Goat Milk
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010Regarding the lives of our goats:
May 5th, our very temperamental dairy goat Touche, gave birth to triplets. They were born in our pasture in the early afternoon on a gorgeous day. Touche dropped her kids with ease and the assistance of my sister-in-law, Kathryn. The first was colored like her half sister, Ellie. The second [...]
Special Goat Milk Soap might “BEE” your favorite!
Monday, August 3rd, 2009I recently recieved a large wholesale order from one of my wholesalers for my Milk and Honey Goat Milk Soap. For several years now, I have been supplying this company with this specially formulated bar of natural goat milk soap. Along with the rich, moisturizing qualities of the goat milk, raw honey, propolis, pollen, and [...]
Beautiful Goat Milk Soap comes from detailed molds!
Friday, July 24th, 2009I spent the majority of this afternoon washing many of the soap molds that I use in the production of our goat milk soap. With hands in soapy warm water, equipped with scrubber and plenty of elbow grease, I hummed and sang my way through the stacks of soap molds, from the lighthouse mold to [...]
Superfatted Goat Milk Soap – Great for your Skin!
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009In the previous blog post, I mentioned how Garland Goat Soap is an especially moisturizing soap because it is a “superfatted soap.” Just what is a superfatted soap and how does “superfatting” affect soap?
To superfat soap is to leave unsaponified oils in the final bars for the mildest soap. Unsaponified oils do not form [...]
Meet Two Sisters’ Dairy Goats
Monday, May 11th, 2009All the good milk that goes into Garland Goat Soap is produced by our herd of registered dairy goats. Some of those goats have been mentioned in previous posts. We’ve had goats ever since I was quite young; in fact, I can hardly remember not having goats! Since both my oldest and my youngest brother [...]
Natural Handcrafted Soap bar – with Goat or Cow milk?
Friday, May 1st, 2009We’ve looked at some of the reason’s goat milk is a valuable addition to your skin-care. Perhaps this has raised a question for some of you: Why do we use goats milk in our natural soap bars, rather than cows milk? Does it make a difference? Well, as a matter of fact, it does! [...]
Goat Milk Soap for Goats!
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Four young ladies spent the past week with me for the opportunity to experience first hand taking care of all the goat kids and pitching in with the milking chores. Jessica, Julia, Sarah, and Hannah worked willingly and proved an excellent help…from bottle-feeding the kids, to milking the does, from washing soap molds to wrapping [...]
Naturally occurring constituents of goat milk soap leave skin soft and smooth!
Monday, April 27th, 2009There are many aspects to keeping healthy, vibrant, smooth skin. Your skin needs to be moisturized, it needs to be exfoliated – the dead skin cells broken down and removed-, it needs protection against harmful bacteria, and it needs good, healthy nourishment and rejuvenation.
Two constituents in goat milk, alpha-hydroxy acid and caprylic [...]
Zinc? Vitamin A? Vitamin B? Vitamin E? Do they affect your skin?
Monday, April 20th, 2009We mentioned in a recent post Is Goat Milk Good in Soap, the goodness of goat milk in natural soap bars. If you’re like me, though, you’ll be curious to find out more specifically just how the different vitamins and nutrients work for your skin! After all, it’s nice to know, for instance, that [...]
Is Goat Milk Good in Soap?
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009You might wonder why we have chosen to capitalize on including goat milk in our natural handcrafted soap bars. Does it really make that much difference in the final bars of soap? Does it merely make our soap “sound special” or does it contribute to the goodness of our soap? Let me let you in [...]
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