WASHPOOL SUPPLY CO- Sweet Orange, Ylang Ylang & Cedarwood Pastured Tallow Soap

Traditional tallow based soap, made the way your ancestors probably made soap, with essential oils of sweet orange, ylang ylang and cedarwood.

These bars are primal, paleo and minimalist, with only a few ingredients: saponified oils (tallow, olive and coconut) along with essential oils.

• Tallow makes a good soap, creating a hard and long-lasting bar, with a creamy lather. The oils in tallow help moisturise your skin.
• Coconut and Olive Oils deeply penetrate and moisturise to leave your skin smooth and soft.
• Sweet Orange, Ylang Ylang and Cedarwood Essential Oils provides a soothing and stimulating scent

Why Tallow?

A few years ago we were still using palm oil in our soaps, which we ensured was organic and sustainably produced. However as palm oil became increasingly negatively viewed we investigated alternatives. When we made the decision to phase out the use of palm oil we knew that it would be a challenge to make a bar that was just as hard and long lasting. We substituted palm with cacao and shea butter, as they both contribute to the hardness. The downside to using cacao and shea butter is that they're around three to four times as expensive as organic, sustainable palm oil. So, our cost of production went up considerably. Environmentalism and social conscience has a price.  

We realised that tallow was an excellent substitute for palm oil. Oddly enough, palm oil and lard/tallow are almost identical in their triglyceride structure - both are high in palmitic and stearic acid. Once shunned in favour of vegetarian palm oil, these animal fats are making a comeback both for the health benefits of a stable saturated fat (over processed hydrogenated vegetable fats) and for their environmental credentials.  

Naturally, animal fat is very similar to our own and the unadulterated oil from grass fed, hormone free, locally sourced animals is making a comeback as a sustainable soap ingredient.

We hand-render tallow from locally sourced animals, which otherwise would be a waste product from the meat industry.

While we know that vegetarians and vegans will not care for this product, we also know that many customers are concerned with minimising waste and sourcing goods from as local as possible. Tallow meets these ideals perfectly.

INGREDIENTS: Saponified oils (hand rendered tallow, olive, coconut), essential oils (sweet orange, cedarwood, ylang ylang, lime, neroli).