Goat Milk Soap without Lye Tutorial

How to use a goat milk soap base to make homemade soap without using lye.

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Cut the cubes of your soap base with a kitchen knife. And place them in your large measuring cup or melting container (microwave safe).
The number of cubes needed will depend on the size of your mold. Don’t worry you can melt more if you need to.
My mold with 6 cavities required about 1 pound of soap base. Your mold may need more or less.
Melting the soap base.
Place in the microwave and melt for short bursts of 30 seconds.
Stir well and repeat until all of the mixture is melted.
Add honey: Stir 3 tablespoons of raw honey into the soap mixture (less if making a smaller amount of soap).
This would also be the time to add a fragrance if you desire.
Let the soap sit and cool. It will become firm when completely cool.
This may take a couple of hours if the weather is humid.
Once, the bars are solid, gently remove them from the silicone mold.
Wipe off any excess moisture and store the bars in a sealed bag. Wasn’t that easy?

to avoid having air bubbles on the surface of the soap – you may gently mist it with isophyl alcohol just after pouring into the mold.
measure your honey carefully – do not add too much or you will have pockets of honey in the soap…. not a bad thing.. but a bit sticky!
The time required for your soap to firm up will depend on the humidity and temperature. The directions on the package said at least an hour.
Here in humid SC – even 2 hours was not enough and I was concerned. But, I placed the mold in the refrigerator for a hour and everything turned out well.

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