Coconut Milk Soap

Lots of soap makers use milk in their soaps. I talk about soaps with milk in my article Making Soap with Milks. Like Cleopatra's famed milk-baths, soap made with milk instead of just water has extra moisturizing qualities and a creaminess that can't be matched with just oils. Most soapers use goat's milk, which is indeed really lovely in soap. But this batch uses canned coconut milk. It gives the extra moisturizing qualities, but gives something extra - super bubbly lather! Extra creamy...extra bubbly! Mmmmmmmmm...