Make Natural Goats Milk Soap At Home
by Lisa Butler
If you have sensitive or problem skin, buying soap can be a nightmare. Most of the soaps available in the stores contain an array of harsh chemicals that can wreak havoc on your skin. An easy solution is to make <a href="http://mountainworks.ca">natural goats milk soap</a> at home, in the comfort of your own kitchen.
You will find different recipes and many of these are available online. The best ones use nothing more than fresh or powdered goats milk, some oils and lye. For the oils, choose some that will nourish and moisturize your skin. These include olive oil, coconut oil, almond oil, castor oil, rice bran oil and cocoa or shea butter. If you want to make a scented soap, you can also add a blend of essential oils, such as tea tree, lavender, ylang ylang, rose or orange. Most essential oils also have properties that are therapeutic.
First put on some thick rubber gloves. This is to protect your hands when working with lye, which can cause serious burns if it comes into contact with your skin. Then carefully sprinkle a little lye over the milk before mixing it in. Repeat this until all the lye is mixed in. The alkali in the lye will react with the milk fat in a process known as saponification. Keep the mixing bowl over ice to keep it cool.
When your lye mixture is ready, it's time to blend the oils. Some oils, such as coconut oil, and butters are solid at room temperature so you will need to melt them first. You can do this by placing them in the sun for a while or by gently heating them on the stove. Then add the liquid oils.
Return to the lye mixture and stir or whisk it until it is smooth and free of lumps. Then slowly add the oil mixture and stir. When it emulsifies, the two mixtures will stay mixed and will not separate. This is what soap makers talk about when they say that the mixture has reached trace.
When your soap has reached trace, you can pour it into molds. There are many different shapes available, including loaf shapes and spheres that you can buy from craft stores. Use molds that have been cooled in the fridge so that the soap won't heat up. Smaller molds are better for keeping the soap mixture cool.
For the next 24 hours, let the molded mixture set. Then remove the solid shapes and if they are too big, slice them into the size you want. They now need to cure for a minimum of four weeks, after which you can wrap them in the paper of your choice or simply tie colorful ribbons around them.
Homemade goats milk soap has several benefits. Because it doesn't have any harmful chemicals in it, it will be gentle and moisturizing rather than drying. In fact, it's great for treating redness, itchiness, eczema and acne. Because it lathers into a creamy foam, it makes a great shaving soap too. Best of all is that it makes unique, special gifts.
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Title: Make Natural Goats Milk Soap At Home
Author: Lisa Butler
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Keywords: natural goats milk soap
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Category: Alternative Medicine
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