DIY Soy Milk Soap: A Natural & Chemical-Free Guide

Did you know that the usual soaps you use for bathing contain chemicals? And how much aware are you of the fact that the chemicals in some soaps can even cause skin allergies? Well, we can’t do anything about this, can we? Because most of the soaps contain chemicals, right?

Wrong. This is because we have the soy milk soap, which comes with a host of health benefits and contains no chemicals. And the best thing is you can prepare this soap right at your home!

Would you like to know how to make Soy milk soap? Please read this post.

Ingredients:

• Castor oil, 4 oz
• Avocado oil, 5 oz
• Rice bran oil, 5 oz
• Shea butter, 5 oz
• Sweet Almond oil, 5 oz
• Soy Milk Lye, 9 oz
• Soy Milk, 18 oz
• Olive oil, 20 oz
• Coconut oil, 20 oz

Directions:

The preparation of the recipe is divided into two distinct sections.

Making Soy Milk Lye:

1. First, we create the lye solution.
2. You can freeze the homemade soy milk in freezer bags and set them aside.
3. Keep the frozen milk on a table and chop it into pieces.
4. Add a little amount of soy milk (around 1 oz), so that the lye begins dissolving.
5. Add some ice cubes and cold water to a bowl and keep the lye container on top of the ice.
6. Make sure that the bowl is big enough to accommodate the lye container.
7. While stirring, add around ¼ more of the lye solution until it mixes well.
8. Keep on adding more lye to the soy milk in stages.
9. Remember to use a wooden spoon for mixing the lye.
10. As the soy milk pieces begin to melt, continue adding more lye, while remembering to stir continuously.
11. If you stop stirring, the lye will clump up, and these clumps will be visible in the soap as well.
12. Continue adding lye until you are done with it.
13. If the mixture turns yellow, don’t panic. This is perfectly normal.
14. Once this happens, keep the lye solution aside.
15. Partially submerge the vessel in cold water.

Preparing The Oils:

1. Once the lye has been prepared and set aside in cold water, let it stand for a while and move onto mixing the oils.
2. Melt the coconut oil and shea butter (hard oils) first.
3. Add the olive, castor, sweet almond and avocado oils (liquid oils) now.
4. Adding these liquid oils helps cool down the melted oils fast.
5. Once these oils have cooled down, they are ready to be used in the soap making process.
6. Add your own special fragrance, (essential oils like orange blossom or eucalyptus and lavender oil) to make the melted mixture smell divine.
7. Give the lye solution a stir.
8. You will normally find some globs, which are milk fats that have created bubbles from the air pockets.
9. Whisk the lye solution well so that it takes on a smooth consistency.
10. Always use wooden vessels; in this case you can use a wooden spoon to whisk the lye solution.
11. Finally, add the lye to the oils and mix well.
12. Once the mixture sets, pour it into a soap mold or a flat pan.
13. You can customize your soap bar’s shape at this stage.
14. Remember to use heat-safe soap molds.
15. Once you have filled the molds up, let the mixture set overnight.
16. You can even freeze it to speed up the hardening process.
17. Pop the soap out of the mold the next day.
18. Use a soap cutter or a sharp knife and cut the soap into your desired shape.
19. Let the soap cure for around a month, as it tends to take a long time to cure.
20. Once the soap is cured, enjoy having a bath in the homemade soy milk soap.

Now that you know soy milk soap recipe, let us know if you’ll give this a try. Start by trying out your first homemade made soy milk soap. And share your experiences with us in the comments section below!