About Grannys
Hi, we live on a small farm in Missouri, and raise nubian and boer cross goats. We have 25 nannies and 2 bucks. I started milking goats in 2006 and loved the taste of it. Its true if you have trouble digesting cows milk try goat milk and you will notice its so easy on the stomach. I started making soap with a group of family members using our grandmothers lye soap recipe. Needless to say it was a disaster and we threw the batch out. This is where the name Grannys came from, since then I have researched goat milk soap and through trial and error have come up with a very good soap. After prefecting my soap I started on the lotions and lip balms. I do farmers markets and craft show selling my products. Life is good on this farm.
Why Goat Milk Soap?
Our goat milk soap is a natural moisturizer and is loaded with nutrients that can rejuvenate and improve common skin problems such as acne, eczema, psoriasis. It is also gentle enough for those with sensitive skin and safe for babies. Goat milk has a high amount of protein, fat, iron, and includes vitamins A, B, C, & D. These beneficial nutrients replenish and pamper your skin, but are often canceled out due to using low quality milk soaps that contain modified additives and chemicals. Our goat milk soap has no chemicals or additives. We use only 100% farm fresh goat milk that we milk from our goats. Our goats are also free from steroids and other feed additives that are often used to enhance milk production. We are a family farm and our first order of business is the safety and wellbeing of our goats. Other ingredients include coconut oil, shea butter, olive oil, castor oil, palm kernel oil, tallow, titanium dioxide, and lye. You cannot make soap without lye. When lye is mixed with oils and fats, a chemical reaction occurs. This process is called saponification. The end result is soap and glycerin. Homemade soap retains its natural glycerin, making it all the nicer.
Goat Milk Body Lotion
Our body lotion has the same great assets as our goat milk soap, but with the addition of some really great oils. For example, jojoba oil , glycerin, and avocado butter all help aid in combating common skin problems such as eczema, psoriasis, and acne. Cocoa butter is a great antioxidant for the skin because it helps neutralize the free radicals by restoring cells and thus making skin look younger. Vitamin E is also an antioxidant and anti-aging agent. Kukui nut oil comes from Hawaii and is traditionally used for sunburn, windburn and dry skin. It is prized for its rejuvenating and soothing effects upon the skin, without leaving a greasy or oily film. All of our lotions are paraben free. Parabens are typically used as a preservative in many of types of formulas that include shampoos, makeups, toothpastes, and other beauty products. However, since there have been links of breast cancer to parabens, we choose not to include these 'preservatives' in our products.
Granny's Udder Butter
This butter is by far the best butter we have made. Shea butter, mango butter, apricot seed oil, avocado oil, jojoba oil, Vit. E, glycerin, goat milk and aloe vera gel. Shea butter is especially good for restoring elasticity to your skin, minimizing stretch marks and is a natural sun screen. Along with the goat milk, aloe vera gel has a healing agent in it that will aid in softening rough, cracked hands, elbows, knees and feet. Mango butter is a rich butter that is also a sun screen, and packed with several vitamins that are know to benefit skin such as Vit. C, B6, A, E. If you are looking for a rich thick butter, this product is for you. As with the goat milk body lotion our udder butter we use a paraben free preservation.
Granny's Lip Balm
Our lip balms do not contain goat milk but they do contain high quality oils. Aloe butter, avocado oil, mango butter (mango butter is a natural sun screen) and beeswax. We flavor our lip balms with flavor oils suited for human consumption. There is no need to add a preservative to our lip balms. All our products contain top quality ingredients that we stand behind 100%. We hope you will try our products and enjoy!!!!!