Goat Milk Soap Base

Goat milk is the base most people picture when they think of a traditional handmade bar: creamy white, opaque and full of lather. Ours has hydrolyzed goat milk in the base itself, so there is no milk to add, measure or scorch. You cube it, melt it and pour.

Cocoa powder turns the white base a warm brown, which is how the chocolate-scented recipe in the book gets its look. Dried petals pressed onto the top, such as calendula or chamomile, stand out against the white.

It also works well in two-colour bars. The rose and myrrh recipe pours white goat milk base and green-tinted shea butter base into the mold at the same time, then marbles them with a skewer.