First published at 21:46 UTC on September 27th, 2018.
Baby Bastille Goat's Milk & Chamomile Soap
A Bastille soap is simple and known to be made with gentile oils. Made with 70% olive and and other combination of your choice, this recipe s made with 70% olive oil and a traditional 30% coconut…
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Baby Bastille Goat's Milk & Chamomile Soap
A Bastille soap is simple and known to be made with gentile oils. Made with 70% olive and and other combination of your choice, this recipe s made with 70% olive oil and a traditional 30% coconut oil. It feature's the rich creamy goat's milk and has just a light hint of chamomile flowers making the soap smell like soothing sleepy time tea.
If you want to know how to make the best Bastille soap at home with the full recipe, look no further. This recipe makes 3 lbs. of soap that can be cut into 11 pieces at 4.5 oz. after cure time.
What you need:
1.24 oz. Distilled Water
6.83 oz. Lye (NaOH)
33.60 oz. Olive Oil
14.40 oz. Coconut Oil
1 cup of dried Chamomile Flowers
2 scoops of powdered Goat's Milk
Instructions & Notes:
Step 1: Place the oils in the crock pot on high.
Step 2: With safety glasses and gloves, slowly pour the lye crystals into the the cold distilled water. Mix until the crystals are completely dissolved.
Step 3: When the lye water solution and oils are within 20 degrees apart, slowly mix them together with a stick blender. Mix until completely emulsified. Cover the soap and allow this to cook for about 20 – 30 minutes. Make sure to keep an eye on the crock pot to make sure it doesn't expand and spill over the top.
Step 4: Check the soap and mix any oils and water that may have separated back together. Allow this to cook into the second stage. This will change from a pudding texture to a loose apple sauce texture. Add 1 cup of chamomile flowers into the soap and mix well.
Step 5: Slow cook the flowers into the next stage of soap, mixing frequently. Cook until the soap becomes gelled and takes on a gelled Vaseline look all the way through the pot.
Step 6: Remove the heat and cover, and allow the soap to begin cooling. Mix two scoops of goat's milk powder into three ounces of water. Blend the powder into a smooth cream, and pour it over the top of the soap once the soap has cooled to below 150 de..
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