Coconut Milk Powder Soap Recipe
It keeps the skin and hair hydrated.
Coconut milk powder soap recipe. Coconut milk soap is the easiest to make and the creamiest of all the various milk soaps. You can resize it using a lye calculator for whichever mold works for you. P coconut milk powder is the perfect addition to handmade soap and facial masks. Coconut milk powder replaces water in this recipe to give additional moisture.
Buy coconut milk powder at brambleberry. If i calculated my recipe normally with a 5 lye discount and used the heavy. When calculating a recipe with heavy cream it helps to keep in mind the fat content of the cream. Milk can replace up to 100 of the water in your cold process recipe.
For the past two weeks the blog has been full of soapy projects made with milk and milk powders. Then a third option is to reserve about 1 oz of the water from a recipe using the rest of the water to make the lye solution. This lemongrass and coconut milk soap recipe is sized for my bramble berry 10 silicone soap mold. Great substitutions for coconut milk are cow s or goat s milk goat s milk in particular gives your soap an even creamier consistency.
The lauric acid of coconut milk also gives the bar a luxurious and fluffy lather. The procedure for making this easy coconut milk soap recipe is pretty much the same as it for making any cold process soap the difference is in the ingredients. Soap making with milk is popular because of milk s natural moisturizing properties. Coconut milk makes a gentle cleansing soap that s rich in vitamin e mt 50 usa canada and moisturizing so if you have sensitive skin and if you re sensitive to scents this soap is a great choice.
4 5 in goat s milk. The fat in the goat s milk doesn t throw the superfat off by very much but the heavy cream can. Plus sometimes coconut milk is easier to come by since it comes in a can especially for people who do not have ready access to goats or other. I can imagine the high fat content of camel s milk being heavenly in a soap although it is expensive and more difficult to get hold of.
Sadly the coconut milk scent doesn t carry through but coconut milk is still a lovely thing to have in soap. But basically any milk is worth experimenting with. Another alternative is to reconstitute the powdered milk so it s a liquid milk freeze it and proceed with the recipe as normal using the frozen milk to make your lye solution. Coconut milk powder is full of vitamins c e b1 b3 b5 and b6 along with potassium and folate.
Heavy cream has a lot more fat than other milk upwards of 30 36 vs.