silverware 🍴Through the years, we decided they probably got thrown out in, 'take out' containers. 🥡😂

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Omg we have NO spoons right now, but in a week the spoons will return and we will be missing forks. It’s all so confusing!

[@Signrmsigncs]

If you don't have alcohol, could you use propolyn glycol?

[@Skylightatdusk]

Thanks so much for the education.

[@jobo8819]

Too funny about the pillow case dilemma. I am a terrible fidgety sleeper and constantly rearrange pillows around me apparently......I wake up with my pillow cases half off too. It's a thing!!!!!!

[@HaitianChica100]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge w/us!

[@karenMQSoapery]

You know I think I’m going to play around use sci and see how it comes out to something to think about lol 😂 if this doesn’t work I’m going to make a white melt and pour I just need it for embeds

[@paulalynrider4009]

My kids never lost their pillow cases, but some of my adult cleaning clients seem to have this problem. 😂 I kinda like the yellow, esp if it was not cloudy. Reminds me of glycerin soap I used to get as a girl from the store.

[@topshelf223]

Thank you love!!!!

[@WiscoMel]

Are they down pillows? When I was a kid I used to take off the pillowcases too because the down pillow was cooler without it.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

All of the pillows DO have that cooling thing; dunno what they’re made of though. Maybe that’s it!

[@chantellstoop7964]

It's the sock thieves. They need something to carry the socks in! 😂

[@MsAubrey]

We've never had that issue in my house, regarding the pillow cases, but my son is really good at pulling his fitted sheet off somehow. :D

[@elenazagorodnia8360]

have you try underpillow cases with zippers. works wonders for me.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

I need to look into this!

[@jacquelinehall5077]

I added snaps to my kids pillow cases for this very reason!

[@nemo118]

Can we make this without alcohol

[@aanchalchauhan707]

Hi , any video on white soap base like opaque or goats milk. ??

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Hey! I’ve done several on the channel - white is much easier to accomplish than clear.

[@TwistedbutOptimistic]

Lol... My kid sleeps like a tornado.... I have to keep 3 blankets on her bed bc she always kicks them off and wakes up too cold😂

[@suessoapcreations]

So fun! I can't get Everclear in Ontario, Canada :( Hopefully I can use 99% isopropyl for a similar result.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

And I have an impossible time getting 99% isopropyl! Laws and regulations are weird. 😂

[@suessoapcreations]

@@MrsSoapAndClay bizarro!!!

[@MsAubrey]

@@MrsSoapAndClay HA! In Michigan, I can get both 99% Isopropyl AND Everclear!

[@ashleybibee3010]

Hi :) can you make a clear melt and pour without alcohol?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Hey! I’m sure someone has done it somewhere, but I have never had success with getting a clear melt and pour without alcohol solvents.

[@ashleybibee3010]

@@MrsSoapAndClay thank you so much :) I really appreciate all you do

[@ellielynn8219]

Bahaha! Yes, my girls are (almost) 7 and 9. Idk how many times I have asked them “where is your pillow case”???? And of course usually I get an absurd answer like “there wasn’t a pillow case on this?” Or “ I wanted to play hopping bunny in it” or some other crazy reason, but yes, I feel ya on that one 😂 . Also, thanks for this recipe! I just joined your Patreon and can’t wait to get on Discord with you all 💜

[@kelseyyates8812]

All 3 of mine would lose their pillow case, eventually I gave up and no longer gave them one. I bought zipper protector cases and those stayed in.

[@SoapbayzTheUpcycledSoapCompany]

I made this base and it has a clear skin but still fluid underneath, what did I do wrong?

[@lhscentedsoapsandmore]

None of my kids have pillowcases on their pillows but they actually take them off while awake hahaha but I have given up on even buying pillowcases. I will literally buy one fitted sheet and the top sheet for them because they don't even want to use comforters (Well at least my boys don't) My girls don't use them, but they want them lol. I feel your pain 🤣🤣

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

It’s such a wild thing! I just want to crawl into their minds and see how they tick!

[@lhscentedsoapsandmore]

@@MrsSoapAndClay Yes that would be interesting to see how our little humans minds work.

[@osirissteward550]

I have silk pillow case, so my is always off or half way off in the morning lol 😆 good recipe looks easy!! But I don't know, I may mass it up!!

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

It’s an easy one for sure!

[@irisherrera4127]

I thought I was the only one taking out the pillows case out the pillows. I hate pillow case. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Wow! See, I can’t sleep without the case!

[@jadapack839]

Is this base sweat free

[@katelillo1932]

I don’t have any human children but I used to be one and I don’t remember taking the cases off my pillows.... but I had 101 Dalmatians bedding so I was pretty hyped about my pillow cases.

[@MsAubrey]

Would babassu or palm kernel flakes replacing the coconut yield similar results in a clear M&P recipe? P.S. I haven't yet watched the next M&P video. :)

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Might be a lot of stearic; I’d want to add more bubbly oils!

[@MsAubrey]

@@MrsSoapAndClay Hm. Okay. What would you suggest since I can't use coconut?

[@MrsNerfyattheendoftheworld]

Oh my. The pillowcases would have me seriously distraught. Nearly all the pillowcases we have were made by grandmother's hands. Even the ones that aren't are kind of prized by all of us. 🤔🤔🤔

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

See, I’m super particular about my pillowcases too, not that they’re bespoke handcrafted pieces. But I do like the feel of them, so I’d like to keep them on the pillows! 😂

[@MrsNerfyattheendoftheworld]

@@MrsSoapAndClay Totally! It's a strange phenomenon to me. I hope there's some good tips in the comments that I didn't get to read.

[@PoogieWoogie12]

When I was little I remember pillowcases not being on the pillows and I genuinely don’t remember how that happened but it’s definitely a thing. That’s weird. It’s a weird thing.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

It’s a very weird thing!

[@beverlyfrancis8433]

They probably think the dribbles make the cases dirty, so no second uses.

[@wendi_rich]

Thank you so much! I've been wanting to try using m&p in my soaps, but I don't like the idea of not making it myself, so this will be extremely helpful for me. I do have a question though, I'm not sure if you covered it or not.... About the sugar solution - do you remove the water that you use to make the solution from the water that you use with the lye? Do I just mix the lye with the sugar solution? I didn't catch that if you covered it. Sorry! Also, pillow cases and kids. I just think they're mortal enemies and I have given up and just let them have the pillows without the cases. It cuts down on the laundry I have to do.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

So the sugar solution is 2 parts sugar, one part water. Dissolve it, and then weigh out the amount that you need for recipe (because there will be slightly more). As I said in the video, I usually put the sugar solution in at the very end, after the lye and oils have done their thing. No need to reserve any water from the lye solution.

[@soapsoilandsunshine3241]

My pillow cases have a flap on them, so they never come off. Maybe put a zipper on them. Some of my pillow protectors have zippers.

[@chascatt]

Use zippered pillow cases

[@purplelissh]

Get the zip on pillow cases !!!

[@kathrynostergreen8480]

i had to add zippers to the pillow cases for my youngins {even for my husband}

[@schellsc]

My youngest never seems to keep or have a pillow case and he's 29 lol smh

[@n.a.m.991]

Gremlins are real and you never know where they'll wreak havoc.

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

So true! And currently they’re in my bedrooms.

[@dianejean4522]

They are eating them..... check the toilet beautiful Woman ❤️ ❤️

[@forthosewhoiswithGod]

I wish people would add recipes in the description. It's not hard to do....

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

You know else isn’t hard to do? Thanking someone for making a video they didn’t have to make to give you information they didn’t have to give you instead of complaining about the format. Check your entitlement.