Why is Goat Milk Soap Good for Your Skin?
Lavender Goat Milk Soap naturally colored with purple brazilian clay
Barnyard Goat Milk Soap, the classic look of a Holstein cow everyone knows!
After days of no showering with a new baby you may be thinking it's time for one (a shower that is..). But, your baby remembers you by that special scent, right?
It's OK!! There is soap that's even gentle enough to use on that brand new bundle of joy. When you can't even take a shower or bath by yourself anymore, bring 'em on in. Trust me, I've been there... 4 times. And that's nothin' compared to my mom that had 8 (babies that is..)!
There are so many things that you can use goat milk for, but soap??!!
Yes! It makes the best soap.
I used to have cracks on my hands & knuckles every winter. Like, bad. Seriously bad. It took awhile, but after using goat milk soap for a few weeks, no more cracks. That totally sounds like an infomercial, but we have other testimonials from real customers!
We have families that have rid themselves of rashes or eczema, and can't believe how soft their skin is after using goat milk soap!!
Now, for the title of the blog...
"Why is goat milk soap better for my skin than soap at the store?"
Homemade soap:
Is natural - the way our ancestors made soap.
It contains glycerin naturally, which attracts moisture from the air to the skin.
Goat milk makes the soap even more moisturizing.
Contains good-for-you oils.
Has naturally occurring vitamins if made with milk
The oils I use can vary depending on what outcome I need in the finished bar. Like my Facial Bar has more coconut oil for more cleansing, and Butter Bar has more butters & our own bees wax to make it great for dry winter skin.
"So what's so bad about store bought soap?"
Commercial Soap:
Strips your skin of moisture (instead of adding it back)
Sometimes the glycerin is removed to resell for use in making lotions & creams.
Contains chemicals that you can't pronounce.
Is more like detergent
Now, if you stick a bar of soap in your eye, it's gonna burn whether it's handmade or the "turtledove" soap at the store. But my kids claim it doesn't burn (I think it does, but if it makes them take a shower, my work here is done!)
I have a lot of people ask, “But isn’t there lye in the soap?!”
Short answer.. NO! (explanation below)
Long answer.. you MUST to use lye (sodium hydroxide) to make soap or it's not really soap.
Yes, lye is dangerous, I wear goggles while making soap (don't want any splatters in my eyeballs while stick blending!)
Yes, people claim they make no-lye soap. But that is just already-made lye soap that they buy and melt down to pour into their own molds! Talk about false marketing claims, LOL.
"OK, so, why are you telling me this, it will scare me from using natural homemade soap?!" "How can this be safe to use?"
Well, when the soap goes through its “soapy-process”, called saponification, there is NO lye in the finished product.
It really is a science. Wait... didn't I say I'd never need that after highschool?? Shhh…
Ready to pamper yourself with soft moisturized skin?
Stop in our farm store where we have many varieties of Goat Milk Soap for sale. Come pick up a bar... or five!
