I’ve been thinking about making a shaving soap for some time, and quite often use my Gurts Milk Surp to lather up. That works pretty well but I had a feeling I could improve and get a richer, creamier lather with a lot more bubbles. I had a spare hour…
This recipe replaces the water normally used with goat milk, but is otherwise a straightforward Cold Process soap recipe. In my last attempt at making soap with goat milk I learned a lot – but even so it didn’t go smoothly this time either. The first challenge I had was…
This variation of ‘Yerba Buena’ – I’m calling it ‘Yerba Buena M’ (M for Moisturising) adjusts the balance of oils from the original recipe and adds Shea Butter for it’s excellent skin nourishing properties. I countinue to make all my soaps Palm oil Free, Paraben Free and SLS Free, using…
This recipe replaces the water normally used with goat milk, but is otherwise a straightforward Cold Process soap recipe. Making soap with milk required a few extra steps and a bit more care than using water or herbal tea/infusion as I’d done before, but I read a few online guides…
Made with calendula tea instead of water and with a tablespoon or two of calendula petals added before moulding. I now have a source of local grass-fed beef tallow (my local farm shop) so this recipe makes good use of that. I rendered the tallow myself in a crock-pot/slow-cooker and…
This is my first attempt to go Palm Oil Free with a cold process (CP) soap recipe. All I’ve read seems to indicate that even what we are told is ‘sustainably produced’ Palm Oil may still in fact be having a damaging effect on people and natural habitats. This recipe…
This cold process soap recipe is my second attempt to go palm oil free, having decided that even so-called sustainably produced palm oil was not something I was comfortable using for reasons explained here. Last time I used beef tallow as a substitute which made a great soap. I have…