Knowledge is power—especially in skincare. Your skin is your body’s largest organ and first line of defence, so what you put on it matters. That’s why we keep our formulas transparent and minimal: nutrient-rich tallow with purposeful oils, no fluff. Read the label, know your ingredients, and give your skin what it truly needs.

Lets compare the ingredient list of a popular beauty bar to our tallow soap bar...

Popular Moisturising Beauty Bar

• Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate / Sodium Palm Kerneloyl Isethionate - Mild surfactants made by combining coconut or palm-kernel fatty acids with isethionic acid (synthetic).

Other common uses: “Syndet” beauty bars, foaming bath products.

• Stearic Acid - Fatty acid from tallow or vegetable oils (often palm/cocoa/shea).

Other common uses: Lubricants, plastics/rubber processing.

• Lauric Acid - Fatty acid mainly from coconut or palm-kernel oil.

Other common uses: Soap and detergent making, surfactants.

• Sodium Palmate - Sodium salt of palm oil fatty acids (formed by saponifying palm oil).

Other common uses: Bar soap bases, laundry soaps.

• Water (Aqua)

• Sodium Isethionate - Synthetic salt of isethionic acid.

Other common uses: Mild surfactant/hydrotrope in shampoos,
body washes.

• Sodium Stearate - Sodium salt of stearic acid (from animal/vegetable fats).

Other common uses: Main soap component in bars; gelling/structuring agent in stick deodorants.

• Cocamidopropyl Betaine - Amphoteric surfactant derived from coconut fatty acids.

Other common uses: Foam booster in shampoos, dish liquids.

• Sodium Palm Kernelate - Sodium salt of palm-kernel oil fatty acids.

Other common uses: Bar soap bases and cleansers; adds hardness and lather.

• Glycerin - By-product of saponification; from plant oils or animal fats.

Other common uses: Cough syrups, shaving creams.

• Fragrance (Parfum) - Blend of natural essential oils and/or synthetic aroma compounds in a solvent.

Other common uses: Detergents, cosmetics.

• Sodium Chloride (Salt) - Mined or evaporated sodium chloride.

Other common uses: Food seasoning; water softening.

• Zinc Oxide - Mineral zinc oxide (processed from zinc ore).

Other common uses: Ceramics, rubber compounding.

• Tetrasodium EDTA - Synthetic chelating agent.

Other common uses: Water softening in detergents/cleaners; stabilizer in cosmetics.

• Tetrasodium Etidronate (HEDP) - Synthetic organophosphonate (sequestrant).

Other common uses: Scale/corrosion inhibitor in water treatment; stabilizer in detergents and cleaning products.

• CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide) - Mineral white pigment (titanium dioxide).

Other common uses: White/opacity pigment in cosmetics, paints, plastics.

100% Tallow Soap

• Sodium Tallowate (from grass-fed tallow) - Saponified beef tallow (tallow reacted with lye).

Other common uses: Base ingredient for traditional bar soaps.

• Aqua (Water)

• Sodium Hydroxide (Lye) (used to make the soap; none remains when properly formulated & cured) - Industrially produced from brine via electrolysis.

Other common uses: Soapmaking, food
processing.

• Glycerin (naturally occurring) - Formed during saponification of fats/oils; retained in handmade bars
unless removed.

Other common uses: Humectant in skincare, food humectant.

Now lets compare the ingredient list of a widely used moisturiser to our Whipped vanilla tallow cream...

Popular Moisturiser Ingredients

• Aqua (water)

• Glycerin - By-product of soap making from plant oils (soy/palm/coconut) or animal fats.

Other common uses: cough syrups; shaving cream.

• Stearic acid - Fatty acid from animal tallow or vegetable oils (palm, cocoa, shea).

Other common uses: Lubricants; plastics/rubber processing.

• Mineral oil - Highly refined petroleum derivative.

Other common uses: Furniture polish; lubricants.

• Sorbitol - Sugar alcohol produced from glucose (corn, wheat, potatoes).

Other common uses: Cough syrups; laxatives.

• Cetearyl alcohol - Fatty alcohol blend from coconut/palm oils or synthetic.

Other common uses: Deodorants; household cleaners.

• Triethanolamine - Synthetic (reaction of ethylene oxide with ammonia).

Other common uses: Laundry detergents; metalworking fluids.

• Phenoxyethanol - Synthetic (from phenol + ethylene oxide).

Other common uses: Inks; cleaning products.

• Imidazolidinyl urea - Synthetic (from allantoin derivatives).

Other common uses: Adhesives; household cleaners.

• Wheat germ oil - Cold-pressed oil from the germ of wheat kernels.

Other common uses: Massage oils; hair serums.

• Tetrasodium EDTA - Synthetic (from ethylenediamine,
formaldehyde, sodium cyanide).

Other common uses: Laundry detergents; industrial cleaners.

• Piroctone olamine - Synthetic antifungal compound.

Other common uses: Antifungal creams; deodorants.

Whipped Vanilla Tallow Cream

• Grass-fed tallow - Rendered fat from grass-fed cattle.

Other common uses: Soap making; cooking.

• Organic vanilla beans - Cured pods of the Vanilla planifolia orchid.

Other common uses: Food and beverage flavouring; calming blends.

• Jojoba oil - Liquid wax pressed from seeds of the jojoba shrub.

Other common uses: Hair conditioners; carrier for essential oils.