Lavender and Goats Milk Conditioning Bar For Smoother, Stunning Hair

I am excited to share my new lavender and goats milk conditioning bars. They take about 10 minutes to make, they are very economical and smells amazing. Rather than one large bar ive oped to making four small ones so that I can store them in a jar or container to keep them fresh until I need one. Each small bar should last around 3 months.      

The last ones I made, my mango butter conditioner bars, were such a huge hit with friends and family that I wanted to create more. This time, I wanted to add more ingredients for dry hair. And voila! My lavender and goat’s milk conditioning bar is born!     

Introduction

I added the goat’s milk powder for hair strengthening and thickening, it also gives the bar a creamy look and feel about it which is always a plus. Glycerin has been added for hydration and lots of lovely cocoa butter to nourish those dry brittle ends.

As much as I have been enjoying making liquid conditioners, I must say that overall I do prefer making conditioning bars!

DIY Lavender and Goats Milk Conditioning Bar

This fantastic lavender and goats milk conditioning bar will leave your hair feeling ultra soft, smoothe and smelling amazing!

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Active Time: 30 minutes minutes

2 hours hours

Total Time: 2 hours hours 35 minutes minutes

Author: Angela Wills

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Equipment

• Digital Scales
• Spoon or Spatula
• 1 Glass Mixing Beakers
• 1 Small Beaker
• Saucepan
• Lazer Temperature Gun
• Silicone Soap Mold a very small one

Ingredients

MetricUS Customary

Phase A

• 30 g BTMS-50 Emulsifying Wax
• 6.5 g Cetyl Alcohol
• 5 g Cocoa Butter
• 2.5 g Olive Oil

Phase B

• 1 g Glycerine
• 1 g Distilled Water
• 3 g Goats Milk (Powdered)
• 0.5 g Lavender Essential Oil

Cooldown

• 0.5 g Preservative

Video

Instructions

• Place all the phase A ingredients into a heat-proof container( BTMS 50,

  Cetyl Alcohol, cocoa butter, and olive oil)
  30 g BTMS-50 Emulsifying Wax, 6.5 g Cetyl Alcohol, 5 g Cocoa Butter, 2.5 g Olive Oil
  
• Place the beaker into a bain marie or a shallow pan of simmering water, ensuring the water is not so high that the beaker is moving around. Let it sit in the simmering water until the waxes and butter completely melt.
  
• While the wax is melting we can prepare our phase B ingredients. In a small beaker, weigh and mix the Glycerine, Distilled Water, and goat's milk powder. Once combined add the Lavender Essential Oil and set aside.
  1 g Glycerine, 1 g Distilled Water, 3 g Goats Milk, 0.5 g Lavender Essential Oil
  
• Make sure you have the mold ready and waiting as the waxes can begin to harden quite quickly after removing them from the heat.  
  
• Once the wax has melted, remove it from the heat and stir in the phase B ingredients.
  
• Continue stirring until it cools to 60c then add the remaining cooldown ingredient, the preservative. You will need to work quickly here stirring before it starts to solidify.
  0.5 g Preservative
  
• As soon as you have stirred the preservative in, pour it into the molds.
  
• Place the mold into the refrigerator to harden, this can take a couple of hours. Once the conditioning bar has hardened, it is ready to be removed from the mold.
  

Notes

This conditioner bar should last for 12 to 18 months if stored in a cool dry place. Once you start using the bar, keep it on a vented soap holder so that it doesn’t go soft.  We find that if you use it on your hair twice a week this one bar will last you a good 6 months, if not more.

How To Use & Store Lavender and Goats Milk Conditioning Bar

• This conditioner is suitable for use after every wash.
• After shampooing, slide the bar back and forth across the hair until the hair has been fully coated. 
• Leave to sink into the hair for a few minutes. 
• Then rinse and style as usual

These conditioner bars should last for 12 to 18 months if stored in a cool dry place. 

Once you start using the bar, keep it on a vented soap holder so that it doesn’t go soft.  

We find that if you use it on your hair twice a week, each bar will last you a good 6 months, if not more.             

In-Depth Analysis

Formula Inspiration and Theming

One of the reasons for creating my lavender and goats milk conditioning bar was to cut back on my plastic usage. Although I often reuse my personal use bottles there comes a point where they hold a lingering smell from the last product, even after washing and sterilising.

Of course there are some other great advantages:

• They take up less space in the bathroom.
•  I can throw one in my suitcase without the worry of it spilling, plus it weighs next to nothing.   

But what I was most surprised about is the longevity of the conditioner bars. One 50g bar can last a year, that’s fantastic news for my wallet.  

Ingredient Specification and Purpose

BTMS 50 Although it’s more expensive and harder to source than other emulsifying waxes, its conditioning qualities are second to none and we feel you save money in the end by not having to put lots of other expensive hair conditioning ingredients in.

Cetyl Alcohol is a fantastic ingredient for dry hair. It gives similar qualities to an oil but without the oily feel. Apart from hydrating the hair, Cetyl Alcohol keeps the bar hard and solid, keeping the bar going for longer.

Cocoa butter has been added for conditioning and nourishment qualities but also to add hardness to the bar.  Perfect for my lavender and goats milk conditioning bar!

Olive oil has fantastic hair moisturising properties, helping to smooth frizz and lock in moisture. Olive oil is also great at soothing a dry or itchy scalp. 

Glycerine, a good humectant is always welcome in a hair conditioner. It helps with slide and gives these bars a more creamy feel.      

Distilled Water this is here to help dissolve the goats milk powder 

Goat Milk Powder adds some vitamin B to the conditioner which will help stop the hair becoming brittle and can help with hair growth to produce thicker looking hair.  

Lavender Essential Oil gives the bar a wonderful aroma and adds to the overall healthiness to the scalp. Helping to keep the scalp clean of dandruff and itchiness, as well as prevent and ease inflammation. 

Preservative as we are adding water to the bars we need to add a preservative we have chosen plataserve P (saliguard PCG) as we know this is still effective when added at 60c  

Substituting Ingredients

• BTMS 50: We do not recommend substituting the BTMS 50, cetyl alcohol and cocoa butter in this recipe as all these ingredients make up 95% of its conditioning properties and make the bars solid. Even changing the butter could result in making the bar softer.  
• Olive Oil: You could use any oil here, coconut, jojoba and argon would be good.
• Glycerin: You could try sodium lactate 
• Goat Milk Powder: You could use another type of powdered milk, coconut would work well here. Or you could leave it out and add replace it with more glycerin. Or some panthanol powder would be a nice inclusion.
• Lavender Essential Oil: You could replace this with an essential oil of your own choose.
• Plataserve P (saliguard PCG) Preservative: Another broad-spectrum preservative. Always check the recommended usage rate and heat tolerance then adapt if need be. 

Final Thoughts

Let me know what you think about my recipe in the comments below! I’ll do my best to answer any questions too! I think you’ll love this recipe, just like I do. But remember that you can swap out some ingredients for things you prefer.

The easiest way to customise this recipe is to play around with the choice of essential oils. Let me know if a blend you’ve found takes this formula to the next level!