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[admin]

This seems like something that would sell pretty well over the internet and locally. The supermarkets sell stuff that has very long shelf life but is actually pretty hard and dries out the skin, it's also catering to the posh girl niche who don't think too much about wasting a ton of money if they think they can stay young and pretty longer. Girls I've been with tend to get their special face and eyecream stuff online so it wouldn't be subverting human nature.

Found this site where it talks about soap from goats milk: http://candleandsoap...atsmilksoap.htm

Is anyone doing this? How do the figures stack up? It looks like one of those things you add value to which tends to mean bigger profits, although I may be wrong. Could be a nice addition to the earnings from your 1 year in 3.

...If you need any help selling it online let me know

[Groundhog]

Steve do you know what a goat smells like !

[admin]

Not exactly, do they smell anything like the goats cheese I sometimes have on restaurant salads?

[Groundhog]

Yep God I hate Goats Cheese

[che]

Typical anti goat misinformation.

Its male goats that smell and not many people milk them and live to tell the tale.

Mountainview used to sell this product but website is now defunct. The soap like the milk itself is good for excema sufferers. Our goat is about to drop so soon we will be looking to make some as a niche product so we will be in touch.

Groundhog FINAL WARNING any more anti goat propaganda and I will send my Enforcement Officer around to sort you out

[admin]

I didn't realise that goats smell. Perhaps it's a bad idea after all lol

[mudpatch]

Hi Dave C,

If you want more info on soap making try the yahoo soap making forum. lots of info on making soap and rules and regs for selling it to the public. This is one of the add ons that i want to do when we set up.

mudpatcher

[Piglet]

What are you lot like lol .. for the record Steve - goats milk doesn't normally taste too bad if you refigerate it immediately. The aftertaste takes a bit of getting used to! Not one of my favourite things, but I do love goats cheese. x Piglet

[Romany]

I use goat's milk (after I discovered a possible intolerance to cow's last year) and have never noticed any aftertaste - even when drinking it straight. To me it only tastes very slightly different to cow's. Goat's cheese I also love!

I've books on making all kinds of things including soaps if anyone's interested in recipes.

Romany

[Meadowsweet]

I make goats milk soaps for my own personal use (I buy in the milk in powdered form). The soaps I've made don't smell of anything in particular and I've started adding Lavender oil to them to give them a scent.

[helend]

I too have made soaps but not with the caustic soda method yet. I was in a rush to make it and used an organic melt-and-pour base with ingredients added according to some recipe books. The goats milk I used was in a powdered form for these.

I made the soaps to sell to raise money for charity, and it was very lucrative. I sold all guest size bars for £1 and I reckoned on 35p per bar to make including organic oils and butters, real plant colours and decorations and essential oils rather than fake smells.

The only thing I didn't spot in time was the need to have your recipies checked before you sell your product. This is very expensive and would have wiped out all the money I raised and more and I had used the soaps myself with no symptoms-far from it.

I wondered if it was possible to learn this skill myself for the next time, but I didn't get very far in my enquiries. Then you can make as many variations as you like.

I've got to take 6 courses to qualify for a Welsh Start Up grant we're applying for, and I'll be looking for one of these. Will keep you posted and obviously if I gain that skill I will offer it to everyone here at vastly reduced rates!