THE SOAP YOUR GREAT-GRANDPARENTS WASHED WITH
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7 reasons THE SOAP replaces everything in your shower
Real tallow soap. It cleans your skin properly without stripping it. You step out of the shower clean, actually clean, and your skin still feels like yours.
“I've tried a lot of soap bars over the years and this is by far the best soap I've ever used.”
Jenny McCabe (Verified customer)🇺🇸 30-day Satisfaction Guarantee. Ships from our Utah warehouse.
How THE SOAP compares to the rest
| Tallow soap | Common soap bars | Shower gels | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main ingredient | Beef tallow | Cheap palm oil | Water + synthetic detergent |
| Your skin while using it | Soft & nourished | Dry and stripped | Irritated & perfumed |
| Smell | Pure essential oils | Cheap fragrance oils | Mystery "perfume" |
| Made by | Family soap makers | Large chemical co. | Multinational corporation |
| Can be used for | Face, body & hands | Hands only | Body only |
| Lasts for | 4-6 weeks | 1-2 weeks | A few showers |
Main ingredient
Tallow soapBeef tallow
Common soap barsCheap palm oil
Shower gelsWater + synthetic detergent
Your skin while using it
Tallow soapSoft & nourished
Common soap barsDry and stripped
Shower gelsIrritated & perfumed
Smell
Tallow soapPure essential oils
Common soap barsCheap fragrance oils
Shower gelsMystery "perfume"
Made by
Tallow soapFamily soap makers
Common soap barsLarge chemical co.
Shower gelsMultinational corporation
Can be used for
Tallow soapFace, body & hands
Common soap barsHands only
Shower gelsBody only
Lasts for
Tallow soap4-6 weeks
Common soap bars1-2 weeks
Shower gelsA few showers
The result is what we honestly believe is the perfect bar of tallow soap.
7 Reasons to Make the Switch
REASON 1
Soap was tallow soap for five thousand years. Then it wasn’t.
Every bar your great-grandmother ever washed with was tallow soap she made herself. Around 1950 the industry found something cheaper, swapped the recipe, and kept the word soap on the wrapper. Nobody complained because nobody was told. This is the original, back where it belongs.
“My grandfather used to tell me stories about tallow soaps. Now I finally understand what he meant!”
Jeremy, NY, USA
REASON 2
They didn’t change it for your skin. They changed it for the price.
In 1898 one company started selling a bar of cheap palm and olive oil. By the 1950s everyone had followed, because a palm oil you grow for pennies beats the animal fat you have to raise.
Tallow was called old-fashioned, then forgotten.
The recipe changed for the factory. The name, the shape and your trust stayed exactly where they were. Seventy years later we are here to tell you nothing would ever compare to tallow. You’ve just never been given the chance to find out.
REASON 3
Your skin has been waiting for this.
Tallow is the closest thing in nature to the oil your own skin makes. When it touches you, your skin doesn’t fight it. It washes the day off and leaves everything you need behind. You step out of the shower and nothing pulls tight. You forget the moisturiser because there’s nothing to fix.
“I honestly thought all the talk about tallow soap was probably hype. I was wrong. It foams beautifully, smells great and leaves you feeling properly fresh and clean.”
Rachel F. - Yorkshire, UK
REASON 4
A common bar takes. This one gives back.
A common bar is cheap vegetable oil and fragrance. This is tallow, coconut oil and olive oil, scented with pure essential oils or nothing at all. If your skin flushes, itches or tightens after washing, that’s the fragrance and the oils it’s being asked to tolerate.
Sensitive skin doesn’t react to tallow. It relaxes into it.
REASON 5
The lather your body wash has been faking.
Thick, creamy, dense, and it rinses clean. Bottles get their foam from detergent. Vegetable oil bars barely foam at all. This is the lather only tallow makes, and once you’ve felt it you’ll know what every bottle has been imitating.
REASON 6
One bar for everyone under your roof.
Body, hands, face. Men, women, teenagers, the baby. Three oils and pure essential oils, so there's nothing in it that skin of any age needs to fight. You don't need a different bottle for every person in the house. You need one bar.
“We got a big bundle and it disappeared in a week, everyone wants a bar of this tallow soap, even my mother in law.”
Jacob L. - San Diego, CA
REASON 7
It replaces three bottles and costs less than one.
Body wash, hand soap, face wash. Gone. At $16 a bar it costs less than any one of them and outlasts all of them. The bathroom gets emptier, the skin gets calmer, and you stop paying for water in a plastic bottle.
Note from the founders
We’ve dreamed about writing this since the day we started this business and since the day we created our Original Tallow & Honey Balm.
Before the tallow balm even had a label. Before there was a team, or a workshop, or a single customer. Back when it was just the two of us in our kitchen in Ireland with a crockpot and an idea, we said to each other: one day, we’ll make tallow soap.
Finally, THE SOAP is here.
My entire life I was obsessed with soaps. I used bar soap since I was a child. All of it. The cheap ones from the corner shop. Artisan cold process bars from farmers markets. Marseille soap from France. Aleppo soap with laurel oil, made the way it’s been made for a thousand years. Castile bars. Luxury shaving soaps with badger brushes and wooden bowls. I always dreamed about selling my own soap, soap as amazing like the ones made in the gold age of soaps, REAL TALLOW SOAP.
After 3 years, that dream became real.
One bar. For everything, and everyone.
For your shower and the sink by your front door. For washing your hands and washing your children. For the baby’s bath. Use it as a shaving soap, that dense lather was made for a blade, for the beard, for legs. A bar for every day and a bar for the guest bathroom. A bar to use, a bar to gift, and if you’re anything like me, a bar to keep on the shelf and just pick up and smell sometimes, because some of us never grew out of that.
So if you’re holding a bar right now, you didn’t just buy soap. You bought the thing we promised each other in that kitchen three years ago. Every bar carries a little of that.
Thank you. Use it, wear it down, give one away. And if you catch yourself picking it up off the shelf just to smell it, you’re in good company.
- Mihael
Founder, Ancestral Cosmetics
What's in the bundle?
Sweet Meadow Soap
Mountain Spring Soap
Pine Forest Soap
Sweet Meadow Deodorant
Mountain Spring Deodorant
Pine Forest Deodorant
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What our customers say
★★★★★
4.86/5 based on 9345 verified reviews
★★★★★
I’ve tried everything from expensive handmade soaps to the big-name bars and this is easily the best. The lather is thick and creamy, it actually gets you properly clean, and my skin doesn’t feel stripped afterwards.
Alex M.
Dublin, Ireland
★★★★★
I wasn’t expecting a natural tallow soap to foam this well. It lathers better than most shower gels I’ve used and rinses off completely clean. I’ve already replaced everything else in the shower with these bars.
Sarah K.
Austin, TX
★★★★★
Finally a natural soap that actually feels like SOAP. Loads of foam, gets through sweat and grime easily and leaves my skin feeling clean rather than coated in something. Brilliant stuff.
Emma R.
London, UK
★★★★★
I work with my hands all day and most natural soaps barely touch the dirt and grease. This one actually works. A really rich lather, cleans my hands properly and they don’t feel dry and wrecked afterwards.
Eddy W.
San Diego, CA
★★★★★
The soap and deodorant have completely replaced the supermarket stuff in our bathroom. The soap lathers incredibly well and the deodorant actually keeps me feeling fresh through the day. Simple ingredients and they work.
Clara T.
Waterford, Ireland
★★★★★
I’ve bought plenty of soaps from local markets and small handmade brands because I wanted something more natural. Most were nice but didn’t foam or clean particularly well. This is completely different. Creamy, rich lather and you feel properly clean after using it.
John L.
Dublin, Ireland
★★★★★
Bought the soap after already loving the tallow deodorant and it didn’t disappoint. The bar lasts well, foams up almost instantly and washes off sweat after the gym better than the body wash I was using before.
Luka C.
Manchester, UK
★★★★★
This has ruined ordinary soap for me. The lather is ridiculously good and it gets my hands clean after working on cars without needing to wash them three times. Even my wife has started stealing it for the shower.
Tom P.
Toronto, Canada
★★★★★
I honestly thought all the talk about tallow soap was probably hype. I was wrong. It foams beautifully, smells great and leaves you feeling properly fresh and clean. I now use the soap and tallow deodorant every day and wouldn’t go back to the usual stuff.
Rachel F.
Yorkshire, UK
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
FAQ
How does Tallow Soap work?
Our soap is made the traditional way, with tallow, coconut oil and olive oil.
Tallow is naturally close to the oils in our own skin, so it cleans thoroughly while keeping your skin soft and nourished.
Coconut oil creates the rich, creamy lather and olive oil makes every wash soft and mild. Simple ingredients that have been cleaning skin for thousands of years.
How does it smell?
Mountain Spring smells like spring on a crisp mountain morning.
- Top notes: Eucalyptus, Sweet Orange & Pink Grapefruit
- Mid notes: Rose Geranium & Fir Needle
- Base notes: Cedarwood
The same essential oil blend as our Mountain Spring Tallow Deodorant so one scent carries you through the whole day.
Does tallow soap smell like beef?
No. Our tallow soap has no beefy smell at all.
All you’ll smell is the pure essential oil blend unique to each scent.
Why tallow in soap?
Because that’s how soap was always made.
For thousands of years, tallow was the heart of every soap bar, right up until about a century ago when it was replaced with cheaper oils.
Tallow is naturally close to the oils in our own skin, which is why tallow soap cleans so well while leaving skin feeling soft and nourished.
It also sets into a harder, denser bar that lasts longer and lathers richer than soaps made with vegetable oils alone.
We simply brought the original recipe back.
How will my skin feel after washing?
Clean, soft and comfortable.
Tallow soap nourishes as it cleanses, so your skin feels cared for the moment you step out of the shower, without needing to reach for a moisturiser straight away.
Can it replace the usual bodywash?
Completely, and that’s exactly how we designed it.
One bar gives you a richer, creamier lather than body wash and lasts far longer than a bottle. One honest bar on your shower shelf instead of a row of plastic bottles.
Can I use it on my face?
Yes. Our tallow soap is gentle enough for body, hands and face. One bar, head to toe.
Is it suitable for sensitive skin?
Our soap is very gentle and made with a short list of simple, skin-loving ingredients.
However, it does contain pure essential oils.
If you have very reactive or sensitive skin, or you’re washing babies and small children, we recommend our Unscented Tallow Soap, which is made without any essential oils.
As with any new product, discontinue use if irritation occurs.
Is it suitable for the whole family?
Yes. Men, women, kids, everyone.
The scent is designed to be loved by anyone, and the bar is as happy washing little hands before dinner as it is scrubbing down after a day of hard work.
For babies and very sensitive skin, choose our super gentle Unscented Tallow Soap.
How long will one bar last?
Longer than you’re used to.
Tallow sets into a harder, denser bar than vegetable oil soaps, so with daily use one 139g bar typically lasts 4 to 6 weeks.
Keep it on a draining soap dish and let it dry between uses to stretch it even further.
Does it foam well?
It foams beautifully.
Tallow and coconut oil together create a rich, dense, creamy lather that builds in your hands. This pairing has been the gold standard of traditional soap making for generations.
Do you use perfume (fragrance) in your soap?
No. Tallow Soap is scented only with a blend of 100% pure essential oils. Our unscented bar is essential oil free.
How should I store my soap?
Keep it on a draining soap dish, out of standing water, and let it dry fully between uses.
Real soap rewards a little care: a dry bar stays hard and lasts noticeably longer.
Does it match any of your other products?
Yes. Our line of soaps perfectly matches our Tallow Deodorants.
Wash with one, swipe on the other, one crisp scent from your morning shower through your whole day.