One of my favorite books about milk soaps was written by Casey Makela in 1997. Milk-Based Soaps: Making Natural, Skin-Nourishing Soap contains recipes for soaps as well as benefits and reasons why milk is so good for your skin. My copy is tattered and torn on a page or two but it's loved and well-worn. …
Author: Carolyn Patricia Allen
I used to breed purebred Nubian dairy goats so I could make goat milk bath and beauty products with their milk. All of our products are made with 100 percent fresh goat milk. When I 'm not making soaps I write about life on the farmstead and care for our other critters.
Most of them produce marketable products: chickens, goats, and horses give us fertilizer for our organic garden, chickens give us eggs, but the bees produce the most goods. I bottle their honey, make candles, lip balm, skin creams and lotions with their beeswax.
My husband and I recently took a One Stroke painting class with Vicki Galloway so now we can paint the hives and make a few signs for the ranch.
How important is it that the soap you purchase match the photograph on the web?
I ask because I'm always experimenting with designs, colors, textures, exfoliates, and sizes. Swirls are my passion now and will be until I master them. Then I’ll move onto another design challenge. How would be the best way to convey my designs to you? More than likely every batch I make will be different from …
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Goat Milk Soapy Sachet as a Facial Scrub
Creating new products is part of the fun of working with soaps. Soap marketing and packaging is sooooo creative, the possibilities are as exciting as they are endless. That's why we created our Soapy Sachet. Each organza bag contains shredded soap that you leave in the bag. Wet the bag then use it as a …
Newest Soap Batch Aging Nicely
The newest soap batch is aging nicely. This morning they were firm enough to bevel the edges. Touching our new soaps is a pleasant experience. They're creamy and make my hands feel soft after working with soaps. Maybe that's why I handle them so much. Anyway, they're back on the drying racks now. Just waiting …
Made new soaps yesterday
Right smack dab in the middle of making a soap batch yesterday, I noticed that I only had 3 ounces of Lavender EO. YIKES I need 6 ounces!!! !!!! I've just GOT to do a better job of inventory management. My fellow soapmakers know I had less than one minute to respond. Thinking while I …
We’re almost out of crisis mode
After losing two goats last week we've been in crisis mode in getting the barns cleaned and I mean CLEAN. ALL the dirt,sand,debris has been removed. The sand has been replaced, limed, tilled and raked. New proceduers are in place for the health, safty, and welfare of the goats. Yesterday we initiated an on-site laboratory …
Getting Away from it all
Toast Here's to getting away from it ALLLLLLL. We're on top of Stoney Mountain visiting the Stony Mountain Vineyards on this most beautiful day. The incredible day, breath-taking scenery, delightful wine = perfection. Fellowship and re-connecting with friends = priceless. You two made this getaway memorable. Please come again. We have more hideaways out here …
Holiday Gift Packaging
Researching gift packaging for the past few weeks has opened a whole new world. What a treat! The designs, papers, ribbons and creative ideas are outstanding! So many textures and colors are available now. Details send the greatest message. Wrapping our goat milk products in bountiful ribbons adds to the gift presentation. We want you …
Soaps available at God’s Country Outfitters in Albemarle, NC
Hello Everyone: Gran' Nanny's Goat Milk Soaps are available at God's Country Outfitters; 1454 Highway 52, Albemarle, next door to Gold's Gym. You know, where the old Big Lots used to be! Easy parking! For you 'last-minute-shoppers' many products have been wrapped as gifts. All you gotta do is Grab and Go. * Our new …
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