Goat's Milk & Honey Castile Handmade Soap

GOAT'S MILK AND HONEY CASTILE PROJECT

100% olive oil soap is pure indulgence. It is known to be the gentlest and most nourishing of soaps. Adding goat's milk and houney adds a warm colour and scent to the soap.
The inclusion of the milk and honey helps boost bubble and lather and cut out on the slimmy feel associated with pure castile soap. On the other hand, these two ingredients impart great skin-conditioning goodness to the soap. Goat's milk is known to have alpha-hydroxy acids such as lactic acids, which help to gently exfoliate dead skin cells. It is also high in vitamins A, B and B6 which help protect skin. Honey acts as a humectant which helps skin retain moisure and reduce dryness, and it gives a lovely sweet, warm scent to the soap.

900G Olive oil
115G Sodium Hydroxide
205 G Goat's milk (or substitute with de-ionised water)
1TBS honey

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PROJECT COST: R275 for the basic ingredients exc honey and goat's milk.

TOOLS AND SUPPLIES

INGREDIENTS

900G Olive oil
115G Sodium hydroxide - flakes or pearls
205G Goat's milk
1TSP Honey

TOOLS

Digital scale
Stick blender
Spatulasl
Various containers for weighing and mixing

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS

1Prepare the milk a day before or a few hours ahead of time by freezing the amount needed in an ice tube tray. When ready to soap, thaw the milk at room temperature until it's slush consistency.

2WEIGH YOUR INGREDIENTS
Prepare your supplies and equipment and weigh your ingredients in separate containers. Warm a small amount of the olive oil and mix the honey into this portion. Warmed honey solubises better in soap and gives a smoother looking soap.

3PREPARE THE LYE SOLUTION
As soon as you milk in thawed to the right consistency, add your sodium hydroxide in it – but do it in small amounts – like a teaspoon at a time. This is to prevent the milk from burning. So, add a bit in your milk, stir until it is dissolved and add a bit more until all there is no more sodium hydroxide left to dissolve. Your lye mixture will have a bit or more of a tan colour.

4PREPARE THE HONEY
Warm a small amount of the olive oil and mix the honey into this portion. Add the warmed honey and oil mix into the rest of the olive oil. Stick blend until it looks homoginised. Honey is water soluble so it will want to separate. Don't worry about it, it will blend once you start soaping.

5BLEND TO MAKE SOAP
Pour your lye solution into the oil and stickblend until you reach trace. 100% olive oil soap takes longer to reach trace that other oil mixes. Give your stickblender a rest inbetween, so the motor doesnt' overheat, if need be.

6POUR AND INCUBATE THE SOAP
Once trace is reached pour the batter into prepared or silicone moulds. Decorate or texturised the soap if needed. Cover the mould and incubate the soap for 24 hour or until firm enough to cut.

7CUT AND CURE
Cut your soap into bars and leave to cure in a humid-free environment for at least 6 months. Olive oil soap take longer to cure that other formulas. Enjoy and please share your creations with us.