Goat Milk. Tomato Powder. Ground Basil. All great for your skin with moisturizing, exfoliating, toning, nutrient adding qualities.

** I make my tomato powder from ground dehydrated tomatoes like I do here.

I started with a recipe that I invented at SoapCalc, working with the kinds and amounts of oils that gives middle values of hardness, cleaning, bubbliness, and creaminess with a high conditioning value.

Normally, you can just replace the water amount in a recipe with frozen milk. I have read that some use 1/2 the water amount to dissolve the lye, then add the rest of the water amount as slushy milk after reaching a light trace, continuing to stir until a full trace is reached.

I tried this method this time, to see if I could get a lighter bar of soap. Though it’s not white, it is lighter than the last goat milk soap I made. The milk will still cook after you reach the trace with Hot Process.

When I’m experimenting, or I need just a few bars of something, I like to divide my batches up. I wanted a plain, unscented goat milk soap and a Cream of Tomato Basil.

When I’m adding the additives, I usually mix in one at a time, to make sure everything is blended in well. Essential Oils I add in at the end, as the soap has cooled more and the oils won’t evaporate. When I first started soaping, I thought I had to hurry, hurry to get this hot glumpy stuff into the mold. But you don’t have to rush. There is at least 10-15 minutes before it will start hardening up, just give it a stir.

Unmolded from one of my creative, frugal molds.

The lather is wonderful — creamy with a larger bubbles.

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