I have been wanting and wishing and waiting to make my very own goat milk soap. I finally got some dairy goats and just purchased one that was already lactating. I have been milking her and saving the milk. I am about ready to make my first batch of soap. Tomorrow I will be going to town to try and find all my ingredients, since I dont want to wait to get them offline.( I will do this at a latter date). I have researched a million recipes online it seems and found one I think will work for me.
My question is this, I have learned that the sugar in the milk carmalizes and turns the soap a tan color. The only suggested way to lighten the color is to use powedered goats milk (which defeats my purpose of using my own goats milk. I was wondering if you could use food coloring to alter the color of the soap. I know that homemade lye soaps come in all colors, I have watched and purchased lye soap from the annual Goat fair held two counties over. Just dont know how they color it.
My question is this, I have learned that the sugar in the milk carmalizes and turns the soap a tan color. The only suggested way to lighten the color is to use powedered goats milk (which defeats my purpose of using my own goats milk. I was wondering if you could use food coloring to alter the color of the soap. I know that homemade lye soaps come in all colors, I have watched and purchased lye soap from the annual Goat fair held two counties over. Just dont know how they color it.