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Our artisan goat milk soap and herbal products are handcrafted and made fresh in small batches. Yo

Inspired by science, nature, and magic Apothecandy creates beautiful, useful things for your body. Leiah Bauer is the herbalist and goat-whisperer behind Apothecandy, she combines her passion for plants and love of the forest with rich and creamy milk from her own herd of goats to create her line of forest inspired goat milk soap. The amazing colours and scents are created from natural materials to capture a moment in the seasons, from the smell of the early spring when the sun warms the buds on the balsam poplar and the golden resin begins to flow to the fading sunlight of the fall when the goldenrod and fireweed blooms. Apothecandy follows the seasons and ethically wildcrafts the botanicals that capture the story of the forest in her soap creating an aesthetic and aromas that are carefully crafted to transport the user to a memory or feeling. Our Products:
Many of our herbs are grown naturally or ethically wild-crafted here on our property or locally sourced. Great care and time is spent growing, harvesting, drying, infusing and creating our products. Our herbal products are handcrafted and made fresh in small batches. About the Herbalist:
I am a gardener, a maker, a do-er, a cook, a hot mess, and a herbalist. I began seriously studying herbs in 2012, completing a diploma program at Dominion Herbal College and then going on to complete an intensive 2.5 year Herbal Immersion program through Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine . Location:
My husband and I, our three daughters, and some dairy goats live on a little piece of heaven in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. We acknowledge that we are in Treaty 1 territory and in the traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. The landscape is rugged boreal forests and still displaying evidence of once being at the bottom of ancient lake Agassiz. My favourite time of year here is in the spring when the world begins to come alive with sounds and smells. Every time I step outside I breathe deeply, taking in the damp, musky, earthy herbal scent. My Inspiration:
Science, magic, and nature, forests, life, good food, love, and my children.

02/13/2026

It's February my loves ❤️‍🔥
If you've been here for a while you know that I always do a special little small batch collection for my birthday
(which is tomorrow!).
So without further ado, the 2026 February collection!

Elder + Amethyst
This exquisite goat milk soap has a rich blend of oils and butters that are slowly infused with elderflowers. I crafted an intoxicating brew of Palo Santo, Cardamom, Amyris,
Black Pepper, Palmarosa, Cypress, and Ylang Ylang essential oils.
I wanted the colours to create a dreamy nod to the late morning sunrise hues visible across the horizon in the winter, brushing the treetops and casting the snow with shades of pink, indigo, and purple which I crafted
through infusions of Himalayan Rhubarb, Madder and alkanet root, indigo, and charcoal.

Sundog
This soap was inspired by the breathtaking view one clear, crisp day in December, not just breathtaking because it was literally so cold that it stole your breath if you dared to breathe in too vigorously without your mouth covered. But because of a natural atmospheric phenomenon called parhelia. A sort of halo of light and colour around the sun created by light refracting through ice crystals in the atmosphere.
This is an ode to this dangerously beautiful phenomenon crafted with infusions of indigo, Himalayan rhubarb, and annatto seed and scented with a bright blend of tangerine, fir needle, and eucalyptus essential oils.

Tomato Leaf Adornment Oil
I did a deep dive into the ancient art of perfumery last year, investigating raw ingredients in the trade that made up some of the foundations of scent. Some of these ingredients go beyond just steam distillation into isolating aroma chemical compounds present in matter such as soil to capture the scent they produce for use in the perfumery industry.

Using some of these compounds as well as a blend of essential and carrier oils I have created a lively fresh blend of botanical perfume inspired by the scent you might experience when your fingertips brush against tomato leaves, verdant grassy notes along with damp soil will fill you with the hope and possibility that Spring brings with it.

02/11/2026

Every bar of my soap begins with beautiful creamy goat milk.
Instead of using water for the liquid portion of my soap, I replace it with 100% milk collected from my beautiful herd of goats.

But why use goat milk when water works just fine to make soap?
It's true. You can make a bar of soap using water, most soapmakers do.
In fact, unless you are raising your own goats it is incredibly cost prohibitive and difficult to make a true goats milk soap, raw milk sales are restricted here in Canada, so these soap makers generally opt for simply adding a few teaspoons of commercially processed powdered goat milk to their water instead of doing a full water replacement.

Goat Milk is packed with beneficial fats, vitamins, minerals, natural sugars, and naturally occurring lactic and alpha-hydroxy acids. These properties of goat milk create a stellar bar of soap that is gentle as it cleans. The soft and creamy lather doesn't strip moisture from your skin, the beneficial fats creating an additional "superfat" for additional moisturizing, making it the perfect choice for dry, sensitive skin.

The goats even occasionally take it upon themselves to infuse themselves with botanicals, like breaking out of their beautiful woodland pasture to help themselves to the entire calendula crop. (Or at least that's what I like to tell myself instead of being upset that they've eaten all my carefully tended herb gardens)

All of the milk I use in my soap is lovingly and sustainably hand milked from the goats that I share my land with, a partnership that flows through the seasons of life from birth to natural death. I practice a careful milking program that I've developed to not ask too much from the goats or myself, allowing periods of rest.
I am honoured to share my world with these creatures and to craft beautiful, useful things with the gifts they give me.

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$Recent inspiration has followed these paths. Brilliantly refracting colour from the cold light of the winter sun, verdan...$

02/04/2026

Recent inspiration has followed these paths.
Brilliantly refracting colour from the cold light of the winter sun, verdant green shoots bringing promise with every brush of your fingertips across their leaves, and crystalline amethysts in shades of purple and pink, mimicking the painted skies illuminated by the February sunrise.

Email subscribers, watch your inbox where I will whisper good things to you about the upcoming midwinter collection!

01/29/2026

The world is a lot.
It's tough to know how to show up on social media at the moment. So for now. Here are some soft baby goats to soothe your soul.
💗

01/23/2026

If you've been following along for awhile you might know that I'm a budding knitter. After being a shepherdess as well as a goat-herd for the past 18 years I felt it was high time to dive into fibre arts. So last January I took an intro to knitting class at with which kicked off a whole obsession.

This year I've joined the Purl and Hank team for the February knitting challenge to support cancer research. I don't know a single person who hasn't been touched by cancer in some way. Together we can honor those we've lost and support those still fighting.

Whether you are a knitter or just someone with a couple extra bucks and hope for the future of cancer research I ask for your support as I knit my way through February for this worthy cause.

You can make a tax-deductible donation through the following link: https://fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants/Leiah-Bauer

01/18/2026

I'm so honored to share my work with these beautiful creatures.

I sit bundled up in the world's largest pair of Carhartt coveralls on this blustery January day. I watch these fuzzy lumps snuggled together in little piles, gently rubbing their noses on each other, or resting their heads on each other's back.
Their warm breath rises into the air.
It's calm and quiet.

I admit I probably spend a few more minutes out here than I need to (sorry Ken). But it's such a peaceful place to escape the chaos of the house for a few minutes that I can't help myself. Even when it's -30.

I am thinking back to when someone at a market wanted to know how my goats were treated. She had concerns over animal welfare on farms (absolutely a valid concern, we should all be concerned about that).

I began to tell her about my goats and their lives with us. About how they raise their babies and rest. About how I only milk once a day so as not to demand too much on their bodies, I could push them and milk twice daily to get even more milk but that doesn't seem fair to either of us.

I told of how they don't start providing me with milk until after their babies have weaned. About how I lay my forehead on their sides and sing softly to them while I milk them to relax them. I showed her pictures of my children snuggled up with blissfully snoozing goats on their laps.

I hope she understood that I am in a partnership with these animals, and they are raised with so much love.

12/22/2025

'In the middle of winter there is a door
the root king’s fury falls before.

The door is guarded by shoe and salt,
evergreen bough and a shining bolt.
The door stands guard for the hearth,
O beeswax and candle, berry and spark.
The stove is red and the hearth a-glow.
Berry and branch, silver and gold.
The kettle is singing, black tea steeps,
Smoke and honey, bitter and sweet.
A good book waits by the chair, half-read,
O orange and clove, fresh-baked bread!
The cat is purring, watching the cream,
Strike the matches and copper gleams.'

-excerpt from The Root King's Winter by Jessica Wick

I missed my annual winter solstice celebrations with the family yesterday because I was finishing up my last market day for 2025 at Vinterfest at IKEA Winnipeg which was honestly very lovely and so much fun to be at.

Usually we decorate the trees outside with oranges and cranberries and bird seed ornaments and I bake a Yule log cake complete with merengue mushrooms (our favorite part).
So today in honor of the returning light I'm drinking my coffee slowly under the twinkling lights draped across the beams in my home. Ready to settle in for a long winter's nap.

Shop info for the holidays: Although my website remains "open" I will not be shipping orders until after the New Year.

I'm grateful for all of you.
Happy Solstice, Bitchin' Yule, Merry Christmas, Happy Monday

12/21/2025

This is the very last day to come see me in person and stock up before I disappear into the forest never to be seen again!
(or at least until I'm rested and have had sufficient cheese and craft time)

Come down to IKEA Winnipeg from 10-6 today for the funnest, cutest, loveliest little Scandinavian Christmas market this side of the Atlantic. Where I will be celebrating the solstice and the end of a long market season with 20 other artisans.

If you have an order you previously placed and selected IKEA pick up this is your last day, I will be taking all the orders back out to the woods with me at the end of the day!

My online store will be closing and shipping will likely resume after the new year.

I treasure each and every one of you and I can't wait to see you all today.

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