Cold Process Goat Milk Soap

Makes 4 lbs. Weigh all ingredients, 
following basic cold process method.

16 oz. goat milk (frozen/slushy)
6.5 oz. lye (sodium hydroxide)

8 oz. palm oil
17 oz. coconut 76° oil
17 oz. olive oil
1 oz grapefruit seed extract
2-3 ozs. essential oil  

Goats milk soap has a creamy smooth texture and is very nourishing for your skin.

NOTE: You can also use half goat milk and half distilled water. 

Prepare your oils by weighing them and melting them to a temperature of 100-125° and set aside.  Remove your pre-frozen goats milk from the freezer and let thaw for a few minutes to soften (we like to freeze ours in a zip lock bag).  As soon as the goats milk can be broken apart, weigh out 16 ozs in small chunks and add to your plastic container.  Then weigh out the lye.  A little at a time, start adding the lye to the frozen slushy goats milk - stirring and adding a little bit more until all the frozen milk is dissolved.  The goat milk mixture will look creamy, not orange or curdled. Don't be concerned about the temperature of the lye mixture just get the oils temperature to around 100°.  Using a stick blender, start adding the goats milk/lye to your oils, mix well and continue through to trace.  Add grapefruit seed extract as a preservative and any scent or additives you like.  We've chosen Ginger Essential Oil for a wonderful "Zen" scent.  Pour into your mold, cover with a lid (or not) and let set wrapped in blankets for 18-20 hrs. Remove from mold, cut and cure soap for 4 weeks.