for Lisa & Sandra - a custom goat milk soap order favorite

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This is my original recipe.  If it ends up being close to someone else's, that is a happy coincidence.

Lavender Peppermint Goat Milk Soap Recipe

7.9 oz lye

10 oz filtered water

10.2 oz goat milk

4 oz almond oil

16 oz olive oil

16 oz organic palm oil

17.4 oz organic coconut oil

20 grams castor oil

24 grams raw organic cocoa butter

56 grams shea butter

8 grams grapefruit seed extract

5 grams Vitamin E oil

2 ounces Lavender Essential Oil

1.2 ounces Peppermint Essential Oil

Note:  Often when I make this soap, I split the base up and leave a portion plain unscented and the other portion scented with pure essential oils.  I mark my molds ahead of time, to keep things less confusing.  I also tend to use 4" square molds for most essential oil soaps, and tend to use round molds for plain unscented soaps.

Once I get the oils & butters measured & melted, I add the GSE & Vitamin E oil to that, stirring well.

I stir periodically while I wait for the lye/water/goat milk mix and the oil/butter mix to get to 100 degrees F.  Some folks add a smidgeon of goat milk at trace, and still call the end product goat milk soap.  We are blessed with dairy goats that keep us in goat milk a plenty.  I've used all goat milk in place of water, and find the end product very rich, and need to use more essential oil to balance out the scent.  So after trial & error I opt for close to 1/2 filtered water and 1/2 goat milk.  I go ahead and mix the goat milk & water together & then add lye.  It reacts immediately - starts saponifying the goat milk fat.  I just keep stirring and don't worry about it.  If this bothers you, wait 'til after the lye/water mix and the oils are blended well, then add the goat milk.  

I add the Pure Essential Oils at trace.

I let the soap goo insulate in molds for 2 to 3 days.  Then I  remove, cut & lay out to cure.  After 2 weeks I label.  Should be ready to use 3 weeks from original date of manufacture.  I label each bar, listing all ingredients & date of manufacture, weigh, wrap & then ship or hand deliver.

Exodus 3:8a  And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey;

Proverbs 27:27  And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.