Cold Process Soap Making confetti cubes, how much confetti can you use? Calculate the soap needed.

[@imaniwilliams816]

I love it when you do calculations! You're the one and only soapmaker I know of that actually shows how to do soapy maths and it helps me out a ton.

[@IDreamInSoap]

I'm so pleased you find it useful :-)

[@CarmenJean]

Lisa, you are one of the few people that I can follow when you talk about numbers! I love the double checks that you do - it helps me to understand where the numbers come from, and how they all relate to each other. Thank you for a great video!

[@meandmybooks]

Your explanations of calculations are so helpful! Even if I'm not doing a similar soap, seeing how you approach the thing is enormous for me (I'm not "naturally" good at math). Thank you!

[@IDreamInSoap]

That's so kind of you to say meandmybooks, thank you so much 😊

[@Imprasario]

I’m another one who loves the math lessons. Knowing where the numbers come from gives me the ability to use them for my own favorite recipes. Thank you!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much @Imprasario, that's very kind of you.

[@teresaskerratt4842]

Thanks Lisa … great as always 🐝🐝

[@merrysoaping]

I’m new to your channel and I am SO THANKFUL on how wonderfully you explained the calculations of shreds to oils. Soapy math can be tricky and having that visual helped me immensely. I love that after soaping for years, you can still learn new techniques.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Every day is a school day! 😀 I love maths. Trained accountant by trade. 😉

[@beckhill6642]

Informative and entertaining! Thanks so much Lisa for another awesome video. Hope you're surviving the heat wave!!

[@dorezaseptember3713]

Thanks for your video and explanation the calculations. It took me a while to work it out , but I finally made a batch used my cut of soaps and it came out perfect and smells beautifully.

[@IDreamInSoap]

That's excellent news, well done

[@traceyjackson8552]

Another brilliant video Lisa, thank you

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hey Tracey, thanks a lot ☺️

[@acrylicavenue6056]

I think you've broken my brain. That is so confusing but I know I'm trying to run before I can walk. It is so helpful when you go through the calculations involved in your recipes. Your guidance is so clearly even for my Fibromyalgia fogged brain. Thank you so much. Xx

[@dorezaseptember3713]

At first it was hard for me too to understand but just listen a few times and you’ll get it .I’ve made mine and came out perfect

[@GR-hy3tf]

Wow wow, I just needed this. So on time as I have been figuring out a new type of rebatch today and this answers a lot. Many thank you’a. Xx

[@GR-hy3tf]

So clear and helpful! THANK YOU AND THUMBS UP👍🏻

[@charlottetinxcundall7015]

Love a bit of soapy maths! Xx

[@IDreamInSoap]

Excellent news :-)

[@ΙώΑμαδρυάς]

A very good course of soap making. Thank you very much Lisa 🤗🥰

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much, always lovely to see you :-)

[@lizpym5326]

Very informative 🌞 great learning video. Thank you Lisa 💜

[@jo-annjewett198]

I love your shredder!

[@IDreamInSoap]

It's a nice little thing, I got it from Amazon, they don't seem to have it at the moment, but I'm sure there must be similar ones www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07FGFBC5W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@loredelore7286]

I shred old soap bars like that to use for washing delicates, the difference from fabric softeners is no compare, wool particularly after I have spun up a few skeins its get every bit of dirt and oil out but leaves the wool soft and super clean. Sorry bit off topic!

[@brigidlaffey7343]

It’s rather like an old ‘Spong’ - used for shredding left over roast meat to turn it into a version of mince, albeit cooked …to make Shepherds’ Pie 😊 It would clip onto the edge of the bench. As a child I always loved it. 😊 more substantial though - made of metal.

[@SoundSoap]

Thats a nice looking soap and I love that you're trying different techniques with confetti soap. I wonder if the drops would have looked a bit more like the usual drops when you had poured from a bit higher? I have to look for more of your tries with confetti 🙂

[@jeanettehaygood4154]

Lisa enjoyed the video very much! I love making confetti soap. Please, remind of the vocal artist that you use on many of your videos?

[@gagepet-sitting2664]

Great explanation of the calculation! Love the end result!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hi GaGe Pet-Sitting thank you so much for your very kind comment 😊

[@cindylawrence1655]

Love that you do the math as well! I've always struggled with math :( I'm putting confetti in the bottom layer of my soap loaf, could I just calculate once, taking out the total weight of confetti & embed I'm using (your formula) and then just take out (estimate) enough to mix with the shreds?

[@reneehebert6986]

Very informative and I really like the look of the soap.

[@IDreamInSoap]

That's so kind of you to say Renee , thank you so much 😊

[@patygildegarcia9055]

Very pretty soaps, as always, a great explanation, thank you Lisa 👏

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much, as always :-)

[@nerinat8371]

Thanks for this great explanation 🤗

[@IDreamInSoap]

You’re welcome 😊

[@JohannaInTheCorner]

Not quite sure why I was so fascinated with the ‘pour’ on this soap, it was so different to a normal pour! That was a lot of confetti!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Yes, it was more of a runny blob, it's funny though as you mix it in it seem so thick then everything gets mixed and you get to the point where it all goes a little fluid. well fluid enough to get it pretty flat

[@diycosmetica]

Lisa these are beautiful, I find it very frustrating that you can’t use soap scraps from other soaps, It just creates so much waste. I wonder if you’re using scraps from another soap that has the same base recipe (same oils and lye) would that also be a problem? I saw some UK soap sellers selling their scraps in a soap scrub bags, as a way to reduce waste and to use up all the scraps they have. I usually use my scraps to make confetti soap for family and friends, or I make a whipped soap base from my scraps and add some scrubbing ingredients and make it whipped soap scrub.

[@dorezaseptember3713]

Very interesting so how you get the water amount to use

[@IDreamInSoap]

I just use the water as my normal recipe, so whatever is made as fresh soap it just a smaller amount of my recipe

[@dorezaseptember3713]

Can you help me with calculations pls my percentage I think is 100, my confetti soap weighs 635g So I got for my oils 1975 I’m struggling with lye calc

[@dorezaseptember3713]

@@IDreamInSoap thank you I finally got my calc right I’ve listen several times to your video understand now . And thanks for taking time to reply back to me. Last question Was your shredded soap sented cause you putting fragrance oil with it. I was planning not to add fragrance /essential oil to mine , got different shreds from my batches , will that be ok

[@NezumiSoaps]

I really like your soap shredding contraption. Very useful! I'm sorry you have such strict regulations in the UK. Do you enjoy that added challenge and problem solving?

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hey Shonna, lovely to see you. It's this one, I'm sure the US Amazon would have something similar www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07FGFBC5W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Regulations, well, I'm all for a nit of control but they go too far here and to be honest it's not actually the government regulations that give the main restrictions, we have to comply with the rules, but it's the cosmetic chemist who make it tough where they refuse to certify a recipe with any flexibility, they won't let you submit something where you say I'd like to use up to 1g of this mica, you have to say the exact amount, or I'd like to use these 4 micas with a choice of which. There's no reason for it as they will approve 4 recipes with all of those things in but charge for each variant you make. Flexible assessments do exist, but for things the assessors make themselves, so you have to buy their recipes, so they can do it, they just won't because they can make lots of money by charging every time

[@-._.-Jennifer-._.-111]

Wow! I didn’t know this. I’m a new soap maker. I didn’t realize how important it was to keep a record of my recipe and the percentages of the ingredients! (I’ve been keeping soap shreds aside for confetti soap) 🧼 Thank you for a great informational video.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Glad it was helpful!

[@estelapiacente7230]

Hi how you you make this soap if you want to use chunks instead of shedding it? How would the math be different? Thanks

[@cydrych]

I was wondering if you know why my steel blue mica looks beautiful in the oil until I add the lye solution and then it turns a dirty grey? Is it just one of those things that happens with certain micas? I bought a set with multiple colors and have used a few different ones that all worked until this one. Thanks in advance.

[@drazil99]

I have a lidded container I put all my beveling shreds into its gotten full enough I really need to make a confetti soap again.

[@IDreamInSoap]

OOh yes it's sounds like you need to get those used up :-)

[@Siriuslyyy]

Hello, what do you do with your scarps since you're not allowed to make confetti soap from them?

[@IDreamInSoap]

Things have changed a little where we can get assessments that are a bit more flexible, so I can now use different amounts of colours in a batch, so nowadays as long as I record the batch numbers and keep everything separated I can use shreds from a previous soap in the same assessment, as long as I am using one of my flexible assessments, but I can't mix soaps scraps from different assessments.

[@dorezaseptember3713]

In my normal recipe I used olive , coconut and palm oils What oils to use just one type of oil , and how many water to use thanks

[@Soul.7]

SoapCalc will tell you. No one can answer your question but your quantity of ingredients and a soap calculator. - please don’t miss out this step. I’m sure you must be using one already to make your past recipes. If you want the recipe found in this video you might have to buy Lisa’s assessment.

[@Purplemountainsoaps]

Where am I finding the percentage of oils in recipe weigh? I’m not understanding that.

[@IDreamInSoap]

HI, I went through and explained it at the just over 16 minute mark, where I'm going through soapcalc on the screen

[@CozumelHorseRescue-hl2bt]

When you add the shredded soap and count it as your fat, how does that work when it isn’t 100% fat and there is lye in it already? I’m very new to soap making, so this confuses me. Subtracting that much fat in the recipe that will bring the shreds, would it now be lye heavy? Your soap is beautiful!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hi, I'm not treating the soap as fat. I'm treating it as soap. So for example if you normally use a recipe with 1000g if fat and 250g lye. If I want the add shred, let's say it weighs 200g. I reduce the rest of the recipe I need, so I would end up with something like 850g of oil and 200g lye.

[@barbaratoth6346]

I use a salad shooter

[@IDreamInSoap]

Yes, they are great (ooh see what I did there) we have similar things here, I think we just call them graters

[@justaddlivingwater]

nope thats what i use, exactly like that shredder..lol

[@IDreamInSoap]

It's a great little shredder isn't it

[@atlantia]

I got in as far as 9 mins and saw a flaw in your calculations, your using slightly cured soap so had less water/more oil in the soap but the good news is it makes no difference to the end result )

[@IDreamInSoap]

HI, thanks for you r comment, you are right in that normally you may use slightly cured soap, but I don't in my confetti soap. I make my soap for my confetti fresh and then use that. If someone was to use a more cured soap, the calculations would still work and give a good level for the soap. Trying to get people to take into account the water loss on top of calculations that many often struggle a bit with may be a step too far and put people off trying, but you are correct that there would be some water loss if you're using cured soap.

[@atlantia]

@@IDreamInSoap Ah sorry my bad, I must have misheard you and hope I didn't offend you, I Love your soap and buy for myself and close family/friends as gifts, I smile when I visit them and pop to the little room and see your soap

[@LadyGecko]

Total Batch Weight (Oils, Lye Solution, FO) - Weight of Shreds = New Batch Weight.

[@lauriewilson4741]

😳 math ? 🙄