STORY:

Holistic Healing

Hi there, I’m Estele. When I began to struggle with hormonal issues and acne at 15, I set out to learn and heal the root problems of my chronic conditions. After years of countless treatments, “natural remedies”, strict diets, conflicting medical advise, thousands of dollars on regimens and prescriptions, and even consultation of several estheticians ranging from “holistic” to Beverly Hills top MD., I was simply shrugged-off as an anomaly, and was told there just wasn’t an answer to my acne. I then decided to seek alternative modes of healing. I knew I could heal, I just needed to figure out how. That’s when I discovered that even the most “natural” skincare brands I was using were riddled with inflammatory seed oils and irritating essential oils. So I tossed out everything and began to make my own products. My skin completely healed and for the first time in several years I had a clear, healthy complexion. What seemed like an endless endeavor finally had an answer come to light. I knew I had to share my creations with others. If you're going through the same issues I was, there's certainly hope for you despite the things you may have been told! I hope you love my offerings as much as I love creating them.

xx estele

So, You Wanna Know...

Why Tallow?

Tallow is a healthy, saturated fat that stores an abundance of vitamins and minerals beneficial to our skin. The chemical makeup of tallow resembles our own skins natural lipids and thus is bio-compatible with our skin. It's vital that the tallow is sourced properly, otherwise the benefits of this fat fail to materialize.

Aside from the numerous benefits of tallow both in food and skincare use, we've been using tallow for over a decade now in our offerings- this isn't a quick cash-grab or trendy product we hope to go viral. It's an honest practice with reverent care and devotion to the most healthful and nourishing skincare.

Embracing natures sacred design of full, healthy saturated fats and leaving behind the modern inventions of inflammatory seeded oils, we pride ourselves in pioneering this ancestral tradition in our offerings and creations.

Essential-Oil Free?

Often the culprit for inflammation and sensitization of the skin, pure Essential-Oils are volatile and can be cytotoxic when used topically. Our priority is restoration and nourishment of the natural skin barrier, which is why we opt out of the use of these mass-produced constituents and instead infuse our creations slowly with the entire herb and flower plant matter.

Sourcing?

Our herbs and flowers are sourced in America & Europe from family farmers that pour their hearts into their practice. Our tallow is sourced from family farms in the mid-west that raise their cattle on green, open pastures.

This slow but intimate process ensures meticulous quality control and it's our honor to be able to support familial cultivation practices with regenerative farming standards. Better for your skin, better for the earth.

Pricing?

Our pricing reflects our quality. We understand there are many, many, tallow companies out there today. But we're not another "whipped tallow and essential-oil" company.

We carry a slow and intentional practice in our method creations. Our offerings begin with intentional ingredient sourcing. We work intimately with small, family farmers to ensure that the quality of our ingredients are of the highest possible standard.

From there, our offerings are meticulously formulated. We take into consideration alchemy and synergy, the way the herbs compliment each other, the intention and purpose of the final product, the fragrance, and the physical and meta-physical benefits. Once the performance and efficacy of our product has been established, they take weeks in production before they are ready to be offered. The butters and oils need time to properly and efficiently absorb the herbs and all their benefits -something that cannot be rushed and could never be replaced with a gimmicky short-cut (we're looking at you, essential oils...).

This is a stark contrast from buying (low quality) bulk tallow, cheap seed oils, & essential oils and whipping them together. This process would take a mere few minutes! But the performance and energetics would drastically change.

Our skincare isn't "trendy" and our practices are far from viriality. Our apothecary is a true art-form in it's own right and the prices of our offerings reflect this.

"Toxic" Seed-Oil Aware

Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acid ("PUFA") is a chain of highly-inflammatory fatty acids commonly found in seeded oils and various vegetable oils. These oils may be linked with various skin issues like acne, rashes, redness, accelerated pigmentation with sun exposure, aggravation to eczema and more.


Many companies claim their seed oils are "safe”, however, it doesn't matter if the oil is organic, cold pressed or ethically sourced, the chemical composition of these oils remain the same, regardless of processing method.


Although it comes with a higher cost of production, we boldly step out from this umbrella of "natural skincare" and formulate our creations without ANY of these inflammatory oils.