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Tallow & Co. grass-fed tallow balm in a glass jar

Ancestral Skincare · Est. 2024

One Ingredient.
That's All Your Skin Ever Needed.

Grass-fed beef tallow, rendered the old way. No fragrance. No seed oils. No fillers. Just what your skin recognizes.

4.9 / 5 · 1,247 reviews
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Why Tallow

Skin recognizes what it was built to recognize.

Bioidentical to your skin

The molecular structure of grass-fed tallow is the closest of any fat to human sebum. It absorbs without sitting on top, without clogging, without confusing your skin.

Vitamins A, D, E, K

Fat-soluble vitamins, naturally present, naturally bioavailable. The kind your skin actually uses, not the synthetic versions sprayed into a lotion to put on a label.

Zero seed oils or fillers

Read the ingredient list. It says, in full: grass-fed beef tallow. No sunflower, no canola, no fragrance, no preservatives. Nothing your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize.

The Difference

A label honest enough to read.

Tallow & Co.
Typical Moisturizer
Ingredients
1
23+
Seed oils
None
Usually
Fragrance
None
Usually
Comedogenic
No
Often
Vitamin content
A, D, E, K (natural)
Synthetic

How to Use

Less than you think. More than it looks like.

  1. 01

    Warm

    Scoop a small amount and warm it between your fingers until it melts.

  2. 02

    Apply

    Press into clean, slightly damp skin. Damp skin drinks it in.

  3. 03

    Less is more

    A pea-sized amount covers the whole face. Resist the urge to use more.

  4. 04

    Repeat

    Morning and night. Or whenever your skin needs it. Hands, lips, elbows, all of it.

"I started Tallow & Co. after my son's eczema cleared up in eleven days using nothing but tallow my grandma rendered in her kitchen. Every jar is small-batch, single-source, and made the way it was made a hundred years ago, because that was the last time it actually worked."

Sarah Whitcombe Founder, Tallow & Co.

Reviews

What people are saying.

4.9 / 5 based on 1,247 verified reviews
3 days ago

Construction hands, finally not cracked

I frame houses for a living and my hands look like the bottom of a riverbed in January. Tried this on my wife's recommendation. Third day in and the splits at my knuckles are gone. I'm not a skincare guy. This is the only thing in my bathroom that's mine.

Marcus T. Verified Purchaser
1 week ago

I gave away my $80 La Mer

I held onto that little white jar for so long because I was sure I was supposed to love it. I don't. I love this. My skin feels calm for the first time since my twenties. Not glowy in a forced way. Just quiet. Like it's not trying to do anything.

Jenna R. Verified Purchaser
2 weeks ago

Wife stole the jar

Bought it for post-shave. Took it home, used it twice, my wife asked what smelled "warm" in the bathroom. Long story short she's been using it on her face every night and I had to order a second jar. Knocking off a star because I had to share.

David P. Verified Purchaser
1 month ago

My toddler's eczema is gone

Two years of prescription steroid creams and nothing held. My daughter is three and her cheeks were always red and rough. We've been using a pea-sized amount before bed for about a month. Her skin is smooth, she's not scratching at night, and our pediatrician asked what we changed. This.

Amanda K. Verified Purchaser
2 months ago

Real food, real skincare

I eat ribeye and butter. I'm not about to put canola on my face. This is the first thing I've found that just is what it says it is. Smells faintly like the rendering process for the first ten minutes and then it's gone. My beard line stopped peeling in the third week.

Carlos M. Verified Purchaser
3 months ago

A face routine of one

I had a seven-step routine. Seven. I now have one. My skin doesn't miss anything. The surprise was how much my face stopped feeling tight, like it had been quietly screaming at me for years and I'd just made peace with it. Reordered already.

Rebecca S. Verified Purchaser
4 months ago

Honest review: the smell is real but short

If you're squeamish about the idea: there's a faint smell when you first scoop it. Like a clean butcher shop. It goes away in 10-15 minutes and what's left on your skin is just neutral. Once you get past that it's the best thing I've put on my dry shins in years.

Tyler W. Verified Purchaser
5 months ago

The chapstick I never have to reapply

Chicago winter destroys my lips. Dabbed a tiny bit on at bedtime, woke up and they were soft. I keep the jar on my nightstand. It's also wild on cuticles. I had a hangnail situation that healed in a day and a half. A jar will last me forever at this rate.

Priya N. Verified Purchaser

Frequently Asked

Honest answers.

Is this really just one ingredient?

Yes. The entire ingredient list is: grass-fed beef tallow. Sourced from a single regenerative ranch in central Texas, rendered slowly at low heat, whipped to a soft balm. Nothing added, nothing removed.

Will it smell like beef?

For the first ten to fifteen minutes after you apply it, you'll notice a faint warm note. Clean and neutral, not gamey. Once it absorbs, the smell is gone. Most customers don't notice it after the first jar.

Is it safe for face / sensitive skin / babies?

Yes to all three. Because there's only one ingredient, there's nothing to react to. It's non-comedogenic, fragrance-free, and gentle enough for newborn skin. Patch test if you've reacted to any topical in the past. Same as anything.

How long does a jar last?

For face-only use, two to three months. For full-body use (hands, lips, elbows, post-shower), six to eight weeks. You'll be surprised how little you need each time.

Is it ethically sourced?

100% grass-fed and grass-finished from a single regenerative ranch we visit twice a year. The tallow comes from suet that would otherwise be discarded. A small, traceable supply chain, not an industrial one.

What's your return policy?

30 days, no questions. Use the jar. If it doesn't work for your skin, email us and we'll refund the full order. Keep the jar. We don't want it back.

No Risk

Try it risk-free for 30 days.

If your skin doesn't feel different in three weeks, we'll refund every dollar. Keep the jar.