Coconut milk makes a gentle cleansing soap that s rich in vitamin e mt 50 usa canada and moisturizing so if you have sensitive skin and if you re sensitive to scents this soap is a great choice.
Coconut milk soap homemade.
Sadly the coconut milk scent doesn t carry through but coconut milk is still a lovely thing to have in soap.
This lemongrass and coconut milk soap recipe is sized for my bramble berry 10 silicone soap mold.
The lauric acid of coconut milk also gives the bar a luxurious and fluffy lather.
This is also very easy.
If you have never worked with milk in soap before check out the how to add lye to.
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.
Heavy cream has a lot more fat than other milk upwards of 30 36 vs.
4 5 in goat s milk.
Lemongrass and coconut milk soap recipe.
I was a little inspired by thai food in this tutorial and chose to use lemongrass ginger and coconut milk as the main components.
When calculating a recipe with heavy cream it helps to keep in mind the fat content of the cream.
Using milk over water offers your soaps a creamier silkier texture that you just couldn t achieve without using fancier more expensive ingredients.
Coconut milk soap is the easiest to make and the creamiest of all the various milk soaps.
I ve lowered the amount of coconut oil and palm oil and added nutrient rich ingredients like shea butter coconut milk olive oil castor oil and calendula petals to make this a wonderful skin loving bar of soap.
Coconut milk powder replaces water in this recipe to give additional moisture.
Soap making renee benoit california i was going to make shea butter soap this week but then i realized i didn t have the castor oil additive so i changed plans and made 100 coconut oil soap.
You can resize it using a lye calculator for whichever mold works for you.
To do this simply measure out the coconut milk called for in the recipe in fluid ounces into a heat safe non aluminum container and freeze until a thin layer of ice forms on top.
So here s the lowdown.
If i calculated my recipe normally with a 5 lye discount and used the heavy.
Coconut milk powder is full of vitamins c e b1 b3 b5 and b6 along with potassium and folate.
Like my milk and egg sea salt shampoo bar recipe with ginger essential oil the coconut milk for my coconut milk soap recipe must be chilled prior to use.
Today we re going to talk about how to make soap with milk from scratch.
The recipe can be made using cow or goat s milk or a non dairy substitute such as coconut almond oat and rice milk.
Milk can make an amazing coconut oil soap.
If you would like to make this recipe palm free increase the shea butter to 25 and the olive oil to 45.