Promotes Youthful Looking Skin
The vitamins in tallow make it a great skincare product to help reduce the appearance of aging. Specifically, tallow from grass-fed cattle is loaded with vitamins A, D, E, and K, and antioxidants.
Vitamin E, a common antioxidant, promotes rejuvenation of the skin by fighting free radicals that can cause wrinkles. Vitamin E is also prevalent in tallow and has been shown to prevent collagen breakdown. Sun exposure tends to deplete our body's antioxidants. Using skincare products with these antioxidants can help replenish what the body loses. Antioxidant skincare acts as the first line of defense from things like sunlight and pollution.
Vitamin D is another common vitamin in tallow, and it has been known to restore vibrancy in the skin. In its active form, Vitamin D can help repair cells. It can also help stop damage to free radicals.
In addition to these vitamins, all the vitamins and nutrients in tallow play a part in keeping your skin looking smooth, moisturized, and youthful.
Ethically Sourced, Sustainable Soap Option
Although tallow comes from animal byproducts, it is a sustainable base for soap. Unlike palm oil, which benefits from massive deforestation, tallow utilizes an animal byproduct that typically goes to waste. Pasture-based tallow is made by rendering suet. The suet used to make tallow is generally considered waste in the farming industry. The primary harvest for most meat-based farms is the meat that people commonly eat. Once the parts people eat are harvested, the suet and other non-traditional parts are wasted. Tallow soap making helps eliminate this waste by utilizing the remaining tallow for nutrient-dense soaps and balms.
Buying tallow soaps from a small business is another way to make purchasing tallow soap a more sustainable option. One of the benefits of buying handmade tallow soap is supporting local economies. It is also a great way to support your community. Small businesses actually have been found to support local communities the most, making it a more circular shopping model.
Supporting local businesses is also a good way to help the environment and reduce your carbon footprint. Small businesses have the freedom to choose more sustainable packaging and can use it while still being cost-effective. Due to the size of larger mass-produced soap, they often don't choose sustainable packaging because profit is the purpose. Overall, small businesses have a smaller carbon footprint than larger companies, and supporting them means you are shrinking your carbon footprint too!
Tallow makes quality soap
Tallow makes long-lasting soap with a light creamy lather. The superfat amount in a finished bar of tallow soap means that some unconverted tallow stays on the skin after you use the soap. This is great because the tallow will continue to work, protecting your skin and keeping it soft, moisturized, and smooth. Tallow soap is an incredibly long-lasting product with lasting results.
Tallow Soap is more Moisturizing than Traditional Soaps
Natural soaps are typically free of harsh and unnecessary chemicals. In our case, we only use all-natural tallow that comes from grass-finished beef. Given the similar fat saturation levels of the tallow to human skin, it is easily absorbed by the skin. Tallow's organic compatibility with our skin allows it to work as natural sebum, locking in moisture and nutrients without clogging your pores.
Typical mass-produced soaps may try to include the same vitamins, but they struggle to match the quality of handmade soaps. The mass-produced soaps don't have the same properties to facilitate healthy skin because they use easily mass-produced ingredients and chemicals. On the other hand, Tallow soaps give the skin the nutrients it needs to soothe itself and the natural oil to keep the moisture and nutrients in.
