I cannot believe it! I’ve finally made soap. I was so stressed out, I got a headache. But it was really nothing. I don’t know what I was stressing over. Geeezzz! I knew that was going to happen. I made oatmeal and honey goat’s milk soap. I finally found a recipe that wasn’t very big. Just in case it flopped. But low and behold….it didn’t flop!
The only thing I did wrong was I didn’t mix my oatmeal and honey well enough. But I’ll know for next time. And the oils cool off alot slower than the lye and milk mixture. Note to self, melt the oils way ahead of time.
I was kind of worried because the recipe I found on the blog Chickens in the Road said that goat’s milk soap takes 15 minutes to trace. Mine traced in 5 minutes. So I was hoping it hadn’t flopped.
Tonight I unwrapped it did the pH test and it was safe. It was officially soap.
I finally found coconut oil. After running everywhere, going online, having every grocery store in the area try and find it, a craft store 30 minutes away from here sells it for 4$ a pound. Duh!
I sent Dave all over creation last week to find me some. The stores sent him to the health food store and they were about to sell him some. 20$ for 6 oz! He’s like, I don’t think so. Then they said, “What do you want it for?”
Dave told them it was for making soap. Ahhhhh!! They told him to go to this craft store downtown and they had some there. Who would have thunk it?
Now I have to find a cheaper source for olive oil. I can’t buy it at the store. It’s too expensive. I’ll call the craft store to see if they have any cheapo stuff.
