Talk about a dairy-tale ending!
Britni Eddy, a mom from Idaho, was left in tears when her frozen breast milk supply was ruined nearly seven months after she gave birth, East Idaho News reports.
Her husband accidentally forgot to plug their freezer back in as he cleaned the garage — Eddy didn’t want to throw the milk away, so she found a way to turn sour milk into lemonade.
“I saw that somebody had posted about something similar happening, and they made breast milk soap, and I thought, ‘Oh, I should try that out,’” Eddy, 24, told the outlet this week.
After going through a few different recipes, she finally found a combination she liked.
According to Well + Good, breast milk has lots of skin moisturizing benefits.
Breast milk also contains lauric acid, which features antibacterial properties and can help calm skin, per Healthline.
On social media, Eddy came across a mom in her area looking for breast milk soap, so she offered up her services.
Other moms kept asking her to make special soap for them, too, and thus, Eddy’s business, Mama’s Magic Milk, was born in August. She charges $30 for six bars.
She also makes diaper creams and lotions for $15 each.
“It helps with aging, wrinkles, stretch marks and dry skin,” Eddy claimed to East Idaho News. “It’s not just for a baby. In a baby, it’s going to help with diaper rash, it’s going to help with eczema, it’s going to help if they have any cuts, and it helps heal those sunburns.”
Breast milk can also be used for some skin irritations, according to a 2019 study published in the journal Nutrients.
In February, TikToker Ashley Lemieux shared that her own breast milk helped to heal some symptoms of her psoriasis.
Others have taken to TikTok to show off how they make the soap at home.
Eddy adds a personal touch to her products, allowing customers to customize their soaps with certain essential oils and soap bases and determine the shape.
She can mold the soap into anything — from a cow to a heart, or even a rose.
She stressed that sanitation is one of her top priorities when making the soap. She wears gloves and keeps her supplies separate from the everyday utensils in her kitchen.
And, although Eddy understands that some find breast milk soap to be “weird,” she is hoping to educate about its benefits and end the stigma.
Her husband even swears by the product now, too.
“It’s very beneficial for your skin,” she told East Idaho News. “Do your research about what breast milk can do, so that we can kind of undo that stigma of, ‘Oh, this is weird, like it’s someone’s breast milk, I don’t really want to touch that, let alone use it.’ Because it really is beneficial.”
