Harvest Hills Skin Care

 

     Our business is about people.  How can we make a difference in someone’s life?  Sometimes it’s the littlest things that stay with us and make the biggest difference in our lives.  We may not even notice and that’s ok.

     How can skin care make a difference in someone’s life?  Well maybe it will or maybe not, but if we feel good about ourselves, we are likely to be more of who we are.  It is our goal to produce products that will help your skin to become glowing and healthy, naturally!

     Providing a positive, uplifting environment to work in is very important!  We want people to enjoy working for us whether on the farm or the skin care business!

     Of course, we have a dairy goat farm!  Animals are very therapeutic and our goats love to interact with people.  We like to work with young people and private visits are offered by appointment.

Overall, our goal is to offer you products that are:

• Good for your skin, which will make a difference for you.
• Produced in an encouraging, uplifting environment.
• Made with milk from our goats that love people and will give hugs (or at least nibbles) to anyone who wants them!

 

 How we Started

Our passion for our business stems from a couple of different things.  First of all, I had a desire for our children grow up on a farm.  We had some cattle, but my passion was goats.  Goats are smaller and easier for children to work with and since it would mostly be me and them doing this, I decided goats were a good choice.  That may have been a bit selfish, but it worked out well!  It led to many life experiences, both sad and wonderful, and we still have a nice herd to produce the milk for us!  (Go Here if you want a more detailed story!)

 

Since we had plenty of milk from the goats, we ventured into soap making.  This was not such a popular thing back in 1999.  No YouTube.  Either read a book with instructions or try until I got it right.  I did not read the instructions, but I did learn a lot! 

Our soap making helped pay for the goats and gave the girls and I bit of experience in the world of being an entrepreneur. We worked on additional goat milk products and the hobby slowly grew into a business with a number of products that we are very proud of.

Our love for animals spread into developing a line of skin care products that has helped many have healthy, glowing skin with clean, natural ingredients. Our goats are fed non-GMO/organic feed and hay/pasture, plus we use natural and organic ingredients in our products.  This is very important to us and we aren’t willing to compromise! 

It is important to us that we support local businesses!  This means those in Ohio as well as the USA.  The ingredients we use are from sustainable, ethical sources which we purchase from local suppliers.  Of course, the milk is from our farm.  You will notice that we offer several products that are not skin care.  These are local artists that I like and trust.

Boxes and most bags are made in the USA.  Any paper for packaging is USA made, and recycled.  Plastic packaging is saved and donated to us so that it can be reused.  The containers used in packaging our products are produced in the USA, PLUS, they are recyclable.

We are working hard to do our part for the environment, so please recycle and reuse!

 

Customer Service

We are proud of our products and want our customers to love them also!  If you have questions, call!  We answer!  If you want to “meet” us, again, call.  We will always make time.  Shipping is next business day or sooner if possible.   We have a return policy because that is just good business.

We would greatly appreciate you leaving a Google review as well as a product review.  These are so helpful to everyone! 

 

We have had the privilege of being "in the news"! 

Here are the links if you want to look!

IdeaStream Public Media - This is a fun article as well as an audio program about us! March 2024

Beauty News NYC - An article in the first online magazine. Maybe 2018 or 2019

New Day Cleveland - This is our short debut on Fox 8 in Cleveland OH. November 2023

Harvest Magazine - An article in 2016 about our goats and skin care products. Page 30

 

   

Benefits of Goat Milk Skin Care

The benefits of goat milk skin care have been known for centuries. It is said that Cleopatra bathed in milk and of course it is also said that she was quite beautiful.  It must have been the milk! 

We have used our goat milk skin care since 2000, when I started making it.  At first I never really thought about why it was so wonderful on my skin, or why I had no dry irritated spots, I just knew that I liked it and my skin is soft and clean. 

Over the years, people have asked many questions about the soaps so I have learned a lot by researching for the answer if I did not know.  One question I get a lot is “what are the benefits goat milk soap.”   

The difference is of course, the goat milk!  Well, that’s the short answer.  Here are more reasons it is great, and different:

• Rich in Nutrients: Goat milk contains essential vitamins and minerals like vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin B6, calcium, and potassium. These nutrients can nourish and support skin health.
• Moisturizing: Goat milk is rich in fatty acids and triglycerides, which help to hydrate and lock in moisture. This can be especially beneficial for dry or sensitive skin.
• Gentle Exfoliation: It contains lactic acid, an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that gently exfoliates the skin, removing dead skin cells and promoting a smoother, brighter complexion.
• pH Balance: Goat milk has a pH level similar to that of human skin, which means it's less likely to disrupt the skin's natural barrier and can be less irritating and stressful on the skin than other skincare products.
• Anti-inflammatory Properties: It has anti-inflammatory properties that can help soothe and calm irritated skin, making it suitable for conditions like eczema or psoriasis and acne.
• Antioxidants: Goat milk contains antioxidants that help to protect the skin from damage caused by free radicals and environmental stressors.

Goat milk skin care is healing, hydrating, soothing and nourishing. Ours are made with simple, clean ingredients!  We Keep it Simple!