New soap maker FL

[Leah]

Soap making is my hobbie 5 months. Also a way to make extra money doing something i most enjoy..
I love to give the soap as gifts to my sisters and daughter..
They are my soap testers.... SO FAR NO COMPLAINTS..

Anyone have a soap recipe for Lavender goat milk 32 bars 6lbs. of oils.

How much lavender buds and EO

I have tried a few .. They turned a cream color.. Would like to get the brown tan color for goat milk soap..

Love reading all the great tips!!

Thanks,
Leah

 

[Soapmaker Man]

Hi Leah! Welcome to the forum. It's not so much a recipe you need as the technique to achieve the lightest coloured GM soap as possible! It took me a year to get a unique system down, but now I have it perfected. Lots of good info here, and I'll help as much as I can since I only make goat milk soaps!

Paul.... :wink:
A GM Soapier!
TOG Soapmaking Tools!

 

[Guest]

Nice to meet you.. I dont make goats milk soap, but I can make some CP SOAP! LOL

Welcome!

 

[Leah]

Nice to meet you.. I dont make goats milk soap, but I can make some CP SOAP! LOL

Welcome!

I make HP soap from scratch , I do buy my lye...
I like doing it the old fashioned way and watching the stages the mixture transforms into. I like to have it gel..
I make 32- 4oz. bars at a time.
Just finished making a batch of goat milk, Lavender EO with Lavender tops.

I remember seeing My mom and grandmother making soap back in the 70's .

Happy soaping!!!

Leah

 

[Soapmaker Man]

I used to use lavender buds, still have about 3 ounces in a bag. I think they kinda look like mouse turds. I quit using them when a young girl at a show screamed; "Look mommy, there must have been a mousie on that soap last night, lookie at those turds! Ewwww!!" Nope, no more "mouse turds" in my lavender soap!

Paul...
A "mouse free turd" Soapier

 

[Leah]

I used to use lavender buds, still have about 3 ounces in a bag. I think they kinda look like mouse turds. I quit using them when a young girl at a show screamed; "Look mommy, there must have been a mousie on that soap last night, lookie at those turds! Ewwww!!" Nope, no more "mouse turds" in my lavender soap!

Paul...
A "mouse free turd" Soapier

I don't know about that .. Most grown women do enjoy using the lavender soap with the tops.. Children don't know what they are missing...

To each his own..

 

[Soapmaker Man]

What I've been doing is to powder the buds and add to my batter softened in a bit of goat milk. You still get all the benefits of the buds and no "turd" looks from innocent children. I just thought it was funny was all! Didn't mean to offend! :?

Paul... :wink:

 

[Leah]

What I've been doing is to powder the buds and add to my batter softened in a bit of goat milk. You still get all the benefits of the buds and no "turd" looks from innocent children. I just thought it was funny was all! Didn't mean to offend! :?

Paul... :wink:

Oh no, thanks so much for the tips.. I will powder my buds next time..

I bet it was funny!!

Do you also use the EO when you do the lavender bud powder?
Leah

 

[Leah]

What I've been doing is to powder the buds and add to my batter softened in a bit of goat milk. You still get all the benefits of the buds and no "turd" looks from innocent children. I just thought it was funny was all! Didn't mean to offend! :?

Paul... :wink:

It would be nice if the buds opened when added at trace.. lol

 

[dragonfly princess]

Ok Paul I am gonna leave the "mousie turds" alone. But just this once

 

[Soapmaker Man]

What I've been doing is to powder the buds and add to my batter softened in a bit of goat milk. You still get all the benefits of the buds and no "turd" looks from innocent children. I just thought it was funny was all! Didn't mean to offend! :?

Paul... :wink:

Oh no, thanks so much for the tips.. I will powder my buds next time..

I bet it was funny!!

Do you also use the EO when you do the lavender bud powder?

Leah

Yes I do at .6 Oz. PPO. I use the Lavender 40/42 EO.

Paul.... :wink:

 

[soapbuddy]

Welcome!

Irena

 

[Leah]

Welcome!

Irena

Thank you Irena,

Do you have a specialty soap that you make??

Paul is the goat milk and lavender soap KING!!! LOL

 

[soapbuddy]

Welcome!

Irena

Thank you Irena,

Do you have a specialty soap that you make??

I make whatever my customers want. That's my specialty.

Irena

 

[Soapmaker Man]

You know Leah, we just this spring moved from Kissimmee, FL back to Missouri. We spend 4 years in Kissimmee. We got "homesick" for MO and had to return to our roots, and my father died about 1-1/2 years ago and I promised my mom to come home. We love it here in SW MO.
One great big benefit----Farm Fresh Goat Milk to make my soap with. You just cant beat fresh from the udder goat milk! 8)

Paul.... :wink:

 

[Tabitha]

Drag,

If you are leaving the "mousie turds" alone this time, what do you normally do with them :shock: ?

 

[paupau]

Heya Leah,
Another Floridian here, West Palm Area

 

[Guest]

Drag,

If you are leaving the "mousie turds" alone this time, what do you normally do with them :shock: ?

LMAO!

 

[Soapmaker Man]

Let me send you a bar of my "Lavender Fields" soap, and you can see! LOL I do grind them in a coffee mill until powdered then add goat milk to it and make a thin paste. I let set for a few hours to moisten up then add to my batter! Powdered and soaked, they don't get scratchy!


Paul.... :wink:

 

[Leah]

Heya Leah,
Another Floridian here, West Palm Area

I live 30 miles west of Ocala and Gainsville..

Do you have a web page??