Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Goat's milk soap

This was my first attempt at replacing some of my olive oil with soybean oil. I did not plan to do this but once I started weighing out my oils I saw that I only had about half the amount of olive oil I needed. So I went back to my soapmaker program and reformulated to add soybean oil. This was also a larger batch practice...instead of my normal 4lb batch I did 8lb. I may be getting a wholesale customer that will require me to work more efficiently if I am to keep up with her demands. This soap looks nice, but I did not incorporate the GM powder as well as I should have and now I have little chunks of GM powder in the soap. I think it actually looks cool, but I am not sure if I should sell this batch. I will have to try it out and see if the powder feels gross or nice or scrubby. I finally made a fairly nice top though...I used my whisk to create the little peaks. I guess if I don't like the specs of goat's milk powder that i could try to rebatch it.

2 comments:

  1. Looks great Sarah...
    You would definitely know if the powder didn't incorporate fully.

    Goatsmilk adds such wonderful creaminess to the lather!
    Enjoy your wonderful soap!

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  2. The whisk is the greatest secret weapon for those awesome peaks! Yours look great! It just adds that extra special touch!

    I love that you added goatsmilk to your soap too. It's definitely more work...but worth it!

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