Tallow Lip Balm

• Grass-fed beef tallowThe body of the cream, from grass-fed and grass-finished cattle, rendered slowly and filtered clean. Its fatty acids — largely oleic, palmitic and stearic — are close to the ones human skin produces itself, which is why it melts at body temperature and sinks in instead of sitting on top.
• Vanilla beanWhole beans steeped into the tallow for weeks, so the scent is the bean's own vanillin rather than a fragrance oil. It is why this smells like baking rather than like a candle — and why it fades honestly instead of lingering all day.
• Espresso beanSteeped alongside the vanilla. Roasted coffee carries hundreds of aroma compounds, and infusing the beans whole pulls the warm, toasted end of that range into the tallow.
• BeeswaxThe set, and the seal. A little firms the whip so it holds its shape in the jar, and as an occlusive it leaves a breathable film that slows how quickly water evaporates from the skin's surface — which is what keeps skin feeling soft for longer after you put it on.
• Jojoba oilNot really an oil. Jojoba is a liquid wax ester — the same class of molecule that makes up about a quarter of human sebum — which is why it feels dry rather than heavy and absorbs without residue. Wax esters are also far slower to go rancid than true oils, so it keeps the jar stable.
• Frankincense oilSteam-distilled from the hardened resin of the Boswellia tree, used in perfumery for thousands of years. It is the reason the base smells warm and faintly resinous rather than of nothing at all, and it is in every scent we make.

That's the whole list. Read it out loud — it doesn't take long.

Adeps Bovis (Tallow), Cera Alba (Beeswax), Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Boswellia Carterii (Frankincense) Oil, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Seed Extract.

Swipe across lips as often as the weather calls for it. Works on cuticles and knuckles too.

If your jar firms up in a cold house or softens in a warm one, that's just tallow being tallow — nothing's wrong with it.

0.15 oz (4.25 g) tube

Orders ship from our kitchen within 2–3 business days, and shipping's on us over $60. In high summer we may hold shipments over the weekend so your jar doesn't spend two days in a hot truck.

Not getting along with it? Tell us within 30 days — even if the jar's open — and we'll make it right. Full details on the Shipping and Returns pages.