Goat’s milk soap is a wonderful skin care product for people, and even babies, with sensitive skin, because it is milder than most other soaps. It is also of great benefit to dry chapped skin, and leaves your skin feeling clean and moisturized.
One of the best breeds to use for goat’s milk soap is Nubian goats which derives their name from a desert region in North Africa. However today’s Nubian goats were developed in Great Britain by crossing of English goats with exotic bucks that came off British ships returning from India, the Middle East and Africa. Nubians were imported into the United States in the early 1900s, and have since become one of the most popular for dairy. The American Dairy Goat Association usually registers about 40,000 goats, and about 16,000 are Nubian goats, annually.
Fresh goat’s milk soap that has been designed for total skin care is based in farm-fresh Nubian goat’s milk, which is the very best treatment for troubled skin conditions such as eczema or dry skin. You won’t find a better bar soap than this one! Designed for total skin care, including the face as we’ll as the body, look for goat’s milk soap based in non-drying Nubian goat’s milk. It is fabulous for troublesome skin conditions, and it leaves no soap residue.
There is a reason why goat’s milk soap is good for those with skin challenges… and the difference is in the pH balance. Goat’s milk makes our natural soap more akin to the skin than anything else – not too alkaline. And yet, most big-brand soaps contain harsh chemicals that can irritate the skin, alcohol that dries the skin, and sometimes petroleum products, which is just disturbing. Handmade soap is made from natural, gentle ingredients that don’t leave the skin itchy, dry or irritated.
Handmade goat’s milk soap has yet another advantage: glycerin. Almost all soaps are made by combining alkali and fat. During the saponification process, the fat turns into soap and glycerin. Commercial soaps remove the glycerin by adding salt, which makes the soap and glycerin separate. But in handmade soap, the glycerin remains in the soap, providing deep moisturizing benefits.
In addition to whole Nubian Goat’s Milk, look for other ingredients in your goat’s milk soap suchassaponified oils of: Avocado Oil, Cedarwood, Coconut, Jojoba Oil, Olive Palm, Rice Bran, Safflower, Sweet Almond Oil Filtered Water, Beeswax and the essential oils of Blood Orange, Cinnamon Bark, Coriander Seed, Grapefruit, Geranium, Ginger, Lemon, Rosewood, Himalayan, Lavender, and Rosemary Essential Oil.