Goat Milk Lotion Recipe
2 oz bees wax/emulsifying wax
2 oz cocoa butter
8 oz coconut oil
8 tbs almond oil
16 tbs goat’s milk
Mix the first four ingredients in a glass bowl, micro wave or heat over the stove till melted, whisk in the goat’s milk until the whole emulsion cools store in glass jar in fridge. Let’s watch as this gal makes lotion on you tube.
Why The Ingredients in This Goat Milk Lotion Recipe Are Good For Your Skin
Raw goat’s milk does so many amazing things for your skin that you can discover over here on the Squidoo lens about goat milk soaps, What this lens talks about in regards to goat milk in soaps is not just true for soaps, but for this goat milk in lotion recipe too.
In addition to the goat milk, the almond oil is an excellent emollient and helps skin retain moisture. It makes your skin smooth and young looking and is a good oil for combating irritated skin.
Help prevent premature aging of your skin, it is a moisturizer and helps with various skin problems like eczema and psoriasis.
Cocoa butter – long touted for it’s ability to fade stretch marks (don’t most of us moms remember lathering it on our big bellies toward the end of pregnancy?), also has properties that remove free radicals in your skin. It penetrates deep into the skin so is extra moisturizing and also contains vitamin E which fades scars.
All in all this lotion should make you feel special not only because you made it yourself, but because it is good for you.
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How thick is this lotion?
This lotion can be pretty thick, but you can thin it with distilled water if you want it thinner. Sometimes I will just put it in a small squat mason jar with a wide mouth to make using it much easier.
I am going to be making goats milk soap next week and your recipe looks awesome!! The only question I have is do you have to keep this refrigerated since it does not have a preservative? How long will it keep? If I wanted to add a preservative, what would a natural, healthy one be? Thanks for your time and the recipe!!
Evertta, the process of turning the milk into soap works as a preservative. The longer you let the soap sit the harder the bar will get. I have some soap that is a couple years old, still great to bath with. Good luck with this..the recipe is so easy and so forgiving. If it does get messed up, don’t throw it out, just re heat it or let it harden then grate it and mix in more milk or lotion.
Nana, I feel silly. I said soap and I meant lotion!! Do I need a preservative in the lotion? Sorry!!
YES, you do need preservatives in lotion, unless you keep it in the fridge and use it within two weeks. There are a couple things you can use and you can read about them here http://hartnana.com/preservatives-in-lotion/ Have fun in your lotion making adventures
I tried to make goats milk lotion with canned goats milk, bees wax, palm oil, emu oil, almond oil and saffron oil plus my essential oil for scent but it seperated…any suggestions. Also I got a goats milk lotion bar in Flaggstaff, Az last year that I would love to duplicate but can’t find directions (recipe)… Can you help. Nora
Nora, hard to say without knowing how much separation occurred. If it is just a thin layer of oil and the soap under hardened, I would check it with a ph strip to make sure it is not too caustic and use the soap after it cures – let it cure first then use the strip. If it is a lot of separation through out the soap I’d dump it all back in and add some more lye/water to the mixture (mixing the lye with equal parts of water, or slightly more water). Heat the whole thing up on the stove over low heat add in the lye/water mixture when both mixtures are the same (ish) temperature. stir it up to get it to trace again, then reset the soap. I have done this in the past with good success, but am the kind of cook that just adds stuff willy nilly when I cook. There is some element of danger here that you could get overly caustic soap, so don’t add a lot of lye, it is easier to add more but you can’t take it out once you have it added. Hope this helps you.
It is also possible that you didn’t get a true trace before you dumped the mixture into your mold. You might try heating it all up and using the stick blender on it first before adding the lye/water…this too has happened to me more times than I like to admit
Silly question, ox is a typo and should be oz, correct? I did try this recipe using oz for beeswax and cocoanut and it was so thick I could not get the milk to mix with the oils and wax. I am going to try again with distilled water. Suggestion on how much water I should use?
Hey Ruth, yes ox = oz…I’ll go fix that. Did you heat the oils to melted? Then mix in the milk…and yes I sometimes will add distilled water if I need to thin it out to get it in the bottle…use a hand mixer to get it to blend or at the very least a wire whisk. Hope this helps.
I did have it melted. I believe the goat milk was too cold and turned the beeswax and oils to a solid lump before I could get it blended together. I even tried my blender and it didn’t work. My thought is get the distilled water/milk warmed up to about the same warm temperature and blend them together. I might even try to mix the oils and wax to the water/milk instead of the other way around. I will let you know if that worked.
Thank you so much for your help!!!!
Do keep us updated!
Silly question, ox is a typo and should be oz, correct? I did try this recipe using oz and besswax and oils was so thick I could not get the milk to mix in. I am going to try it again adding distilled water. Any suggestions on how much water I should use? I want it thin enough that I can use a pump.
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Do u know how many different preservatives I would need to use??
Kathryn you just need to use one type of preservative, but make sure it is enough to preserve the lotion you are making or keep your lotion in the fridge and use within a week or two.
If I follow your recipe do u know how much Of the preservative i would need to put in?
I usually put in 1 tbs of Germaben II
And if I do that does it need to go in the fridge still and how long does it last?
Hi, Can I make this lotion with goats milk that has been frozen. I have a stash of frozen goat milk and am looking for ways to use it. Thanks.
Yep, I do it all the time! Just defrost the final part in the fridge and shake it good.
I want to make goat milk lotion and want to be able to leave it on the counter to keep at room temp. Every recipe states to keep it refrigerated is there a natural preservative that will allow it to be kept on the counter and that will extend the length of time it can be kept?
I also want to try liquid hand soap however have found the same problem.
Todd, I use Germaben II for my lotion and I do keep it on the counter for upwards of a couple months. I wouldn’t suggest that others do this because, room temperature is breeding grounds for germs. I also microwave both the milk and the oils believing that microwaving kills bacteria. While technically the microwave only kills certain types of bacteria, I think that if you start with squeaky clean stuff, you are going to be okay. (DISCLAIMER: this is what I do, I am not advocating this, just sharing what I, personally do. If you want to do what I do, then you will be responsible for what ever results you get)
Just had to throw that in so that no one mistook me for someone who actually is trained professionally in this area of expertise.
this is awesome ,,, I have been wondering what to use to make the lotion.. Thank You for sharing
Could you please tell me how to add fragrance to the goat milk lotion?
Thank you,
Janice
I add the fragrance oil after I have got the lotion to the consistency I want.
I know nothing about the scented oils. Please tell me about them. What am I looking for when I purchase them? How much should be added? Is it just stirred in?
Thank you,
Janice
Where I live, it is hard to get a hold of fresh goats milk, but I can get a hold of powdered goats milk. What are your thoughts on that, and do I have the same cautions as with fresh goats milk? Do I have to keep it refrigerated after making it, do I need a preservative, I want to make one for babies that is safe, and I too am looking to make a baby liquid goats milk soap. What are your suggestions?
Darice, you can use powdered goats milk, just reconstitute it and then treat it like fresh goats milk. You can also use canned goats milk. As far as testing goes: here is a link to purchase a microbial test kit Not too sure what to recommend for liquid goats milk soap for babies. I have never tried making that. I make a “baby me” bar of soap. Goats milk soap in the bar is so mild that I never really thought about making the liquid soap.
I’ve been trying and trying to make lotion from my goat milk to sell. But no matter what recipe I use, how I warm or mix things, it seems that after a day the milk in the lotion starts to produce droplets and before I know it I have a semi-solid cream sitting in a puddle of milk. Do you have any idea what I could be doing wrong? I’m measuring carefully, using a stick blender to mix, a thermometer to make sure things are equal in warmth, everything I can think of. I’m about to pull my hair out because I have soap down to an art and my customers are asking for lotions to go with it! Also, do you have any advice on where to find a large scale recipe that I can make a gallon at a time instead of one bottle at a time? Most recipes I find are for personal use and since I’ve never got them right yet, I haven’t tried increasing on the amounts cause I don’t want to waste ingredients. I’m really getting frustrated here. Thanks for your help.
Darlene, you might try adding more emulsifying wax, cut down on the goats milk you are adding to your recipe would be my suggestions. I also don’t use the stick blender on my lotions, I use a wire whisk if that won’t make it blend then there needs to be more emulsifying wax (in my opinion). Sometimes I have to heat everything back up and cool it down in an ice bath while whisking. The mixture looks like the milk has curdled when it starts emulsifying – I only mention this because every time I make lotion, I have to remind myself the milk isn’t “bad” it’s just turning to lotion. Save the failed lotion and use it in your soap. I have milled my soap and added the lotion to it then let it reset (only takes a day or so to re harden). The results were wonderful, moisturizing soap.