Milk soap recipe

[Psalm 23]

Hi,
I would really like to make a batch of milk soap with just coconut, palm, olive and castor oil. I haven't been able to find any recipes for this, and I don't feel like I know enough to make up my own. I would really appreciate some help to figure out what are the best percentages to use of each oil!
P.S.
Is it ok to use milk in the place of water in recipes...or will that totally mess things up?
Thank you!

 

[Absinthe]

That is exactly what you do.

Someone more experienced than I will explain how not to burn your milk by freezing it first, either hit the search button, and try it, or wait and I am sure the explanation will come eventually.

 

[dagmar88]

Hey psalm,
You should really learn to make your own recipes at soapcalc.com; not only is it fun and addicting, you'll also get a lot more understanding.

A basic and good recipe would be 25% coconut, 20% palm, 50% olive and 5% castor. I'm sure you know enough to figure out your own weights, water and lye.

As sad, I freeze the milk (tried ordinary cowsmilk, buttermilk and goatsmilk) and add the lye to it. Won't heat up as much that way.

good luck!

 

[Psalm 23]

Thanks! I have made some soap already...I have made some with lard and some with Crisco and some with just olive and coconut. I just really wanted to put palm and castor oil in a recipe too though. I am working on finding the BEST recipe I can get. I have heard that milk soap can tend to be soft, so I wanted somthing in it to make it harder. Yes, I freeze the milk and I used a cold water bath the third time.
Thanks for the tip on soapcalc. That looks really helpful!
One mroe question
Is there a temp. that is too low for the lye and milk mixture to be? I had it down to like 65 once and I didn't know if that was safe.

 

[dagmar88]

I soap at room temp, 21C. Won't be any problem.

 

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[Psalm 23]

Ahhhh. What a releif! Glad the temp, thing is ok So does anyone know if is it ok to use milk in the place of water in a recipe?

 

[Absinthe]

Yes. That is how you do it. You find a recipe you like then instead of using water, you use milk.

 

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[Psalm 23]

Oh awesome! Thanks so much!

 

[Bubbles Galore]

Going back to basics the other day, I made an Olive, Coconut, Palm Oil bar and it's lovely. I used equal parts of all of those.

Try 35% Olive, 30% Coconut, 30% Palm, 5% Castor, Pure Goat's Milk (no water). Use a 10% lye discount (superfat) and I think you will be happy with it.

PS: I love Anna and the goats. :wink:

 

[Psalm 23]

Thanks Bubbles!
Glad you like the animals...ya, Anna is a very spoiled dog She doesn't exactly live up to her 'Working dog" breed. She is an Australian Shepherd who doesn't heard any sheep The sheep are mine and the goats are my sisters'. We have a lot of fun with them. Maybelle can shake hands (well actually hooves like a dog I let her out of the pasture all the time and she follows me around like a dog! Sheep are SMART! Danny is my favorite dog though...he is just a big, (slobbery,) sweet, overly friendly guy

 

[Fairydittle]

I use canned goat milk. If the recipe calls for 12 oz of water I half the water and milk, 6oz water and 6 oz of GM. I mix the 6 oz of water with the lye and mix the GM at trace. This way you do not need to worry about burning the milk. My soap always turns out great. This website is a great place to learn how to make soap. Try the search key at the top of the forum and type in what you want to search. Always read, read and read you will be surprised how much you can learn and not only that you will have more knowledge about the product that you are making.

My sister-in-law ask if I keep recipes of the soaps that I make, I told her that I do, she said that she would like copies of them to make her soap. That is easier said than done. She could make the soap, but would she know what properties that each of the oils lends to the skin and which ones will make a harder or softer bar, etc......... I have spent hours and hours reading about how to make soap even before I even tried it.

 

[whisks]

fairydiddle, i'd tell her that it's a good idea for her to read up about it herself because so many precautions need to be taken and she really needs to be aware - if anything happens because of the lye or whatever, she might blame you, and you don't want that. she really needs to do her own legwork to start with.