Welcome to my first web site. My name is Marlene, I’m wife to Mark and mom to 11 wonderful kids and my main reason to start this web site…to be able to stay home and enjoy every minute. We homeschool our kids and what a wonderful chemistry class this has turned into along with business. We are also excited to announce that we are expecting our first daughter in law June 2010!

You maybe asking why goat’s milk soaps? When our daughters started piano lessons the fall of 2002 ironically they took them on a goat farm. They fell in love with goats and received billy goats as a gift. Well you don’t get much from a billy goat so I urged the girls to save their money and buy a couple nanny goats, which they did. I had no idea how much milk a nanny goat could give. We made cheese, ice cream and then soap. I fell in love with the idea of offering our family natural made soap. Little by little word got out to the extended family about my goat’s milk soaps, so I made more. Then I started experimenting with colors and fragrances and soon I was hooked.

The process of soap making I use to make my soaps is called “Cold Process”. That is where you keep the temperatures of the milk/sodium hydroxide solution as cool as you can and the oil mixture. To be able to add sodium hydroxide to milk and keep it cool I freeze the milk and add slowly the sodium hydroxide. It is definitely exciting to see the soaponification take place. To see oils and milk come together to make an absolutely wonderful product is such a thrill to me.

My lotion doesn’t have goat’s milk in it yet. The preservative is an issue to me, I don’t want to use formaldehyde. I try to use goat’s milk in each product. As of right now the liquid soaps I’m doing are using powered goat’s milk.

About Goat’s Milk Goat’s milk is very high in vitamins, minerals and proteins as well as high in lactic acid which helps exfoliate dead skin cells and soften your skin. We use natural oils such as olive, rice bran, coconut, pumpkin, grapeseed, perilla seed, fractionated coconut, palm, cocoa butter, avocado, lard, sweet almond and shea butter to nourish & moisturize your skin. We scent the soaps with pure essential oils and skin safe fragrance oils. Any coloring is done with skin safe colorings. All our soaps are hand cut, varying slightly in size and shape. It takes approximately 6-8 weeks from the day I make the soap to the time you’re able to use it. Some take 3 months before they can be used.

Our bar soap is Handmade from 100% Fresh Creamy Goats Milk No Added WATER !

Although the exact origins are not known, milk has been used in a variety of skin care products for thousands of years. For example, it has been said that Cleopatra preserved her renowned beauty by bathing in milk from goats and horses. The soothing and moisturizing qualities of goat milk have made it a revered cosmetic ingredient for centuries, and especially useful for delicate or damaged skin.The ancient Greeks and Romans used milk products as treatments for skin injuries. Butter was created specifically for use on burned skin and as a coating for glossing one's hair! In the nineteenth century, Europe had "whey" (the watery part of milk that separates from the curd in cheesemaking) spas which were sought by people looking for healing skin therapies.

From ancient times until today, milk and milk products have been used as an excellent source of nutrition and for medicinal and cosmetic purposes. Goat Milk protein contains all the known and essential amino acids, including a much higher content of medium chain fatty acids (MCT) {which have become of considerable interest to the medical profession, because of their unique benefits in many metabolic diseases of humans (Babayan, V.K., 1981. Medium chain length fatty acid esters and their medical and nutritional applications. Journal American Oil Chem. Society. 59: 49A-51A}.

It also contains vitamin A, B vitamins and minerals such as calcium, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus. With its natural emollients, goat milk soap can relieve dryness and restore a silky softness to the skin. Goat Milk has long been known for being effectively utilized by people who have sensitivities to cow milk. It nourishes our bodies - inside and out! The skin easily absorbs the milk's rejuvenating components!

Whole milk is used in soap making, and this is critical to the success of the end product. A higher fat content will create a product with unique moisturizing cleansers. Goat milk has been referred to as nature's liposomes. Chemically, milk is a lipoprotein, one in a class of proteins found in combination with lipids. A lipid is an organic substance insoluble in water, and helps seal moisture in when applied to the skin, thus preventing dryness and cracking of sensitive skins.

Goat milk also has a low ph, which helps to reduce the alkalinity of soap, preserving the acid mantel which healthy skin uses to reduce bacterial invasions. (Information courtesy of Dionis Goat Milk Skin Care Products). Goat milk soap is frequently recommended by dermatologists and used successfully to aid healing for people suffering from skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema and acne, and general relief from dry, itchy skin. Goat milk is truly a pure, gentle and natural beauty aid! Healthy, young looking skin has a texture that reflects light like the surface of a diamond, it is silky smooth to the touch, and has a healthy, rosy glow....which is what many customers say they experience with goat milk soap products!

Do your body some good....try goat milk soaps!