13. Goats Milk Soap with Beeswax - cold process 02/02/2026
Recipe Instructions
The goat's milk soap I made 2 weeks ago (no 12) seemed a bit soft initially, so the plan was to do a batch with beeswax for firmness, but 2 weeks on, it seems to be firming up nicely. I haven't tried it yet - need to wait until mid-February.
The reason for adding the beeswax now is to perhaps add longevity and assess what quality the beeswax has added to the same recipe. The essential oil blend will be very similar to the previous one.
Cure time for these will be 4-6 weeks from this date will be begining to Mid March 2026. I'll be sending these to family to try them out and see what they think about adding the beeswax, so I added the teeniest bit of orange mica colour so they can easily tell the difference between the two
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Soap Properties
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INS: 147.92 (ideal)
iodine: 63.57 (ideal)
Calculated Values for Oils and Preferences
| Superfat % | 5% |
| Saturated | 210.79 Gram(s) |
| Mono-Unsaturated | 351.91 Gram(s) |
| Poly-Unsaturated | 50.15 Gram(s) |
| Saturated:Unsaturated Ratio | 65.60:34.40 |
| Lye concentration | 100% |
| Weight Unit | Gram(s) |
| Soap type | solid |
Fatty Acid Profile
| Oleic | 53.48% |
| Linoleic | 7.62% |
| Linolenic | 0% |
| Ricinoleic | 0% |
| Lauric | 13.21% |
| Myristic | 5.26% |
| Palmitic | 9.95% |
| Stearic | 3.62% |
Recommended Additive Amounts
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For Advanced Soapmakers
| Sodium Lactate (60%)
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| Recommended Essential/Fragrance Oil | 28.79 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Ascorbic Acid
| 6.58 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Ascorbic Acid for A.A. | NaOH: 1.33 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Lactic Acid
| 4.94 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Lactic Acid for L.A. | NaOH: 2.92 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Tetrasodium EDTA
| 5 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Sodium Citrate
| 8.55 - 25.66 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Potassium Citrate
| 10.53 - 31.58 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Rosemary Oleoresin (ROE)
| 0.26 - 0.33 Gram(s) | ||||||
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Citric Acid Powder (anhydrous) |
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Extra Lye to Neutralize Citric Acid Powder for C.A. |
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