The Goat Woman

I am considering putting honey back in our goat milk lotions. As a humectant it will draw moisture from the air to moisturize skin. With the Evening Primrose Oil, Vitamin E, Jojoba Oil, Shea Butter, Almond Oil, etc., etc., it can only help. We used to use it – and people have been asking for it again.  Just may happen on the next batch. I will be making fresh lotions for all the winter shows – I like to make them just right before I sell them.

The girls are starting to slow down ever so slightly in milk production getting ready for breeding time – but they still allow me to get more than enough for making cheeses, lotions, soaps, and drinking.

I’m enjoying the small shows we are doing. Gives me a lot of time to educate people and talk with them about the herbs we use and why, the essential oils as opposed to using fragrances philosophy, and the fact that we use freshly milked goats, our own no-chemical beeswax and honey, etc. in all of our products. We don’t use bases and add fragrance – we hand make everything we sell – except the soap socks. I tried natural, organic soap socks and they molded right away. Health is more important than natural material to me.

I think once people know why we do what we do, they like the difference. Health is the bottom line. Selling a lot of product can never be the reason for what we do.  We do classes at the library and for homeschoolers. We don’t make money doing this. We may make someone think about what they’re putting on their bodies. Most people think about what is going IN their bodies now, but very few are thinking about what goes ON them – and eventually IN them with skin being the biggest organ. (If you don’t think what you put on you, goes in you, try this experiment: put some crushed garlic on the bottom of your foot and see if you taste garlic and how quickly. . . ).

The Goat Woman
aka Marilyn