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Milking Goats and Making Butters
Last time we talked about making your own felted soap at home and how to use your soap. If I missed anything you'd like to know, please contact me. I love talking about my goats and soap! I'm often asked why I chose to buy and breed my own goats and how we started the Bearded Lady Soap Factory. Back in 2006, one of our teenage sons was diagnosed with ADHD and we decided we needed milk that wasn’t processed and that was hormone free. We knew we wanted raw milk, but I wasn’t really interested in milking a cow. Instead,...
How to Use Your Felted Soap Bar
Last time we discussed how to make felted soap. Since then, I’ve had a few questions about how to use the soap. If I missed anything you'd like to know, please contact me. I love talking about goats and soap! Do I need to remove the felting before I can use the soap? Please don’t! The beautiful wool is meant to cling to and cover the soap. What are the benefits of using felted soap? Your soap lasts longer! The felting becomes your washcloth and after a few uses the soap comes through the wool. With regular use, your soap...
How to Felt Your Own Goat Milk Soap Bars
To make your own goat’s milk felted soap bars, follow along with me! Gather your supplies: Choose a bar of soap without additives, clays, or herbs. Make sure your soap doesn’t contain oatmeal as it will become rancid and get all bunched inside as you begin to use the bar. Wool – I use Blue-Faced Leicester sheep wool A clean plastic tub or your kitchen sink. Dish detergent – I use Seventh Generation or Ivory Clear dish soap. You can find both at your local grocery store. Separating the Wool and Planning the Design: 1. Undo a ball of Blue-Faced...
I've Always Wanted to Make Felted Soap!
What is felted soap? Felted soap is my handmade and cured goat milk soap, covered in layers of Blue-Faced Leicester sheep wool. The wool becomes both a wash cloth and a gentle exfoliator, so mild it can be used on your face. A few years back, a fiber-artist friend introduced me to a neat looking fiber called Blue-Faced Leicester Sheep. She told me that this wool is awesome for felted soap since it’s from ..."a longwool breed of sheep whose curly threadlike wool makes it considerably lighter than others." She knew that once I tried it, I would be...
The Healing Benefits of Goat Milk Lotion
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 me until right after I finished radiation. I had been doing all right with skin care, but there were a couple of areas that were more burned, and the skin was getting tight and rough, despite my regular applications of doctor-recommended creams and ointments. Not to mention that the ointment ruined several t-shirts before I figured it out. Then, my daughter got the Body Butter for me...