goat’s milk soap
What is the best organic powdered goat’s milk out there for making soaps?
Wanting to making organic soaps for craft fair. Is powdered goat’s milk just as good as using goat’s milk.
I raise goats, and have made goat milk soaps before.
I know of no powdered milk that is not non-fat. You need those fats in the milk for proper soap production.
Indeed the fresh goat milk from my Saanen produces poor quality soap, since she produces milk with lower milk fats.
I’m afraid you really need fresh goat milk. LaManchas produce a nice ratio of fats in their milk, for making soap.
By the way, you can buy bulk goat milk soap from Ebay, for CHEAP. One route you might think about is simply buying the bulk, premade goat milk soap, melting it down, and adding all the scents, and what-not that you would like to add. The bulk goat milk soap on Ebay is just plain, zero scent, or color added.
~Garnet
Homesteading/Farming over 20 years
goat’s milk soap
History of Soap Making – Goats Milk Soap
The history of soap making began when the earliest recorded evidence of soap-like materials traced back to approximately 2800 BC, found in clay cylinders during the excavation of ancient Babylon. Approximately 2200 BC, soap formula inscriptions were written on the clay saying that fats were boiled with ashes, which are a way of making soap, but there was no reference to the purpose of the soap.
Approximately 1500 BC, ancient Egyptians used animal and vegetable oils, combined with alkaline salts to create a soap-like-substance used for treating skin diseases as well as for washing.
Around 600 BC the Phoenicians used soap for cleaning wool, cotton and textiles prior to weaving and dieing, instead of for human washing.
The early Greeks did not use soap. They washed themselves with blocks of clay, pumice, sand and ashes then anointed they with oil. Afterwards, they scraped sweat and dirt off using a curved bladed metal instrument called a strigil. Much later, in the second century AD, the famous Greek physician, Galen, recommended washing with soap as a preventative measure for certain diseases, especially diseases of the skin.
Bathing became popular in the Roman times. An entire soap factory was discovered in the ruins of Pompeii in 79 AD. The Romans exfoliated using abrasive substances like sand and pumice then scraped off the grime and dirt with sticks or a strigil. Luxurious scented baths and massages followed this exfoliation ritual, with perfumed oils.
By the 13th century when the soap industry was introduced from Italy into France, most soap was produced from the tallow of goats, with beech ash furnishing the alkali.
Moving forward in time, Great Grandma rendered animal fats to get oils, so she was limited to tallow or lard. We have all kinds of terrific oils to choose from, but the lard with some olive oil and coconut oil makes wonderful, basic, castile-type soap. Great Grandma, also, had to make her own lye; we have standardized lye available, commercially.
After researching the science facts; chemical qualities of different oils, the active properties of botanicals, the results of saponification and the physical properties of lather and bubbles, the result produced a mild and gentle, homemade, natural soap. This homemade soap is called goats milk soap.
Goats milk soap offers many skin care benefits, unlike commercial modern day soaps. It contains mild and gentle, natural, ingredients, unlike harsh “chemically manufactured” ingredients or detergents in modern day soaps. Goats milk soap leaves your skin close to its natural pH level, unlike harsh detergent type of soaps. Goats milk soap contains the benefits of vitamins A,B, C, D, E and K. Handmade soap experts confirm that goat milk is the ingredient that makes the difference between regular handmade soap and a miraculous luxury item!
Ingredients can be added to goats milk soap, such as oatmeal or aloe vera juice, to help contribute to their soothing properties. This homemade soap is great for all kinds of skin types including: dry itchy skin, dry flaky skin, oily skin, acne and sensitive skin. Harsh commercial soaps can, actually, contribute to poor skin conditions. Oil production, on the face, is often the skin’s natural reaction against harsh chemicals in commercial soaps. Mild and gentle, healthful, goats milk soaps gently cleanses, softens, soothes, moisturizes and nourishes skin.
Learn from the history of soap. Get back to nature using homemade skin care products such as, natural goats milk soaps. You can have beautiful, healthful, skin the way nature intended.
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Anyone who would recommend goat’s milk soap?
I recently found out about hand-made, natural goat’s milk soap. I heard it is so much better than commercial soaps, and gentler on the skin, too. Is there anyone out there who uses goat’s milk soap and would recommend switching to it? (If so, any particular brands/types you would suggest?)
Thanks!
I found an awesome goat-milk soap at our local farmers market, Maple Hill Soap. I use it on my face and everywhere! My friend said it helped with her excema. Another guy I know uses it for his psoriasis. They have a website www.maplehillsoap.com They have great fragrances and all-natural too.
Goats Milk Soap
