Handmade WELLNESS Products soap, hair + body care all with essential oils
Wellness is the active, holistic pursuit of a healthy and fulfilling life, encompassing physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and other interconnected dimensions. Going beyond just the absence of illness to maximize individual potential and quality of life through conscious choices and self-care. Using handmade wellness products to assist in your ongoing journey involving intentional actions to nurture one’s mind, body, and spirit for a positive and engaged existence.
All our Handmade WELLNESS & BESPOKE products start first with our goat milk soap
Bogue Milk Soap handmakes all our soap start to finish in small cold process batches. Next, the fourth generation of the Bogue family then sets out to clean, polish, stamp by number and finally label with minimal recycled paper belly bands.
Most important, at BMS we use a unique blend of over twelve organic plant based oils and butters, goat milk, and only pure essential oils. For your body’s Well-being it’s as important what you put ON your body as what you put IN it. That means zero ARTIFICIAL fragrances, dyes or harsh chemicals. Of course, all Ingredients and final product are Never tested on animals.
A unique Set of ingredients in our Goat Milk Soap
- The wonders of Goat’s Milk
A mix of condensed goat milk in distilled water and 25% farm-fresh, raw goat’s milk from many of our local goats that are producing, not from dairy farms. That is where our #farmtobath starts for our Handmade Wellness Products. Learn more about the benefits of goat milk here!
Furthermore, the presence of alpha-hydroxy acids (AHAs) in goat milk soap offers remarkable anti-aging benefits. AHAs gently exfoliate the skin, removing dead cells and promoting the growth of new ones. Moreover, this process helps reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and age spots, providing a natural and subtle anti-aging effect. The gentle cleansing effects will lift impurities effectively without stripping the skin of its natural oils.
Therefore, this leads to a brighter complexion and more even skin tone. As seen in our Goat Milk Soap WELLNESS No.33 Anti-Aging Blend With Essential Oils
- Organic Plant based Oils!
Over 12 oils & butters like Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Castor, Jojoba, Almond, Apricot, Avocado, Sunflower, Sustainable Palm Oil, Ricebran, Safflower, and Shea Butter.
Coconut
First, probably the mother of all Wellness oils, nature’s “fountain of youth”, coconut oil is full of vitamin E and antioxidants. It makes great lather as it moisturizes and soothes while it fights wrinkles. Packed full of nutrients for a healthy body.
Olive
Certainly, everyone knows Olive oil has been the star of the culinary world forever, it’s also been used on the skin for centuries. Consequently, it was pivotal in Wellness before it was a thing. Olives have many antioxidants and their rich fruit leave your skin feeling silky smooth.
Jojoba
If it wasn’t so costly Jojoba would be the top oil used for all bath hair & body wellness. Jojoba oil is a fantastic skin hydrator, moisturizer, and balancer because it mimics natural sebum, is rich in Vitamin E and antioxidants, and has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial properties, making it great for soothing dryness, controlling acne, reducing redness, fading fine lines. Learn more here.
Castor
What’s more, Olive oil will help to harden soap. However, to get a long lasting, hard and resilient bar that won’t turn to sludge you need Shea Butter, Palm & Castor oil. Castor is a valued ingredient in soap making for both the user’s skin health and the quality of the soap bar itself. Markedly it contributes to a rich, creamy lather, acts as a natural humectant to moisturize the skin, and adds conditioning and longevity.
Palm
To be sure, our palm oil is sustainably harvested by Palm Done Right farmers, certified RSPO. Palm oil hardens, makes a great lather in goat milk soap and is loaded with extremely moisturizing Vitamin E . These are just the main oils in our soap but the rest of the common 12 are all very beneficial Additional high end oils for Bespoke and Wellness specific blends include Black Cumin, Tamanu, Borage, Hemp, Babassu, Kukui and the very special Rosehips oil.
- Clays
Talk about Paleo! Clays have been used since the stone age to clean and protect the skin. Furthermore, added to goat milk they maintain natural moisture balance, leaving skin supple and soft. Significantly, Goat Milk & Clays or diatomaceous earth remove dead skin cells. This boosts collagen production, contributing to firmer and more elastic skin.
The benefits of Diatomaceous earth are showcased in our Goat Milk Soap WELLNESS No.32 Detox Blend With Activated Charcoal & Essential Oils.
The Key Wellness ingredient? Essential oils!
Of course, we have talked a lot about essential oils before. We use only pressed or steam distilled EO to impart their therapeutic and restorative properties into all our products. BMS has Essential oil blend Roll-Ons with perfume grade amounts as well as Hydrolyzing Sprays, but everything starts with the essential oils used in our soaps. Partial list of the essential oils we use:
- Basil
- Bergamot
- Roman Chamomile
- Cedarwood atlas
- Cedarwood Himalayan
- Clary sage
- Clove
- Eucalyptus globulas
- Frankincense
- Ginger
- Grapefruit
- Helichrysum
- Lavender
- Lemongrass
- Lime
- Myrrh
- Orange
- Palo Santo
- Patchouli
- Petitgrain
- Rose geranium
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Holy Basil
- Sweet Basil
- Tangerine
- Tea tree oil
- Vetiver
- Ylang ylang
Ingredients to avoid in Handmade Wellness Products
Have you checked your labels lately? Shockingly, most soaps, shower gel, shampoo and conditioners you find on the shelves include a long list potentially harmful ingredients! On average a bar of soap or body wash contains 10+ chemicals!
Avoid Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
First of all, sulfates are a common ingredient in commercial soap and skincare products, why? Used as a degreaser and car cleaners, so unless you’re painted, avoid it! It removes the oils of your skin just like it does on an engine block. Your skin naturally protects you, but Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is just one of the numerous harsh chemicals that dries and irritates the skin.
Avoid Parabens & Synthetic Preservatives
Parabens are chemicals widely used as preservatives in many cosmetic products. Significantly, in the 1990’s scientists found that Parabens stay and build up in the body over time. Coupled with, Parabens contain agents that mimic estrogen when they enter the bloodstream. Chiefly, when our bodies have abnormal levels of estrogen, there is an increased potential for reproductive issues and links to cancer. Generally banned in other countries they compromise the integrity of the skin barrier & aggravate skin disorders such as eczema.
Avoid Synthetic Fragrances & Dyes
Surprisingly, when you see “fragrance” or fragrance oil, it’s synthetic fragrances. Man-made scents added to skin care products in order to create stronger than natural smells. Not required to disclose their ingredients, including alcohols to harsh chemicals, and phthalates harmful to the body.
Moreover, like synthetic fragrance, synthetic dyes are used to get unnatural colors. Mica is natural, but it’s clear or brown until a potentially harmful dye is added. These dyes can be especially troublesome those with skin sensitivities such as psoriasis and eczema.
Too be sure, Bogue Milk Soap uses only natural plant pigments like chlorophyll and clays beneficial to the skin to color its Handmade Wellness Products and soaps.
Avoid GMO Oils
As a matter of fact, we don’t fully know the effects of all the GMO food from the supermarket we ingest but to err on the side of cautious with it, as well as topically, seems prudent. Conversely, even if it says “handmade” soap it can contain petroleum based glycerin or GMO oils such as soybean, corn oil and canola oil (modified grapeseed). Without a doubt, many countries have banned GMOs because of the lack of information regarding the long-term effects of GMOs on the human body and environment.
All-natural-Farm to Bath for your Wellness
To sum up, if you are in need of a skincare and wellness solution for a healthy body look no further, Bogue Milk Soap. Treat yourself to the wonders of Handmade Wellness Products, goat milk soap and essential oils to experience the transformative power all-natural has to offer. Your skin will thank you!
Bogue Milk Soap was created in Ojai, CA in 1973 and it has produced all its personal care with the commitment that every product is of superior quality. BMS Handmade Wellness Products are Emphatically, made with the best ingredients available. Farm to Bath. No Artificial Fragrance, Parabens, Sulfates, Harsh Chemicals, or Alcohol.
Soap is to the body, what laughter is to the soul.
Our favorite Handmade Wellness soap below comes in essential oil spray and roll-on and shampoo the Wellness No.34 Calm Down Blend with chamomile essential oil
