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I've added the aloe vera juice to the trimmings instead of water with wonderful results.

djk17, sorry for the slow response. I used just the infused oil, purist that I am... I've done some again this spring, but we had a "crop failure" in the lilacs (early spring weather, multiple frosts) that made me shorten my infusion time. I'll know in the fall if it was enough... I never...

I like using it in rebatches (hand milling if you want to be fancy); its skin soothing qualities stay intact when it doesn't have to go through the saponification process.

Hi, I'm Marijane from Michigan. I've been making goat milk soaps for the past year, lurking here the whole way. Not that I have it all figured out (milk soaps being tricky as they are), but maybe I can help someone, as I've been helped by just observing here.

I tried a method I saw somewhere (?). Used olive oil, tried cedar greens, scented daffodils, lily of the valley and lilacs (separate batches). Scrunched up plant parts (leaves or flowers), covered with OO in quart or half gallon jar, lidded. Set in warm place (shelf above woodstove, then in...