Coconut Milk Soap Diy
Heavy cream has a lot more fat than other milk upwards of 30 36 vs.
Coconut milk soap diy. It is strong enough to cleanse the hair and scalp without drying out your locks. 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. But basically any milk is worth experimenting with. I ve lowered the amount of coconut oil and palm oil and added nutrient rich ingredients like shea butter coconut milk olive oil castor oil and calendula petals to make this a wonderful skin loving bar of soap.
Cured lemongrass coconut milk soap. It is palm free vegan friendly. 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. When calculating a recipe with heavy cream it helps to keep in mind the fat content of the cream.
Great substitutions for coconut milk are cow s or goat s milk goat s milk in particular gives your soap an even creamier consistency. Castile soap and coconut milk is the base of this homemade shampoo. If i calculated my recipe normally with a 5 lye discount and used the heavy. Coconut milk powder is full of vitamins c e b1 b3 b5 and b6 along with potassium and folate.
The fat in the goat s milk doesn t throw the superfat off by very much but the heavy cream can. 4 5 in goat s milk. This is also very easy. The lemongrass and coconut milk soap recipe featured in this tutorial is a modern soapmaking original.
The lauric acid of coconut milk also gives the bar a luxurious and fluffy lather. Feel free to adjust as necessary. Soap making renee benoit california i was going to make shea butter soap this week but then i realized i didn t have the castor oil additive so i changed plans and made 100 coconut oil soap. Texture the top of the lemongrass coconut milk soap before putting it to bed.
Coconut milk soap is the easiest to make and the creamiest of all the various milk soaps. Castile soap is often found in natural shampoos and is becoming very popular in the hair care world. 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. It uses a 7 superfat and a 33 lye solution strength.