This lemongrass and coconut milk soap recipe is sized for my bramble berry 10 silicone soap mold.
Coconut milk powder soap recipe.
Heavy cream has a lot more fat than other milk upwards of 30 36 vs.
For the past two weeks the blog has been full of soapy projects made with milk and milk powders.
The lauric acid of coconut milk also gives the bar a luxurious and fluffy lather.
Plus sometimes coconut milk is easier to come by since it comes in a can especially for people who do not have ready access to goats or other.
Lemongrass and coconut milk soap recipe.
Then a third option is to reserve about 1 oz of the water from a recipe using the rest of the water to make the lye solution.
Milk can replace up to 100 of the water in your cold process recipe.
Coconut milk powder is full of vitamins c e b1 b3 b5 and b6 along with potassium and folate.
Coconut milk soap is the easiest to make and the creamiest of all the various milk soaps.
When calculating a recipe with heavy cream it helps to keep in mind the fat content of the cream.
Another alternative is to reconstitute the powdered milk so it s a liquid milk freeze it and proceed with the recipe as normal using the frozen milk to make your lye solution.
Great substitutions for coconut milk are cow s or goat s milk goat s milk in particular gives your soap an even creamier consistency.
You can resize it using a lye calculator for whichever mold works for you.
Coconut milk powder replaces water in this recipe to give additional moisture.
4 5 in goat s milk.
P coconut milk powder is the perfect addition to handmade soap and facial masks.
But basically any milk is worth experimenting with.
The procedure for making this easy coconut milk soap recipe is pretty much the same as it for making any cold process soap the difference is in the ingredients.
Soap making with milk is popular because of milk s natural moisturizing properties.
Sadly the coconut milk scent doesn t carry through but coconut milk is still a lovely thing to have in soap.
I was a little inspired by thai food in this tutorial and chose to use lemongrass ginger and coconut milk as the main components.
It keeps the skin and hair hydrated.
It s also packed with nutrients like potassium folate and vitamins c e and b br p.
The fat in the goat s milk doesn t throw the superfat off by very much but the heavy cream can.
I can imagine the high fat content of camel s milk being heavenly in a soap although it is expensive and more difficult to get hold of.