LAVENDER BUDS GOAT’S MILK SOAP
INGREDIENTS
1 teaspoon pale blue, lavender, or summer violet mica powder
¼ cup isopropyl alcohol
1 tablespoon butter or alcohol
2 pounds goat milk’s soap base
1 teaspoon lavender essential oil
1 tablespoon lavender buds
butter or alcohol to coat molding
Makes 10½ bars. 1″ wide. Takes 3½ hours.
PREPARATION
Add pale blue mica and ¼ cup alcohol to mixing bowl. Blend.
Rub silicon mold with alcohol or butter.
Use spice grinder to grind lavender buds into powder
Cut goat’s milk base into 1″ cubes. Add goat’s milk to large glass measuring cups. Melt base in 30 second intervals. Stir after every time.
Pour melted goat’s milk base to soap mold
Add essential oil. Mix.
Add lavender powder and mica/alcohol blend. Mix.
Let sit for 3 hours. Use soap slicer to cut soap into slices 1″ wide.
TIDBITS
1) Things you can do with bars of lavender buds goat’s milk :(LBGMS):
Shower
Bathe
Barter for things you want when you don’t have enough money. Note: some things like houses will take quite a lot of soap bars in trade.
Corner the market in LBGMS. Think of all the money you’ll make if LBGMS mania takes over, Think of how clean and fragrant you be if it doesn’t.
Build your dream house with bars of LBGMS. Note: you won’t be able to insure your dream house against rain storms. May I suggest building your LBGMS home in places that get no rain at all? The world has a few such places.
Use your LBGMS bars to create avant-garde art. Become famous overnight.
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