This soap features a blend of olive, coconut and castor oils, plus 20% shea butter. Goat’s milk is used for its moisturizing and emollient properties as well as for the smooth and creamy lather. We use a small amount (up to 5%) of castor oil in most all of our soaps for its moisturizing and lathering properties. The soap is naturally colored orange by the calendula. We chose to add a blend of lemongrass and coriander essential oils for a spicy lemon scent, but you can choose your own fragrance or leave the soap unscented.
Please refer to the cold process instructions here [1] if you are new to making soap. Always take the proper safety precautions (we wear rubber gloves and goggles when mixing and making the soap).
Sunny Calendula Goat’s Milk Soap
(A Happy Acres original)
Calendula Infused Olive Oil – 180 grams (40%)
Coconut Oil – 157.5 grams (35%)
Shea Butter – 90 grams (20%)
Castor Oil – 22.5 grams (5%)
Frozen Goat’s Milk – 171 grams
Lye – 63 grams (7% superfat)
Added at light trace:
1 tsp finely ground dried calendula flowers
2 tsp lemongrass essential oil
2 tsp coriander essential oil
This recipe is for a 1 lb/450g batch (oil weight) of soap. We ran this recipe through a soap/lye calculator, and you should always run your recipes too before making them. This one at SoapCalc [2] is our favorite.
NOTE: This soap is superfatted/discounted at 7%