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Calendula, also known in the herbal world as “Mother of The Skin” is a flowering herb that seems to do well in just about all soil conditions. This wonderful plant not only adds beauty to the garden but offers medicinal and culinary benefits as well, and is most recognized for its effectiveness in treating skin problems such as wounds, burns, insect bites, shingles, eczema, and skin ulcers to name a few.
We grow and harvest Calendula every year, making infused oils and use the actual pedals of the plant in our goat milk soap bars. Calendula is very healthy for the skin and very mild. We recommend our Unscented or Calendula Oranges soaps bars for those who have extremely sensitive skin.
Harvesting Calendula is simple and can be a lot of fun, especially when the entire family gets involved. After picking the flowers we set them in drying racks out of direct sun light and moisture until they are completely dried. After they have dried we hand pick each pedal to use in our soaps, and store the rest in glass jars to use as needed.
Goat’s milk in general is extremely healthy for the skin, and when adding natural ingredients such as pure essential oils and actual pedals of the plant straight from the garden you couldn’t ask for a more healthier and natural soap bar.
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A common ingredient found in many handcrafted soap bars such as natural goat’s milk soap’s is oatmeal. This familiar breakfast food is so much more than a fulfilling meal to start out the day, providing excellent benefits for the skin as well. Oatmeal is commonly used amongst soap makers as an ingredient that offers, mild exfoliating, moisturizing and anti-inflammatory properties. The oatmeal used in these products is ground up into a fine powder that is then able to disperse in water, which is called colloidal oatmeal.
While most exfoliation agents are too rough for sensitive areas such as the face, colloidal oatmeal serves as a mild exfoliation; which is why it is a common ingredient found in facial mask.
Oatmeal also is a natural emollient, meaning it traps moisture in. This helps keep the skin hydrated by holding water to the skins surface, and does not interfere with the cleansing ability of the soap. Colloidal oatmeal actually contains plant saponin, which is a natural cleanser.
Phenols are found in colloidal oatmeal giving it anti-inflammatory properties. This makes oatmeal skin care products great for reducing acne, rashes, and insect bites.
The following are two soap bars that you may want to try, that contain this wonderful natural ingredient, oatmeal. Enjoy!
There are many skin care products available today that promise healthier and younger looking skin. Most of these products can be very expensive, and not as healthy as the label claims them to be. Here are some affordable and practical skin care tips that will keep your skin looking healthy and young. Also books such as Earthly Bodies & Heavenly Hair: Natural and Healthy Personal Care for Every Body, by Dina Falconi are highly recommended for equipping yourself with practical knowledge for healthier personal care.
- Your skin will experience a significant difference by eliminating the use of harsh soaps and detergents that are loaded with synthetic ingredients. Instead try using natural handmade soap such as goat milk soap. These soap bars still contain all the natural glycerin which promotes moisturizing properties, and have no synthetic chemicals that often cause many skin irritations.
- Drink plenty of water and eat healthy. You are what you eat! You should avoid drinking soda and sugary carbonated drinks, having at least 7-10 glasses of water a day. Also try to avoid snacks, instead eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, you will not only feel better but your skin will shine as well.
- If you exercise, be sure to shower and change your clothes shortly after exercising. When we exercise our body sweats, releasing many toxins. These toxins remain on our clothes and skin afterwards clogging our skins pores.
- Skin exfoliation. This is the removal of dead skin cells from the (epidermis) which is the outermost layer of skin allowing new skin cells to develop from the (dermis) the lower layer of skin. To learn more on skin exfoliation read this previous post, Skin Exfoliation For Healthier Skin.
There are so many products and techniques that promote healthier skin. These are just a few of the many practical and safe ways you can keep your skin healthier and younger looking. There really is no need to buy every new and expensive product that is on the market. Most of what your skin really needs should be pure and simple, not high priced and loaded with harmful ingredients.
Does your soap and shampoo leave your skin and scalp feeling itchy and dry, causing you to use a conditioner or reapply moisturizers throughout the day? Uh… sounds like a great way to keep one dependent on a product so that they keep on buying. The sick part of it all is at the expense of our well-being. Not only are the natural moisturizing ingredients such as glycerin taken out of these commercial soaps to sell to cosmetic and pharmaceutical companies to make even more expensive products, but are loaded with all sort of harmful chemicals in them. This is one of the major reasons why I and many others have taken a stand to only use natural skin care products such as goat’s milk soap. Did you know that goat’s milk is extremely healthy for your skin? It’s true! In fact Cleopatra was known for her great skin, and it has been written that she often bathed in goat’s milk. Goat’s milk has the closest PH of that of the skin making it one of the mildest soaps available on the market today. This has drawn many who suffer from sensitive skin and symptoms such as eczema and psoriasis to become lifetime users of such products. Goat’s milk is rich in both vitamins A and E, consists of natural emollients and triglycerides, enabling natural moisturizing, and is free from harmful chemicals. If you have never tried a goat’s milk soap bar and you suffer from dry itchy skin, I highly recommend you try a bar today.
Conventional treatments may seem enticing at first however these expensive treatments are dangerous. Though they often will give initial results of improvement the body tends to develop a tolerance to them. These products contain synthetic steroids that are very easily absorbed into the body.
One method that has helped a lot of folks that I personally know, who have shared their testimonies to me is to avoid harsh soaps. Using mild soaps such as goat milk soap has helped many who suffer from eczema and mild cases of psoriasis. Of course this is not a guaranteed cure, but is just one step to reducing if not eliminating such symptoms.
As Dr. Mercola mentions in this video, not to scratch but to apply a salt based solution such as Himalayan salt. There have been many studies on how sea salt affects these conditions that has led many to flock to the Dead Sea, to actually soak their entire body in the Dead Sea Salt.
Psoriasis and eczema can be allergic conditions triggered by many things, such as household chemicals, laundry detergent, jewelry, and perfumes. Also your diet and amount of sun exposure can also affect such conditions as well. Make sure to drink plenty of water, and avoid wheat and glutton containing grains, and foods such as milk and eggs. A good source of Omega-3 is essential also. Plant based omega-3 such as flax seed will not reduce the inflammation of the skin but animal based fats like fish and krill oil are highly recommended.
Using the standard conventional may seem very appealing and even recommended by your doctor, but before you opt to undergo such treatments I encourage you if you haven’t already to research and try some of these other changes first. I know that they will not be as easy as just taking a pill or rubbing on a cream, but could be much, much healthier for you in many ways.
I found this to be an interesting story, and a very familiar one to say the least. Although our family soap business has not grown to the size of that which is shown in this video, we started out with the same principles, wanting to make a healthier product to use for the family. It was not too long before the request for soap bars started to get bigger and bigger, that eventually it was suggested that we needed to start selling soap to at least help cover the cost of supplies. To make a long story short, Pure-N-Simple Soap is going into its 4th year of making handcrafted goat milk soaps and natural skin care products and find the demand for such products increasing more and more. We are so encouraged with every new testimony we get of how goats milk skin care products has helped so many with sensitive skin or with skin conditions such as eczema.
I have to admit helping my family grow this business has been one of the most rewarding jobs I have ever done. I have conducted a lot of research and have written many articles on the skin benefits of goat’s milk, and the permeability of the skin, and love to share this information when I am helping the family out when working at our local farmers markets and craft shows. Knowledge is power, and when you are equipped with knowledge you not only help yourself but can help so many others as well.
I encourage you today to do the research and evaluate what you are exposing you and your household to. Find a local soap crafter or visit us today at www.purensimplesoap.com and try a goat’s milk soap bar that is made with all natural ingredients. The story in the above video, goat’s milk was used to treat eczema; I have been using goat’s milk soap for several years now and can immediately tell the difference on my skin if I have to use a commercial synthetically made soap bar. Do you have a goat’s milk testimony, and if so I would love for you to share it by leaving a comment below.
My family is probably rejoicing just as much as I am over the exciting news of the construction of my new soap kitchen. For the past two years I have been trying to make due with what little space my small farm house kitchen has provided, for both tending to the families needs as well as the business. At times this could be a little overwhelming.
I cant tell you how excited I am to have this additional space to be able to work allowing us to be much more efficient with the production of our goats milk soap and natural skin care products. It is so hard to believe that what started out as a hobby has turned into a business and here is my first big investment. I was a little intimidated at first when I had seen that big truck pull in with all the building materials, but as the guys began to unload the material and start constructing walls did I begin to feel reassured and exited. I hope to be moved in and in full operation before the snow starts falling.
Of the many wonderful benefits goat milk has to offer for healthier, younger looking skin, exfoliation is one of them. Goat milk contains lactic acid which contributes to skin exfoliation, and is a natural source of alpha-hydroxy acids, which exfoliates the skin by breaking down the glue holding dead skin cells together. Alpha-hydroxy acids are also often used as a base in many lotions, because it has moisturizing properties as well. It is important especially as we become older and our bodies begin to slow down the process of naturally shedding dead skin cells, to exfoliate our skin. Though a goat’s milk soap alone contributes to exfoliating dead skin cells, you can also find goat milk soap bars molded in natural sea sponges, for a gentle exfoliation or in a loofah sponge for more aggressive exfoliation.
Once you have made the wonderful decision of using handcrafted soap bars such as goat milk soaps, it is important to know how to care for your new soap bar. Unlike commercial soaps that are loaded with synthetic ingredients and artificial hardeners, goat’s milk soaps are still in their most natural state, containing all the natural glycerin that occurs during the soap making process. If you were to leave a hand crafted goat’s milk soap bar in standing water it would turn to a mushy mess fairly quickly. This does not necessarily mean your soap is ruined, and that you just completely wasted your money. You can reshape the mushy pile of soap, usually most successfully a ball shape, allowing it to dry and reuse; however your soap will not last as long if you do not let it completely dry out between uses.
The best way to protect your handcrafted soap bars is to place them on soap trays that will keep the soap out of standing water, allowing the bar to dry out. There are many different soap trays to choose from ranging in all different prices. The main purpose is to have the bar in a dish that has drainage so that no water will puddle up. They make soap trays that have suction cups that conveniently stick to the side of the shower wall or nice dishes to place on shelves.
I have been making my own homemade soap trays, by just using window trim. Making your own soap tray is simple and fun, and they make great gifts. All you will need is some window trim, a saw, sand paper and polyurethane. If you know a carpenter you could ask for scrap pieces, all you really need is it to be about 4 inches long, and go with the ¾ inch rather than ½ inch thick trim. If you cannot access any scrap pieces, for less than $16.00 you can buy an 8 foot long piece of trim and make about 19 soap trays. That’s whole lot of gifts you can generously give out or you could decide to make a few dollars. Make sure to sand and polyurethane the soap tray for a final finish that will be water resistant.
Goat milk soap is one of the most sought out soaps recommended for sensitive skin, due to the moisture attracting properties of milk, and lack of useless harmful chemicals that are commonly found in just about all commercial soaps. Research has revealed that goat milk has anti-aging properties, leaves the skin close to the natural PH, and aids to the regeneration of collagen under the skin. Some may hesitate to the sound of putting milk that comes from a farm animal on their skin, doubting its skin care and cleansing abilities, but the truth be told; goats milk soaps go far beyond keeping your skin clean. The high levels of lactic acid from goat milk naturally exfoliate dead skin cells, and are abundantly rich in vitamins and proteins as well, contributing to healthier younger looking skin.
Goat’s milk soaps are the gentlest of soaps that are often complimented with therapeutic essential oils such as lavender, and tea tree oil, accommodating all types of skin, whether it being oily, rough, or really sensitive skin, I am confident in saying that you will notice a tremendous difference when using goat milk skin care products.