Peaches and Cream Soap

Ingredients:

Olive oil 500gm
Coconut oil 200gm
Palm oil 150gm
Soy Bean oil 120gm
Beeswax 30gm
Goats Milk 300gm
Lye 140gm
Sodium Lactate 30gm
Dairy Cream 50gm
Summer Peach FO 30gm
1/4 teaspoon orange liquid soap colour

Directions:

Always wear protective goggles, gloves and other safety clothing when handling caustic materials.

Freeze goats milk to a slushy firmness.
Add lye slowly to the goats milk, stirring thoroughly to ensure all lye is dissolved. This mixture will go yellow and smelly. Don't panic yet. Allow to cool to 40ºC. Add sodium lactate.
Melt beeswax in saucepan. Add other oils and heat until melted. Allow to cool to 40ºC.

Pour lye mix carefully into oils and stir well. Stick blend until light trace.
Add cream, colour and fragrance oil and stir well.
Pour into prepared mould/s and insulate if required.
Unmould after 24hours
Allow to cure for 4 weeks minimum.

by Kerry Pearson
Heirloom Body Care