Sometimes I like to play Cleopatra in my bathtub…did you know that a little goat milk on your skin will make it smooth like silk? It is easier than you would think to make your own goat milk soap; you will find below my top 3 goat milk soap recipes, I hope you enjoy them!
You know something’s got to be really good when a legendry beauty queen of yore literally used to bathe in it. Yes, the queen of Egypt really was onto something when she took baths in goat milk “to preserve her beauty and youth”.
While, of course, we can’t afford to be so excessive in our indulgences (read: bathtubs of goat milk are out of budget), we can still benefit from the wondrous properties goat milk has to offer. An easy way to do that would be by using goat milk soap.
So, what exactly is the science behind goat milk that makes it so amazing? Goat milk is full of alpha-hydroxy and caprylic acids as well as natural emollients, vitamins, and triglycerides. All of these work together to soothe, clean and moisturize skin down to its deepest layers. With the boatload of benefits that it offers, goat milk soap is a cheap and all-natural alternative to the far more expensive and abrasive skincare products in the market.
Goat’s milk contains natural emollients, vitamins, and triglycerides, as well as capric-caprylic triglyceride which calms, moisturizes and rejuvenates sensitive, dry, and combination skin.
Making your own goat milk soap is a piece of cake and costs only a fraction of what it would if you bought it from the store. For your convenience, we’ve listed three ways you could go about making your very own goat milk soap bars. Happy reading!
I’ve made soap before from scratch but I am not a big fan of the lye toxic fumes, so if your nose is like mine, a “little drama queen”, I’ve got an easy solution for you to make soap so read on!
All you need to do is buy an organic goat milk soap melt and pour base on amazon for example. Just make sure to read the ingredients so they are indeed natural and organic.
Then all you need to do is melt and pour the soap base, add natural colorant if desired, a little extra moisturizer if desired and then pour the mixture into the silicone containers!
It’s super fun to play with spices like cinnamon to create colors. You can also add some loofah, orange peel, sugar, Himalayan salts or grounded coffee to exfoliate….The possibilities are endless!
You can avoid the hassle that comes from making your own lye solution by buying organic goat milk soap melt and pour base from Amazon. This base has been made from distilled and deodorized glycerin, organic coconut oil and goat’s milk. What makes this recipe amazing are the carrier oils (organic jojoba or almond oil), Himalayan salts, frankincense oil and sweet orange extract that make this mixture a power-house!
Himalayan salts boost hydration and exfoliate the skin while the carrier oils soothe the skin. If you have dry skin that flakes, frankincense oil will be an added charm! Sweet orange extract floods the skin with Vitamin C, which helps in clearing the complexion – making it an all-rounder recipe for all your skin concerns.
Amanda from Lovingsoap.com kindly agreed to share her goat’s milk soap recipe using fresh goat milk. Thank you Amanda and shootout to your nonprofit organization http://www.lovinsoapproject.org. The Lovin’ Soap Project works to improve the lives of women through education and artisan soap making! What a beautiful idea!
Amanda shares with us a great trick: to use frozen goat milk so the lye solution does not overheat the milk. Overheating milk will turn it dark and she says : ” When the soap in the mold overheats you can get all kinds of issues including mushrooming, separation, cracking or other issues. ”
If you are vegan, you could use coconut or almond milk instead.
For this recipe, it’s recommended that you use frozen milk instead of liquid. The reason being that with liquid milk, when you add the hot lye solution, there’s a chance you’ll end up overheating the milk.
To avoid this, it’s safer to use frozen milk instead. This incredible recipe contains all the powerful oils including coconut, avocado, castor, olive, rice bran, sweet almond, along with shea butter for added hydration.
Coconut, olive and avocado oils consist of fatty acids that boost hydration and protect the skin from external factors such as harmful bacteria. Rice bran oil, on the other hand, reduces pigmentation and evens out the skin tone.
Castor oil has anti-aging properties and sweet almond oil prevents UV damage.
Shea butter helps promote healing and prevents itchy, dry, flaky skin – perfect for all my dry skin girls out there!
Fresh Goat Milk Soap Recipe:
Get to work and see the full recipe here!
James from Little Seed Farm is sharing this awesome oat goat milk soap recipe with us, what a delight for dry skin in the winter! Did you know that oats were used by the Egyptians and Arabs to beautify their skins?
Oats contains polysaccharides that will help fight dull and flaky skin! It is also a great moisturizer and has wonderful anti-inflammatory properties to relieve skin itchiness.
You will need to scale for this goat milk soap recipe and actually for soap making you should really get in a kitchen scale (this one is only $12!) as this can prevent you from bad soap making batches!
It contains coconut and olive oil along with some powdered oats. Oats contain a high amount of skin-boosting antioxidants that promote healing and increase hydration. Coconut and olive oils both contain potent fatty acids that heal the skin from within and boost its texture.
Word of caution when making goat milk soap recipe soap from scratch from James: ***Wear safety goggles, dish gloves, long sleeved shirt, jeans, socks and shoes while making soap to protect your skin from eventual splashes of the lye solution. Keep a bottle of white vinegar and a paper towel to apply it within case some of the lye solutions splashes on you (the acid from the vinegar helps neutralize the alkaline lye).***
To be honest Amanda and James really inspired me to get the courage to try to making soap from scratch again. I think I will try to make a batch of their wonderful goat milk soap recipe this summer when I can do this outside on the balcony…
Recent studies have given scientific backing to the age old claim that goat milk can be used for skin lightening. If used over time, it provides significant skin brightening effects, while moisturizing, exfoliating and rejuvenating the skin. So if you’re looking for a skin brightening solution that comes without the added damage of harsh chemicals, goat milk soap might be your safest bet.
If you or a loved one are suffering from eczema, you’ll be happy to know that goat milk soup just might be the solution to your skin woes. Goat milk has healing properties for skin conditions like eczema, rosacea, psoriasis and general skin irritation and helps strengthen the skin barrier. You’ll find thousands of testimonials from relieved individuals on the internet about how goat’s milk soap helped alleviate their symptoms and provided some measure of relief, even when no other remedy seemed to work.
Goat milk is best only when it is organic. When human-made compounds are added into the milk, it loses its efficacy. That is why, in order to reap all its benefits, it is important to find and use pure organic goat milk for all the skin products and recipes. You can find organic goat milk on Amazon – the one I recommend is the New Zealand Full Cream Goat Milk Powder, which is 100% natural. It is completely antibiotic, hormone and GMO free, which is why I use it for all my goat milk soap recipes!
Here’s a cost breakdown for you to see exactly how cheap it is to make your own goat milk soap at home:
Using oils and canned goat’s milk from Wal-Mart and lye from Amazon, a batch typically costs:
Total Ingredients for 1 Batch = $10.46
7 Giftable Bars Cost $1.49 each
Directly put, goat milk soap doesn’t have antibacterial properties. This means that it doesn’t actively kill the germs on your hands. But then, most soaps don’t. Like any other regular soap, goat milk soap simply allows the water to remove the germs from your hands and send them down the drain.
But for those of you, who’s too busy to whip out your own batch of soaps, fret not, for there are amazing brands out there as well. A personal favorite is this one. It comes with no fragrance and is made with fresh and 100% natural Canadian Goat milk. Have a nice soap making journey, y’all!
And that’s a wrap! You can make a huge batch of soaps out of only a few ingredients, making it the perfect DIY gift for your friends and family.
Happy soap making!
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Could I add shea butter to the melt and pour base receipe to give it more moisture.
Hi. I am using melt and pour goat base. I want to use castor oil and coconut oil. Do you have a recipe for it.
Thank u
Not at the moment but I will put this on my list :-)
WOW ! looks really delicious !! very nice Recipe, Thanks for sharing
Hi. This will probably be my first cold process adventure. Yayy! Can some other oils be substituted for castor oil and rice bran oil? I am wondering what properties these have that you chose them.
Thanks!
Not sure if you ever received a response to this, but I was just offered some fresh goats milk today and an going to try this recipe. I don't have rice bran oil either, but I looked into it and you can substitute olive oil.
do you have a recipe for soft or liquid goat milk soap. i make the bars but my daughter wants some liquid soap. but all the videos i have found uses the graded soap in the hot water and that doesn't work. please if you have one it would help alot. she love the soap for her face for her breakouts. thank you
I personally have not make liquid soap, but a coworker of mine--who makes homemade bar soaps-- told me that if you want to make liquid soap, you must use POTASSIUM hydroxide for liquid soap recipes. Bar soaps use SODIUM hydroxide. That explains the difference in the final texture--bar vs liquid. Hope that helps. Sorry, I don't know where to purchase that, but she purchases off of websites that sell soap-making materials.
I have one block of goats milk and one block of glycerin,can I mix and pour together in a loaf? Have no idea I am very new bought from Amazon and want also to use a sage color and light pink,I haven't bought coloring since there's clay and little bottle colors I don't want bleeding, I would like something natural,not using lye and wonder about herb colors dont know how to get pink? I would like to give to many homeless as well as hoping to find out how to raise funds for a family member Large amount then go on to help others with late Lyme's disease,hopefully,with Gods help I will be able to help others. I am looking for dried rose buds to put one in for the homeless as well. Thank you for any suggestions,Thank you for your time ,may God richly bless you with all your help Amanda! Sis
I know you asked these questions a while ago but I didn't see any response so I thought I would give you some suggestions. As far as mixing the 2 types of soap, I don't know but you could layer them, that would look really nice. For natural colors, you could use a little beet juice to get pink (or more if you want red) and spinach juice for the green. If you grate a little bit of a beet on the fine side of a grater, you can squeeze enough juice for coloring the soap. I would use a small piece of cheese cloth to squeeze the juice. Same idea with the spinach, chop some up and squeeze some juice out or put a cup or so into your blender or food processor and grind it up and strain or squeeze out the juice. I hope this helps!
awesome recipes. i am new and used the mp recipe i added. swt alm and jojoba oils used cherry alm eo. first time making it and i sold out! my next batch will be oatmeal. i am planning to geind it up very fine and top with whole oats.I am also planning on adding pumpkin seeds to the first batch i made. complete with warnings. caN i use clay in goats milk mp soap?
I was thinking to try the first one, using the melt and pour base. Is it safe to use on babies? or shall it be maybe without the essential oil? thanks
for babies, I would not use essential oils.
Hi, newbie here.
With the oat goat milk soap (using lye and fresh goat milk), can I add honey to it? If so, how much?
Thank you very much!
Can I add Raw goats milk to she butter soap base? If so, how much?
Want for my grandsons eczema. He's so little and his body is covered in rashes, I'd like to get him some relief from all the itching and clear it up..
Thank you, God Bless!