| Soap making is an easy and fun craft hobby. But | | | | 1 Plastic Pan |
| soap making can be a great part-time business. Many | | | | Rubber Spatula |
| folks pull in an extra thousand or two a month with a | | | | Thermometer (90-200 degree F Range) |
| part-time venture. | | | | Scale For Weighing Material |
| What's the appeal of handcrafted soap? Commercial | | | | Molds For Soap (Plastic Tub) |
| soaps are usually drying and many are actually | | | | Hand Held Stick Blender (Optional) |
| synthetic detergents. Your kitchen crafted soap can | | | | Soap Making Step-by-Step |
| work better. It has a special, moisturizing luxury feel. | | | | 1. Weigh oils and combine in stainless steel pan. |
| Plus you have the option of customizing it with | | | | 2. Heat slowly until everything melts. Cool to about |
| different ingredients ... especially scents in literally | | | | 110 degrees. Do not include the scent oil or the small |
| infinite variety. This can be a goat milk soap recipe or | | | | amount of almond oil. |
| any other kind of milk as well. | | | | 3. Weigh lye in a plastic container. Remember the |
| This gives you one of our proven recipes and the | | | | gloves and goggles. |
| basic instructions to put it all together. | | | | 4. Weigh milk and pour into a separate stainless steel |
| Our specialty is milk soap. We made over 30,000 | | | | pan. |
| bars of soap like this in our kitchen sink over a | | | | 5. Put 2-3 inches of water in your sink and add ice |
| four-year period. We sold all that soap at craft | | | | cubes. Put your pan with milk into ice water. |
| shows and festivals and through our own catalog. | | | | 6. Slowly pour the lye into the milk. Take twenty |
| Though you can make soap using water instead of | | | | minutes to do this, stirring all the while. Monitor the |
| milk, you will like the milk soap better ... guaranteed!!! | | | | milk temperature and keep it below 150 degrees so it |
| Lightly Lavender Goat Milk Soap Recipe | | | | does not burn. When all the lye is added, let the |
| 11.3 ounces (320 grams) Coconut Oil | | | | mixture cool until it is 110 degrees. |
| 11.7 ounces (330 grams) Palm Oil | | | | 7. Add the lye/milk mixture to the oils, stirring while |
| 15.5 ounces (440 grams) Olive Oil | | | | you do so; now stir the soap mixture until it begins |
| 3.9 ounces (110 grams) Almond Oil | | | | to gel. It's time to stop stirring when a thin stream of |
| 6.1 ounces (175 grams) Sodium Hydroxide | | | | soap drizzled on top of the soapmixture lays on top. |
| 15.5 ounces (440 grams) Whole Milk | | | | This is called tracing. If stirring by hand this may take |
| 2 1/3 Tablespoons Lavender Essential Oil | | | | 45 minutes. To speed things up the trick is to use |
| 1 Tablespoon Almond Oil | | | | your hand blender to stir the soap for 30 seconds, |
| Now for some "inside information". To make any | | | | let it rest for a minute and repeat until it traces. |
| soap, you mix fats and an alkali or lye. All soap is | | | | 8. Add scent oils and the extra almond oil. |
| made that way. The cured product is harmless. You | | | | 9. Pour into prepared molds. Let sit for 24 hours. |
| can brush your teeth with it. You can even eat it. It | | | | Remove from molds. Cut into bars and set aside to |
| won't hurt you! | | | | cure for 4 weeks. |
| But the lye and the uncured soap mixture are very | | | | These are basic instructions. Lots of soap making |
| caustic. It will burn your skin. It will blind you if it gets | | | | books are out there, but many make it so |
| in your eyes! You absolutely must wear goggles | | | | complicated it's tough to get going. Even if you |
| when you make soap and it's best to wear rubber | | | | consult some of those books, return to these |
| gloves and long sleeves too. | | | | instructions for the basics. Try this recipe. You will |
| Equipment You Will Need | | | | love the results. |
| 2 Stainless Steel Pans | | | | |