Subbing coconut milk powder for goat milk powder

[TessC]

I'm thinking about making a really simple bath soak recipe that I've been using and giving it to one of my friends as part of her Christmas gift. It's just powdered milk, salt, and a bit of FO, nothing fancy but it smells nice and would be super-easy to make up, dump into some bath salt tubes, put a pretty label on them, and drop it in her basket.

I've been using powdered goat milk (which is what the original site I found it on recommended anyway) since I have it on hand, but she's vegan, so that's obviously a no-go. Would an equal amount of coconut milk powder work just as well, or would I need more or less of it than the goat milk? Also, none of the sites say anything about a preservative and I *think* that'll be okay since it's going into individual salt tubes and won't have bath water dripped or dribbled into a big jar of it, but I wanted to make sure that's okay since it does have a food-ish substance in it. I can order a preservative at the same time I order the tubes if needed.

TIA for the help!

 

[topcat]

Tess I usually use buttermilk powder in my recipe - but I think a straight substitute would work fine. Perhaps do a very small (1 bath tub amout) test?

Tanya

 

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[Deb]

I'd love it. And com eto think of it, i have coconut powder.

 

[Krickett]

Tess where do you get your individual salt tubes? And how much is needed for an individual bath? Thanks

Krickett

 

[LotusFlowerSoap]

WSP has them. They're cheap and hold quite a bit - 5 oz of bath salts, but obviously less (by weight) of a milk bath type of product. They look really nice when they're filled, and the top is shrink wrapped, which is a must b/c they lids can pop off if they get rubbed. I tie a cardstock label around them with a ribbon that coordinates with my lable, or a piece of raffia.