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DIY Oatmeal Mandarin Goat Milk Soap

An easy homemade soap recipe made with goat's milk

Keyword DIY goat milk soap, diy melt and pour soap, easy soap recipe
Prep Time 45 minutes
Let soap harden 4 hours
Author Kim

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Goat's Milk Melt-and-Pour Soap Base
  • 1/2 cup Dried Calendula
  • 3 tbs Oatmeal, grounded in grinder or blender
  • 2 tbs Raw Honey
  • 1-1/2 tsp Mandarin or Wild Orange Essential Oil
  • Soap mold or any type of container like an old vintage pan, the bottom of a milk carton, old box, etc.
  • Double-boiler or a glass bowl and a pot
  • A coffee grinder or blender
  • Parchment or wax paper (for home remedy wood soap mold)
  • Wooden spoon & a sharp knife to cut your soap

Instructions

  1. Cut soap base in cubes and add it to a double-boiler or a glass bowl on top of a pot. Turn heat to medium-low and stir constantly as the soap base melts. Turn to low to finish melting. Do not let the soap boil.

  2. Take the pot off the heat and let the temperature cool slightly as the soap base thickens (3-4 mins), keep stirring as you add in the dried calendula and ground oatmeal. Stir until incorporated.

  3. Let the soap cool a little bit more before adding the raw honey and the mandarin or wild orange essential oil.

  4. Pour the melted soap into your mold of choice. If you are using anything other than a soap mold, place parchment paper down first. I used a vintage pan and laid parchment paper down inside pan. It was so easy to come out.

  5. Place your soap mold in a place where it can't be touched. You might want to lay a towel over it - that's what I did. Let it sit for about 3 hours. Test it first to see if it's hardened, if not leave let it sit for another hour. I let mine sit overnight.

  6. Unmold the soap and slice into bars.