I’m into adding to my goat milk soap collection and am just about ready to debut my latest which is scented with an essential oil blend of Lavender, Patchouli, Pettigrain, Orange and Spearmint. Not sure yet what I’m going to end up calling it. It smells pretty terrific and I’m pleased. The only change I’ll make next go around is to deepen the color. The swirls kinda disappear and don’t come out as deep as I had wanted but the scent makes up for it.

Making goat milk soap can be tricky for a number of reasons. The main rule of thumb is to freeze the milk before pouring your lye into it. I freeze my goat milk in gallon freezer bags and then use a mallet to smash the milk up before pouring the lye into it. Otherwise, the milk overheats, turns bright orange, curdles and stinks to high heaven. Trust me, I learned this the hard way! You also want to soap cool. By cool I mean 80 degrees and no insulation. Milk soaps heat up so soaping cool will keep them a nice creamy color.

Look for this new goat milk soap in a couple of weeks. It is still on the drying rack!

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