Six essential oils that everyone who is new to cold process, natural soap making needs to buy now!

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Welcome to another one of our videos. Today, we are chatting about our favourite essential oils for soap making and recommending which essential oils you should purchase if you are new to cold process soap making.
We have chosen our suggestions based on the cost price of the oils, how well they behave in cold process soap and how well they retain their scent and work as either a stand alone scent or as part of a blend. None of the essential oils we are featuring cause the batter to accelerate, thicken or rice and they all behave well and should be good starter oils for beginners.
We will go over each individual essential oil and cover how they behave in CP soap and we will also cover how well the scent lasts and where we purchase ours from.
We purchase our essential oils from both Mystic Moments and The Soapery here in the UK. Both these companies offer good quality oils at a good price and with fast delivery.
Here are the links to both companies, should you wish to purchase some yourself.
The Mystic Moments link will offer you £5 off your first order if you are a new customer (we will also get a reward for referring you). To view Mystic Moments, click here:
i.refs.cc/47jRzKGn?smile_ref=eyJzbWlsZV9zb3VyY2UiOiJzbWlsZV91aSIsInNtaWxlX21lZGl1bSI6IiIsInNtaWxlX2NhbXBhaWduIjoicmVmZXJyYWxfcHJvZ3JhbSIsInNtaWxlX2N1c3RvbWVyX2lkIjo3MjUyMTQwMDZ9
To view The Soapery, click here:
www.thesoapery.co.uk/
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@NashipurSinha Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the list Lemongrass Lavender May chang Orange 5 fold Cedarwood Peppermint

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

You are welcome :-)

@Scentedearthnaturals 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. It was really helpful

@evitacastor1593 Жыл бұрын

I love it. Thank you for this very informative video. I’m looking forward to order and use them. I’m js starting out I js hope I can master the craft.

@maryward633 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Anne, great advice on essential oils.

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

You are welcome Mary, I hope you find it helpful :-)

@lyndawest8612 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Anne. This was quite informative. Clear and enough detail to go on.

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome Lynda and thank you :-)

@KJ7JHN 3 күн бұрын

Hello there! A scent I like is 50% spearmint & 50% rose. Thank you for this video. I'll see how the lemon grass works. Have you tried lemon grass lavender?

@belindaayewoh437 9 ай бұрын

This was SO helpful. Thank you. I never heard of May Chang. I'm also one of those that doesn't like lavender. Just a hobbyist from the U.S.

@kajolgolchha1326 8 ай бұрын

Really your videos are helpful I got an idea about what to get I love lavender and I bought cedarwood in small sample but it's strong scent I will work it out really your videos gave an idea thank you madam lots of love from myself and India ❤️

@violetelin1901 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your experience, and I LOVE your hair color.

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome and thank you so much :-)

@elizabethwatering2257 Жыл бұрын

This was very helpful - thank you. I would be interested to see a video on the other essential oils too.

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

You are welcome. We will definitely be doing a follow up video on other essential oils at some point in the next few weeks/months :-)

@jrbland18 Жыл бұрын

Awsome HELLO from the usa

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

Thank you and hello from the UK :-)

@boop7313 Жыл бұрын

Love it when I see a notification for one of your videos😍 I'm making a new focus for my business this year and it's all about everything clean and natural so this is right up my alley! Thanks a bunch🥰

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

Hopefully there will be lots more notifications over the coming weeks and months - we are determined not to let our channel sit dormant for so long this year! Clean and natural ingredients are always so popular so hopefully you will have a good year with your new focus :-)

@boop7313 Жыл бұрын

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Thankyou so much!! I really hope so! At the moment I'm obsessed with salt bars, just had a lovely shower with my new lemongrass & carrot sea salt soap actually haha, probably tmi sorry😆but it was so nice! And I am stoked to hear that you'll be doing more videos yay!! Best of luck everything🥰

@joannelishman204 Жыл бұрын

Yay! Lemongrass is my total favourite! I followed your beginners guide to make my first ever loaf and used lemongrass (as i didn't have lavender) the video was so easy to follow . It is sitting curing and the whole room smells amazing. THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge and expertise; have a great day :)

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

Hi Joanne, so glad that you found our video easy to follow and you have successfully made your first loaf! Congratulations! Lemongrass is a fab choice and I hope once the soap has cured you enjoy using it :-)

@enemanozzle 7 ай бұрын

Castor oil "for internal use" is not only cold pressed but further treated with steam, in order to destroy the last traces of the extreme dangerous poison ricine.

@nanomc3174 Жыл бұрын

Hi Ann…thank you for this information…please do the follow up video…def would enjoy that too…

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

A follow up video is already on the cards! We really enjoyed making this video and have already had a request from someone else for a follow up too, so I think one needs to be made!

@nihadkhamis4590 9 ай бұрын

Hi thank you for your informative videos but soapry comp not delivering to Saudi Arabia?

@Non3MA Жыл бұрын

Yay! Lemongrass - I've fallen in love with it! Just made a Eucalyptus, Lemongrass & Litsea loaf! I hope it holds - the lemongrass softened some of 'wow' in the Eucalyptus and Litsea added a little brightness. Try a peppermint orange blend - makes a great and different holiday blend and drip some clove in there. It's quite nice. Cedarwood - another favorite! And, I'm diggin' the purple socks!👍

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

Peppermint orange sounds like a lovely combination, I will definitely have to try it! Yes, Lemongrass works so well in so many blends, I love its versatility! The purple socks are fab, aren't they!

@ely42609 10 ай бұрын

Do you mind sharing the amounts of each oil in the eucalyptus/lemongrass/litsea blend?

@vital.8952 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the wonderful and informative video. I wish all beginners will watch it before spending a fortune to buy essential oils. I only wish I had watched your video before making soaps with rose geranium essential oil. I had to scoop the soap batter into the mold. Or added orange essential oil, but ended up couldn't smell it at all 😢 Thank you for sharing. Love your videos😍

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

Essential oils can definitely be hard to work with when you are first beginning! Sorry to hear of the trouble you had with Rose Geranium and Orange. Rose Geranium gives such a lovely scent, but my goodness, it can be a pain to work with - especially if you aren't expecting it to thicken the batter so quickly! Thank you for your support and we are looking forward to making more videos this year.

@itstaz5676 5 ай бұрын

How much should we put and will it give a strong fragrance too ?

@DebsShipley1969 Жыл бұрын

I love lavender but my bestie hates it 😂 I'm sure people are drawn together who balance each other out. I love Rose Geranium in soap too. I followed one of your recipes and I'm still using the bars and it was a dream but maybe I was just lucky that day 😁

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

It's funny isn't it, how a scent can be so pleasing to one person and awful to someone else! It is so nice to hear that you got on well with one of our recipes and are enjoying the bars, I am sure it wasn't just luck :-)

@ely42609 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting about peppermint. Does this rule apply only for soap making? My organic peppermint essential oil has a 5% maximum dilution for topical applications. Also,I know many people will use it undiluted, especially for headaches.When i make my soaps (for personal use only,not for sale), I usually follow the dillution chart of each oil. Could you please elaborate? Thank you.

@michellecrutchfield8701 Жыл бұрын

Although I'm in the US, I am VERY excited about this video, because I so rarely hear recommendations, from other soapers, about which essential oils work best in soap. I'm not wanting to completely cut out fragrance oils, I'd just like to cut back & add a lot more essential oils into my fragrance options. Thank you so very much for this video & info! ❤

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome Michelle. We started using only essential oils but we do offer fragrance oils now in some of our special edition soaps. There is definitely a market for both - some people prefer to stick to the natural essential oils but just as many like the variation of scents that fragrance oils can give, it is really all down to personal preference :-)

@Non3MA Жыл бұрын

I blend EO with natural fragrance oils. With prices rises, it helps keeps cost down a bit - and, let's you create some cool scents.

@tesorosborincanos597 Жыл бұрын

I buy Orange 10X from Brambleberry in the US but I live in Puerto Rico which is a territory of the US. I already use lavender, orange, lemongrass, cedarwood atlas and peppermint in my soaps. I have heard of litsea cubeba before but always wondered how it smelled. I will look for it and try it. I use geranium mix with lavender and tea tree. Oh my!! The combination smells great. I also use bergamot. It is on the more expensive side and to me it doesn't smells that nice on its own but a little bit mixed with orange and cedarwood atlas smells great. Thanks a lot for the information.

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

Oh yes, we use Bergamot too and it is a beautiful scent, especially when combined with other essential oils. We have just done a bergamot, cedarwood & lime blend which smells divine! If you do like the citrusy scents I would definitely keep an eye out for litsea cubeba as it is a lovely one :-)

@nydialuz314 Жыл бұрын

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany thanks for the recommendation. As you could noticed I like your videos a lot but when it comes to essential oils, oh my! I love talking about essential oils. 💕🥰

@alb673 7 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm just starting soap making but made already 5 different batches following recipes for soapery website with the idea of selling at a market. You mention about the % of oil and been tested. Can you advice where to get more info. I'm in UK as well. Thanks

@lenahahn5579 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your secrets! I'm a prof. soapmaker in Austria. What do you think about eo calc. Does it provide the usagerates we can use in Europe? Thanks

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

You are welcome Lena. To be honest, I don't use eo calc very often here but only because I tend to check the documents for the oils I use and work out my usage rates directly from them ( a bit more time to do it this way than using eo calc but I like to trust my own workings ) . I then run my blends and usage amount past my safety assessor who will pull me up on any that need slight changes (doesn't often happen, the last time was when they reduced the allowable amount of Lemongrass and I hadn't realised my blend still had the higher amount in it). I think that eo calc will probably work well as a starting point for those of us here in Europe as it seems to take account of the limits and give accurate figures from what I can see.

@tassiegirl1991 Жыл бұрын

This is very useful. Wish I’d had something like it when starting. I have a wonderful collection now all those included. I’ve not used lemongrass much. I make for personal use and friends here in Aus. Do they say why they change the usage rates in the YK seems odd to lower the amount previously used as safe. I love rose geranium one of my favourites Just a question why yours are in plastic and not dark coloured. Thank you.

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

I think the usage rates will periodically change when new IFRA amendments come into force. Lemongrass wasn't limited so much until a couple of years ago and it was a pain when the new limits came in! I think it is to do with the chemical make up of the oils and sometimes they will change the "safe" percentage of a certain chemical that is included in the EO makeup. If this happens it can cause the safe usage rate percentage to be lowered. Like you, I do question how something that has been used safely for years can suddenly be deemed as unsafe, but I guess it is down to new research. I too was thrown when we first ordered larger bottles of the essential oils and they came in plastic bottles (the 500ml ones come in metal bottles and 100ml come in amber glass but the 1 litre bottles are plastic). I guess it is more cost effective for the company we buy from. I was concerned about whether it would affect the quality of the oil but did check this and the bottles are HDPE plastic which is safe for use with essential oils and will not be broken down by them. We do store our essential oils in a cool, dark cupboard though just to make sure sunlight and warmth are excluded.

@boop7313 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou, this is such a helpful video. I would welcome a follow up on other essential oils if you can! Some kind of help with how to understand the IFRA website would be and amazing help also! I have had trouble finding the information I need on there. I have relied on eocalc for a while, but they don't have all of the ones I want to use on there. Thanks again Ann!

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the lovely comment and we will certainly work on doing a follow up on other essential oils in the future. I personally don't tend to use the IFRA website as I find it hard to navigate. What I do is check the individual IFRA documents that are given by our suppliers and this shows the allowed usage rates. We can certainly do a video on how to check these documents and work out the allowed amount of essential oil from it.

@boop7313 Жыл бұрын

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one, and that would be so helpful as well if you felt inclined to do that sort of video about how to read the documents properly. Thanks for the lovely replies☺x Holly.

@spiralesdargent Жыл бұрын

Thankyou for this one, great timing as I am looking into costings of ingredients tomorrow and deciding what and where I'm going to buy my ingredients from now I have decided on the recipes I'm going to use. You mentioned you wrap your soaps in paper, is that paper waxed? Also off topic of EO's can you use de-ironised water or should it be distilled? My supermarket sells de-ironised 🤷‍♀️

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

Good luck with your costings and purchasing your new ingredients :-) Our paper isn't waxed, but it is "food safe" (when selling in the UK, packaging used has to be classed as food safe). Very occasionally the paper will get marked (this is often when we have been in unfavourable weather conditions at an outside show) but on the whole it works well. When it comes to water, I know many soap makers use distilled however, we actually use tap water. We tested both tap and distilled and our tap water works well for soap making. However, this is dependent on the kind of water you have in your area. We are in a soft water area but if you live in a hard water area it may be that the tap water affects the soap a bit more. We are lucky that our water doesn't lead to dos or added soap scum, but not everyone in the UK will have the same kind of water as us! I am not sure how de-ironised water would compare but it may be worth experimenting with.

@triplegoddesssoapery Жыл бұрын

100% thought the love it or hate it was going to be patchouli 😂 I’m fairly indifferent to lavender, use it blended with rosemary and also eucalyptus and lime.

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

Oh yes, you are spot on there! Patchouli is another that we find people adore or can't stand! We never used to offer a Patchouli scent but had so many people request one that we brought one out and it is very popular.

@DebsShipley1969 Жыл бұрын

I've never used cedarwood but I will now. Hubby would like that with something a bit lemony like lemongrass. Thank you.

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

It does work so well with the citrus scents, Lemongrass would probably pair really nicely with it.

@DebsShipley1969 Жыл бұрын

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany I used lemon for the husband but it wasn't a great success so lemongrass comes next. Got to keep the old fella happy as I've taken over the house with my attempts 🤣

@MommaDrake02 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how these essential oils will work in hot process soaps? I usually don't do cold process for essential oils. Would the ones that misbehave in CP do well in HP? I've only experimented with peppermint and lemongrass, which work well.

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

Much as I love cold process soap and would say I understand it pretty well, I must confess to have never actually attempted hot process! I have heard that scents that misbehave in CP soap can work well in HP without so many problems so it would definitely be worth a go :-)

@spiralesdargent Жыл бұрын

Random question, but was it you that did a downloadable sheet on how essential oils react differently, which ones accelerate, etc? I know I saw it somewhere but now I can't find it 🤦‍♀️

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

No, it wasn't us I am afraid, though that sounds like an incredibly helpful chart to have!

@janetthompson988 Жыл бұрын

I have found ten fold orange from the soap kitchen but they do charge for shipping

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

You're right, thank you! I have just had a look and found it on there. Goodness me it is expensive! Would love to have a go with it but think I will wait until my bank account can handle the extra outlay!

@jameschilton3556 Жыл бұрын

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany I was about to mention The Soap Kitchen - I got a 30ml bottle of the 10 fold for the first time and used it about a month ago just to test it and the smell is just as strong as when I made it (2% Orange 10x, 1.3% Lavender and 0.7% Patchouli). Not sure it's worth 5x the cost of 5 fold.

@Hilary_ClarbySoaps Жыл бұрын

Love this video…I have all those in my stash. I used to hate lavender until I bought pure essential oil…what a difference. It also blends well with peppermint, lemongrass, May Chang, orange. The only eo I haven’t tried is the cedar wood…must give that a try 😊

@rohollahajafarzadahsaryazd1628 Жыл бұрын

@@Hilary_ClarbySoaps Hi Hilary Could you tell me as a recommend the name of ingredients of your experience have you do? Kind regards

@sherriemartin6202 Жыл бұрын

Do essential oils keep their scent longer than fragrance oils?

@ely42609 10 ай бұрын

No,they do not unfortunately.

@catchthis7563 Жыл бұрын

How are the essential oil so cheap in the uk? In germany its twice as much.. :P

@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Жыл бұрын

Goodness! I have never looked at prices outside of the UK before. These are all at the cheaper end of the scale, but I would certainly not want to pay twice as much for them!

@catchthis7563 Жыл бұрын

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Same :..) also the regulations for selling soap is very very... german .. have a great day

@user-re2wj6lr6l 5 ай бұрын

Maybe they are not 😅really good quality .... 😅