It's humble and familiar and comes from practically next door: lard. My grandmother's best pie crust recipe featured it, it lends flavor to my favorite Mexican foods, and growing up in the 80s and 90s it was vilified as an unhealthy saturated fat sure to cause heart disease (its reputation has been redeemed! Read More).
Why do we love it so much as a soap ingredient?
- Conditioning: it leaves skin feeling soft and supple, while preserving moisture.
- It increases the longevity of the bar - lard creates a hard, long-lasting soap that's a good value.
- Lather: it makes a creamy, stable lather that feels luxurious.
- Moisturizing: lard contains glycerin, a natural humectant, which draws moisture to skin, making it particularly effective for soothing dry skin.
- It's locally sourced and plentiful, which makes it sustainable and lowers environmental impact.
- It's cost-effective, keeping your soap a good value.
The lard we use at Dayspring Farm is locally sourced as raw pork fat from butchers in Amery, Woodville and Durand (Cain's and the Smokehouse). We then hand-process it here on the farm so we're sure of its purity, quality, and freshness. We use only the best in our soap.
