How to Make Home-Crafted Goat Milk Soap
Creating homemade soaps benefits the health of you and your family because you know the ingredients used and will have no worries about harsh chemical additives. Making goat milk soap with fresh ingredients and your favorite natural scents is fun and easy.
Regular soaps packaging mirrors the benefits claimed by commercial soap brands. They look pure and clean, but contain substances that dry and irritate the skin. Many users of goat milk soap claim it’s less harsh than ordinary soap, gentle on sensitive skin and contains natural creams that moisturize better than normal soap. Soap containing goat milk is available for purchase at specialty stores and online. They are expensive and might contain unwanted additives. Make your own goat milk soap using oils to soothe your skin and herds that leave a sweet scent.
Materials You’ll Needed
- Melt & Pour Goat’s Milk Soap Base
- Microwaveable container
- Stainless steel spoon
- Soap molds
- Spray bottle containing rubbing alcohol
- Sealed container
- Purchase Melt and Pour Goat’s Milk Soap Base from a wholesale toiletry supplies retailer. Following a traditional goat milk soap recipe requires expertise, time and money. The retailers are cheap, environmental and list the ingredients for each product.
- Take the soap base and pull it apart with both hands. Use your fingers to break the base into small pieces; you want the soap bits to melt simultaneously.
- Place the pieces into a microwaveable container and set it in the microwave for about 1 minute at low heat until melted. Try not to overheat the soap if you need to heat in intervals of 30 seconds until the soap has melted. You don’t have to use a microwave, as a crock-pot or normal pot and stove works.
- Remove the container from the microwave and use a stainless steel spoon to stir the soap to check for unmelted pieces.
- Add any oils, sparkles, fragrances, herbs and exfoliants. Remember this is your soap, so the experimental combinations are limitless.
- Stir the additives in a little at a time. Don’t pour in a lot of fragrance that can overpower the senses.
- Pour the soap base in the molds carefully. Depending on the shape of your soap mold, place pre-cut sheet of wax paper over mold sides to prevent spills.
- Mist the soap tops with rubbing alcohol to prevent excess bubbles from forming.
- Set the molds aside to harden for a few hours or overnight.
- Pop the hardened soap from the molds. Store the unused soap in a sealed container for later or give out as presents to friends and family.