Dandelion Naturals — Rose Geranium Tallow Bar Soap

Rose geranium on a grass-fed tallow base: floral, a little green, deeply conditioning.

A cold-process bar made on a base of grass-fed beef tallow and scented with rose geranium essential oil. Tallow is close in makeup to the oils your own skin produces and rich in the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K, which is why tallow soap leaves skin soft and conditioned rather than stripped. Rose geranium is the classic skin oil: floral like rose, but greener and less sweet, and traditionally used to balance both dry and oily skin.

Scented with pure essential oils, no fragrance oils. Cold-process soap keeps its natural glycerin. No synthetic fragrance, no detergents, no preservatives.

Who this is for

• Your skin is dry and ordinary soap makes it worse
• You want a floral bar without synthetic perfume
• You are curious about tallow skincare and want an easy place to start
• You have mature skin and want something conditioning

How to use

Lather, wash, rinse. Fine for face and body. Keep the bar on a draining dish so it dries between uses and lasts longer. One bar, cut by hand, so size varies slightly.

Handmade in small batches by Michelle Hamilton, a retired nurse, at Dandelion Naturals in Hayfield, Minnesota.