Hand-crafted Soap
Most of the soaps I make are made with milk fresh from our dairy goats. Goat's milk makes a lovely bar of soap with creamy lather - in fact, it's reputed that beauties the world over have bathed in milk to keep their skin smooth and beautiful. If you've never used Goat's Milk soap before, you are in for a treat!
In some of my bars, you'll see "Whey" listed - this is the liquid left over from our cheesemaking. It's still a goat product, and it helps me keep the soap as light/white as possible. It also keeps us from wasting the whey - I'd rather use it than throw it out!
I also use the wort from my husband's homebrew - it makes for a nice, lathery soap. I don't get it too often, so these bars are limited edition - when they're gone, they're gone until he brews another batch.
Each batch of soap is handmade, and as such no 2 bars are exactly alike. I try to keep each type of soap similar, but that's the best I can promise - each batch is an unique thing.
I am constantly making soap, so if you don't see something you like, drop me a note! I'll be happy to work with you to get the perfect scent - just be aware that it takes 4 weeks for each bar to cure before it's ready for sale. Longer if I have to order a scent (but I don't mind - if you don't mind waiting, I'll be happy to work with you!) I usually have a few batches curing - I might just have that perfect scent almost ready to go!
NOTE: All soaps are made with sodium hydroxide (AKA: lye) Don't let fancy marketing fool you - if you have a bar of soap, lye was used somewhere during the process. Without lye, you'll have a mushy liquid - not at all something you'd like to wash up with! The lye reacts with the oils in a process called saponification - at the end, there is NO lye left. (Commercial soaps usually "hide" the lye; if you see an ingredient like "sodium tallowate", it's Tallow (beef fat) that has been saponified by lye. Don't be fooled!)
All soaps are approximately 4 ounces; they measure - again approximately - 1" wide X 2.25" tall X 3.25" long.
I recently updated the webpage - and I decided to divide the soaps into 2 pages; Goat's Milk and Non-Milk/Limited Edition. You can reach the pages either from the menu bar, or from the handy-dandy photos here.
In some of my bars, you'll see "Whey" listed - this is the liquid left over from our cheesemaking. It's still a goat product, and it helps me keep the soap as light/white as possible. It also keeps us from wasting the whey - I'd rather use it than throw it out!
I also use the wort from my husband's homebrew - it makes for a nice, lathery soap. I don't get it too often, so these bars are limited edition - when they're gone, they're gone until he brews another batch.
Each batch of soap is handmade, and as such no 2 bars are exactly alike. I try to keep each type of soap similar, but that's the best I can promise - each batch is an unique thing.
I am constantly making soap, so if you don't see something you like, drop me a note! I'll be happy to work with you to get the perfect scent - just be aware that it takes 4 weeks for each bar to cure before it's ready for sale. Longer if I have to order a scent (but I don't mind - if you don't mind waiting, I'll be happy to work with you!) I usually have a few batches curing - I might just have that perfect scent almost ready to go!
NOTE: All soaps are made with sodium hydroxide (AKA: lye) Don't let fancy marketing fool you - if you have a bar of soap, lye was used somewhere during the process. Without lye, you'll have a mushy liquid - not at all something you'd like to wash up with! The lye reacts with the oils in a process called saponification - at the end, there is NO lye left. (Commercial soaps usually "hide" the lye; if you see an ingredient like "sodium tallowate", it's Tallow (beef fat) that has been saponified by lye. Don't be fooled!)
All soaps are approximately 4 ounces; they measure - again approximately - 1" wide X 2.25" tall X 3.25" long.
I recently updated the webpage - and I decided to divide the soaps into 2 pages; Goat's Milk and Non-Milk/Limited Edition. You can reach the pages either from the menu bar, or from the handy-dandy photos here.
Goat's Milk Soaps
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Non-Milk & Limited Edition soaps
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