Breast Milk Soap

[fattypiggy]

I find quite limited breast milk soap recipe online...

1) Want to know if i can use a goat's milk soap recipe
and replace the goat milk with breast milk? Like this sample recipe: http://www.soap-making-resource.com/goats-milk-soap-recipe.html

2) do i need to boil/pasteurise the milk before soaping?

3) do i add a lye solution(lye already dissolved in water)
to bm or should i use 100% bm to replace the water. Which is better.

Thanks!

 

[tryanything]

Well I haven't done this yet but I intend to treat it as a regular milk soap. I plan on using 100% olive oil/100% BM. I'm not going to do anything special with the milk, the lye and temp should take care of any nasties. I'm also planning on using 100% BM (It's in the freezer now. Just need to not be exhausted and have the children asleep to make it!).

 

[MoonBath]

There's a huge (over 200-reply) thread, still current, with this exact same title which may have the answers you want: http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=6832&highlight=breast+milk+soap

 

[MoonBath]

Also, I've found this helpful in finding already-existing topics with the answers I need rather than posting my question and having to wait for replies.

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=34885

 

[judymoody]

Well I haven't done this yet but I intend to treat it as a regular milk soap. I plan on using 100% olive oil/100% BM. I'm not going to do anything special with the milk, the lye and temp should take care of any nasties. I'm also planning on using 100% BM (It's in the freezer now. Just need to not be exhausted and have the children asleep to make it!).

You can use any recipe you like. Just replace the water with milk.

Have you tried 100% OO soap before? It takes forever to cure and to my mind, feels slimy. If it were my precious breast milk, I'd use a more balanced recipe. However if you're a Castille fan, soap and enjoy!

 

[tryanything]

You can use any recipe you like. Just replace the water with milk.

Have you tried 100% OO soap before? It takes forever to cure and to my mind, feels slimy. If it were my precious breast milk, I'd use a more balanced recipe. However if you're a Castille fan, soap and enjoy!

Thanks! Yes, I have made 100% OO soaps before. I currently use a 100% OO/100% buttermilk soap on my daughters (not the baby obviously). I let them cure for a good year before I use them. I have a pretty purple and delicately scented one I made for them since my oldest is getting old enough to start introducing colors and fragrances (I think). It's been sitting for 8 months now but I still have a few bars of the plain, unscented ones to use first.

I'm rethinking this though if the point of using the BM is to have the "benefits" of the boob juice, why wait a year? I'll have to think about it.

 

[loopyloop]

There's a huge (over 200-reply) thread, still current, with this exact same title which may have the answers you want: http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=6832&highlight=breast+milk+soap

This!!

 

[fattypiggy]

Thank u all!