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. …
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Soap Making Lessons Learned: Before and After
I remember the first time I made a batch of soaps from scratch. Uncertainties gurgled in my throat: the heat, working with lye, would my mold be big enough? Feelings of uncertainty filled my chest. Don't you hate that feeling? But, as you probably know, you just gotta BIG-UP and go for it. All those …
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Gran’ Nanny’s Goat Milk Soaps Retailers in Stanly County
Be on the lookout for our counter-top displays at your local stores. Many retailers have the counter-top display pictured on the right. It holds an assortment of soaps and lotions and talks about many goat milk benefits for your skin. Our larger retailer stores have a full-line of our products on the Bakers Rack like …
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Crochet Face Cloths and Coordinated Soap Savers
These face cloths are fun and easy to make. Starting with 4-ply 100 percent cotton, I chain stitch about 30 links. Turn then single crochet in each chain. SC one then, this is where the creative part comes in. You can either single crochet the entire cloth, or you could use a half-crochet or any …
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Goat Milk Soap Gifts Available on WebSpecials
Each creamy colored metal bucket can double as a soap dish and comes with three goat milk soaps: Maschio Motivo's Espresso Caffé Latté, Wayland's Patchouli Plunge, and Dean's Orange Delight. All three soaps are for combination skin types and contain essential oils for a gentle aroma-filled bath. Our Maschio Motivo (Italian for Main Man; Bucky …
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New soaps are on the drying shelves
The new soaps are looking and smelling very good. Husband Bob checked 'em out last night. To us, 'checkin' 'em out' means touching, smelling, and seeing the soaps. (Although there is a 'taste' test for lye soaps, we don't do that. ughhhh) The hearing sense takes place when Bob purrs while he's investigating the newest …
Plenty of milk for new products
We have enough milk to add more products and a larger territory. What a wonderful feeling having our goat milk products so widely received. Thank all of you for your support. Clary Sage was popular we've decided to keep in the Gourmet Collection permanently. You voted by your purchases. We listened. Be on the lookout …
How important is it that the merchandise you receive match the photo on the web site?
I ask because I'm always experimenting with designs, new 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 without upsetting you as customers? My formulas are pretty much …
Crochet Face Cloth Sets
You'd be amazed at how bathing with a hand made crochet cloth enhances your bathing experience. That's why I make them. I use 100 percent 4-ply worsted cotton yarn for its softness and durability. Please allow for normal 100 percent cotton sizing and/or shrinkage. Do not wash in hot water, it dries out your skin. …
Benefits of Goat Milk Soap
The secret is in the butter fats that get turned into soap during the saponification process. Saponification is the chemical reaction that turns liquid, lye, and oil into soap. Goat milk contains butter fat, water, lactose (a milk sugar), casein (proteins), and salts. But because goat milk is naturally homogenized, the butter fats and milk …
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