How To Make Goat Milk Soap Base At Home
My methods for making goat s milk soap with raw fresh goat s milk and why goat s milk soap is so great for your skin.
How to make goat milk soap base at home. Then you ll add any scents or additives that you d like to place in your soap. I ve used the following goat milk soap recipe and it works great. In this case our goat milk soap recipe calls for palm coconut olive and castor oils. Once frozen the fat may float to the top of the milk and.
Goat milk soap recipe other milk types yield 4 4 ounce bars you could substitute milk for water in any soap making recipe but certain types of milk are higher in fat necessitating the use of more lye to make it work. As before i recommend adding essential oils like tea tree. Since these oils are solid at room temperature they will need to be heated in order to melt and fully mix into the soap batter. Preparing the lye base.
Melt in the microwave in 30 second increments stirring well in between to ensure that the soap is completely melted. So if your recipe calls for 8 ounces of. Make your lye solution using half of the water called for in the recipe. When you re ready to make your soap place the frozen cubes of canned goat s milk into a heat proof plastic or stainless steel pitcher.
For example if your recipe calls for 8 ounces of water make it with 4. The larger the ice cubes are the longer they will take to freeze. The large block of the soap base is smooth and silky and it cuts easily with a kitchen knife. Slice the soap base into strips then cubes and place them inside the microwave safe measuring cup.
You can find all my goat s milk soaps. Measure each oil individually before adding to the large mixing bowl. Cut the goat milk soap into small pieces wait for the goat milk soap to completely melt in the double boiler set up your molds immediately pour the melted soap base into the mold. Measure out 3 5 ounces 100 g of goat milk and pour it into an ice cube tray.
Pour 5 ounces of chilled water on top of the cubes. Freeze the goat milk in an ice cube tray. Soap base really is a prefabricated soap that has been made for. First weigh out the palm and coconut oils.
Use goat s milk for the other half of the liquid called for in the recipe. Wearing proper safety gear gloves goggles and long sleeves slowly sprinkle a bit of lye in at a time stirring well after each addition. Goat milk soap recipe.