Benefits of Milk in Soap
This is a Blog dedicated entirely to natural milk based soaps & Beauty products, whether its the oh so popular goats milk, cow, donkeys, and even vegan friendly milks such as coconut and various other nut, plant, seed, rice, oat milks.
Ive grown privy myself to various fruit milk that's being used & adored in a wide variety of soaps due its natural skin loving ingredients, banana milk being one of my personal favorites, which I use in a number of my signature recipes.
So why use soap made with milk instead of water? Well, its kind if like drinking hot chocolate made with milk instead of water - it just doesn't quite compare, does it?
Benefits of Animal Milk:
- Contains Lactic Acid - gentle exfoliant, remove dead skin cells to reveal smoother skin. Animal based milks have naturally occurring amino acids & a host of skin-loving vitamins. Milk soap is creamier and more luscious than soap made with water. The lather is denser, and the foam is finer and more silken. Milk soaps have the same cleansing power, but milk's natural oils and acids pumps up the skin-loving moisture quotient and adds in skin renewal.
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When making milk soap, the more fat you have in the milk, the more those delightful lipids interact with glycerin & nourishing oils in the equipe creating a true treat for your skin. With this said, the stories about Cleopatra bathing in milk are true for a reason, it helped her keep her glorious, moisturized complexion.
POPULAR ANIMAL SOAPS
- Goats milk is the most popular animal milk used in soap for a good reason - it has incredible nourishing properties and is full of helpful Vitamins like A, B1, B6, B12, C, D, & E. Its also high in naturally occurring enzymes & proteins, and is known to possess antimicrobial properties, making it excellent for treating acne. Goats milk is also known to help with a variety of other skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, and rashes because it contains caprylic acid, which is naturally found in Goats milk. It adds to the silkiness of the soap, increases the antioxidants, & is an incredible emollient & moisturizing agent - hence why I have been trying to use it in more and more soap recipes while keeping the vegans happy. Goats milk can also help to neutralize free radicals before they even have a chance to penetrate the skin - now how about that! I could go on, or check out my blog to learn more about a plethora of different milks I use in my recipes,
- Cows Milk: Most readily available animal milk, though other at least powdered forms of other mammals milk has become increasingly easy to locate its important to note. Cows Milk is slightly higher in sugar than goats milk, resulting in larger and creamier bubbles. It's higher in vitamins B12 & D, folate, & selenium than goats and sheep's milk, which are especially skin loving antioxidants that help repair free radical damage. Folate is also crucial for skin cell renewal.
- Sheep's milk is excellent for soapmaking being much whiter than other mammals milk. It's high in fat and conjugated linoneic acid, making it an excellent emollient and moisturizer. It has very small fat globules and therefore, naturally homogenized. Typically it's only available from Farmers, maming it difficult to acquire and worth the cost if you get your hands on some!
- Donkeys Milk: Quite rare and excellent for soap - check out my site, I have a few left! Although it's very low in fat, it's loaded with protein and lactose. It also contains amino acids, bioactive enzymes & consumes, & four times more vitamin C than Cows Milk, so its basically the holy grail of milks
Other Popular Milk Alternatives:
- Yogurt
- Oat Milk
- Keifer Milk
- Almond Milk
- Pistachio milk
- Half and half
- Soy milk
- Sour cream
- Banana milk
- Rice milk
Adding soon: plant milks, nut milks, coconut milks, tips and tricks for working with milks, favorite recipes, as well as benefits of all milks listed above!
