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Mountain Spice tallow bodywash

Mountain Spice tallow bodywash

$30.00 AUD
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Made in small batches weekly.

Introducing our newest scent in tallow body wash!

Skin nourishing tallow-based soap with a warm and slightly lemon fragrance like spiced citrus. Naturally hydrating and gentle for skin barrier health. This silky smooth liquid body wash is made with simplicity in mind; a combination of pristine ingredients made on our regenerative farm.

Using a simple, age-old recipe that will leave your skin feeling soft and hydrated with organic tallow, Mountain Spice gently cleanses and nourishes any skin type, filling the senses with the fresh woodsy tones of Honey Myrtle, Patchouli, and Himalayan Juniperberry oil. 

Scent Profile

Top notes ~ bright Honey Myrtle and fresh juniper
Base notes ~ warm, earthy patchouli and soft woods

Features

  • 500ml Bottle
  • Organic tallow 100% grass fed 
  • Gentle soap for daily use
  • Suitable for sensitive skin
  • Scented with essential oils for antimicrobial and invigorating benefits
  • BPA free plastic bottle
  • No Preservatives, Sulphates, Fragrance, Parabens, Phthalates, Plastic-based stabilisers, or detergents.

Ingredients

Filtered mountain spring water, 100% pasture raised saponified beef tallow (organic), patchouli oil, honey myrtle oil, Himalayan juniperberry oil, salt. 

Recycle

For best practice, remove cap and label, rinse bottle and dispose of in curb-side recycling.  

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Why tallow soap?

Most body wash isn’t soap. This is.

A true liquid soap made from an ingredient we understand, using a process we control from beginning to end.

Many modern body washes are formulated with synthetic surfactants, acrylic thickeners, artificial fragrance and conditioning agents designed to create the experience of soap.

Ours begins with certified organic, grass-fed Australian beef suet. We render it ourselves on our farm near Tilba, purifying the raw fat into high-grade tallow before transforming it into soap through traditional saponification.

The tallow’s natural fatty-acid profile creates a rich, creamy lather and leaves the skin feeling clean, soft and comfortable. Each wash is naturally scented with essential oils and made carefully in small batches.

From raw suet to true liquid soap

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Rendered on our farm

Certified organic beef suet is slowly wet-rendered and filtered to produce the pure tallow at the heart of every bottle.

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Traditionally saponified

The tallow is transformed into real soap using the traditional process of saponification rather than a modern detergent base.

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Slowly finished

The soap paste is gradually diluted with mountain spring water and finished with a carefully chosen blend of essential oils.

No sulfates
No acrylic thickeners
No artificial fragrance

This is body wash returned to its traditional form.

What makes it different?

7 ways it’s different

True soap, compared.

Body wash can describe very different kinds of products. Here are seven ways our traditionally made tallow soap differs from a typical modern body wash.

Seven differences between Tilba Tallow Body Wash and a typical modern body wash
Comparison Tilba Tallow Typical modern body wash
01 / 07 What it is A true liquid soap created through the traditional process of saponification. Commonly a surfactant-based cleanser rather than a traditionally saponified soap.
02 / 07 Cleansing base Soap made from certified organic, grass-fed Australian tallow. Surfactants that may be plant-derived, petroleum-derived or a combination of both.
03 / 07 Origin and making Raw beef suet sourced from Australian farms, then rendered and saponified in small batches on our farm near Tilba. Pre-manufactured cosmetic ingredients generally combined through commercial-scale production.
04 / 07 Formula Mountain spring water, saponified organic tallow, essential oils and Australian sea salt. Often combines several surfactants with thickeners, stabilisers, preservatives and fragrance.
05 / 07 Scent Naturally scented using carefully selected essential oils. Commonly scented using parfum or a formulated fragrance blend.
06 / 07 Thickening The consistency is adjusted simply using Australian sea salt. May use salt, gums, polymers or other ingredients to adjust viscosity and texture.
07 / 07 Lather and skin feel A rich, creamy lather with a clean, comfortable after-feel. Lather and skin feel vary according to the surfactant and conditioning system used.

A short, clearly explained formula transformed into real soap on our farm near Tilba.

Modern body-wash formulations vary between brands. This comparison describes common formulation approaches and is intended to explain what makes our traditional tallow soap different.

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The secrets of Tallow

Tallow has been treasured for centuries as one of the most nourishing and skin-compatible fats available. Rich in fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E & K), essential fatty acids, and deeply moisturizing compounds, tallow closely mimics the natural oils found in human skin. This makes it incredibly effective at restoring balance, supporting the skin barrier, and delivering lasting hydration without clogging pores or causing irritation.

But not all tallow is created equal.

At the heart of our body wash is organic, grass-fed suet, the highest grade of beef fat available. We use a low-heat, slow rendering method to preserve its full nutrient profile, followed by gentle purification and fine straining. This ensures a clean, natural, and high-quality ingredient—one that’s as beneficial to the skin as nature intended.

Unlike many commercial brands that over-purify or deodorize their tallow to remove all trace of its natural character, we choose to honour its integrity. Over-processing can strip away the very compounds that make tallow so effective. Just like artisan olive oil soaps still carry a hint of their origin, the best tallow retains a soft, nutty and earthy scent—a sign of purity, not contamination.

This gentle scent is far from “beefy” and should not be feared—it reflects the presence of bioavailable nutrients. We use carefully selected essential oil blends that can either complement or completely mask the natural aroma, without resorting to synthetic fragrance or fillers.

We believe in honouring the ingredient and letting it do what it does best: support your skin, naturally.