Being in the luxury beauty industry for so many years, I have used almost every product out there. Expensive creams, serums, cleansers, toners, exfoliants, masks, you name it. What I could never figure out is why my skin always looked the same, or why sometimes it actually looked worse. It couldn’t possibly be from the expensive products I was using, could it?

In 2018 I started paying attention to the products my family was using. I cleaned up my diet and household cleaners, but I was still using an expensive multi-step skincare routine from the luxury brands I worked for. At some point it occurred to me that I had removed the processed, refined foods from my diet but I was still putting processed, refined chemicals on my skin. I ran across beef tallow skincare, and had a light bulb moment that made me re-think of skincare as “skin food.” With a healthy dose of skepticism, I ordered my first jar of beef tallow face cream and never looked back. Within a few days, my skin GLOWED. Acne that I had for years cleared up. My dry, uneven skin became moisturized and smooth. My eczema patches were gone. I couldn’t believe it. I was hooked.

Fast forward to January 2024. I was definitely not looking to start a small business or return to formulation chemistry. But I had a spontaneous, crazy idea: what if I created a tallow skincare company? Could I help others discover tallow skincare and experience the same incredible transformation as I did?  Knowing nothing about running a small business, I took off running. After a few months of formulating the first product lines, I launched Milk & Honey Tallow Company in May 2024. I second-guessed my decision so many times, but the incredible reviews started coming in. People were experiencing glowing skin. Skin conditions they’d suffered from for years were clearing up. They were saving time and money reducing their complicated skincare routines. Their eczema was gone. Their skin was healing.

My mission with this brand is to tear down the idea that you need expensive products or multi-step routines in order to have beautiful, healthy skin. A simple, 2-Step Tallow routine truly does it all. Tallow contains bio-available vitamins and nutrients that our skin readily absorbs and loves. It is naturally anti-inflammatory and non-comedogenic. Our tallow is sourced from healthy, 100% grass-fed, pasture-raised cows. It truly is like feeding your skin a gourmet meal every day.

Alyssa Johantgen

Founder/Chemist

Milk & Honey Tallow Company