Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you use fragrances?

No, we never use synthetic fragrances. Any scents come only from natural ingredients or essential oils.

Do your soaps contain petroleum dyes or synthetic colors?

No. Our soaps contain no petroleum dyes or synthetic colors. We only use natural ingredients to add color to our soaps.  These ingredients also have their own positive qualities

Which soap is best for very sensitive skin?

We recommend Patriot Pure Lard  for highly sensitive skin. We also recommend this soap as a gift since it is so gentle.

After success with the Patriot Pure Lard many of our guests with eczema and psoriasis also have great success with activated charcoal soaps.

You may also like the Pine Tar soap which has a long history of use for sensitive and inflamed skin and scalp uses.

Which soaps are good for shampoo bars?

The Pine Tar Shampoo & Body Bar ideal for flaky scalps, dandruff, eczema-prone or psoriasis-prone scalps, oily scalps, people who like outdoorsy scents. Pine Tar is my favorite shampoo bar soap ever. This soap is idea if you have natural hair color and no added dyes in your hair.

It leaves my hair shiny, easy to brush, smooth, and rids the build-up of oils in my hair while still leaving it hydrated and not stripped. Pine tar is known to be great for the scalp as well. I shampoo my hair and leave in the soap while I complete cleansing my body for extra benefit. Because coconut oil can sometimes lift recently color-treated (7-10 days) hair faster than other oils, we recommend the duck egg soap and patriot pure bar first for color-treated hair. 

Patriot Pure Shampoo: made with castor oil, olive oil, coconut oil, goat milk, & lard, this shampoo bar is ideal for dry to normal hair, curly, wavy, coily, thick or coarse hair and for dry, sensitive or flaky scalps. Best for naturally colored hair or if colored, use only once a week. (Duck egg tallow shampoo is better for colored hair.) This shampoo bar is less ideal for people with fine hair or oily hair. (Pine Tar is better for fine or oily hair.) This is a very conditioning, gentle, moisturizing shampoo bar leaving hair soft, silky, and moisturized. Hair will be cleaned but not stripped. This shampoo may reduce friz while defining curls or waves. The lather is creamy & lotion-like.

Duck Egg Tallow Soap: Ideal for dry, damaged, brittle hair, curly, wavy hair, or course, mature hair or color-treated, damaged, high-lighted hair.  People who want a very nourishing, conditioning shampoo and people with sensitive scalps will enjoy this shampoo. This is the best shampoo for keeping color vibrant. 

The Patriot Pure tallow is ideal for normal to dry hair, sensitive scalps and skin, minimalist who want a clean overall bar for all cleaning needs, and people transitioning to natural shampoo bars since it has a great creamy lather, but not overly rich. This is a great is another wonderful soap for human hair and for everyday use Patriot Pure Tallow is an excellent beard shampoo as well. Works in color-treated hair as well. 

The 50%/50% Lard/Tallow Bar is an excellent shampoo bar for people with dry, coarse, brittle, color-treated, heat-damaged hair, or sensitive scalp. It gently washes hair without stripping natural oils. That's why we don't recommend this soap for people with oily hair or for people who like a ton of lather. This is a great soap if you wash your hair frequently as well since it doesn't over strip.

After shampooing human hair, we recommend using an apple cider vinegar rinse.

~normal to oily hair: 1 part ACV: 4 Parts H20

~dry/colored hair: 1 part ACV: 6-8 parts H20

~very oily hair: 1 part ACV: 3 parts H20

Which soap is best for safe for washing my dog?

We recommend Patriot Pure Tallow and Egg Soap for washing dogs.

Tallow is the closest in composition to a dog's natural skin oils. Tallow is stable and cleansing without being stripping. Tallow leaves the dog's coats shiny and their skin soothed.

-The goat milk adds creaminess and hydration.

-Duck Egg Tallow soap is known for the extra shine it gives to dog's fur without stripping necessary oils.

-Our Patriot Pure Tallow has NO essential oils which can irritate or be toxic to dogs. In particular, essential oils including: Tea Tree, lavender, citrus, eucalyptus, peppermint, pine, clove, cinnamon, and wintergreen can be toxic to dogs.

-Our Patriot Pure Tallow contains NO cocoa butter or cocoa which contains theobromine and is toxic to dogs.

Do you make smaller soaps for decoration or smaller hands?

Yes. We have smaller soaps in the shape of flowers and beehive themes for children. These smaller soaps are terrific for guest soap bathrooms and as gifts for the person who is otherwise hard to buy for.

Which soaps are best for really dirty hands as in farmers, gardeners, & mechanics?

Tactical Goat is a powerful remover of dirt & grease. The medium grind of the pumice combined with the deep-cleansing action of coconut oil removes dirt and oils without cracking or over-drying hands.

Activated Charcoal Pumice also provides a powerful clean with a finer grain of pumice, activated charcoal, and coconut oil is a powerful remover of removing oils and dirt, and debris as well as detoxing the skin from impurities.

Mint Pumice: Smells Minty, cooling on hot days, exfoliates hands with a cooling refreshing aftermath.

Eucalyptus Pumice is also a great exfoliating soap with gentler cleansing properties so won't over-strip oils. 

What's a good kitchen soap? We love coffee soap for the kitchen. It exfoliates and covers strong food smells like garlic, onions, and fish. Pine Tar also makes a good kitchen soap with its rugged, earthy smell. Mint Pumice also has a refreshing strong minty smell to naturally deodorize hands after working with tough smells. 

Which soap is good for dry or mature skin?

We recommend trying the Patriot Pure tallow goat milk soap first. Tallow's fatty acid profile is similar to human sebum making it incredibly protective and nourishing.

The goat milk adds lactic acid and a creamy lather that leaves skin soft and supple.

You may also like the chocolate soap with cocoa butter and olive oil that provides a lotion-like lather and is rich in emollient fats.

The Dark Goat (bergamot) is a lotion-like, silky soap that is so creamy that it makes it hard to get out of the shower. 

Which soap is good for skin itchy skin especially after insect bites, exposure to poison ivy, oak, & sumac?

We recommend any of the Pine Tar Soaps. This soap has a long traditional history of being used for inflamed skin, sensitive skin, and to calm skin reactions following insect bites and noxious plant exposure. The mint pumice is also cooling for inflamed skin. 

Which soap is good for oily skin?

We recommend trying the Patriot Pure Tallow Goat milk soap. Tallow's fatty acid profile is similar to human sebum making it incredibly protective and nourishing. Even with oily skin, you want a bar that balances oil without over-drying.

Blue Clay soap is also great for oily skin, combination, or acne-prone skin. Blue Clay soap absorbs excess oil while the goat milk leaves the skin balanced.

The mint pumice is good for oily skin as well as is the yellow goat (turmeric.)

Which Soap is good after sun-exposed or sunburned skin?

We recommend Patriot Pure Tallow to restore moisture.

Menthol Tallow is also excellent at cooling hot or inflamed skin.

With any new product, on sensitive skin, always test a small area before applying to large areas of skin.

Do you have exfoliating soaps?

Yes!

The great news is that all our goat milk soaps are naturally exfoliating due to the lactic acid which helps slough off dead skin cells softly. (Pine tar is the only soap we sell without goat milk.)

For more exfoliating power on dirty hands, we recommend The Tactical Goat with its medium-grain pumice and deep cleansing coconut oil. Activated charcoal pumice soap is also great for the hands with its added coconut oil to help remove grease and grime. Coffee soap makes a great exfoliating soap especially for the hands, back of arms, and feet. Cocoa Pumice is a warm, light chocolate smell offering creamy moisturizing qualities and exfoliation. 

For more sensitive areas like the face, arms, chest, and back, we recommend our Pumice Pure, Blue Cornmeal soap, Blue Clay, or activated charcoal pumice soap. We also have a pure lard goat milk with fine pumice that is evenly exfoliating and I love that on my face and neck.

All of our coffee soaps are exfoliating and terrific on the hands, feet, and arms.

Mint Pumice is a great exfoliating soap with a fresh minty smell that leaves skin cool after use. Eucalyptus Pumice is refreshing and cool with a spa-like smell that is calmly invigorating.

Exfoliating soaps are best used on skin that is not sunburned and has no open wounds. If you also use light therapy on your face, we recommend using our exfoliating soap prior to light therapy and not directly afterwards since the light therapy can make skin extra sensitive.

Do you recommend any soaps for the feet? 

For foot exfoliating soaps, we really like mint pumice and eucalyptus pumice, tactical goat, activated charcoal, coffee. For extremely sensitive feet, we like Pure Pumice.  

The first time you use any exfoliating soap, we recommend cleaning a small area of conspicuous skin to test.

Which soaps smell good without essential oils?

Pine Tar provides and earthy, woodsy smell that comes from the natural pine tar we add to the soap.

The Cool Cow Menthol soap smells minty, energizing, and refreshing. It contains organic Mentha Arvensis crystals, not essential oil.

Other smell good scents coming soon: 

Chocolate soap has a warming, subtle smell of chocolate. 

Coffee soap invigorates and comforts with a subtle, yet not overpowering smell of coffee. 

Mocha with chocolate and coffee smells warm and comforting with the subtle tone of the buttery smell of coconut butter.

Mocha with Shea smells like chocolate, coffee, with the added nuttiness of shea butter and buttery smell of coconut butter. 

Which soap smell good with essential oil?

Frankincense (earthy, slightly sweet smell), myrrh (grounding, earthy sweet smell, rosemary, lavender, lemon lavender, lemon grass (smells like lemon pie or pudding!), citrus bergamot (light earthy citrus smell), mint pumice (refreshing minty smell), lemon eucalyptus, lemon-lavender Christmas soap, eucalyptus pumice (refreshing, cooling smell)

Which soaps are good after using a sauna or a hard workout?

The green goat and Christmas soap contain chlorella which binds to toxins and heavy metals for detoxing.

Cambrian Blue Clay soap also draws out impurities and toxins.

Any of our activated charcoal soaps will help Our Activated Charcoal soaps also binds to toxins and debris.

These soaps have no added scents and minimal ingredients which make them ideal after a sauna sweat when the pores are still open.

The Mint Pumice and Eucalyptus Pumice soap are great after a hard workout to cool down as well. 

Which soaps are good for men?

While all our soaps are appropriate for men, here are some picks that stand out for manly men. 

-Pine Tar: This is a rugged soap with a deep earthy smell. Pine tar has a long history in soap use so it appeals to men with old soul values. 

-Activated Charcoal with Pumice: a great exfoliating soap for cleaning hands that work and play hard with grimy hands to show for it. This soap will leave hands moisturizing without cracking and stripping like some rugged soaps do. 

-Activated Charcoal: A great dirt remover without stripping hands. 

-The Tactical Goat: Camouflage soap! Deep cleanse grit with exfoliating pumice, & coconut oil, & activated charcoal while nourishing the hands with powerhouse moringa and cocoa. 

-Spirulina Charcoal: This green and black soap offers a deep cleaning nutrient-rich soap.

-Coffee soap is perfect for men who grill to slay food odors. 

Which soaps are good for women?

While all our soaps are appropriate for women, here are some picks that stand out:

Spa day women will love The Blue Goat: Blue Clay Soap and The Corny Goat for exfoliating soaps. Holy Moringa is a nutrient-dense soap offering exquisite, high-quality care for discerning skin. Mint pumice or lemon pumice are terrific exfoliating soaps. 

Women who run hot will love The Cool Cow and Mint Pumice for cooling qualities. Cool your spirit with a minty, cooling, and revitalizing clean. 

Outdoorsy, nature-loving women will love Pine Tar for themselves and their man. Pine Tar makes a great kitchen soap as well. 

Women with highly sensitive skin will love Patriot Pure and Pure Tallow. 

Creative, artsy women will love The Red Goat with its ruby red flairs and nutrient-dense, anti-oxidant qualities of organic rhubarb. The Green Goat is another artsy soap offering deep skin nutrition and a colorful vibrant green swirl for whimsical aesthetics to match. 

Soaps scented with essential oils coming soon: Lavender, rosemary, frankincense, myrrh. 

Women who love chocolate but don't want the calories wlll love any of our chocolate soaps. Women who love coffee will love our mocha, coffee soaps. 

Women who cook often will love the coffee soap or Mint pumice to neutralize kitchen odors. 

Women who love smells will love our lavender, myrrh, lemongrass, mint pumice, eucalyptus  pumice. 

Which soap is good for Hunting?

The pure tallow (unscented) is an excellent choice before hunting.