Mom makes soaps and creams from breast milk and SELLS them online – says products help with dry skin and aging

An Idaho mother has started selling creams and soaps made from breast milk online to help others deal with the effects of aging.

Britni Eddy, from Rigby, Idaho, started selling her breast milk after her husband accidentally spoiled hundreds of ounces she had pumped and stored in the freezer.

“When I was six or seven months postpartum, my husband was reorganizing the garage and moving our freezer. “He got distracted and didn’t plug the freezer back in, ruining my entire supply of breast milk in the freezer,” Ms Eddy said.

Desperate not to waste it, she came up with the idea of ​​turning it into skin care products and started making complex soaps that she says help with aging, stretch marks and dry skin.

Eddy said: ‘The great thing about breast milk soap is that you can use expired breast milk in the freezer, you can no longer feed the baby because the skin benefits are not lost once the expiration date has passed.’

After perfecting her recipe, she launched her business, called Mama’s Magic Milk, in August. In addition to turning her own breast milk into beauty products, women can send Mrs. Eddy their breast milk and she will turn it into soaps, lotions or diaper cream.

Ms. Eddy also works with a local mother who is still nursing her baby and will provide the milk if non-breastfeeders want to order.

Mrs. Eddy with her husband and daughter. Her business started when Mrs. Eddy reused breast milk that her husband had accidentally spoiled by turning off the freezer in which it had been stored.

Buyers can customize their order with added essential oils such as lavender or chamomile. They can choose soap bases, including shea butter and goat’s milk, and choose a shape for the soap, such as an animal, rose or heart

Breast milk contains a lot of fats so it is perfect for a creamy soap and is believed to have a soothing effect on skin conditions such as eczema.

When people place an order and send in their breast milk, they can personalize their items with added essential oils such as lavender or chamomile.

They can choose soap bases, including shea butter and goat’s milk, and choose a shape for the soap, such as an animal, rose or heart.

Each soap usually requires between five and six ounces of breast milk, which costs $30 for six bars. The lotion and diaper creams cost $15 each.

Mrs. Eddy told me EastIdahoNews.com: ‘It helps with aging, wrinkles, stretch marks and dry skin. It’s not just for a baby. In a baby, it will help with diaper rash, eczema, cuts, and heal sunburns.”

While she realizes some people may find it strange, she said, “I think people are just not informed about it. They don’t understand the skin care and nutritional benefits of breast milk.”

She said her husband wasn’t sure about her breast milk soap at first, but now he loves it.

Expressed breast milk can be kept at room temperature for up to four hours. in the refrigerator for up to four days and up to a year in a freezer.

If not stored properly, bacteria can grow in breast milk, which can lead to vomiting or diarrhea in a baby.

Ms Eddy said: ‘The great thing about breast milk soap is that if you can use expired breast milk in the freezer, you can no longer feed the baby as the skin benefits are not lost once the expiry date has passed.’

Mrs. Eddy has sold in Florida, New York, Arizona and Alabama.