I've been using this soap for a few weeks now, and it is luxurious, moisturizing, and silky smooth. The color in the photo is natural and comes from the mango and the goats milk. I call this soap summer soap for a few reasons. There's just something about mango butter that feels like it should be in a summer soap. This soap is also made from my friend's goat's milk (thanks Julie!), and using milk instead of water adds extra moisture (by way of fat) to the lotion. Finally, I added some castor oil to make it lather nicely. Please note, I do not use palm oil in any of my soap making. I've found that soybean oil and olive oil make very nice alternatives. Now on to the recipe (as with all my soap recipes, I'm just sharing the recipe. There are lots of great tutorials out there on making cold process soap, so it's just the recipe here).
Summer Mango Butter Soap
8 oz Mango Butter
16 oz Olive Oil
10 oz Coconut Oil
8 oz Soybean Oil
2 oz Castor Oil
6 oz Lye
14 oz Goat Milk
Optional 2 oz essential oils at trace (lavender and orange go very nicely with this soap)
Because of some of the oils used in this soap, I do like to let it cure for closer to 6 - 8 weeks. However, using it after 4 weeks won't hurt anything, it just won't be as hard a bar of soap as if you allow it longer curing time. If you make it now, it will be ready just in time for the summer!
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