No.27 Exfoliating Oatmeal Goat Milk Soap takes a gentler approach to physical exfoliation. Finely milled colloidal oatmeal is incorporated throughout the bar, while an oatmeal topper adds more noticeable botanical texture at the surface—creating exfoliation without turning the entire soap into a coarse scrub.
Fresh raw goat milk and Bogue's base of more than twelve plant oils and butters give the bar its creamy, conditioning lather, while Cedarwood, Lavender, Rosemary, and Myrrh essential oils create a warm herbal-wood aroma.
For skin that benefits from some physical texture but doesn't need the rugged scrub of a working-hands soap, No.27 occupies the middle ground: purposeful exfoliation with a softer touch.
Oatmeal appears in No.27 in two forms. Finely milled colloidal oatmeal is dispersed throughout the soap, while oatmeal on the top of the bar provides a more tactile surface when additional physical exfoliation is wanted.
That distinction is important because exfoliation doesn't have to mean aggressive scrubbing. Physical exfoliants vary considerably in particle size, texture, concentration, and how they're incorporated into a cleanser.
No.27 is deliberately different from our more rugged Gardener and Chef's Blend soaps. Those bars were built for stubborn soil and working-hand residue. Oatmeal is the gentler member of the exfoliating group, designed for everyday body cleansing when you want some botanical texture without making abrasion the central experience of the bar.
Modern skincare has increasingly moved away from the idea that stronger exfoliation is automatically better. With physical exfoliation in particular, more pressure, rougher particles, and more frequent scrubbing don't necessarily create a better cleansing routine.
No.27 takes the opposite approach. The oatmeal topper lets you choose when you want additional texture, while the rest of the bar remains a creamy goat milk cleanser with finely milled colloidal oatmeal incorporated throughout.
It's a simple formulation idea with a useful result: texture when you want it, without making every wash an aggressive scrub.
Physical exfoliation is only one part of No.27. Beneath the oatmeal texture is a moisturizing cold-process formula made with fresh raw goat milk and more than twelve plant oils and butters chosen to create a rich, comfortable lather.
This matters because an exfoliating cleanser doesn't need to leave skin feeling aggressively polished or stripped. The oatmeal works within a broader goat milk soap formula rather than defining the entire cleansing experience.
Goat milk naturally contains lactic acid, but we don't present a rinse-off cold-process soap as a leave-on acid exfoliant. The more useful distinction is how the complete formula cleanses and how skin feels afterward. Our guide to the benefits of goat milk soap explores that formulation-first approach in more detail.
Cedarwood gives No.27 its warm woody foundation, while Lavender and Rosemary add familiar herbal notes and Myrrh brings a deeper resinous character. Together they create an earthy botanical aroma that complements the natural simplicity of oatmeal.
The scent comes from pure essential oils rather than synthetic fragrance oils. Instead of creating a sweet or perfume-style interpretation of an oatmeal soap, the essential-oil blend keeps No.27 grounded in woods, herbs, and resins.
For more about the distinction between these aromatic materials, read our Botanical Journal guide to Essential Oils vs. Fragrance Oils in Soap.
It's easy to make a botanical ingredient visually prominent without making it meaningful to the formula. In No.27, oatmeal isn't there simply to signal “natural” from the top of the bar. Colloidal oatmeal is incorporated throughout the soap itself, while the visible oatmeal topper serves a different tactile purpose.
That gives one botanical ingredient two roles within the physical design of the bar: finely milled oatmeal within the formula and more noticeable oatmeal texture at the surface.
It's a small example of the formulation thinking behind our exfoliating soaps. The question isn't simply what can we add to soap? It's what kind of exfoliation should this particular soap provide?
Not every person—and not every wash—calls for the same level of exfoliation. Gardener uses walnut shell, juniper berry, and cornmeal for soil-stained working hands. Chef's Blend uses Pink Salt, Coffee, and Cornmeal for the residue and repeated washing of kitchen work. No.27 takes a deliberately gentler route with oatmeal.
That makes it particularly useful as an everyday exfoliating body soap rather than a specialized heavy-duty hand scrub. The formula gives you tactile exfoliation while keeping the experience centered on creamy goat milk lather and comfortable cleansing.
For us, making an exfoliating soap isn't simply a matter of putting abrasive material into a goat milk base. Particle texture, where the exfoliant appears in the bar, and how the soap will actually be used all change the finished experience.
No.27 shows that thinking in a relatively simple form. Finely milled colloidal oatmeal can be carried throughout the bar while the oatmeal topper provides a more pronounced texture. The two aren't interchangeable, even though both begin with oatmeal.
That is the kind of formulation decision that develops at the soap bench: matching the physical structure of a bar to the cleansing experience we want it to provide rather than adding an ingredient because it looks good on a label.
No.27 is made in small cold-process batches with fresh goat milk, plant oils and butters, colloidal oatmeal, botanicals, and pure essential oils before the bars are cut and given time to cure.
The result is an oversized botanical soap whose exfoliating character comes from its actual ingredients and construction—not from an artificially rough cleansing experience.
No.27 Exfoliating Oatmeal Goat Milk Soap combines colloidal oatmeal throughout the bar with a textured oatmeal topper, fresh raw goat milk, more than twelve plant oils and butters, and Cedarwood, Lavender, Rosemary, and Myrrh essential oils. It's our gentler approach to physical exfoliation: enough texture to make a difference, without making aggressive scrubbing the point.
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Exfoliating Oatmeal Goat Milk Soap No.27 Blend with essential oils
Oats, particularly colloidal oatmeal, provide significant skin benefits by moisturizing, soothing inflammation, and protecting the skin barrier. Rich in antioxidants (vitamin E, ferulic acid) and saponins, they gently cleanse, treat eczema, psoriasis, and dry/itchy skin. They are suitable for all skin types, including sensitive skin
Organic Coconut (cocos nucifera), Olive (olea europaea), raw goat milk, distilled water, sustainable Palm (elaeis guineensis), Grapeseed (vitis vinifera), Rice Bran(oryza sativa), Castor(ricinus communis) Sunflower Hi Oleic (Helianthus Annus), Almond (Prunus Dulcis), Safflower(carthamus tinctorius) Jojoba (simmondsia chinesis) Cocoa butter (theobroma cacao), Apricot Kernel (Prunus Armeniaca) infused olive oil of calendula (Calendula Officinalis) & chamomile (Chamomilla recutita), pure essential oils of lavender, myrrh, cedarwood, rosemary; colloidal oatmeal, comfrey root powder
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