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Cow's Milk and Tallow Soap

A nice hard bar of nourishing soap with cow's milk and tallow.
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Servings 14 bars

Ingredients
  

  • 24 oz Tallow
  • 4 oz Olive Oil
  • 3 oz Coconut Oil
  • 4 oz Shea Butter
  • 4.58 oz Sodium Hydroxide (lye)
  • 10.23 oz Milk Measure the milk and then freeze it in an ice cube tray
  • 2 oz Essential or Fragrance Oils

Instructions
 

  • Measure the milk using a digital scale, then pour it into an ice cube tray and freeze. After it is frozen, measure your tallow, oils, and shea butter. Place the oils and fats into a saucepan and begin to melt over low heat. As the fats and oils melt and combine, measure the sodium hydroxide. Be careful not to breathe n the powder.
    Place the iced cubes in a heat-safe glass dish or jar, slowly pour the measured lye over the ice cubes. As the cubes begin to melt, slowly stir the solution. Once combined set aside to cool to a temperature around 115-120.
    Once the oils and fats are melted, set them aside to cool to a similar temperature to the lye. Anything within 10 degrees is good. Cooling down should take around 45 minutes.
    Once both the fats and the lye have cooled, prepare your work surface again. It's a good idea to protect your counter with some thick cardboard. Slowly pour the lye into the fats and mix using an immersion blender.
    You will mix this until it comes to a thin trace, you can then stir in any fragrance oils or essential oils you are using.
    Immediately pour the batter into a mold. This recipe will fill a 42 oz mold. Place in the fridge or freezer to set overnight. The next day, remove from the mold and cut into bars.
    Let cure for 4-6 weeks