| As I mentioned on The Sage Forum, “Milk brings to soap a few problems, lactose is the primary issue, but certainly not the only one. The sugars in milk can settle out of the soap during a the heat wave we call saponification. This looks like a gelatinous mass on the bottom of the soap mold. Sometimes it looks something like monster snot. Avoiding this situation means we get a beautiful and usable soap.”
Soy Milk does not contain the lactose that can give any soap maker problems. I decided to make my soap using Soy Milk as my liquid of choice. I will not be adding any additive to the soap to see how it turns out. 8 ounces weight Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 2.2 ounces Sodium Hydroxide Weighing time: 8 minutes This recipe is the same as the test batch that we use for fragrance testing. If the protein gives you trouble, make a half Soy Milk and half water batch. Tomorrow I will show you my half Soy Milk and half water batch. Have fun soaping! |
 Adding lye to the Soy Milk.  Stirring the lye and Soy Milk.  Wow! What a color change! |
 This lye solution is the color of a deer.  Lye solution sitting under the oils.  Pouring into my test mold. |
 Emptying melted oils into my beaker.  Using the immersion blender.  All of the soap in the mold. |