Salt Brine Soap Recipe! + Other Random Musings.

[@paulalynrider4009]

Brine bars totally confuse me. There are soooo many different youtubes and blogs on what the correct amount of salt for the brine is. I've been working on my brine recipe for a bit and today I think I came up with one. Then you post this, and I'm like whoa! S&C uses a whole lot of salt! I guess I'll find out next weekend if my version works or not. The one soap batch I had to toss was my first attempt at a brine soap. That was last year sometime. Brine bars and shave bars have been my hardest soapy things so far. I think I finally conquered my shave bars today though. Which is good cause the hubby is getting tired of using my failed ones, which were usable, just not great. Aren't family member testers the best ever? LOL

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Let us know how your family likes the salt bars!

[@lathersoaps]

Gorgeous looking bars! My experience with salt bars is they feel rough and exfoliating to start with and then as you use them they become so incredibly smooth, like a stone. I've always put all 50% in the batter. I'm going to try putting half in the Lye next time.

[@vickyf9945]

Absolutely gorgeous and that bubble!

[@ElectricHound3000]

Fantastic stuff. Thanks!

[@tara6777]

Lovely bars! Really liking the half salt in the lye and the other half in the soap batter😉

[@nerinat8371]

Im going to be busy, thanks for that 😍

[@lauriewilson4741]

You’re awesome lady

[@MsAubrey]

I felt the frustration when the kaolin clay spilled.

[@freddieivory625]

Very nice!! Great info, thank you for sharing!!

[@barbaramundy5039]

I love that you push the boundaries, you send the soaping old ideas, right out the door. It's soapers like you that take the chances and run with it. And 99% of the time, you succeed. Then you try another way and prove you can achieve the unachievable. Bravo 👏 👏 thank you for being you. 😍 😍

[@jonettienne9193]

This is great I did a bar a few weeks ago and I added the salt into an embed that I covered with regular cold process soap so it had a scrub n bubbles around it

[@LoHa13]

I cannot stand how beautiful these bars are! I love the look of the salt only being in the "sand" part. I make salt bars with the whole amt of salt in the batter for my poor itchy winter skin. I get a back scritch with all that salt in there ;)

[@ariddesertdesigns4412]

Great videos and luv your ideas

[@jobo8819]

These look fabulous and what a lush bubble. Awesome!

[@montyboyb3855]

Cool looking bar!

[@nilzagarcia6341]

This is all very cool! Half and half, will definitely give it a go. Thank you so much for sharing and I hope you have an awesome evening with your family. ❤️❤️

[@divinelight7929]

This soap came out beautifully!! I absolutely love when you work with these colors, they give off earthy vibes. Brine soaps are my favorite soap type, my skin loves them.

[@sealanecrafts-karen3304]

This bar is amazing…have to try for sure! Thanks ever so much for the video.

[@lindarollocks527]

That soap was amazing. I absolutely love that soap cutter.

[@MrsTheClown]

Ah, yes yes yes! I love the cool pointy layers action you got there. Very cool, and a lovely bubble indeed. I put all the salt in the lye, but also the coffee grounds. So if I were to do this salted coffee thing (sigh, I do actually salt my coffee every morning so...) I'd strain out some of the grounds, but let that be my scrubby bits. Just my excitement coming out here- I'm quite thrilled to adjust a recipe I've been putting off because it seemed kinda "blah". Thank you so much!

[@wendi_rich]

This is brilliant! I never would have thought salt and coffee would work so well together. I will definitely have to try this one. Thank you so much for sharing so much with us. I've been making soap for 6 years and I'm really seeing how vanilla I've been, but I've been wanting to branch out and offer more variety. You are inspiring!

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Do whatever you love and don’t ever think that it’s vanilla! But if you feel like expanding, enjoy that too! Just have fun!

[@TheeElfinlight]

Thank you. That was very formative about the experience of he old wholesale account. To avoid something similar I am going to do the same. I have an idea for a mermaid soap this would work well with.

[@tyler23burt]

This was awesome 👌

[@ericabeache]

Thank you. I normally put salt in all the batter, I will try this method in my next batch.

[@MrsTheClown]

I was just thinking about a salted coffee soap the other day. You must be some kinda genius!!! 😍🤓👏🏻

[@TheeElfinlight]

She does this to me too. I think of something and a few days later she is doing it. Lol

[@MrsTheClown]

@@TheeElfinlight tee hee.

[@pattiemoseley8752]

Those are beautiful 😍

[@DD47N1]

Do you ever have to kick DeeDee out of your laBORatory? Love it when Dexter plays in "her" laboratory! 😉🤣 Cool recipe and gorgeous soap!

[@Kmia0206]

Beautiful

[@charlenec.4457]

Love this bar. I can’t wait to try it.

[@Tammy35424]

Gorgeous!

[@MsAubrey]

I LOVE how that turned out! I need to make a babassu version of this I think.

[@denisehaley9271]

Very pretty summer bars. Have you made soap with fine pumice, for a mild exfoliant? Is it hard to work with?

[@MrsTheClown]

I just found a pound of fine pumice in my supplies and was wondering what to do with it.

[@katelillo1932]

Yay, I’m early! One of my most treasured friends asked me to make him a loaf of CBD soap; have you ever dabbled in the cbd stuff world? It’s expensive and I don’t want to screw it up 😅

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

I would not put CBD in a soap; it’s not on the skin long enough to have an impact. Lotions, balms, and bombs are good though!

[@katelillo1932]

@@MrsSoapAndClay thank you! I knew you’d be the one to ask 😊

[@MrsTheClown]

@@katelillo1932 my husband has a balm stick that's just cocoa butter, cbd, menthol and essential oils- it's brilliant.

[@katelillo1932]

@@MrsTheClown thank you for the tip!

[@lauriewilson4741]

@@MrsTheClown that’s an awesome idea

[@jinipatton3200]

These are beautiful! Great idea to do 50% in the lye solution and 50% in the batter. What scent did you use? Also, if we use water instead of coffee, how much sugar should we add to the lye solution for a 3 lb. batch?

[@elainem7722]

Thanks for this. A salt bar is on my to do list and I was wondering what's a good percentage of salt to use since I've seen anywhere from 40% to 100%.

[@raineluvsj]

This soap is lovely, but why does it break when I cut it? I didn't think I waited too long (4 hours after gelling in the oven).

[@michellewhite6992]

Hi have you ever made a magnesium brine soap bar? Can it be done ive searched this up and there's not much on it really. I stray magnesium oil brine on my legs and feet for sleep and menopausal reasons i was wondering if it could be added like in the water lye solution. I do know the flakes attract water but thats about it.

[@CandaceJensen-iq7vx]

So I did this recipe and my salt wouldn’t dissolve in the lye solution. I use frozen water portions so I don’t have to wait as long for the lye solution to cool down and I don’t like to deal with the fumes in my tiny not ventilated at all little house. So did the salt not dissolve because it didn’t get super hot? I ended up giving up on the stirring after about 20 minutes and just dumped all of it into my oils. It turned out pretty good anyway except a bit crumbly around the edges when I cut it 11 hours later. But I’m still confused about why my salt didn’t dissolve? I made your type 2 shampoo bar last night and it had a couple big chunks of undissolved lye in the lye solution. ( I really thought it was just a really tenacious Aloe Vera ice cube) but when I stick blended it, it was like a rock in the bottom of my batter. Anyway, it looks lye heavy today when I cut it and you can see little oozy spots of lye in the bar. This is my first fail at soaping and I really want to figure out what went wrong. I really don’t have a clue. I triple checked my measurements as I still do since this was only my 9th batch of soap ever. And I put your recipe into soap calculator so I got all the right amounts. When I made my lye solution, the amounts were what they usually are for my batches just eyeballing it so I’m pretty sure my measurements were correct. I just can’t figure out what happened to my soap? I think I’ll have to throw it away. 😢

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Hey! I would work with hot lye solutions to ensure the salt dissolves thoroughly.

[@CandaceJensen-iq7vx]

Thanks so much for taking the time to help me with this, I really appreciate it 😄