Lavender Goat Milk Soap Hearts
Lavender goat milk soap hearts are an easy craft to make with just a few ingredients. Make your own soap in just minutes!
These lavender goat milk soap hearts would make a simple and useful gift idea for Valentine’s Day or really any day!
In addition to being fast, they’re also made with skin-nourishing ingredients like goat’s milk and essential oils.
I’ve been making soap for several years now, but it wasn’t until recently that I decided to try melt and pour soap.
One of my daughters got a melt and pour soapmaking kit for Christmas, and we had fun making the soap together. And it was so easy!
Lavender Goat Milk Soap
These lavender goat milk soap hearts use a melt and pour goat’s milk soap base, which is what makes the process so simple.
Just melt the soap base, add any additives, like essential oils and colorants, and pour into a mold to harden.
I decided to use some silicone heart molds that I’ve had for several years, just because Valentine’s Day is coming up.
But you can use this method with any mold shape you like!
I even made a video showing you how simple it is to make your own goat milk soap.
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Supplies Needed for Goat Milk Soap Hearts
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Here are the supplies you’ll need to make your own lavender goat milk soap hearts.
- 1 pound goat’s milk melt and pour soap base
- 10 drops lavender essential oil
- 2 tablespoons dried lavender flowers (Note: if you leave your soap plain white, the lavender buds will turn brownish in the completed soap after a few weeks and not look as pretty. To remedy this situation, I recommend using a soap colorant like one of these along with the lavender buds. That’s what I’m planning to do next time. Or, if you don’t want to use a colorant, you can also skip using the lavender buds.)
- silicone molds (I used two silicone heart molds similar to this one), and I still had some soap left over. Here are some round molds if you prefer a more traditional round soap shape.
A note on the heart molds. I used two silicone heart molds that I found at the dollar store several years ago.
I think they were marketed as ice cube trays, but we’ve used them for everything from ice cubes to homemade chocolates, and now soaps!
With 1 pound of soap base, I had a little soap left over in the bowl. Not a lot, but some.
So, you may want to have an extra mold handy in case there are leftovers.
How to Make Easy Goat Milk Soap
First, if you have a 2 pound package of goat’s milk soap base, divide it in half so you’re only working with 1 pound for this recipe.
Then, cut the 1 pound of soap base into squares. This helps the soap to melt faster.
I just used a serrated kitchen knife to cut the soap base, and then put the cubes in a glass bowl like this one.
To make the lavender goat milk soap hearts, you’ll first need to melt the goat milk soap base. You can do this by either using a double boiler or the microwave.
For the microwave method, melt the soap in 30 second intervals, stirring each time you stop the microwave.
For the double boiler method, you can either use an actual double boiler, or you can create a double boiler effect by placing a heat-proof glass bowl in a pot of water on the stove.
Cook on medium heat, stirring to help move the soap around in the bowl so it will melt evenly.
After the soap has melted, remove it from the heat (or the microwave), and add in the lavender essential oil and the lavender flowers.
Stir to evenly combine.
Pour the soap mixture into the silicone molds and let harden. This can take anywhere from an hour or two, although the soap often starts to harden very quickly.
After the soap has cooled and hardened, remove from the molds and it’s ready to use!
Lavender Goat Milk Soap Hearts
Ingredients
- 1 pound goat's milk melt and pour soap base
- 10 drops lavender essential oil
- 2 tbsp lavender flowers * see note below
- soap colorant (optional, for color)
Instructions
- Cut the 1 pound of soap base into cubes to help it melt faster.
- Next, melt the goat milk soap base. You can do this by either using a double boiler or the microwave. For the microwave method, melt the soap in 30 second intervals, stirring each time you stop the microwave. For the double boiler method, you can either use an actual double boiler, or you can create a double boiler effect by placing a heat-proof glass bowl or a jar in a pot of water on the stove. Cook on medium heat, stirring to help move the soap around in the bowl so it will melt evenly.
- After the soap has melted, remove it from the heat (or the microwave), and add in the lavender essential oil and the lavender flowers.
- Stir to evenly combine.
- Pour the soap mixture into the silicone molds and let harden. This can take anywhere from an hour or two, although the soap often starts to harden very quickly.
Notes
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Since this is a valentines day suggestion, I will be using rose petals and buds and rose essential oil instead of the lavender. Coloring it with beet root powder.
Just a heads up: many people have noted that after using silicon for soap, it does taint the mold with the soap scent, and is therefore never usable for anything else.
So just be aware that you may not be able to use your mold again for ice cubes or chocolate…..
Great ideas and input, thanks Carol!
I love your soaps! They look beautiful and sound easy to make. I think I am going to try to make my own.
Thank you, Elizabeth!
My soap was done in the microwave and in batches I stirred. However it about dried by the time I added everything else. It was a rough bottom(top of the mold) even after spraying it. How can you slow the spend of it drying while you prepare it.
It does start to harden very quickly. I haven’t found a way to slow down the hardening process.
Have you found that your lavender buds turn brown? After a couple weeks my buds have leeched brown around them into the soap.
Yes, they will do that after awhile. I’ve been adding lavender buds to my cold process soap for years, and it was never as noticeable because the soap was a yellowish color naturally (you can see it in this post). I think it’s just more noticeable in the melt and pour soap because it’s a bright white. I’m thinking it might be best to color the soap with a soap colorant like this one or leave out the lavender buds altogether. I apologize for the inconvenience with this issue. I have added this suggestion to the post as a helpful idea for future batches.
These are adorable and I love goat’s milk soap! Thanks for sharing on Homestead Blog Hop, we are featuring you this week!
Thanks so much, Liz!
These are so pretty, and look easy to make as well! I’m wondering if it works the same subbing in peppermint essential oil and leaves too? Found you on the Homestead Blog Hop!
Yes, you could use any scent or other additions you’d like!
Love these little soaps and plan to make some tomorrow – thanks for posting at the Homestead Blog Hop! I chose this as a feature for the next hop 🙂
Thank you, Lesa! Have fun making them!
making soap is one of those things I always wanted to do but never have. pinning this for later because you have a video and I need a video tutorial. Thanks for linking up with #OMHGWW and hope to see you next week.
This is soap the easy way!
Love this idea! Thanks for joining us for Friday Favorites. I’m featuring you this week.
Thanks so much, Jerri!
Can’t wait to try this! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Enjoy! They’re so fun and easy!