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 [...]
Palm Oil and Vitamin E Oil round out our Natural Goat Milk Bar Soap bases!
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009I use yet two more oils along with olive oil and coconut oil to complete Garland Goat Soaps simple and pure but well-rounded base ingredients.
Palm oil is another important oil for use in a natural bar soap. A gentle cleanser and moisturizer, palm oil contributes to lasting hardness in a bar of soap. Unlike coconut [...]
Coconut Oil: Excellent Oil for Your Skin
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009After 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, 2009There 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 [...]
How do OILS affect your soap?!
Friday, May 15th, 2009I got a shipment of soapmaking supplies in today, including olive oil, coconut oil, and palm oil, some of the major ingredients I use in my soap. I wonder how many people realize what oils in soap do – or not do – for their skin. When first experimenting with soap making, I followed [...]
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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