Persimmon Goat Milk Soap

Persimmon Goat Milk Soap has no added scent, fragrance, or essential oils. It is an unscented goat milk soap made for customers who prefer a simple bar without added perfume or synthetic fragrance.

Unscented soap still has a natural soap smell because the ingredients used to make soap have their own mild aromas. Coconut oil smells like coconut oil, milk smells like milk, and unscented soap smells like unscented soap. We do not add fragrance, and we do not chemically remove the natural aroma of the ingredients.

If you are very sensitive to scents, we recommend starting with a smaller bar first to make sure you like the natural smell of the soap itself.

Please note that we make both scented and unscented products in our Soaproom. While there is no added scent in Persimmon Goat Milk Soap, the outside of the bar or its packaging may pick up a light scent from the air before it reaches you. If that happens, you can remove the packaging and wash with the soap once to rinse away any scent that may have settled on the surface.

Persimmon Goat Milk Soap is a farm-fresh, from-scratch goat milk soap made on our Indiana family farm with raw goat milk from our own herd. It creates a creamy lather and leaves skin feeling clean, soft, and comfortable after washing.

Each full-size Persimmon Goat Milk Soap bar:

• Weighs between 4.0 and 4.8 ounces
• Measures approximately 3.5" x 1" x 2"
• Comes packaged in a labeled, drawstring cotton bag
  

We weigh every bar six weeks after making it to make sure it meets our full-size soap standard. As goat milk soap continues to cure and age, it may lose a small amount of water weight, but that is normal. Older bars often become harder and longer-lasting, giving you more washes from each bar.

• Gentle-Feeling Cleanse
  Made with simple ingredients and no added fragrance, Persimmon Goat Milk Soap is a great choice for customers who prefer a mild, uncomplicated bar for everyday washing.
• Leaves Skin Feeling Clean, Soft, and Comfortable
  The creamy goat milk lather washes away dirt and leaves your skin feeling fresh, soft, and comfortable after washing.
• Made with Raw Goat Milk from Our Own Herd
  We make this farm-fresh goat milk soap from scratch on our Indiana family farm using raw goat milk from our own goats.
• Simple Ingredients, No Synthetic Detergents
  Persimmon Goat Milk Soap is made with raw goat milk, saponified natural fats, coconut oil, sunflower oil, and persimmon powder. It contains no synthetic detergents, artificial colors, or added fragrance.
• Unscented with a Natural Soap Smell
  This bar has no added scent, fragrance, or essential oils. Like all unscented soaps, it still has a natural soap smell from the ingredients used to make it.
• Includes Persimmon Powder
  Persimmon powder is naturally rich in tannins and polyphenols and has a long history of use in Japanese personal care products.
• Packaged in a Reusable Cotton Bag
  Each full-size bar comes in a labeled drawstring cotton bag, making it easy to store, share, or give as a simple farm-fresh gift.

Raw goat milk; Saponified natural fats, coconut oil, sunflower oil; Persimmon powder..

Raw Goat Milk
Unlike many other soapmakers, we use fresh, raw goat milk from our own herd of healthy, pastured dairy goats. Our milk travels just a few hundred feet from our milking parlor to our soaproom. It doesn't have to travel hundreds of miles or be turned into powder. In fact, we often make our soap the same day we milk our goats! Goat milk naturally contains vitamins, minerals, fats, and lactic acid. It's one of the key ingredients that makes our handmade goat milk soap special and helps create a creamy lather that leaves skin feeling soft and smooth.

Natural Fats
We use lard because it makes a wonderful bar of soap! Lard contains fatty acids such as oleic, palmitic, and stearic acids. These fats help create a firm, long-lasting bar with a rich, creamy lather. During soapmaking, natural fats react with lye to form soap and glycerin. Glycerin helps attract moisture, while the finished soap gently washes away dirt and oil without leaving skin feeling stripped.

Coconut Oil
Coconut oil helps our goat milk soap create a rich, bubbly lather that washes away dirt and everyday impurities. It also helps make a firm bar that cleans well and rinses easily. Combined with our other soapmaking ingredients, coconut oil contributes to a pleasant washing experience that leaves skin feeling fresh and clean.

Sunflower Oil
Sunflower oil contains fatty acids, including linoleic and oleic acids, and naturally contains vitamin E. We add sunflower oil to our soap recipe because its fatty acid blend helps balance the cleansing and lathering properties of the finished bar. Together with goat milk and our other ingredients, it helps us make a soap that leaves your skin feeling clean, soft, and smooth.

Persimmon Powder
Persimmon powder is a plant-derived ingredient naturally rich in tannins and polyphenols. It has a long history of use in Japanese personal care products and is becoming a popular ingredient in handmade soap. When added to our Persimmon Goat Milk Soap, persimmon powder provides a unique botanical ingredient while keeping the soap simple, unscented, and free of added fragrances.

What Does Saponified Mean?
Saponification is the natural chemical reaction that turns fats and oils into soap. We use sodium hydroxide (lye) to make our bar soap and potassium hydroxide to make our liquid soap. During soapmaking, the lye reacts with the fats and oils to form soap and glycerin. When soap is made correctly, the lye is used up in this reaction, so no unreacted lye remains in the finished product.

That's how we turn simple ingredients into handmade goat milk soap!

1. Wet. Wet your skin and the soap with warm water.
2. Lather. Rub the soap between your hands, onto a washcloth, or directly onto your skin to create a creamy lather.
3. Wash. Gently wash your hands, face, and body. For external use only. Avoid direct contact with your eyes.
4. Rinse. Rinse thoroughly with water to remove all soap lather.
5. Keep Dry Between Uses. Place your soap on a soap rest that allows water to drain away. This helps your soap dry between uses so it lasts longer.
6. Patch Test First. If you're trying this soap for the first time, test it on a small area of skin before using it all over your body. Stop using it if irritation occurs.