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Making Handmade Goat Milk Soap - the FAQ's
How do I choose the ingredients for my handmade bars of goat milk soap?I want what’s best for my skin and for those in my family, from my youngest grandchild to my aging parents. My process is pretty simple. First I add ingredients like shea butter, cocoa butter, and a few oils. Then I focus on fragrance.Why Shea Butter?Shea butter is like a superfood for our skin. It’s a triglyceride extracted from the nuts of the African Shea tree. In its unrefined, raw form, shea butter contains vitamins A and E and fatty acids. Our skin is nourished,...
Making Layered Goat Milk Soap is Pretty to look at, but...
A wonderful idea came to me the other day. I enjoy the process of doing something a little bit different with the same thing. So when I was thinking about ways to use up leftover soap while pouring individual loaves, I thought: I’ll make layered goat milk soap! It’ll be beautiful and have a blend of three different fragrances. The process seemed really straight forward. I prepared for my usual routine of making three batches of soap in one day. I put the goat milk in the fridge to get it nice and cold. I measured out all of my...
How to Raise Bottle-Baby Goats
During the month of April, my hands are busy and my heart is full of love for the bottle-baby goats in my care. Right now, I have three kids who are on their moms since they were born during the county fair. Later when the ground dries out from the torrential rains we just had in Houston, I will make them bottle-babies so we can use the milk because my pregnant does are slowing down in milk production. I love to welcome them into our world, and when the kids get a little older, I enjoy watching them romp with our dog or with...
Healing Benefits of Handmade Goat Milk Body Butter
Can my goat milk body butter soothe skin that's been through radiation? Absolutely! I know exactly what all of my goats eat and what medications they have taken. I have total control of the process and therefore the product. The result? A super-healing balm for any type of skin, but read the note a grateful customer recently wrote to me about her skin issues after radiation for cancer. Dear Bearded Lady, My daughter told me about your Body Butter just before I started radiation following breast cancer surgery. She lives in Santa Fe but was unable to get the product to...
Seasonal Soaps and Showing Livestock
Making Soap and Showing at Fairs. It's the most wonderful time of year here in Santa Fe, Texas. The flowers are blooming, the temperatures are pleasant during the day and we're still enjoying crisp and cool evenings. When I walk outside and get a whiff of the roses during the day or the night-blooming Jasmine and Angel's Trumpet, I am reminded once again that it's spring. Everything is new again. And I rediscovered that I love flowers! Their fragrances and beauty warm my heart. Fragrant spring flowers inspire me. Every spring my kitchen smells like a wonderland as I whip up...
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