
Goat Milk Soaps
What is goat milk soap?
Goat milk soap is exactly what it sounds like, soap made from goat’s milk. It has recently gained popularity, but using goat milk and other fats for cosmetics and soaps stems back thousands of years.
Goat milk soap is made via the traditional soap-making process known as saponification, which involves combining an acid, fats, and oils with a base called lye.
In most soaps, lye is made by combining water and sodium hydroxide. However, when making goat milk soap, goat milk is used instead of water, allowing for a creamier consistency due to naturally occurring fats.
Goat milk is rich in both saturated and unsaturated fats, making it ideal for soaps. Saturated fats increase a soap’s lather or bubbles, while unsaturated fats provide moisturizing and nourishing properties.
Additionally, we use oils like olive and coconut oil in our goat milk soap to further increase the content of healthy, nourishing fats.