A student gave me two small bottles of hand lotion from Amanda’s Country Soaps. This is a small company based in Clarendon, TX, that produces products made from goat milk, shea butter, and similar products. The goat milk comes from their own goats.
Short version – great stuff!
Longer version – I use a lot of hand lotion during the winter. Our relative humidity can get down to two percent (Sahara, Gobi, Antarctica level humidity.) No matter how much water you drink, your skin will get dry. Toss in washing your hands with industrial-strength soap a few times a day, and you can imagine what happens to my skin. It’s not fun. So I use a range of lotions, starting with Vasaline™ Intensive Care and going from that point.
Enter lotions from Amanda’s Country Soaps. I had not heard of this company before, and I’m always happy to buy very local, if the stuff is any good. It’s good. Very, very good. The 2 oz bottle lotion is very thick. The scents are mild, and fade to a nice faintness. The primary ingredients are goat milk, shea butter, olive oil, then water, glycerine, and scents (often essential oils). Unscented versions are also available. The lotion lasts on my hands. Yes, there is a bit residue, but I look at that as a positive. If you prefer a lighter texture, you might try the larger size. That is whipped, and doesn’t seem to go on as heavily.
Because these are small batch products, and depend on how much milk the goats are producing, some scents might not be available at a given time. Amanda’s also seems to sell out of popular scents pretty quickly, but they also come back pretty quickly. The web-site is well organized and makes it easy to see what’s in and what’s currently sold out.
Prices are reasonable. Shipping is a tad steep, but they are sent close to overnight, and they are somewhat fragile. The items were very nicely packaged, and came with a little soap sampler.
If you or someone you know likes thick hand lotions or goat-milk soaps, I recommend these.
FTC Notice: I purchased these with my own money, for my own use, and received no promotional consideration for this review.
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I know I’m old, but I just use Corn Husker’s Lotion. That stuff works for me, but then I’m not worried about pretty… 😉
Udderly-Smooth is also very good. It started as a bag balm (udder lotion for cows) and then the wife of the family said, “Hey, let’s try selling this stuff.” No scent other than “generic skin lotion,” if that’s a specific scent.
I know a lady who makes soap using goat’s milk. Nice stuff. She makes each batch with one of several different scents worked in: lavender, lilac, lemongrass, honeysuckle, mulled cider, orange and clove…