Shalebrook Handcrafted Soap - Chamomile Infused by Valerie Mosher

Chamomile Infused, Hot Process - "Serenity" Formula by Valerie Mosher
#1 Always make sure you put through a Soap Calculator before using! I Soaped this formula at 38% lye liquid and Super Fatted at 10%. (5% upfront and 5% after the cook) Used Sodium Lactate at 5% of oils. This was a 1lb batch.
Apricot Kernel Oil infused with Chamomile - 12%
Babassu - 11%
Castor Oil - 15%
Lard - 30%
Mango Butter - 5%
Murumuru Butter - 2%
Palm Oil - 20%
Shea Butter - 5%
This will give you numbers of: 39 Hardness, 10 Cleansing, 58 Conditioning, 23 Bubbly, 43 Creaminess, 60 Iodine, and INS of 139.
The lye liquid amount for this 1lb batch, at 38% lye liquid, was 6.1 ounces of liquid. I used 3.5 ounces of strong Chamomile Tea to mix my lye, I added 2.5 ounces of coconut milk , hot after the cook. 1Tbsp yogurt, room temp after cook, 1Thoney/Aloe Vera Juice (AVJ), warm after cook and after Temp was under 175F.
1 Tbsp sugar mixed with 1 Tbsp of AVJ, completely dissolved and added hot after the cook. 5% Sodium lactate added warm after the cook (SL is used as a hardener in this, but a bonus is that SL is great for aging skin and is a lovely humectants.) Enjoy!

[@valerieholdren-soapundergr7718]

I always get happy when I see a new video notification from you! Just love watching and listening to you. I have learned so much! Thank you for your mention of me!

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

thank you so much Valerie and you are welcome, it's true that's where I learned it! big hugs

[@FromAtoZully]

Another Lovely Soap! Thanks for sharing, I feel I’m smelling it. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

hello KyZ Motino! you made me smile, I often try to imagine what others soaps smell like, it would be lovely to have a scratch and sniff feature right? big hugs

[@lisak5720]

You do absolutely great with your videos!

[@ellenblack5376]

Beautiful Valerie!

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

thank you so much Ellen!

[@lkrsoapandsuch5767]

Thank you for sharing your soaping experience with us. Those are lovely soaps and I like that swirl. I gain so much from watching you work. Blessings to you 🌟

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

dear Lauren, how very kind and very thoughtful you are, thank you ever so humbly and God bless you for your kindness to me! big hugs

[@ellenmayhan2211]

beautiful soaps!!! I learn so much from your video's!!!! God Bless!!!

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

dear Ellen, thank you and that makes me feel so very blessed to know they can help or encourage! big hugs

[@almondflour4785]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ keep up the great work!

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

hello and thank you ever so much, big hugs

[@beccasbythebay]

Always Beautiful! Glad to see your doing better. Thank you for sharing :)

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

hello Beccas! thank you for the caring thoughts I appreciate them so very much, and yes, my wrist is doing wonderful considering everything, still not full mobility, but I have way more then they thought I would have, and i'm still exercising it etc, i'm so very grateful to my Lord it is as good as it is! big hugs

[@Misssha123]

Yaaaay Thanks so much Will do this next 👍🏻👍🏻 Pls more herbal infusions videos

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

thank you!

[@dcuevas24]

Love this soap!!

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

hello Doris, thank you ever so much!

[@VelmaJinkys]

Lovely soap

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

thank you so much Vel Mar!

[@priskahartzog5677]

Hi you are awesome. I love how creative you are with your soap making. Can you tell me where you got your bucari butter from. It seems to be hard to find. Thank you so much for all your knowledge to let us be part of. Greetings from Mississippi, priska

[@almondflour4785]

Can a volcano happen at temps under the boiling point of water ?

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

Hello and thank you for your question - in my personal experience ive not had a "volcano" in the sense of it being uncontrollable, but if the lye liquid is say around 145F and your oils are around 145F, and your crock is on low, i've found it usually cooks away, BUT, i've had it "rise" up on me as well, sooooo depending on your crock pot and your formula etc, you may not have a volcano, but HP soap will rise, and that is why it's always important not to leave the crock pot, and also using a pot that is big enough to hold the amount of soap is important too, and that will work for not losing control....if you cooked at 125F and on warm, you probably wil lnot get that, but it will cook, and it will go through stages and eventually vaseline stage, and no lye left, but it will take a longer time to do that...

[@VelmaJinkys]

Great video Valerie. I just made an oatmeal soap...food for thought: I seperated out my batter and it was starting to get dry so I threw a little yogurt whey from my yogurt I had on my table. I didnt have to worry about the yogurt/cheese part not mixing in since whey is a milky clear. You probably already know this but its easier to get whey from whole fat yogurt or even better raw milk yogurt. I have always said if only I could have one brown cow!! Haha

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

Hello Vel Mar and thank you so very much for sharing that! when I was growing up we always had a cow and had our raw milk, made our own cream, and made our own hand churned butter, yummy! our cow was black and white and I was always nervous to milk her and finally I did not have to do that, but just churn butter (it was more fun to milk the cow but I was too scared of her) … that sounds delicious and wonderful to use the Whey and I've seen people do videos and talk about using the Whey and I can see it's benefits indeed! big hugs

[@VelmaJinkys]

@@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907 Yes I truly believe that since the feds here made it basically illegal.to purchase real raw milk our health quickly began to deteriotate. My dad was an implement dealer so the ranchers would always give us raw milk.with like 4" of cream on the top..Now it is quite a challenge to find it where I am @!!! Oh and when I used the whey in the one color I had I put it back in the oven and when I pulled it back out it was so fluid!!! I was like why is this one more fluid then the other colors? Then I snapped!!! The whey! Haha Blessings to you and yours

[@SvetaTrueSoap]

Blue Chamomile EO?! OMG!!! It's so expensive!!!

[@shalebrookhandcraftedsoap7907]

Hello Sveta! thank you for stopping by --- yes, indeed it is expensive -- this German Chamomile Blue is a "3% in jojoba" EO, and it is very much so a "less" expensive version --- I purchased this from New Directions Aromatics in Canada and I believe it was around $28.00 for 100ml's, so expensive but no where near the cost of 100% EO.... I would have to sell my house to use the 100% stuff, lol