How to make a simple handmade and natural cold process Goats milk soap: Tutorial with recipe

Today we are showing you how we create one of our favourite handmade soaps, a simple, natural, unscented Goats Milk soap.
We will be using the cold process method and showing you how we incorporate the milk into our lye water solution in a way that ensures it does not scorch or burn.
Goat's milk is a fantastic addition to soap. It is packed with vitamins and minerals that can be really beneficial for the skin and we find that this soap is popular with our customers who suffer with sensitive or problem skin.
It is a good idea to have some prior knowledge of cold process soap making before attempting to create milk soaps as they are a little trickier to get right than regular soaps, however, with a little practice and careful checks on things like temperature they can be really satisfying to create.
If you wish to have a go at this design, you will need the following ingredients (the weights given below will give enough batter to fill one of the standard loaf moulds that we use in this video):
109g Sodium Hydroxide
109g Water
109g Frozen Goats Milk
340g Olive Oil
99g Sweet Almond Oil
57g Castor Oil
184g Coconut Oil
75g Shea Butter
38g Cocoa Butter
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[@vassalljodi-kay5696]

I made this soap and just tried it after a five week cure. Nice bubbly lather. Best unscented soap I've made.

[@lianekoch9973]

Unfractionated coconut oil?

[@melissamccarty8608]

This video was amazing!! Starting my own journey into soap making with our goats milk, but you actually gave me the idea of doing this as a homeschool chemistry class experiment to offer locally next school year!! So my question is, if you recipe in the show notes is to fill 1 loaf mold, then do you just double everything for multiple molds?

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

Good luck with your own soap making journey Melissa! Yes, to fill multiple moulds you can double the ingredients or treble, quadruple etc :-)

[@susanravella6261]

Thank you very much for the recipe and tutorial! You are very generous and kind! I am excited to try it out!

[@wendyvaldes8336]

Thanks!

[@maricar2089]

Thank you for this tutorial. It's the best tutorial there is. And thank you for providing the exact measurements of the ingredients.

[@sherristechmann6534]

Fabulous video! BEST one I’ve seen! You have a great sense of humor and really bring out interesting facts I probably would have missed. Hello from the USA 🇺🇸

[@johannestrahanoski5985]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and recipe. I’ve been thinking about making goats milk soap, but scorching is such an issue! Your method of using half water and half frozen goats milk makes total sense! I think I’ll be ready to try to make some soon!

[@saraipaul7826]

How much I should put on palm oil??

[@angelapavese4326]

Muchísimas gracias!!! Una clase magistral!!!Desde Argentina te mando muchos cariños ☆☆☆☆☆

[@lauraleedavid9955]

Thanks for your content!

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

You are very welcome Laura :-)

[@amysherk]

Love it. ❤

[@ivahinkova9400]

You are AMAZING!!!!! 💕💕💕💕💕

[@nzurisanatv2285]

When u say u add the lye and goat milk 50 50 , do u mean that when making the lye water, do u use the normal making or u change because of the milk ?

[@heatherclark9626]

How long do you recommend letting it cure? Is it imperative?

[@shelleyproctor1443]

Fantastic video, very informative and helpful!

[@youarea.]

I love the science bit of it too!! I'd not thought about how cool ::see what I did there:: it was to take a cool liquid, add ice, and end up with something hotter! 🙂

[@katarzynaderkacz39]

Hi guys, thank you for another great video 💕 and thanks for last book recommendation video, I needed it.

[@lisabarnfield1089]

Love every one of your videos, you are such an informative professional. Thank you.

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

Thank you :-) On camera I do my best but you should see the outtakes - not quite such a professional feel to them! :-)

[@Gods_creation.His_harvest]

What thermometer do you have?

[@sahanamehta4863]

Love yr moulds green moulds where u poured the soap batter. Can u share a link from where u purchased?

[@mudpyz]

oh that was exciting - i am going to try your recipe and do it your way - will start to get things together and it just may happen this week

[@roslynhudson6435]

Beautiful

[@courtneygraham6719]

This was so insightful! I have yet to try any milk soaps because I am intimidated by the possibility of scorching, but your method of not only freezing the milk, but slowly bringing in the milk after the water has been introduced and cooled make so much sense! It isn't for anyone in a rush to get bars out, but to make a milk soap without that yellow tinge and off putting scent (I know it usually goes away but I don't care to take chances) it seems worth the time and extra steps. And as long as I am making multiple loaves at once, it isn't really time wasted! Thank you for taking the time to make this content. I will definitely be subscribing!

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

Thank you very much Courtney. Yes, we find that freezing the milk and adding it after mixing the lye and water really does help. I was in a rush once and decided not to bother freezing the milk and while I just about managed to not scorch it, it was certainly close!

[@djouherhadjaz7718]

Please could you tell me How much oil ( fats/oil) did you put in this recipe like the total amount ?

[@coopsheep]

It was great to meet you at the Kent Garden show today and buy some products. I can't wait to try the salt bar 😍

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

It was great to meet you too, I hope that you enjoy everything that you purchased :-)

[@coopsheep]

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany absolutely loved it all ❤️

[@lisakelley9451]

Well done! I am just starting my journey into soap-making, and this was one of the books I purchased. I so agree with you as to the vakue of Jan Berry's book! Nice job on this soap. :o)

[@jenniferhughes4375]

Thanks so much for this information!!! Can I cut the recipe in half and it still work?

[@sahanamehta4863]

Ur video is just beautiful.

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

Thankyou so much

[@victoriasakkidis7248]

Lovely 😊

[@sukamayoutube2323]

Natural animal based toiletries are so usually so much better for the skin.

[@lovinonmeplusmy3454]

I have very sensitive skin ive tried everything and nothing really works for my skin so maybe i need to try this

[@teecee3143]

I freeze my goats milk that way I don't have to worry about any scorching and the process is so much faster- still great results 😁

[@salihaziyard8598]

This video was so amazing and I love the science of it. I would like to know whether you use pasteurized goat milk or filtered?

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

At the moment we use pasteurised. We are looking for a local suppier of Goat Milk, which would then not be pasteurised, but as yet we haven't found a supplier close enough to where we live unfortunately.

[@conniemitchell5725]

How much oil and how much to water

[@NashipurSinha]

Lovely! You could save time by mixing goats milk to oils and then adding the lye water. It works for me because it cuts down the step of freezing goats milk

[@mvelenagarcia]

Or using powdered milk

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

We certainly could :-) This is absolutely another method that could be used.

[@staticnetwork]

So when you cut the bar and showed it, it looks like it has little specs in it. How would you get rid or those or make it more smooth?

[@glenisgibson9736]

Really interesting amazing how you can add ice to a hot liquid and the temperature rises. It looks a lovely soap if I am brave enough I may have a go at making it. I am assuming the cure time is 6 weeks the same as other soaps.

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

It is fascinating isn't it! Definitely have a go! Yes, we cure our Goats Milk ones for 6 weeks as they can still be a little soft after 4 weeks (which is our minimum cure time for some of our other bars).

[@kesleybranham4476]

Hi! Thank you for the great video, I can't wait to try this one tomorrow! I have a question though, my soap always seems to "Rise" while its in the mold and the middle is bigger and split open. And my bars usually come out grainy. Any ideas why? I have tried superfatting and nothing is seeming to work

[@soapsoilandsunshine3241]

Hi Kesley. Your soap is overheating (some call it volcanoing). My soaps sometimes do this. It doesn't affect the final soap (except the crack in the top) and since this would definitely cause the soap to gel you may even end up with a harder soap, which is longer lasting. You may be able to combat this by placing the newly poured loaf in the fridge or freezer. If you add sugar or salt to the recipe this can also cause volcanoing. My bars often come out grainy as well. Not sure exactly why however it may be caused by stearic acid "spots", which can be caused by soaping too cool. It's a conundrum isn't it - too hot you volcano - too cool you get stearic acid spots. Do you do a water discount at all? This can also cause volcanoing.

[@debbieescobar6267]

Also try to have your oils cool also, see if that helps

[@petrolene_performancecoach]

I live your videos! What size mold did you use?

[@emilydouglas9495]

I have a question about how long does milk soap last? does it have a used by date so to speak. Thx

[@skee6706]

Amazing Thank you for the wonderful video I have a question on the oils I see you have sweet almond oil and cocoa butter in the recipe Can I just add more of the coconut and olive oil (which I have on hand) to substitute using the same grams. Thank you for your help

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

You can certainly substitute if you wish to but it may slightly change the final feel of the bar. Adding too much more coconut oil may make the bar feel a little drying to skin, so it would be a case of trying it to see if it works for you. You would also need to run the updated recipe through a lye calculator as the required amount of lye would most likely change.

[@livhappy111]

How many grams of lye did you add to the 500g of water ?

[@evitacastor1593]

Thank you for this very detailed video. What size are your molds. Beautiful accent.

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

Thank you Evita, they are 2.5lb loaf molds and measure just over 8" by about 3.5"

[@evitacastor1593]

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany thank you so much

[@BaughbeSauce]

As you are a professional soap maker, i have a question: I have extremely oversensitive skin and can't use most bar soaps due to fragrances and lack of moisturizing. I have dairy sheep (who will be lambing in April) and will have loads of sheep milk on my hands fairly soon. Would i be able to use sheep milk for this and (having higher milkfat content than Jersey cows or Nigerian dwarf goats) would it be even more moisturizing than most goat soap?? I'd like to try everything with the milk and it would be great if soap could be on that list. Also, i tend to have an issue with olive oil on the skin. Can i replace it using just more of the other oils like castor and coconut? Or even sunflower?

[@daledecker6413]

Hey I was wondering what size your soaps are cut at ?

[@user-mn3uq3tq2t]

Hello! Just started playing with soap at home and this video is so helpful! Can I ask a question about your ingredients. My mould is double the size of yours, do I just double all the ingredient amounts as they are? Thanks again for sharing your knowledge! Xx

[@edrissrassuli4529]

She replied yes on another comment with the same Q

[@nessness6615]

How big are your silicone molds? They look huge

[@andytole4807]

This is tha base soap you use to make others variety in fragrance and colors?

[@marnoch4632]

Apologies if this has already been asked/answered. But why don’t you add the milk to the oils?

[@carynpedersen4173]

Could you use all goats milk with the lye? Would that change how the soap is stored while it saponifies. Is it something you would do?

[@jerrynoldarteta722]

Can i ask what kind of oil did you use and what is the measurement? Also the amount of the lye?

[@melissamccarty8608]

And in doing the cold-process method, does this leave more of the good beneficial properties of the soap in tact?

[@diekcelina6311]

Can i use some ath oils instead off almond oil? And instead off goatmilk coconutmilk

[@jiagbabag5079]

Dear when were u add shea butter and cocoa butter kindly explain me

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

They are melted down at the beginning along with the coconut oil.

[@sahanamehta4863]

Hello! I can see behind u the green loaf moulds on the rack. Can u forward me the link from where u purchased it.

[@ladypurple8464]

Two wild hares is the name i see on the moulds.

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

Lady Purple is correct, we purchased these moulds from "Two Wild Hares" store on Etsy :-)

[@sahanamehta4863]

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany thank you dear.

[@indhujaselvaarasu181]

Hi mam really spr can u tell me this is goat milk soap receive?

[@barnettk8]

The temperature rises even though the goats milk is frozen?

[@IAMCHOICETVSISTER]

I am making this as I watch, do you mind sharing essential oils you use which do not accelerate train and brand please? I bought a patouli from mystic moment and it accelerated my train and as a newbie I had to throw out the entire batch. I make cold process soap for my big family. I love lavender oil but wanting other essential oils. Thank you

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

Hello Modupe. We find that some essential oils that do not accelerate for us include peppermint, Lemongrass, Litsea Cubeba (May Chang), Sweet Orange (in fact, most citrus oils are fine). Soaping at a slightly cooler temperature can also help a little if you are having problems with essential oils accelerating trace.

[@IAMCHOICETVSISTER]

Thanks so much for this, You have just boosted my confidence in soap making

[@Soul.7]

Do you know that you never need to throw a failed batch of soap out? Hardly ever! You rebatch by cooking it in a rice cooker or crockpot along with all your old soap scraps. Add a little water, and any other additives you want, stir intermittently over a 20 minute period until melted enough to remould. Allow to set over 24 hours. You get a more rustic soap to Cold Processing but they are quaint, and magically are a second attempt at soaping - they still work, still lather, still cleanse, magic your oils into something new. 🟢🔴🟡🟠

[@cathytate5132]

How do I find the description area?

[@susanwangcfa3685]

Question for you, please: Is it possible to simply add goat's milk to a pre-fabricated liquid soap (e.g, liquid Castile soap) and make a bar soap? Or one has to go through the entire process with lye?

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

If you don't wish to use lye within your own soap making, the best thing to do would be to buy a pre made Goat's Milk soap base (melt & pour). You wouldn't be able to just add Goat's Milk into an already made liquid soap as it would spoil and go off.

[@edelima92]

I couldn't find where you buy your ingredients.

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

We get most of our base oils from The Soapery here in the UK

[@catsmother4556]

With the goats milk on your safety report, do you have to say where you buy the goats milk from, your supplier. Or could you buy it from Morrisons one week and Tesco the next. Or is goats milk just goats milk. Thanks.

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

Our assessor is happy for us not to list a supplier, so we can purchase it from wherever we choose to.

[@catsmother4556]

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Thank you that is really good to know. Id like to make a goats milk soap, well, I do make goats milk soap for myself. But being restricted to one supplier has been putting me off the next step of getting a safety report. That and having not fully decided what colour micas I want to use / list.

[@natsorganicare6337]

Hi, how long do you cure it for?

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

We cure for an absolute minimum of 4 weeks, but wherever possible we prefer to give them at least 6 weeks

[@jennykleiser7649]

What were those white spots in the soap? Was it stearic acid?

[@lauraleedavid9955]

If I wanted to add honey how much would you recommend?

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

Generally when we add honey, we go with around 5g per pound of soap (which works out to around 1 teaspoon per pound of soap). Just be sure to keep temperatures fairly low when working with honey as the sugars can cause the soap to heat up more than it usually does :-)

[@ontarioweddingofficiant9691]

in the video you said 500 g of water, but the recipie above says 109 g of water? can you please clarify

[@ousamira1]

Recipe is for one loaf and video made five loaves

[@meghlanasrin691]

The soap I made is very sweaty, can you please tell me the reason?

[@julielarios6333]

I used frozen water also

[@andrearetamoza9100]

How long does it need to sit so the lye don't burn you?

[@soapsoilandsunshine3241]

Lye water will always burn even when it's cold as cold. It is a chemical burn (alkaline burn). Always exercise extreme caution and use safety gear when soaping.

[@jiagbabag5079]

What about cocoa butter

[@Jennifer-tt1kf]

Where is a good place to purchase all the ingredients?

[@marthangafor6414]

Probably Amazon.

[@ashk9356]

I don't want to use sodium, want it 100% organic soap, what are alternative to sodium ?

[@helenellsworth9556]

Think ice bath for mixing goats milk and lye

[@esteneliezamora7035]

Hi, what is the proportion of lye solution/ how much lye to 500 ml.H2O ?

[@ousamira1]

See the description and multiply by five for five loaves as shown in the video

[@user-qr3rn3ms9f]

i love how you simplified this video!!! thank You!

[@ivyaguas13]

How come the milk is chunky. How'd ya do that?

[@ousamira1]

It's frozen

[@pinhosfamilyfarm1566]

Can you please tell me the ingredients and how much? I am going to make it, we have goat milk from our own goats

[@ousamira1]

I'm the description

[@lovlynprasanna1179]

Is this distilled water ? Or plain tap water ?

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

We use regular tap water as it works for us, but this will vary depending on your area. Some people can have problems using tap water depending on how "hard or soft" it is. If this is the case, then I would recommend distilled.

[@lovlynprasanna1179]

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Thank you 👍🏻

[@Authenticashwini]

Mam can we add sodium lactate in this recipe?

[@Soapocolypse]

I do add sodium lactate to my goat milk soap. It's a wonderful additive to any soap!

[@Authenticashwini]

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[@nasrullo1852]

Can you tell How much lye should I add into 500 ml water?

[@ousamira1]

You can multiply the recipe in her description by 5 to get the one she made for five loaves

[@stacynestor8889]

Do you have to use oils?

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

Yes, you will need to combine oils and lye to create soap.

[@hajimamin3783]

What oil and What amount? What amount ley for this?

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

The full recipe is given in the description :-)

[@tabithabakos1134]

Do u hear the lye and water right

[@soapsoilandsunshine3241]

Do you mean "heat" lye and water? Please watch video again if that is your question. It is an exothermic reaction, which means it is self heating. No need to heat anything.

[@87tonytouch]

Hey. Does this expire? Thanks.

[@RenaeRhodes-jj6qy]

Why so many oils though? Sorry if you already mentioned it. I must’ve missed it. Can’t you just use one type of oil?

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[@StringBeansCrafts]

How much lye and is lye necessary

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

The ingredients and quantities used are in the description for the video and yes, lye is absolutely necessary. Without lye you cannot make soap.

[@Raul239]

How many grams of lye added?

[@ousamira1]

See the description

[@KathleenBrentwoodCA-wo8he]

I cannot find the recipe. Please help. Thank you in advance

[@carlatroke4780]

Click on more at the end of the title and then more again

[@indhujaselvaarasu181]

Receive*

[@BellaJohnsonx]

Is that frozen goats milk??

[@ousamira1]

Yes

[@kykykreme2877]

Why is the goats milk in chunks?

[@ousamira1]

It's frozen

[@ontarioweddingofficiant9691]

same with the goats milke, you say 500 grams in the video but the recepie says 109 g of goat milk?

[@soapsoilandsunshine3241]

The recipe provided makes 1.12kg of soap batter. Anne has made 5 loaves of soap with the amount in the video. Anne has this soap recipe perfected, so making a larger amount makes sense. If you are making goats milk soap for the first time or are new to soaping (or even if it's a new recipe to you), it is generally advisable to start with smaller batches until you perfect the recipe. Too many ingredients will get wasted if you have something go wrong.

[@fjhaydn6047]

Wouldn't it be easier to mix lye in stainless steel pot and sit it in ice bath? It should stay cool, I think

[@houariachenine5745]

Please the ingredients

[@agripinooctaviano2578]

You forget the wt of lye in your wster lye mix

[@hopewittenmeyer1263]

Hi, I just made this recipe for the first time and the soap is kind of soft. Will it harden as it cures or did I do something wrong? Thank you so much in advance 🩷

[@rayachrawach3886]

You listed 109g water, sodium hydroxide, and frozen goat's milk in description box but in video you said 500g....

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

The total liquid weight mentioned in the video is 1000g (500g water and 500g Goat's Milk). In the video we are making 5 loaves of the soap. In the recipe in the description we have scaled it down to 1 loaf (as mentioned in the description) and removed the slight water discount we ourselves use as water discounting is not recommended for beginners. The recipe is scaled down as many people will not want to create 5 loaves worth of soap for themselves, this is why there is a lower amount.

[@samboyd731]

@@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany Could you provide the full recipe for the 5 loaves?

[@ousamira1]

​@@samboyd731just multiply the recipe by 5

[@diekcelina6311]

You add 500 ml water but in the recipe you write 109😮

[@ousamira1]

The recipe is for one loaf mold and I'm the video she made five molds.

[@TheSussexHandmadeSoapCompany]

As mentioned in the description, the recipe written in the description is scaled down so that people can create smaller volumes of the soap at home

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