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Post by smackey0112 on Mar 17, 2008 21:07:28 GMT -5
I am going to be making some Natural Goats Milk Soap and was wondering if anyone was interested in any?
I don't have any prepared yet but I will be making it very soon.
Here are some scents that I will be starting off with:
Oatmeal Milk & Honey Moroccan Mint Island Coconut Honeysuckle Almond Biscotti Victorian Rose Jasmine Lavender Green Tea Cocoa Butter
and any mixture thereof.
I DO know that they will be 4oz. bars and I'll be charging $4.00 per bar. Since I am just starting.. I am trying to get an idea of who is interested.
I would really like to make soaps, candles, lotions, scrubs, other bath products and sell them in my free time at fairs and farmers markets and such, so if any of you are interested that would be great. Once I get a few soaps down, I'll be expanding to more of a variety; including but not limited to Aloe Soap, Honey Soap, Olive Oil Soap, Shea Soap, etc. So please keep your eye out for those.
Once I get some soap done and have a few bars under my belt I'll post pictures of exactly what I have.
Let me know if you're definitely interested in any and I'd be happy to make that scent first!
Thank you so much, Stephanie
P/S: I may also have a few sales to start off with, ;D, just to get my soap out there.
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Post by guest on Mar 17, 2008 21:47:07 GMT -5
Where are you getting the goats milk from? Be careful and don't use frozen milk. I've been told that fresh milk is best to use for making soaps with. True or not, I don't know, but that's what I was told. And watch the lye with the pups around, keep it locked up tight.
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Post by smackey0112 on Mar 17, 2008 22:25:45 GMT -5
Yes, fresh cold milk is the best! ;D And yes.. no soap material around the pups!!
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Post by tracey on Mar 19, 2008 19:00:08 GMT -5
Actually, frozen is fine, and I'd recommend before adding lye to it that you do, indeed, bring it at least to the slushy stage if not completely frozen. Lye heats water to 180 degrees quite rapidly and will scald your milk before you can dissolve it if the milk isn't frozen.
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Post by smackey0112 on Mar 19, 2008 20:29:14 GMT -5
Oh... i knew lye heated water quite rapidly but I didn't think about the fact that it would scald the milk.. thanks!
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Post by guest on Mar 19, 2008 20:41:20 GMT -5
The problem with freezing goats milk is that it totally seperates while freezing. So, it's no longer milk. After it is completely thawed, you can mix it back together but you'll still get little clumps of whey in it. So, I was told that when using it to make soap, use fresh not frozen. So, Stephanie, do it both ways and let me know which worked best.
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Post by smackey0112 on Mar 19, 2008 22:20:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I'll have to try it out. I, too, have heard that it doesn't work well when you freeze it, but we'll have to see.. may if I just get it SUPER cold, but not freezing.. we'll see.
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