Richfield, Wi – The workshop at Ollie Skincare in Richfield, Wi, has a scent of lavender, honey, and fresh goat milk. It is part family business, part science lab, and part mother-daughter adventure. For owner and formulator Kerrieanne Lischka, the journey began long before skincare bottles lined the shelves.
The family’s original venture included goat yoga, livestock, and the joyful chaos of country living. But it was an overabundance of goat milk that quietly nudged Lischka toward something unexpected.
“We had a surplus of goat’s milk which led to me making goat milk soap,” she said.
At first, the soaps were simple handmade gifts shared among friends and relatives. The response was immediate.
“Our friends and family absolutely loved it,” she said. “So I started to make it at craft fairs and farmers markets.”
Like many good Wisconsin stories, it grew slowly, naturally, and with plenty of conversations around the kitchen table.
Then came the next chapter.
Click HERE to support local at Ollie Skincare
“As my kids got older, my wonderful daughter Eleanor got into skincare,” Lischka said. “I was freaked out.”
Her daughter, had suddenly opened the door to a world of skincare ingredients and product labels that Lischka admitted she barely understood herself.
“I knew nothing about skincare,” she said. “At that point I wasn’t doing a good job at taking care of my skin and didn’t understand half the ingredients in the labels.”
Instead of turning away from the challenge, Kerrieanne leaned into it. She enrolled in an organic skincare class and began carefully studying formulations, oils, and natural ingredients.
“I did my due diligence,” she said. “I started an organic skincare class. I started to understand the ingredients that go into things and work on formulations.”
The process became deeply personal. Every product was first tested by Lischka herself before moving on to the next phase of approval.
“Each formulation was tested by myself,” she said. “Eleanor would then test it with different friends and family. I would receive that feedback and make different products based on that.”
Today, Ollie Skincare specializes in small-batch handmade products crafted right from the family home, including goat milk soaps, nourishing oils, and rich tallow moisturizers. The ingredients are intentionally simple, something Lischka believes matters more than ever.
“So now we have a whole bunch of different products available for our mothers and anyone else interested in seeing simple intentional ingredients,” she said.
Eleanor summed up the company’s mission with the kind of sincerity that cannot be manufactured in a boardroom.
“Made by my mom for anyone who wants to understand what they’re putting on their skin.”
There is something refreshingly unpolished about the mother-daughter duo. Their videos include giggles, forgotten lines, and warm exchanges that feel less like marketing and more like being welcomed into the family farmhouse kitchen for coffee and conversation.
As Mother’s Day approaches, Kerrieanne and Eleanor hope women remember to care for themselves too.