Our Baby’s Skin Crisis Exposed the Truth About Soap

The heartbreaking reason for our decision to make Goat Milk Soap.

Back in the 1990s, our first child arrived in the world and looked a little overbaked on arrival. Of course, we were delighted the baby was alive and well. At the same time, we were a little concerned. We thought we could overcome this dry skin with a moisturiser. “It’ll be fine”, we thought.

We cared for our child with everything we had. But one day, skin drama erupted—an overnight disaster. Redness, dryness, discomfort. It was heartbreaking. There were trips to the doctor. The skin specialist, and the most powerful cream our government allowed the doctor to prescribe.

“You can only use this for a few days, he said…”

We needed a way to keep the skin clean, without irritating dry skin.

In time, one of the grandparents suggested we change the soap to a “pure soap”. We started importing and using some. We had taken on the route of changing soap to prevent dry skin symptoms.

Dry skin is a common problem, and a common solution is to layer the skin with man-made products from a factory.

With the pure soap product, we were using a factory-made solution. It was very helpful, but we thought it probably did not have all-natural ingredients.

We began importing a pure soap product and saw real improvement. It was a turning point. We had unknowingly stepped into a new way of thinking—choosing soap not just for cleanliness, but for skin health.

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