Best Goat Milk Soap Recipe Cold Process

Float your container with frozen milk where you are going to mix the lye in the sink and proceed to add the lye in very small.

Best goat milk soap recipe cold process. Milk soap turns orange because of the lye reacting to the sugars in the milk. This goat milk and oatmeal cold process soap is made with powdered goat milk oat extract and colloidal oatmeal for a bar that is gentle on the skin. This cold process soap recipe is the best ever. If you are not familiar with sodium hydroxide or cp soapmaking please watch the soap queen tv video on lye and how to use lye properly or read the lye safety section in the soap crafting book these are my favorite 3 cold process soap recipes that i tend to.

I usually froze my milk in ice cube containers then mashed as i needed so the milk is really cold not semi unfrosted then i fill my kitchen sink with cold water and ice cubes use at least two ice cube trays. Add colorants if desired. I love the process of making soap but what i love even more is developing recipes for it. Let your wonder soap cure for 3 4 weeks.

Colloidal oatmeal is extremely fine ground oatmeal that is fantastic for irritated or sensitive skin. First make sure your frozen milk is mashed up good for this i use a potato masher. Plus i like how you did the stirring in the sink. Mix your soap as you normally would but when it comes time to add the lye solution to the oils add the liquid goat s milk first.

This prevents the lye reacting with the sugars too much. This recipe makes about 3 pounds of lavender infused soap. The blend of patchouli along with the orange essence and lavender gives this recipe a distinctive touch. First you will want to measure out the milk and weigh on the scale once weighed pour into smaller silicone molds or ice cube trays and freeze overnight.

If you can t get your hands on the fresh stuff powdered goat milk is a great alternative. So if your recipe calls for 8 ounces of water use 4 ounces of water to make the lye solution and set aside 4 ounces of evaporated goat s milk to use later. Temps of lye milk 80 degrees temps of oils 85 degrees. I ve tried making goats milk soap before but with less then satisfactory results.

You have to walk the line between cleansing and moisturizing long lasting. You may be able to find it at your local grocery store co op or farmers market. Then you add another equal part milk to the oils before you add the lye solution. Milk can be raw whole breast milk or even goat milk preferably milk without additives.

Creating goat milk soap does take some extra prep work. Add the ingredients titled under the magic touch at trace. This recipe contains goat milk from a local farm. In the milk in oil method you make a lye solution with equal parts lye and water.

Every oil brings its own properties to a bar of soap and finding the perfect soap recipe is a balance of those things. Cold process soap is amazing and produces a better bar of soap than most store bought soaps. It makes a moisturizing yet cleansing bar with tons of lather. It needs to be kept cold to prevent scorching.

Your tutorial made it super easy leaving the goats milk frozen. Hi kathi thanks for this super helpful tutorial on making goat s milk soap cold process. It does require research before diving in. Oatmeal milk and honey fragrance oil gives this bar a warm and comforting scent.