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Beauty Benefits of Goats Milk Based Soaps and Skin Care Products
Milk based soaps have recently been rediscovered,
largely due to the current research on milk proteins
that is teaching consumers about the way skin
benefits from contact with whey protein and lactic
acid. Lactic acid helps smooth skin by exfoliation,
and milk also contains Vitamins A and D, whose
benefits include giving skin strength and
suppleness. Many milk based soaps are made of goat's
milk, which has the same ph as human skin. Goats
produce a high fat, creamy milk that's easily
digested because its molecules are smaller than
those of cow's milk. People allergic to cow's milk
often drink goat's milk instead because of the
protein profile of goat's milk, which more closely
resembles that of human milk, and which makes goat
milk easier to digest. The other upside of using
goats' milk in all kind of products is the fact that
goats are more easily farmed than cows or sheep:
they forage on all kinds of feed, are resistant to
injury and disease and are providers of wool, meat
and milk.
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How is goat’s milk soap made?
But you can't make soap from milk alone. Other
ingredients could include natural oils from seeds,
nuts, and vegetables, such as soybeans or coconuts.
Soap has two main ingredients; lye and fat. When lye
combines with a fat, chemical interaction hardens
the oils, creating a bar of hard soap. When our
great-grandmothers made their all natural soap, they
used wood ashes and lard: the ashes were soaked in
water, which leached out lye. Cooking lard with lye
created soap. Original lye soaps were unscented and
very harsh. They were also used for scrubbing
laundry and floors, so their harshness helped
pioneers get their clothes and homes—as well as
their families—clean.
Why soap making is usually left to professional
crafters
Today, you can make your own soap much more easily
than the pioneers did. Buy soapmaking ingredients
online, at some craft stores, or at co-ops and
natural food stores. Lye is a caustic agent though,
and you have to be careful when using it because
when it's undiluted, it can eat holes in your skin
as easily as it can destroy your clothes. There are
rules for working with lye; never make lye-based
soaps as a fun craft for children; it's just too
dangerous. But once lye combines with fats and
saponification takes place, it's no longer the
caustic agent it started out as. If you aren’t
crafty, but still want access to milk based soaps,
there are many online retailers online that sell
this wonderful soap.
If you want to try soapmaking at home but don't want
to deal with lye, the easiest, gentlest soap in the
world can be made with three ingredients; glycerin,
water and scent. Glycerin is derived from fat,
either animal or vegetable and can be bought in
blocks or chips at any place that sells soapmaking
supplies. Melt glycerin on the stove over a low
temperature, add essential or fragrance oils for
scent or food coloring for hue, then pour the liquid
into soap molds. When the soap is cooled, simply
unmold it.
What ingredients, like scent and exfoliants, are
added to homemade milk soap?
Aromatherapy soaps include natural and organic
scents such as lavender, vanilla, and rose oils. For
aromatherapy purposes, only buy soaps scented with
organic essential oils; "fragrance" oils are based
on synthetic chemicals and don't have the beneficial
neurological properties of essential oils.
Adding ingredients like goat's milk to a soap base
as a liquid ingredient allows the beneficial
properties of the milk to become part of the
cleanser. You can use regular or powdered milk in
soapmaking. (For a classic milk bath without
soapmaking, add a cup or two of milk powder to hot
water and climb in for a skin-smoothing soak). Other
healthy ingredients include oils like olive oil,
almonds, oatmeal, honey, herbal ingredients,
vitamins and exfoliants like cornmeal or coffee
grounds. Soaps of synthetic glycerin and organic soy
milk or soy protein are a vegan bathing delight.
There are recipes for therapeutic use, acne
prevention and sensitive complexion and body care.
Homemade soap makes a marvelous gift, too!
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