How We Make Our Soap
For those inquiring minds that would like to know, this is how we
make our soaps.

We make all of our soaps the old-fashioned way. This means we
use lye combined with various natural oils, like olive oil, coconut
oil, canola oil, castor oil, palm oil, etc.

1. The first thing we do is to to don our protective gear and then
carefully mix the lye with water, or in some cases, with milk.













2. Then we mix the oils.







In the picture above, we are making goat milk soap, so we are
adding the lye directly to the goat milk. We prefer to freeze the
goat milk before adding it to the lye, as this reduces the strong
smell that can occur when the lye makes contact with the protein
in the milk.

3. Next, we carefully measure the selected oils that will be used
in the recipe and heat them to 100 degrees.















4. Then, we slowly add the lye/ water mixture or lye/milk mixture
to the heated oil mixture and blend.













5. We blend the soap until it reaches what is known as "trace".  
We have to be careful not to mix it too much, or it will harden and
become useless.
5.At this point, we may add herbs, colorants, essential oils or
fragrances.
6. We then pour the soap into molds and and cover it to keep it
warm.










We leave the soap in the mold at least 24 hours, sometimes
longer, depending on the recipe.

7. Finally, we unmold the soap and cut it into bars.














8. We allow the soap to cure for several weeks to harden.


9 .Last, we label and wrap each bar.