Showing posts with label goat milk soap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goat milk soap. Show all posts
The holidays are one of my favorite times of year. I especially love the scents of all the holiday baking!
Gingersnap Goat milk soap captures the essence of Christmas cookies baking in the oven. The warm fragrance of ginger, sweet orange, cinnamon, and clove essential oils will bring to mind the wonderful memories associated with the holidays. This goat milk soap is made with organic olive, coconut, and palm oils, with ground cinnamon adding a little texture and color.
It is available in both a 1 oz guest size soap (bee), and 4 oz regular size bars (in several assorted designs). Purchase it here through my shop on Etsy.
Over the last few years, I have learned some tricks to make soap making a little easier when it comes to adding goat milk to soap. When I first started out, everything I read said to pasteurize and freeze the milk, which I faithfully did. However, after a while I decided to skip the time consuming pasteurization process (I use fresh goat's milk from our own animals). I noticed no ill effects (no loss of milk stabilization) to the soap making process, so have continued to use frozen raw milk since that time.
The other point of frustration was getting frozen milk out of containers, and keeping it at the correct temperature when adding the lye to it (~80 degrees). Usually I had to wait for my 3 lbs of milk to mostly thaw. Then I had to prepare an ice bath to place the pot in to keep the milk from getting too hot (something you most definitely want to avoid!) Things got worse when our ice maker broke, and I had to plan ahead to have enough ice from trays for my ice tray.
One day I discovered a new process: measuring out the exact amount of milk ahead of time and freezing the milk in ice cube trays. With this method, the milk can be added to the soap pot when it is frozen. Because the milk is so much colder, the ice bath can usually be eliminated altogether, and the lye can be added to the milk a little faster, cutting down on the soap making time. This is the best method for adding milk to soap that I have found!
It is good to have a small amount of liquid milk in the bottom of the soap making pot - this helps the lye dissolve better when you first add it to the milk. A sufficient amount of melted milk can be obtained by putting the ice cube milk in its pot first before measuring out all the other ingredients. Also, you do not want to add too much lye at once, as this will burn the milk, neither do you want to add too little, as this will cause the lye to start to saponify with the milk before you have mixed it with the oils!
A few things to watch for:
Thick milk/lye - add lye a little faster
Thin milk/lye, white to yellow in color - good!
Thin milk/lye, orange in color - too hot, cool it down quickly, or it will be unusable!
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below. I would love to help you on your goat milk soap making venture!
The other point of frustration was getting frozen milk out of containers, and keeping it at the correct temperature when adding the lye to it (~80 degrees). Usually I had to wait for my 3 lbs of milk to mostly thaw. Then I had to prepare an ice bath to place the pot in to keep the milk from getting too hot (something you most definitely want to avoid!) Things got worse when our ice maker broke, and I had to plan ahead to have enough ice from trays for my ice tray.
One day I discovered a new process: measuring out the exact amount of milk ahead of time and freezing the milk in ice cube trays. With this method, the milk can be added to the soap pot when it is frozen. Because the milk is so much colder, the ice bath can usually be eliminated altogether, and the lye can be added to the milk a little faster, cutting down on the soap making time. This is the best method for adding milk to soap that I have found! It is good to have a small amount of liquid milk in the bottom of the soap making pot - this helps the lye dissolve better when you first add it to the milk. A sufficient amount of melted milk can be obtained by putting the ice cube milk in its pot first before measuring out all the other ingredients. Also, you do not want to add too much lye at once, as this will burn the milk, neither do you want to add too little, as this will cause the lye to start to saponify with the milk before you have mixed it with the oils! A few things to watch for:
Thick milk/lye - add lye a little faster
Thin milk/lye, white to yellow in color - good!
Thin milk/lye, orange in color - too hot, cool it down quickly, or it will be unusable!
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below. I would love to help you on your goat milk soap making venture!
This
year I have two new holiday soap scents available – Iced Cranberry and Holiday
Garland (Iced Cranberry is also available in lotion, while supplies last). Both of these are limited edition scents, so
get yours while they are still available!
Iced
Cranberry:
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| www.arpincranberry.com |
This goat milk soap made with olive oil, coconut
oil, and palm contains a fragrance oil that provides (in the fragrance
manufacturer’s words) “A fruity sensation consisting of a medley of succulent
fruits, delicate floral and a touch of camphor lingering throughout the
fragrance. Fresh floral top notes dance with citrus, vibrant cranberry, crisp
apple and lily of the valley. Mid notes of jasmine, rose, lavender, gardenia
and a whisper of camphor. Peach notes
reach into the violet and musk at the base of the fragrance.” This scent is very reminiscent of a holiday
cranberry fragrance carried in B&BW products a couple of years ago, and is
sure to be a hit with most ladies!
Holiday Garland
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| www.newdirectionsaromatics.com |
This
goat milk soap is made with olive oil, coconut oil, and red palm oil (the
yellowish color is imparted by the carotene and vitamin E in the red palm oil). The Holiday Garland fragrance oil provides a wonderful holiday aroma containing the scents of Siberian Fir needle blended with juicy fruit. It contains notes of cinnamon, clove, orange, pear, and evergreens to create it delightful holiday scent. This is perfect for those who like a little bit of fir fragrance, without it being too overpowering or irritating.
Peppermint
Peppermint is my personal holiday favorite. I love anything and everything peppermint!
Autumn
Spice
Another of my holiday favorites – read more about
it here. Limited quantities available.
Citrus
Burst
Did you ever find an orange in the toe of your
stocking on Christmas morning? I
did! How about giving someone their
citrus in the form of soap this year?
Read more about Citrus Burst here.
In addition to these holiday scents, I also have
several fragrancess available that are favorites throughout the year. These include Oatmeal N’ Honey, Rose Petals,
Lavender, and Lemongrass. And just
because they are not specifically a holiday scent doesn’t mean your loved ones
won’t love them! Feel free to browse
around and find the scent that is perfect for you!
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