Vitamins


Coconut Oil: Excellent Oil for Your Skin

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

After reading the last post (Olive oil…Not Just for Cooking!), you might wonder why I just don’t use one hundred percent olive oil in my goat milk soaps. Well, you’d miss out on the incredible qualities other oils add to the soap!
Coconut oil is also an essential component of Garland Goat Soap. Coconut oil is [...]

Olive Oil…Not Just for Cooking!

Monday, May 18th, 2009

There are all sorts of oils available for soapmakers to use. Some are commonplace, some exotic. Olive oil is one of the key oils I use in Garland Goat Soap. True, it’s rather expensive to use in large quantities, but it is extremely valuable for skin care. It helps promote a sooth, radiant completion, maintain [...]

Natural Handcrafted Soap bar – with Goat or Cow milk?

Friday, May 1st, 2009

We’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! [...]

Naturally occurring constituents of goat milk soap leave skin soft and smooth!

Monday, April 27th, 2009

There 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, 2009

We 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 [...]