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Product Monday – Goat Milk and Oatmeal Shampoo Bar

March 7, 2011 by Mary Humphrey

Milk and oatmeal as a shampoo bar? Yes!

So, it started as a fun idea, one that had to be tested. We didn’t want folks packing their hair with whole grain oatmeal.

So good for you – oatmeal is rich in omega-3 fatty acids and essential nutrients which – excellent for skin and hair care.

In soaps and personal care products, oatmeal really can be soothing, especially for sensitive or irritated skin.

If you have ever done an online search for a natural scrub or mask recipe, you might already know that oatmeal is right at the top of the list. Normally, the cooked oatmeal is allowed to cool and the “milk” or liquid part of the oatmeal is applied to the skin. With that in mind, we developed the Goat Milk and Oatmeal shampoo bar – containing all of the benefits of oatmeal, including the milk and liquids from the oatmeal, filtering out the “scrubbies” that might be left behind in hair.

We added a light touch of Geranium Rose (known to be good for sebum balance) and Ylang Ylang (soothing) essential oils to this shampoo bar just for a beneficial, very soft and beautiful scent.

Annie’s Goat Milk and Oatmeal shampoo bar can now be found in our online soap shop.

Posted in Products | Tagged goat milk shampoo, oatmeal for the hair | 7 Comments

7 Responses

on March 7, 2011 at 8:30 pm | Reply goatpod2

Looks nice!

Amy

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- on March 8, 2011 at 6:50 am | Reply Mary Humphrey
  
  We like it, Amy. Thank you.
on March 8, 2011 at 8:49 am | Reply goatpod2

You’re welcome!
on March 16, 2011 at 2:47 pm | Reply michaelsuds8

Hi Mary,

That is a great idea and it connotes a very healthy and “good-for-you” message. Oatmeal is so widely known for carrying all of those healthy benefits, so I’m sure it will translate well for soap.

Is oatmeal really soothing as well? What inspired this particular soap idea?

Thanks Mary!
- on March 16, 2011 at 8:05 pm | Reply Mary Humphrey
  
  Yes, oatmeal is very soothing to the skin, Michael.
  
  Inspiration – that is a good question. We actually have a handful of soaps that we will be introducing that were based on the addition of natural ingredients to enhance the soaps beyond the essential oils, shea butter, etc… . A customer told us once that she used our honey oatmeal unscented soap as a shampoo bar, despite the tiny bits of oatmeal in the soap. We tried it, and it led to us developing an oatmeal shampoo bar.
  
  Thank you for asking…great questions!
on July 31, 2011 at 11:17 pm | Reply Ene Negn

Is the shampoo bar by any chance good for hairloss?
Thanks
on August 1, 2011 at 11:21 am | Reply Mary

Hi there. I have fine, thin hair. I love natural shampoo bars. I use the tea tree blend that we sell in the summer months. It may not stop hair loss but it does get the un-natural coating off that other products and shampoos leave behind.