Picky about your soap? Here's one that meets all sorts of socio-eco criteria you can come up with. Chivas Skin Care soaps are made with organic ingredients, fair trade shea butter that supports a women's co-op in Togo, Africa, and the fresh milk from two French alpine goats that are raised humanely by a local family in Ventura County, Calif.!

Chivas Skin Care was founded by Donna and Lauren Johanson, a mother-and-daughter team that bought the goats to get healthy milk, yogurt, and cheese for the family -- but soon found the goats produced way more milk than they could keep up with! Thus, a soap company was born.

Now, Chivas has a line of six soaps -- some of which incorporate herbs like spearmint from the family garden. Watch how these soaps get crafted in this short video put together by Lime.com:

I loved the smooth texture of Chivas' soaps, which smelled great and left my skin feeling moisturized. Plus, the weighty 4-oz bars last a very long time, more than making the up for the $9 sticker price.

But while the Chivas team's clearly honed its soap-making skills, the facial cremes left a lot to be desired. What I found in the jar I got was not creme as I know it, but a whitish curd-like goo-island floating in oils! Ick!

Hopefully Chivas will perfect its facial creme as it has the soaps. In the meantime, you can get Chivas Skin Care soaps -- including some very cute gift sets for the holidays -- on the company website.

Related links:

>> The Golden Goat, LLC: Handmade Soaps and Skincare. Jen Hill interviews another woman whose soapmaking was inspired by her goat keeping.

>> Best All Natural Winner: Boh bon Soap. Jen Wallace of Indie Fixx big ups this all-natural goat milk soap.

>> Going green is going to the dogs! Dianne of Something Snappy found goat milk soap for your pooch!
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BlogHer Contributing Editor Siel also blogs at greenLAgirl.com.