Small Easter Egg Bath Soap

Goat Milk... with so many soap options available today, it can be difficult to know which one is best for your skin. What’s more, many commercially made soaps aren’t real soap. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), only a few soaps on the market are true soaps, while the majority of cleansers are synthetic detergent products. Given the increased demand for natural soaps, goat milk soap has soared in popularity for its soothing properties. 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 today, 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 soap production. Saturated fats increase a soap’s lather or production of bubbles, while unsaturated fats provide moisturizing and nourishing properties. Additionally, other plant-based oils like olive or coconut oil can be used in goat milk soap to further increase the content of healthy, nourishing fats.