A lot of hispanic people
ask me how I make soaps.
Today Ariane will prepare her
soap "Sunny Oatmeal and Calendula"
Hi I'm Ariane from
La Fille de la mer, Handmade Soaps
in the Magdalen Islands
Quebec, Canada. Here is
my friend Claudia: Hello to
all the people who listen to us from
Latin America, Europe and all
parts of the world.
I'm here to help my friend
with translation into Spanish.
Thank you! A pleasure. Let's take a look
at how soaps are made!
This soap contains
cocoa butter and
shea butter as well as
coconut oil.
Here the recipe has been prepared beforehand.
Then we have rolled oats
white colorant, the yellow mica
The scents that we will use in this
soap are lemon and
geranium essential oils. To prepare
this cold processed soap
we will use natural coconut milk and
of course our ground calendula flower petals
Well now Ariane will begin
preparing her colorants
They will be dispersed in water. Then
both oils and butters will need
to melt oververy low heat.
Once this is melted
Ariane completes the recipe by adding
olive oil and the other luxury oils.
Now that butters are melted
I will pour the olive oil.
Well now let's look at the
different types of oils:
The first is a sweet almond oil
The second is Rice bran Oil
and the third oil is
castor oil
Very good! Then this is the oil
Castor I want you to remember that
in Ariane's recipe it is supremely
important that the exact amount of the
ingredients are well measured.
Obviously to obtain the result that
we want: soap! Now adding the
rice bran oil.
the last oil
sweet almond oil
sweet almond
Now the next step is to ... mix ...
the oils and butters
with the sodium hydroxide & water solution
or if you prefer in NaOH (lye-water)
Once these two are together
a reaction occurs that is called
saponification. This is
why Ariane is dressed
to avoid any possible
accident and of course uses
protective goggles,
gloves and an apron.
Safety is important when making soap
Do not try this without further research!
NaOH is very corrosive and
Claudia will step back
in a safe place while Ariane
makes the soap!
Yes very good. Arianeis currently pouring
the coconut milk in the
oils and butters.
Up to the last drop! It is very important to stir to emulsification
We want to obtain a smooth
and homogeneous consistency.
Now, Ariane will add the lye-water
very slowly to avoid splashing
of course, mixing with the stick blender
at the same time.
Now we witness the..
process of saponification where
oils becomes soap. In this
moment she will split the soap batter
in order to ba able
to continu her process.
She will color each part:
white and yellow.
This is when she adds
the ground oatmeal as you know,
our sunny oatmeal and our
calendula flower petals ... Yes! we continue on
Here is the white colour
And here is the yellow mica added
to the lightly traced soap batter.
We must emphasize that the part
yellow
will be the bottom layer and the white part
which will be made later will be on top.
These are the essential oils: lemon
and our Egyptian Geranium.
We saw a few moments ago
at the beginning but I realize
the nice smell and of course the
lemon! Like lemonade!
Then we prepare this
time to pour the yellow part
of the soap batter
in the wooden mold that is lined
with a type of paper
we could say that is a wax paper
but in reality is much
more sophisticated since it contains a thin
layer of plastic.
It's simply freezer paper. :-)
Well then Ariane at this time
will place the second layer, coloured
in white. To facilitate since the stockpot
is very heavy she will use a smaller
container making it much easier
as you can see.
it is easier to handle.
She uses
a spatula to catch the white soap
to keep it from breaking the yellow
layer and mixing
with it! It is like making
a lasagna!
Lasagna soap!
Lasagna soap! It is the same principle!
Let's continue!
Claudia what's happening? You always speak so loud
and today so low!
It's normal as this is my first experience
on the internet but it's no problem
You know how to speak in
front of an audience! Yes, it is my profession!
I speak to a public everyday
with my spanish students!
With students! We have one
last step. Well and this is
a little surprise! Ariane is
placing the leftover yellow content
to decorate the top!
I just let it drip on top
it is like...
making a marble effect
Those techniques are obviously
inspired by bakery. It is a pastry
technique!
It is possible to use this technique
when making soap too!
Ariane will now decorate the soap
with oatmeal, a little to pretty it up
It's a bit as we do in pastries too!
And now she adds the calendula
flower petals to complete. TADA !!!
Thank you very much to my friend Claudia
for helping me with translation!
Thank you for allowing me to be here
we onlywant to say that the
process of suporificación...
Saponification! OMG!
You know that I didn't study to make soaps!
So this will rest 24 hours
and tomorrow I won't be here but
Ariane will be and she will take the soap
out of the mold and can
proceed to cut it into bars of soap!
Wow! Thank you! Bye!
Thank you for watching this video!
I hope you liked it and until
next time take care!
Good bye!