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homemade goat milk soap

Luxurious DIY Goat Milk Soap Recipe

Whenever I use fresh milk in my soapmaking I always choose goats milk, it's a lot easier to use than cow's milk and I've always had great success with this goats milk soap recipe.
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Prep Time: 1 day
Active Time: 1 day
Total Time: 2 days
Course: Soapmaking
Cuisine: N/A
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Yield (adjustable): 12 Bars (approx)
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Ingredients:

Equipment:

Instructions:

  • Freeze the goat milk overnight.
    Goats milk frozen in an ice cube tray
  • If you’ve not made soap before, take a look at my full cold process tutorial here.
    Put on your protective clothing, gloves, mask, and glasses. I always find it best to then prepare and weigh all of the ingredients before starting.
    soapmaking PPE
  • Pop the goats milk ice cubes into a jug then carefully add the lye. Once the lye has dissolved, set it aside to cool in a safe place.
    256 grams Goats Milk, 128 grams Soapmaking Lye
    Lye crystals poured into a jug containing frozen goats milk
  • Put the coconut oil, olive oil, sunflower oil, castor oil and cocoa butter into a large glass jug then melt in the microwave using a 30 second blast.  Then set aside to cool. 
    315 grams Coconut Oil, 360 grams Olive Oil, 100 grams Sunflower Oil, 80 grams Castor Oil, 45 grams Cocoa Butter
    liquid and soild oils are combined so they can be melted
  • Now we need to balance the oils and the lye. They should be between 120f and 90f (49c 60c)
    The temperature of the melted oils is taken in a process known as 'balancing'.
  • Once balanced, pour the lye into the oils. Do this slowly to avoid splashing
    Lye is poured into the oils
  • Using a blender, stir your mixture for several minutes before switching it on.
    Turn the blender on and give your mixture a few short 3 second blitz, stirring between each burst.
    Continue until the batter thickens and leaves a thin trace on the surface of the batter before disappearing back into the mixture.
    Soap batter is blended with a stick blender
  • Now you can add the rosemary and mint essential oils. Then give it another few blasts with the blender until it thickens but remains liquid.
    15 grams Rosemary Essential Oil, 15 grams Peppermint Essential Oil
    Essential oil is poured into the soap batter that has reached trace
  • Next, transfer the soap to the mold. If the mixture is too thick to pour, then you might need to spoon it in instead.
    Goat milk soap batter is poured into a silicon soap mold
  • Pop the mold into the fridge for 24hrs to harden. Take it out of the fridge and leave for a further 24hrs before popping it out of the mold.
    Remember it will still be a bit caustic until cured so put on your gloves before releasing it. It will then need to be cut.
    A bar of goat milk soap that has been removed from the mold
  • The goat milk soap will need to cure for around 4 weeks before it is ready for use. Let the soaps sit and air in a cool dry place, remembering to rotate them weekly.
    The goat milk soap is cut into bars
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