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First of all, "Hi!" I'm new here and my daughter and I are newly experiencing making bath and body products from goat's milk. Feel free to give us tons of feedback!

My daughter has goats, and has been making goat’s milk soap. She has several people asking her to make goat’s milk lotion. I found this recipe online, and want to know if it is missing anything. Since we are new to lotion making I would appreciate input on this recipe. I like that it’s mostly natural, and pronounceable ingredients, as the people who are requesting it have things like eczema and sensitive skin. What would you recommend for a preservative?

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Goat Milk Lotion Recipe
1 1/2 T beeswax
2 T pumpkin seed oil
2 T palm oil
3 T sweet almond oil
1 T apricot oil
1 C warm goats milk or condensed goat milk
Essential oil/ Fragrance Oil to taste
Melt beeswax and palm oil together. Remove form heat. After melted, add the sweet almond, pumpkin seed and apricot oils. With a blender, slowly add the warm goat milk to oil/wax mixture. Add essential oil/fragrance oil as mixture begins to thicken. Beating until mixture thickens and cools. Since goat milk is used, I would recommend adding a preservative to extend shelf life. Put in containers.
You may also view this bath and body recipe by visiting the link below.
Goat Milk Lotion Recipe

Thanks in Advance!
Laura

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Laura
4-H Rules!

I don't think you will like the final results. There is no emulsifier in there, which will make the milk and the oils separate. You will need something like E-wax NF or Polawax. I never measure by teaspoons or cups as it's very innacurate. I would suggest getting a scale and weigh everything. As far as a preservative, milk has proteins which are harder to preserve. I would not use more than 10% milk and the rest as distilled water. For these type of ingredients, I would use paraben based preservative. As far as how much it depends which one you use. They are all different. Some require a certain pH, some are temp sensitive. If it was me, I would look for another recipe.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Thanks Soapbuddy! I appreciate the information! So, does anyone have a "to die for" goat milk lotion or body butter recipe?

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Laura
4-H Rules!

Take a look at some of the recipes here> http://www.lotioncrafter.com/lotioncraf ... ulary.html

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Nice recipes, any idea if we can replace the goat's milk powder and some of the water with fresh goat's milk?

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Laura
4-H Rules!

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.