Hi Makers! It's Charlotte with Makesy! Joanna with the Soap Gal. Makesy is so
excited to partner with Joanna and the Soap Gal to help teach makers
how to be safe successful and scale their cold process soap business.
Joanna tell us a little bit about yourself and the Soap Gal. I learned my craft in 2009
then I started going to farmers markets and craft shows and then I learned about private label and
that is where I found my niche. I am a private label manufacturer we have a wonderful team of
Artisans and we are so privileged to be able to make millions of bars of soaps for other brands.
Amazing, today Joanna and I are going to walk you through a basic checklist of the tools you need
to get started making cold processed soap and give you a few tips on how to stay organized.
So first Joanna walk us through the basic tools that somebody needs to get started making soap.
Well it's pretty simple but I would say definitely purchase the tools that we have
here in play then have it to be so focused yes once it's for soap it's always for soap
so definitely have um your pitcher here. I like plastic over glass because if it falls it doesn't
break and shatter yeah and it's safer we have you know the fun funnel one so that way you can get
those nice crisp lines that you want design yeah um definitely need to have your safety in place
um your gloves you have to be able you know to scrape all that batter out so um not one
drop left no and you have to be able to you know swirl. If you want to keep it at a light trace but
we'll talk about that a little later. Um molds are very important for different sizes of soaps
that you want and if you want a crinkle cutter or if you want to straight cut is very important as
well. Oh and apron you know gotta have a cute little apron. Yes you gotta have that makesy
love exactly yes. Joanna and I will do a lot of talking about personal protective equipment or PPE
in a later video so so be sure you're subscribed um Joanna give us a couple of tips too whether
you're a veteran soap maker or you're making your first bar of soap what are some tips to
help our makers stay organized and be successful? First of all you gotta find your space. You have
to have your area that you make your stuff and have it well organized. Organization is really
the key of scaling is to be able to be prepared we forgot to talk about the most important tool
the motion blender this is so important to mix it to get that alkaline in the base to become
soap yep you have to have that mixer but I would probably say your space organization and when you
make soap be prepared and and schedule the time no phones no dogs no husbands um just keep it totally
focused and so that you can focus and get the look that you want there's nothing more aggravating
than being distracted and think oh no I just messed this up yes when I do my r&d and I make
my the test batches I do it during a time when I know I'm not going to have any distractions.
Yeah Joanna gave me some great advice too which is what she just described to have a game plan
when you go in so know what fragrance you're using know what desired outcome you're looking
for in your soap and make sure you have all of your tools and equipment already sterilized and
you'll be set up for success. Thanks so much for watching and be sure to subscribe to our
channel to stay in the know on all the latest makers tips and tricks. Now go make it happen!