Teach Soap

I made my first goat's milk soap. It's still sleeping at the moment. I used canned milk and added it to the oils. I had read in the forum that this could be done. I also read that some people buy the powdered goat's milk and add it to the oils as well. Since it was my first time making it I went for small and cheap (small can $1.35 vs. box @ $13). Should I look for anything weird to happen with it. I mean it will behave like normal soap right. It should gel and be hard in 24-48 hours depending on mold used (wood vs. silicon).

I made two small batches. One with olive and castor oil, with 2 tablespoons of colloidal oatmeal. I made the other with coconut/olive/palm and castor oil and I also used colloidal oatmeal. Neither are scented.

I will unfold tomorrow and see how they turn out.

Good luck! I don't use canned milk as it's usually concentrated, which means it has more sugars. Those sugars can make the soap overheat.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

So not knowing that it would heat up more than normal does this mean that the soap is no good? Like I said it was my first time making goat's milk soap. If I can get the pictures small enough ill post pictures.

It doesn't mean that the soap is no good, you just have to make sure that the soap doesn't overheat.

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Irena
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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!

Did you replace all of the water with canned GM, or some?

I use canned GM because it's more concentrated. I use it for 1/2 of my liquid. I have never replaced all of my liquid with canned milk!

I split the water and goats milk. I poured the milk into the oils and used the water with the lye.

So my next batches of goats milk went off without a hitch. They are unscented and have colloidal oatmeal in them. They are a very pretty creamy beige color.


Made my 2nd/3rd batches of beer soap tonight. My first batch was small and I didn't have a problem with over heating. Well, these two have gotten a little warm, but they look really pretty.

I used this recipe from soap queen. http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body- ... beer-soap/

First time, I actually had all the ingredients (oil wise), but I didn't follow the color scheme. I used a Black and Tan beer with darkening fragrances.

One was black tea (bb) with a hint of blueberry. And the other was blackberry sage (wsp) and it has poppy seeds in it. They both are sitting in their molds with a pizza pan sitting over them to let the heat escape. I really don't want mount soap to erupt.

If I can get good pictures small enough I will post them.

Thanks for all the help everyone!