Tallow balm comparison: 15 brands side by side (October 2026)

This is every tallow balm I could line up in one place, fourteen other brands and mine, one row each. I should say the obvious thing first: I make one of these. Craft Tallow is my company and Bare Silk is my jar, so check my row against our product page the way you would check anyone else's. That is also why the table is alphabetical and why Craft sits third, between Based Supplies and Eat My Face, rather than at the top where a brand usually puts itself.

Every cell came off the brand's own pages, read on October 9 and 11, 2026: the product page, the brand's policy pages, and the subscription terms in the store's own product data, which the table calls plan data. Anything from a site that is not the brand's own is marked third party. Each row is one jar, the brand's flagship or its unscented one, and the jar column says which. Where a page did not say something, the cell reads "not stated," which means the page was quiet on it, not that the answer is no. Where I searched and came up empty, the cell says "none found."

What the columns mean. The first columns are the fat: the brand's own words for it, whether the page names suet, whether it says grass-finished, where the fat comes from and how it is rendered. Then the label: whether every ingredient is printed as text, how many of four label questions the page answers, water, scent, the other oils and waxes, any preservative, and any ingredient on the printed list that a named scientific or regulatory body has flagged. Then the money: how much is in the jar, the one-time price, the price per ounce worked out on that price, and the subscription, return and guarantee terms in the brand's own words. Then whipped or dense and where the jar is made. Then the trust columns: where it ships from, any testing claims, what the brand's own site says about its reviews, what third parties say, where the two differ, and any regulatory or press record. The last three are a question a shopper might ask, the date each row was checked, and the pages I read. Every cell is checkable on the brand's own page in about a minute, and if I have one wrong, I want the email.

Fifteen tallow balms, one row each, as printed on the brand's own product page on October 9 and 11, 2026.
Brand The jar Which fat (their words) Suet named? Grass-finished stated? Source stated Rendering stated Every ingredient printed as text? Label answers (of 4) Water in the jar? Scent and essential oils Other oils and waxes Preservative or antioxidant stated Flagged ingredients on the label (who flagged it) How much, by weight or volume List price (one-time) Per ounce Subscription (their words) Subscription and return fine print Guarantee window Whipped or dense Made where Ships from (stated vs reported) Testing or certification claims Their site says Third parties say Rating gap and review notes Regulatory or press record A shopper might ask Checked Sources
Ancestral Cosmetics Unscented Tallow & Honey Balm "IRISH GRASS FED & FINISHED, PASTURE-RAISED BEEF TALLOW" (Oct 11) yes, "only fresh suet" yes, "GRASS FED & FINISHED" Ireland, as "IRISH"; "regenerative agriculture practices"; no farm named "slowly rendering it in-house at low temperatures" yes, 4 named, with INCI names (Oct 11) 4 of 4: suet named, grass-finished stated, rendering stated, full list printed as text no this jar: unscented; Original: "Essential oils of Frankincense, Neroli, Palmarosa, Sandalwood, Rose Geranium and Patchouli" olive oil, beeswax; also "Raw Irish Honey" none named none on the printed list (Oct 11) "60 ml (2 oz)", by volume (Oct 11) €26 €13.00 "Choose your frequency," no price or % on the page; plan data: 10% off, €11.70 per oz (Oct 11) every 4, 6 or 8 weeks; "All subscriptions WILL auto-renew"; a cancel link is emailed 2 days before renewal; subscription returns only if "not used or opened" no guarantee window stated balm; whipped or dense not stated (Oct 11) Ireland (Oct 11) as stated: Ireland; no other report found (Oct 11) none this jar's page: 600 reviews, 90% in the top bucket; a store-wide line on the same page: 9,586; home page: 9,591; no star average printed (Oct 11) Trustpilot 4.3 from 71 reviews (third party, Oct 11) no site average to compare; Trustpilot 4.3 from 71 (third party); Sep 14 2026, one star: customer service said "they can't take the returns" (third party) none found (Oct 11) Can I return a subscription jar once it is opened? Oct 11 ancestralcosmetics.com/products/unscented-tallow-honey-balm
ancestralcosmetics.com/products/original-tallow-honey-balm
ancestralcosmetics.com
ancestralcosmetics.com/policies/subscription-policy
trustpilot.com/review/ancestralcosmetics.com
Based Supplies Tallow & Honey Balm 2 oz (Oct 11); a "No Essential Oils" version is sold site: "Grass fed beef tallow" (Oct 11) not on the site; brand's Etsy listing: "Made From Suet Leaf Tallow" (third party site) yes on Oct 9 ("grass-fed and grass-finished tallow"); not in the Oct 11 read none named; site address Sanborn, NY "The tallow is odorless as it's rendered"; method not stated no, image only; 4 named 1 of 4: suet not named on the site, grass-finished stated (Oct 9), rendering method not stated, list printed as an image not stated, list is an image (Oct 11) essential oils under 1%, not named on the site; Etsy: "Essential Oil's Mix: Sandalwood, Neroli, Pine Scotch, Rose" (third party site) Etsy listing: beeswax, olive oil, organic honey (third party site) not stated, list is an image list printed as an image, not read as text; the brand's Etsy list names none (third party site, Oct 11) 2 oz; weight or volume not stated $30; sold out Oct 11 $15.00 none found no subscription found; refund policy requires "unworn or unused" "30-Day Money Back Guarantee" balm; whipped or dense not stated (Oct 11) site: not stated; Etsy listing: "make it right here in Ontario, Canada" (third party site) site: a Sanborn, NY address; Etsy listing: Ontario, Canada (third party site); several reviews say orders shipped from China, one: "Why is my order coming from CHINA" (third party) none widget: 4,190 reviews, 96% five star, 4% four star, 0% shown below that (Oct 11) Trustpilot: 270 reviews, 13% one star; score "unavailable due to a breach of our guidelines" (third party, Oct 11) site shows 0% below four stars; Trustpilot shows 13% one star (third party); Trustpilot says the brand was "sending invitations that encourage positive reviews" (third party) none found (Oct 11) Where does this jar ship from, and why is its Trustpilot score unavailable? Oct 11; grass-finished and the 4 named: Oct 9 basedsupplies.com/products/tallow-honey-balm
basedsupplies.com/products/no-essential-oils-tallow-honey-balm
basedsupplies.com/pages/faq
basedsupplies.com/policies/refund-policy
au.trustpilot.com/review/basedsupplies.com
etsy.com/listing/1684135444
Craft Tallow (ours) Bare Silk Unscented; the Lavender Edition, also $34, carries Bulgarian lavender essential oil "Grass-Fed 100% Suet Tallow" yes, "100% Suet" yes, "grass-finished" "grass-fed Montana suet" "slow-rendered" yes, 5 named; "No common allergens" printed 4 of 4: suet named, grass-finished stated, rendering stated, full list printed as text no Unscented: none; Lavender Edition: Bulgarian lavender essential oil meadowfoam oil, organic cold-pressed jojoba oil; organic arrowroot powder vitamin E; no preservatives none; the list is five named ingredients (six in the Lavender Edition), no fragrance mixture, no water, no preservative system 2 oz (56 g), sold by weight $34; free shipping on one-time orders from $35 $17.00 $25.50 first delivery, 25% off ($12.75 per oz); $30.60 every renewal, 10% off ($15.30 per oz); free shipping on every subscription order every 30, 45, 60 or 90 days (plan data); skip, pause or cancel from the account 60-Day Skin Test: use it for two months; if your skin disagrees, the jar is refunded poured dense, never whipped blended in the Mountain West, shipped from Cottonwood Heights, Utah; "Made in USA" in Good to know as stated: Cottonwood Heights, Utah none claimed 25 on the site (Judge.me), Oct 11; Bare Silk page: 5.0 from 5 none found (Oct 11); the brand launched in August 2026 no third-party score to compare (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) Why does Bare Silk cost more per ounce than most unscented jars on this chart? Oct 11, live product record and reviews crafttallow.com/products/bare-silk-tallow-balm
Eat My Face Original Beef Tallow Moisturizer beef tallow, "Grass-fed · 100% pasture-raised" not named in the read no, grass-fed and pasture-raised only none named "Unbleached & undeodorized"; method not stated yes, 11 named (Oct 11) 1 of 4: suet not named, grass-finished not stated, rendering method not stated, full list printed as text no water listed this jar: "Vanilla," form not stated; Night Cream: "Chamomile Oil, Lavender Oil," with no "essential oil" or "fragrance" wording shea butter, cocoa butter, jojoba, coconut oil, sea buckthorn, beeswax, cetyl alcohol; arrowroot tocopherol none on the printed list (Oct 11) "4 oz metal tin"; no net weight printed $24.99; listed as unavailable Oct 11 $6.25, by the 4 oz tin size 20% off, plan data ($5.00 per oz); no separate renewal price found every 1 to 3 months; the plan named "every 2 months" bills every 3 months (plan data) "180-Day Guarantee"; "Full refund, keep the tin" balm; whipped or dense not stated "Made in small batches in Eugene, Oregon"; "Made in the USA" as stated: Eugene, Oregon; no other report found (Oct 11) none 5.0 from 396 reviews (product page, Oct 11) no Trustpilot profile found (Oct 11) no third-party score found to compare (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) How much balm, by weight, is in the 4 oz tin? Oct 11 eatmyface.co/products/original-beef-tallow-moisturizer
eatmyface.co/products/beef-tallow-nighttime-face-cream-lavender-chamomile
eatmyface.co/pages/faq
Evil Goods Whipped Tallow & Manuka Honey Moisturizer, unscented or 4 scents "grass-fed, grass-finished tallow from ethical U.S. farms" no yes "ethical U.S. farms"; no farm or state named none stated no full list; the page names 5, the FAQ says 4; no list per scent 1 of 4: suet not named, grass-finished stated, rendering not stated, no full list printed none named, no full list (Oct 11) FAQ: "completely free from artificial fragrances"; scent oils not named; 2 oz Lavender: "Natural lavender essential oil" FAQ: "cold-pressed organic olive oil," "pot marigold extract"; "manuka honey in some variations" FAQ: "organic vitamin E" no full list printed; none among the five named (Oct 11) "4 oz"; weight or volume not stated (Oct 11) $34.99 for 4 oz $8.75 page shows $29.99 to subscribe; page shows $49.99 struck through beside the $34.99; home page: "50% discount for new subscribers" and "save 25% on your first order"; collection page: "save 30% on your first order"; plan data (Recharge): 25% off the first order and 25% off renewals, $26.24 ($6.56 per oz); the rebill line renders as "(rebills at {rebill_price})"; all Oct 11 "Monthly Delivery with Free Shipping within the US Only"; "Cancel Anytime"; policy: "Subscriptions renew automatically"; cancel through the portal link in emails or by email, effective "from your next scheduled order"; every 1 to 4 months (plan data); refund policy: "subject to a 20% restocking fee"; returns page: "at least 75% of the product remaining" "30-Day Money-Back Guarantee" whipped "Made in USA" as stated: USA; no other report found (Oct 11) no lab claims on the site; brand's TikTok Shop title: "Cruelty-Free," "Dermatologist-Tested" (third party site) home page: "4.5/5 | 30,000+ verified reviews" and a tile count of 1,522; collection page: "Rated 4.9/5", no count; product page: 39K, 1,562 and 1,510 (Oct 11) Trustpilot 4.3 from 29 reviews; Walmart 4.6 from 1,906 ratings; TikTok Shop 4.5 from 41,308 reviews (all third party, Oct 11) 4.5 and 4.9 on the site; 4.3 from 29 on Trustpilot (third party); Jun 12 2025 on Trustpilot: "They've taken 3 payments from me, I've received no product" (third party); a product page review: "I cancel long time ago and still send product"; refund policy: 20% restocking fee none found (Oct 11) Which of the three subscriber discounts applies, and what will each renewal cost? Oct 11 evilgoods.com/products/whipped-beef-tallow-honey-skin-cream
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evilgoods.com/pages/simple-shipping-easy-returns
trustpilot.com/review/evilgoods.org
walmart.com/reviews/product/16507816490
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Fat Face Tallow Restorative Tallow & Honey Balm "pasture-raised beef suet sourced from local Virginia farms"; calendula-infused tallow yes no; no grass-fed claim "local Virginia farms"; no farm named none stated yes, 5 named (Oct 11) 2 of 4: suet named, no grass-fed claim, rendering not stated, full list printed as text no water listed no scent ingredients in this jar; FAQ: they avoid "artificial fragrances" jojoba, beeswax; raw honey; calendula infused into the tallow vitamin E none on the printed list (Oct 11) "1.4 oz / 40g", by weight $32 $22.86 no subscription no subscription; refund terms not read, the refund page failed to load Oct 11 not stated balm; whipped or dense not stated not stated not stated; no other report found (Oct 11) none home page: "5-Star customer rating" badge, no count; product page: none shown (Oct 11) no Trustpilot profile found (Oct 11) a rating badge without a count; no third-party score found to compare (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) How many reviews stand behind the "5-Star customer rating" badge? Oct 11 fatfacetallow.co
fatfacetallow.co/products/restorative-tallow-honey-balm
fatfacetallow.co/pages/faq
Gentle Tallow Co. Daily Relief Balm, unscented; a Lavender version is sold "100% grass-fed and grass-finished, pasture-raised" suet; "Beef Tallow From Suet" (Oct 11) yes yes "out of Missouri"; no farm named "we don't bleach our beef tallow"; method not stated yes, 2 entries: tallow and calendula-infused jojoba oil (Oct 11) 3 of 4: suet named, grass-finished stated, rendering method not stated, full list printed as text no unscented, page badge "Fragrance Free"; Lavender version: "USDA organic, 100% pure, steam-distilled, GC/MS tested" "Calendula-Infused Jojoba Oil" none named none on the printed list (Oct 11) 2 oz; 4 oz $20 (2 oz); $30 (4 oz) $10.00; $7.50 10% off, plan data ($9.00 and $6.75 per oz); no separate renewal price found (Oct 11) every 1 to 3 months (plan data); auto-renew and cancel path not stated; refund policy: no "standard 30-day return policy," handled case by case (Oct 11) not stated; refunds handled case by case balm; whipped or dense not stated (Oct 11) "Made in USA" badge (Oct 11) ship-from not stated; "Made in USA" badge; no other report found (Oct 11) GC/MS testing on the lavender oil only 4.9 from 7 reviews (product page, Oct 11) no Trustpilot profile found (Oct 11) no third-party score found to compare (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) How is a refund request decided? Oct 11 gentletallowco.com/products/tallow-balm-for-eczema
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Hearth & Homestead Herb-Infused (Unscented) Whipped Tallow Balm "100% grass fed/finished USA tallow from regenerative farms"; "beef suet (kidney fat)" yes, "beef suet (kidney fat)" yes, "grass fed/finished" USA, "regenerative farms"; no farm or state named "proprietary low-heat, dry-rendering process" yes: "Just 2 Simple Ingredients (Tallow + Infused Olive Oil)" (Oct 11) 4 of 4: suet named, grass-finished stated, rendering stated, full list printed as text no this jar: unscented, herb-infused; Vanilla Orange: "Organic Orange Essential Oil; Vanilla Oleoresin" "organic olive oil Infused with organic calendula and rose" none named none on the printed list (Oct 11) 1.3 oz; 2.6 oz; weight or volume not stated $26.97 (1.3 oz); $43.97 (2.6 oz) (Oct 11) $20.75; $16.91 (Oct 11) 10% off, plan data ($18.67 and $15.22 per oz, Oct 11); Seal plans: "Deliver every 2 months for 12 months" at 10%, monthly at 5% every 1 to 4 months; policy: may cancel orders of those "who abuse this discount incentive"; "Some subscriptions may auto-renew"; returns of "new, unopened items for 30 days," store credit only 30 days, new and unopened items, store credit only whipped Virginia as stated: Virginia; no other report found (Oct 11) none on the site; Grove listing: the founder "personally tests each batch" (third party) site line: "rated 4.8/5 after 14,350+ reviews"; this jar: 239 reviews, 95% five star (Oct 11) Amazon seller story: $6.5M sales in 2023, $15M through Amazon the next year (third party); no Trustpilot profile found (Oct 11) returns: store credit only, for new, unopened items; no third-party score found to compare (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) Bought here or on Amazon, can an opened jar come back for a refund? Oct 11; made where: Oct 9 hearthandhomesteadstore.com/products/whipped-tallow-balm-herbinfused-unscented
hearthandhomesteadstore.com/products/whipped-tallow-balm-vanillaorange
hearthandhomesteadstore.com/policies/subscription-policy
hearthandhomesteadstore.com/policies/refund-policy
grove.co/products/whipped-tallow-balm
sellingpartners.aboutamazon.com/how-a-former-teacher-turned-a-history-lesson-into-a-15m-amazon-skincare-brand
Neptune Grass Fed Tallow & Honey Balm "Grass Fed & Finished Tallow" (Oct 11) no yes "from trusted small farms," none named none stated yes, 5 items as text: "Grass Fed Beef Tallow, Olive Oil, Honey, Beeswax, Essential Oil Blend" (Oct 11) 2 of 4: suet not named, grass-finished stated, rendering not stated, full list printed as text no water listed "Essential Oil Blend," oils not named olive oil, beeswax; "Manuka Honey UMF 10+" none named none on the printed list (Oct 11); "Essential Oil Blend" names no oils "Net Weight: 2oz" $36 (Oct 11) $18.00 (Oct 11) "Subscribe and Save" on the page; plan data: 15% off all orders, $15.30 per oz (Oct 11) every 1 to 3 months (plan data); the subscription policy page is empty; refund policy: returns "within 14 days of order delivery"; the page's return answer reads "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" (Oct 11) "60-DAY SATISFACTION GUARANTEE" banner; refund policy: 14 days (Oct 11) balm; whipped or dense not stated (Oct 11) "handcrafted in Arizona"; "No copackers. No overseas production." (Oct 11) as stated: Arizona; no other report found (Oct 11) "100% Organic Ingredients," no certifier named flagship page: no count, the review block reads "gallery + allProductReviews"; the page says "#1 rated"; manuka page: "4.9/5 (2,300+ reviews)" (Oct 11) Trustpilot "Neptune Health" (neptunegum.com): 3.3 from 274 reviews, 29% one star (third party, Oct 11) 4.9 on the manuka page; 3.3 from 274 on Trustpilot, 29% one star (third party); complaints about delays and refunds; Jan 13 2026: "Ordered a 4oz jar, was sent 3oz" (third party) none found (Oct 11) Why are 29% of its 274 Trustpilot reviews one star? Oct 11 neptunehealthco.com/products/neptune-tallow-honey-balm
neptunehealthco.com/products/grass-fed-tallow-manuka-honey-balm
neptunehealthco.com/pages/about-us
neptunehealthco.com/policies/refund-policy
trustpilot.com/review/neptunegum.com
Primally Pure Everything Balm (Oct 11); unscented item: Baby Balm "Organic Tallow from Grass-Fed Cows" no not stated "certified organic Regenerative Farm" with Primal Pastures; certifier and location not named none stated yes, 10 named (Oct 11); Baby Balm: yes, 6 named (Oct 9) 1 of 4: suet not named, grass-finished not stated, rendering not stated, full list printed as text no Everything Balm: "Essential Oils of Organic Lavender and Organic Tea Tree"; Baby Balm: none olive oil, emu oil, beeswax; marshmallow root, calendula rosemary extract, "Non-GMO Vitamin E" none on the printed list (Oct 11) 1 oz; 2 oz (Oct 11) $30 (1 oz); $56 (2 oz) (Oct 11); Baby Balm 2 oz: $34 (Oct 9) $30.00; $28.00 (Oct 11); Baby Balm: $17.00 (Oct 9) 0% off, plan data (Skio): same price as one time (Oct 11) "free shipping on every subscription order. (US only)"; cancel by logging in; returns "within 60 days" (Oct 11) returns "within 60 days" (Oct 11) balm; whipped or dense not stated (Oct 11) southern California as stated: southern California; no other report found (Oct 11) "always cruelty-free"; "certified organic Regenerative Farm," certifier not named; no lab claims 4.81 from 3,886 reviews (Everything Balm page, Oct 11) Trustpilot 3.4 from 6 reviews (third party, Oct 11) 4.81 on the site; 3.4 from 6 on Trustpilot (third party); Jun 24 2026: "There is no option to cancel through your account," later refunded (third party) NAD referred the brand to the FTC on Sep 4, 2025, after it did not answer an inquiry on sun cream claims (third party) What happened after NAD referred the sun cream claims to the FTC? Oct 11; Baby Balm cells: Oct 9 primallypure.com/products/everything-balm
primallypure.com/products/baby-balm
primallypure.com/pages/regenerative-farm
primallypure.com/collections/subscription-products
primallypure.com/policies/refund-policy
trustpilot.com/review/primallypure.com
bbbprograms.org/media/newsroom/decisions/primally-pure
Tallow Me Pretty Tallow & Honey Balm "Grass-Fed & Finished Beef Tallow"; homepage: "grass-fed suet, the fatty acid rich fat around the kidneys" yes yes none named "dry rendering on low heat" yes, 8 named 4 of 4: suet named, grass-finished stated, rendering stated, full list printed as text no "Organic Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Essential Oil," plus sweet orange, tangerine and grapefruit oils; no unscented option organic beeswax, jojoba; raw honey none named none on the printed list (Oct 11) "1.58oz (45g)", by weight $32 $20.25 $27.20, 15% off ($17.22 per oz); no separate renewal price found every 1 to 3 months; "Pause or cancel anytime"; empty jars not accepted for return "90-Day Guarantee" balm; whipped or dense not stated (Oct 11) "Made in USA" badge as stated: "Made in USA"; no other report found (Oct 11) lab documents shown as images, lab not named 5.0 from 1,979 reviews (product page, Oct 11) no Trustpilot profile found (Oct 11) no third-party score found to compare (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) Which lab ran the tests on the lab page? Oct 11 tallowmepretty.com/products/tallow-and-honey-balm
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tallowmepretty.com/pages/lab-tests
tallowmepretty.com/pages/shipping-returns
Tallow Twins For the Face "100% grass-fed tallow" not named in the read no, grass-fed only none named on the site; local paper: "using tallow from Norpac in Norwich" (third party) none stated on the site; local paper: Norpac, a renderer, does the rendering (third party) yes, 5 named (Oct 11) 1 of 4: suet not named, grass-finished not stated, rendering not stated on the site, full list printed as text no water listed "organic essential oils (chamomile & frankincense)"; no unscented option jojoba, carrot seed oil, "infused calendula oil" (carrier oil not named) none named none on the printed list (Oct 11) 60 ml; 100 ml, by volume CAD $48 (60 ml); CAD $72 (100 ml) CAD $23.66 and $21.29 per fl oz 15% off all orders, plan data (CAD $20.11 and $18.10 per fl oz) every 60, 90 or 120 days (plan data); the subscription policy page is empty; refund policy: "we do not accept returns" "30 Day Quality Guarantee" not stated "Handmade in Canada" as stated: Canada; no other report found (Oct 11) none site badge: 4.8/5, 1,200 reviews; product page: a stars image, no number (Oct 11) local paper, Apr 29 2026: "using tallow from Norpac in Norwich" (third party); no Trustpilot profile found (Oct 11) no third-party score found to compare; refund policy: "we do not accept returns" none found (Oct 11) What does the "30 Day Quality Guarantee" cover if returns are not accepted? Oct 11 tallowtwins.ca/products/for-the-face
tallowtwins.ca/policies/refund-policy
granthaven.com/post/from-farm-to-face-the-story-behind-the-tallow-twins
Toups and Co Tallow Balm Unscented "Grass-Fed Tallow" no no, "Grass-Fed Tallow" only none named "We dry render our tallow skincare" yes, 2 named 2 of 4: suet not named, grass-finished not stated, rendering stated, full list printed as text no this jar: unscented; Original: "Organic Lavender Essential Oil*, Organic Bergamot Essential Oil*," fir, frankincense; Baby Balm: five essential oils, badge "SAFE FOR... BABIES" "Organic Olive Oil*" only none named none on the printed list (Oct 11) 2 oz; 4 oz $32 (2 oz); $62 (4 oz) $16.00; $15.50 10% off every order ($14.40 and $13.95 per oz) free US shipping; every 1 to 3 months; "Cancel or skip deliveries anytime"; sets exchange only (Oct 11) 30 day money back "whipped airy texture" "handcrafted in coastal alabama" as stated: coastal Alabama; no other report found (Oct 11) "laboratory analysis of one sample of each product, July 2026," lab not named 4.84 from 1,524 reviews (site, Oct 11) Trustpilot 3.3 from 2 reviews (third party, Oct 11) 4.84 on the site; 3.3 from 2 on Trustpilot (third party) none found (Oct 11) Is the 2 oz jar measured by weight or by volume? Oct 11 toupsandco.com/products/tallow-balm-unscented
toupsandco.com/products/tallow-balm-original
toupsandco.com/products/baby-balm
toupsandco.com/pages/refund-return-policy
trustpilot.com/review/toupsandco.com
VanMan Tallow & Honey Face Balm Classic; a version without essential oils is sold "100% Grass-Fed Suet Beef Tallow" (Oct 11) yes yes on Oct 9 ("100% Grass Fed & Finished Beef Tallow"); not in the Oct 11 read "farms we trust," none named none stated yes, 5 named 3 of 4: suet named, grass-finished stated (Oct 9), rendering not stated, full list printed as text no "Rose, Sandalwood, Copaiba Balsam, Frankincense Serrata, Frankincense, Carteri, Rosalina Neroli, Palmarosa"; a version without essential oils is sold beeswax, "Organic Olive Oil"; "Organic Raw Honey" none named none on the printed list (Oct 11) 2 oz; 6 oz $29 (2 oz); $66 (6 oz) $14.50; $11.00 "Extra 10% Off" ($13.05 and $9.90 per oz); no separate renewal price found every 30, 60 or 90 days; "Easily skip, pause, or edit anytime" "Full refund, no questions," no window stated (Oct 11) balm; whipped or dense not stated (Oct 11) not stated not stated; no other report found (Oct 11) "tested before it ever reaches a customer," no details "(4.9) 4,863 Reviews" at the top; "(4.8) 4685 Reviews" lower on the same page (Oct 11) Trustpilot 4.9 from 575 reviews (third party, Oct 11) 4.9 on the site; 4.9 from 575 on Trustpilot (third party); Jul 23 2026, one star: the buyer says they were charged for an order they did not place (third party) none found (Oct 11) How long after delivery does "Full refund, no questions" apply? Oct 11; grass-finished: Oct 9 vanman.shop/products/vanmans-tallow-honey-balm-2-oz
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Vintage Tradition Totally Unscented Tallow Balm "Tallow from 100% grass-fed cows" FAQ: yes (Oct 11); not on the product page (Oct 9) no, grass-fed only FAQ: suet from "James Ranch in Colorado and other ranches" "with the lowest heat possible and no water," in-house yes, 2 named 3 of 4: suet named (FAQ), grass-finished not stated, rendering stated, full list printed as text no this jar: unscented; no ingredient list per scent; FAQ: "therapeutic-grade" oils, no "synthetic, petrochemical-based fragrances" "Certified organic cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil" none named none on the printed list (Oct 11) 2 fl oz (59 ml), by volume; 9 fl oz $22.95 (2 fl oz); $80.35 (9 fl oz) $11.48 and $8.93 per fl oz no subscription no subscription one month from receipt balm; whipped or dense not stated (Oct 11) Colorado Springs as stated: "handcrafted in Colorado Springs, Colorado"; no other report found (Oct 11) "Certified organic" olive oil; no other claims none shown on the product page (Oct 11) Trustpilot 3.7 from 1 review (third party, Oct 11) no site count to compare; Trustpilot 3.7 from 1 (third party) none found (Oct 11) How much does the 2 fl oz jar weigh? Oct 11; fat, grass-finished, made where and the product page suet read: Oct 9 vintagetradition.com/totally-unscented-tallow-balm-2-fl-oz-59-ml/
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One jar per brand, the flagship or the unscented one; Craft's row is Bare Silk Unscented, in alphabetical order. List price is the one-time price for every brand, and per ounce is computed on it. Label answers (of 4) counts four questions a page can answer: is the suet named, is grass-finished stated, is a rendering method stated, is every ingredient printed as text. A cell marked (Oct 11) replaces an earlier read that said something different, and the Checked column names any cell still on an Oct 9 read. Scroll sideways for all 31 columns.

A few cells need a sentence of their own. Ancestral Cosmetics prices in euros and Tallow Twins in Canadian dollars, and I left both in their own currency rather than convert at a rate that moves every day. Ancestral, Tallow Twins and Vintage Tradition print a volume, milliliters or fluid ounces, where most brands print ounces, so their per ounce figures are not strictly comparable to the rest of the column. Eat My Face prints a 4 oz tin and no net weight, so its per ounce is by the tin size, and Evil Goods prints 4 oz without saying whether that is weight or volume. Based Supplies shows its ingredient panel as an image rather than as text, so its count of four comes from the October 9 read, and that jar was sold out on October 11. Based Supplies and VanMan said grass-finished on October 9 and not in the October 11 read, so those two cells carry the earlier date.

Some brands sell a second jar worth knowing about. Primally Pure's row is the Everything Balm, $30 for 1 oz and $56 for 2 oz, with ten ingredients including lavender and tea tree; their unscented jar is the Baby Balm, $34 for 2 oz with six ingredients on the October 9 read. Based Supplies and VanMan each sell a version without essential oils, Gentle Tallow Co. sells a lavender version, and Ancestral Cosmetics sells a scented Original beside the unscented jar in the table.

How to read this

Suet versus trim. Tallow is a category, not a grade. Suet is the dense fat from around the kidneys; trim is the fat pared off the outside of the cuts, and it is what most rendering starts with because there is far more of it. A page that says only "tallow" or "beef tallow" is telling you the species and not the cut. Seven brands in the table name suet or kidney fat on the balm's page or their home page: Ancestral Cosmetics, Craft Tallow, Fat Face Tallow, Gentle Tallow Co., Hearth & Homestead, Tallow Me Pretty and VanMan. Vintage Tradition names suet in its FAQ rather than on the balm's own page, and Based Supplies names it only on the brand's Etsy listing. That is not a scandal. It is worth knowing before you compare two jars on price.

Grass-finished, not only grass-fed. Nearly every cow starts on grass, so "grass-fed" on its own is close to free to say. "Grass-finished" is the word that rules out a grain finish in the last months, and it is the one that costs a brand something to stand behind. Nine of the fifteen rows say finished, two of them, Based Supplies and VanMan, on the October 9 read and not on October 11. Eat My Face, Primally Pure, Tallow Twins, Toups and Co and Vintage Tradition say grass-fed without it, and Fat Face Tallow says pasture-raised with no grass claim at all. When you are looking at two balms at the same price, this is usually the cheapest tiebreaker available to you.

Water. None of the ingredient lists I could read in the big table contain water, aqua, hydrosol or aloe, and that is worth saying plainly because it is the one column where the whole category agrees. Two I could not read in full: Based Supplies prints its list as an image, and Evil Goods names its ingredients without printing a whole list. It matters for a plain reason: water is what forces a preservative system, and it is also what a lotion is mostly made of. A balm with no water is fat and oil, so the antioxidants are doing a different job than a preservative would. If you ever see water high on a tallow product's list, that is a cream, not a balm, and it should be priced and judged as one. In the jar tables further down, every product that lists water lists it first.

Label length. Short is not automatically better and long is not automatically worse. Gentle Tallow Co., Hearth & Homestead, Toups and Co and Vintage Tradition print two entries, which is about as short as a balm gets. Eat My Face runs eleven, with shea, cocoa butter and coconut oil beside the tallow, and Tallow Me Pretty runs eight, four of them essential oils, which is a scent decision. What the count is good for is matching a label to a face: if your skin reacts to fragrance, the count and the names matter more than any other column, and a two or five ingredient jar with no essential oils gives you fewer things to rule out. Ours is five, and none of them are fragrance.

Label answers. This column counts four questions a page can answer about the jar: does it name the suet, does it say grass-finished, does it say how the fat is rendered, and does it print every ingredient as text. Four rows answer all four and five answer one. A low count does not make a bad balm. It means the page leaves more of the checking to you, and the cell spells out which questions went unanswered.

Flagged on the label. This column names an ingredient only when it is on that jar's own printed list and a named scientific or regulatory body has flagged its kind, and it names the body. No list I could read in the big table carries one; Based Supplies and Evil Goods could not be checked in full, for the reasons above. The flags that did turn up are in the jar tables further down, on Bio-Oil, Mederma and one Toups and Co serum: fragrance, BHT, retinyl palmitate, mineral oil and two silicones. Sources and notes, at the bottom of the page, gives each body's own finding, including the ones that found no risk at the levels used.

Price per ounce, on the one-time price. Every row uses the one-time price, the one you pay without subscribing, and per ounce is that price divided by the size the page prints. Where a page shows a higher price struck through, that number goes in the subscription words rather than the price column, so Evil Goods reads $34.99 for 4 oz, $8.75 an ounce, with its struck-through $49.99 in the subscription column. This is the column that moves the most once you do the arithmetic, because the jars in the table run from 1 oz to 9 fl oz and the sticker price hides that. Gentle Tallow Co. at $10.00 an ounce and Hearth & Homestead at $20.75 an ounce look far closer on the shelf, at $20.00 and $26.97. One more wrinkle: a whipped balm is sold by volume in your head and by weight on the label, and up to half of a whipped jar can be air, so weight is the only fair basis for the comparison. Three of the fifteen rows are whipped by the brand's own description, ours is poured dense, and eleven do not say either way. Subscription changes the order. On a renewal our jar is $15.30 an ounce, and the first delivery is $12.75 because it takes 25% off; on their own stated discounts or plan data, Eat My Face lands at $5.00, Evil Goods at $6.56, Gentle Tallow Co. at $9.00, VanMan at $13.05, Toups at $14.40 and Neptune at $15.30. Evil Goods prints three different subscriber discounts across its home and collection pages, and Based Supplies, Fat Face Tallow and Vintage Tradition sell no subscription I could find.

The try window. A guarantee is only as good as its number and its conditions. The windows here run from no stated window at all, through 30 days, to ours at 60, Tallow Me Pretty at 90 and Eat My Face at 180. Read the conditions next to the number; the table carries them in the brand's own words. Hearth & Homestead's 30 days covers new unopened items and refunds as store credit, which is a different promise from a used-jar refund, and Evil Goods' 30 days sits beside a 20% restocking fee in its refund policy. Neptune's banner says 60 days and its refund policy says 14, and Tallow Twins prints a 30 day quality guarantee beside a refund policy that does not accept returns. VanMan promises a full refund with no day count anywhere I could find, which is generous in spirit and hard to hold anyone to. Ancestral Cosmetics and Gentle Tallow Co. state no window, and Fat Face Tallow's refund page would not load when I checked.

The trust columns. Six columns ask whether you can take a page at its word, and they are where pages most often print two answers. Their site says is the review count and rating on the brand's own pages, as printed. Third parties say is Trustpilot, retailers and press, each marked. Rating gap and review notes sets the two side by side and quotes a dated review where one tells a buyer something the page does not. Ships from puts what the brand states beside what reviews report, Label answers is above, and Regulatory or press record is any public action or referral I could find. I quote pages and reviews in their own words, dated, and I do not tell you which to believe; a number that changes from page to page is a reason to read more carefully. Our own row has 25 reviews on our site as of October 11 and no third-party score yet, because Craft Tallow launched in August 2026.

The four jar tables. Further down, each of our other four jars sits among the products it gets compared with: Honey Glow among tallow and honey balms, Velvet Face Renewal among face balms, creams and serums, Moonlight Calm among blue tansy and chamomile products, and Recovery Balm among products for the look of scars and stretch marks. Each table puts one Craft jar, tinted, in alphabetical order among the competitor set read Oct 11. Their site says gives the count on the product page read; retailer and Trustpilot figures sit under Third parties say. Claim watch quotes a page's own words where it makes a drug-style claim; Craft's cell quotes its own page.

What the table can't tell you

Scent is the big one. Unscented is a label claim, not a smell, and tallow itself has a scent that depends on the cut and how low the render ran. Vanman says so directly on their no-essential-oil page: not unscented, will smell like tallow. Ancestral says their process leaves no beefy smell. Ours is nearly scentless because the base is suet rendered low and slow, but no column can tell you whether you personally will notice something. That is a sample-sized question, not a spreadsheet question.

Feel is the second one. Two jars with nearly identical labels can sit very differently on skin depending on how they were made, how hard they set, and what the oils do underneath. Whipped scoops easier straight out of a cold jar. Dense goes further per fingertip and warms in about three seconds between two fingers. Neither of those is in a cell, and I would not trust a table that claimed otherwise.

Heat behavior is the third. Every balm in this table is fat, so every balm in this table will soften, melt in a hot car or a metal mailbox in August, and set up again. Whipped tends to collapse and can re-set grainy. Dense usually comes back smooth. A grainy jar is the fat rearranging, not spoilage, and warming the closed jar in your hands, stirring with a clean dry spoon and chilling it twenty minutes brings most of them back.

And the last one is the person behind it. Several of these brands are a family and a small kitchen, and the table flattens that into a price per ounce. It cannot tell you who answers the email when something goes wrong, whether the recipe changes between batches, or how long the company has been at it. I would weigh that at least as heavily as any column above.

Honey Glow beside seven tallow and honey balms

Honey Glow, $42 for 2 oz ($21.00 per oz), beside seven jars, one row each, as printed on October 11, 2026.
Product Base (their words) Active and dose Ingredients printed (count, text or image) Flagged ingredients on the label (who flagged it) Water Scent and essential oils Net weight List price (one-time) Per ounce Subscription (their words) Texture Guarantee Made where Their site says Third parties say Claim watch Checked Source
Ancestral Cosmetics Original Tallow & Honey Balm Irish grass-fed & finished kidney suet raw honey, no % 10, text, with INCI names none on the printed list (Oct 11) no 6 essential oils: frankincense, neroli, palmarosa, sandalwood, rose geranium, patchouli 60ml (2oz) €26 default; $29 with the page set to USD €13.00; $14.50 "Choose your frequency," no price shown not stated "make it right", no days stated Ireland 4,930 reviews on this page; a store-wide line on the same page: 9,586; no star average printed (Oct 11) Trustpilot 4.3 from 71 (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 ancestralcosmetics.com/products/original-tallow-honey-balm
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Based Supplies Tallow & Honey Balm grass fed tallow honey, no %; essential oils under 1% image only, count not stated list printed as an image, not read as text (Oct 11) not stated essential oils not named; a no-essential-oil version is sold 2 oz $30 $15.00 none found not stated 30 day money back not stated widget: 4,190 reviews, 96% five star, 4% four star, 0% shown below that (Oct 11) Trustpilot: 270 reviews, 13% one star; score "unavailable due to a breach of our guidelines" (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 basedsupplies.com/products/tallow-honey-balm
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Craft Tallow Honey Glow (ours) "Grass-Fed 100% Suet Tallow" manuka honey extract, no MGO or UMF number printed; cold-pressed oat oil, squalane, organic calendula CO2; no % 8, text (Vanilla Edition 9); "Contains bee products"; calendula noted as daisy family none; the list is eight named ingredients (nine in the Vanilla Edition), no fragrance mixture, no water, no preservative system no Classic: no added fragrance or essential oil, the scent is the honey; Vanilla Edition: organic vanilla CO2 extract 2 oz (56 g) $42 $21.00 $31.50 first delivery, 25% off; $37.80 every renewal, 10% off; free shipping on subscription orders poured dense, never whipped 60-Day Skin Test blended in the Mountain West, shipped from Cottonwood Heights, Utah; "Made in USA" 25 on the site (Judge.me), Oct 11; Honey Glow page: 5.0 from 5 none found (Oct 11); the brand launched in August 2026 cosmetic wording, "for Dry, Thirsty Skin"; FAQ: "the look of wrinkles" Oct 11 crafttallow.com/products/honey-glow-manuka-tallow-balm
Evil Goods 2 oz Tallow Balm grass-fed, grass-finished tallow manuka "MGO-rated", no number no full list, 4 named no full list printed; none among the four named (Oct 11) none named unscented, or Lavender: "Natural lavender essential oil" 2 oz $24.99 $12.50 "SAVE 25% on automatic refills"; plan data: 25% off every order, $18.74 (Oct 11) dense, "non-whipped" 30 day money back USA this page: "rated 4.5/5 from 3,000+ reviews"; home page tile: 420 (Oct 11) Trustpilot 4.3 from 29 (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 evilgoods.com/products/tallow-honey-balm-2oz
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Evil Goods Whipped Tallow & Manuka Honey grass-fed, grass-finished tallow manuka, no MGO or UMF number no full list, 5 named no full list printed; none among the five named (Oct 11) none named unscented or 4 scents, oils not named 4 oz $34.99 $8.75 page shows $29.99, and $49.99 struck through; the rebill line renders as "(rebills at {rebill_price})"; plan data: 25% off the first order and renewals, $26.24 (Oct 11) whipped 30 day money back USA home page: "4.5/5 | 30,000+ verified reviews"; this page: 39K, 1,562 and 1,510 (Oct 11) Trustpilot 4.3 from 29; Walmart 4.6 from 1,906; TikTok Shop 4.5 from 41,308 (all third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 evilgoods.com/products/whipped-beef-tallow-honey-skin-cream
evilgoods.com
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Neptune Tallow & Manuka Honey Balm grass-fed tallow "Clinical Grade" manuka, no MGO or UMF number no full list, 3 named no full list printed; none among the three named (Oct 11) none named says no fragrance not stated $33 n/a, no size printed none found (Oct 11) not stated 60 day and 30 day both printed USA "4.9/5 (2,300+ reviews)" (Oct 11) Trustpilot "Neptune Health" 3.3 from 274, 29% one star (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 neptunehealthco.com/products/grass-fed-tallow-manuka-honey-balm
trustpilot.com/review/neptunegum.com
Tallow Me Pretty Tallow & Honey Balm grass-fed & finished tallow raw honey, no % 8, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no 4 essential oils: lavender, sweet orange, tangerine, grapefruit 1.58oz (45g) $32 $20.25 $27.20, 15% off; no separate renewal price not stated 90 day money back USA 5.0 from 1,979 reviews (Oct 11) no Trustpilot profile found (Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 tallowmepretty.com/products/tallow-and-honey-balm
VanMan's Tallow & Honey Face Balm 100% grass-fed suet tallow raw honey, no % 5, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no essential oils named (rose, sandalwood, neroli, more); a no-scent twin is sold 2 oz $29 $14.50 "Extra 10% Off"; no separate renewal price not stated full refund, no days stated not stated "(4.9) 4,863 Reviews" at the top; "(4.8) 4685 Reviews" lower down (Oct 11) Trustpilot 4.9 from 575 (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 vanman.shop/products/vanmans-tallow-honey-balm-2-oz
trustpilot.com/review/vanman.shop

What the set shows. No jar in this set prints an MGO or UMF number, Honey Glow included, and no list that could be read carries a flagged ingredient; Based prints its list as an image, and Evil Goods and Neptune print no full list. Review counts change by page: Evil Goods prints figures from 1,510 to 39K for one jar, and VanMan prints two on one page. At $21.00 per ounce Honey Glow costs the most, with Tallow Me Pretty closest at $20.25.

Velvet Face Renewal beside nine face balms, creams and serums

Velvet Face Renewal, $89 for 2 oz ($44.50 per oz), beside nine products, one row each, as printed on October 11, 2026.
Product Base (their words) Active and dose Ingredients printed (count, text or image) Flagged ingredients on the label (who flagged it) Water Scent and essential oils Net weight List price (one-time) Per ounce Subscription (their words) Texture Guarantee Made where Their site says Third parties say Claim watch Checked Source
Craft Tallow Velvet Face Renewal (ours) "Grass-Fed 100% Suet Tallow", squalane bakuchiol at a true 1%; vitamin C as THD ascorbate at 1.5%; CoQ10, no %; organic rosehip CO2, no % 10, text; Rose Edition: a trace of fractionated coconut oil none; the list is ten named ingredients, no fragrance mixture, no water, no preservative system no Frankincense Edition: frankincense CO2; Bulgarian Rose Edition: Bulgarian rose CO2 2 oz (56 g) $89 $44.50 $66.75 first delivery, 25% off; $80.10 every renewal, 10% off; free shipping on subscription orders poured dense, never whipped 60-Day Skin Test blended in the Mountain West, shipped from Cottonwood Heights, Utah 25 on the site (Judge.me), Oct 11; Velvet page: 5.0 from 4 none found (Oct 11); the brand launched in August 2026 "the look of fine lines, tone, and firmness" Oct 11 crafttallow.com/products/velvet-face-renewal
Eminence Bakuchiol + Niacinamide Moisturizer not stated bakuchiol, niacinamide, panthenol; no % key ingredients only, 3; no full list not checkable: the brand site and two retailer pages print key ingredients only (Oct 11) not stated not stated 2 oz / 60 ml $75 $37.50 not stated gel-cream not stated not stated no score or count shown (Oct 11) Trustpilot 3.2 from 1 review, unclaimed profile (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 eminenceorganics.com/us/product/bakuchiol-niacinamide-moisturizer/EM176.html
beautysense.ca/eminence-bakuchiol-niacinamide-moisturizer.html (retailer page)
trustpilot.com/review/eminenceorganics.com
Evil Goods Copper Peptide Whipped Tallow grass-fed, grass-finished tallow copper peptide in the product name, not among the ingredients named; no % no full list; 5 named, the FAQ says 4 no full list printed; none among those named (Oct 11) none named none named not stated; sold as single jar, double set or family pack $39.99 n/a, no size printed "Subscribe & save" $29.99; FAQ: "save 30%"; "{saving}% OFF FOR YOUR FIRST ORDER" renders as written (Oct 11) whipped 30 day money back USA "Rated 4.5/5 from 39K Reviews"; "from 1562 reviews"; review block: "Be the first to write a review" (Oct 11) Trustpilot 4.3 from 29 (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 evilgoods.com/products/copper-peptide-whipped-tallow
trustpilot.com/review/evilgoods.org
Herbivore Moon Fruit 1% Bakuchiol Serum water; no tallow bakuchiol 1%; peptides, no % about 40, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) yes, first no fragrance word; rose and vanilla extracts 30 mL $68 $67 per fl oz none shown; one-time purchase only (Oct 11) serum not stated not stated 4.6 from 362 reviews (Oct 11) Trustpilot 3.9 from 8 (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 herbivorebotanicals.com/products/moon-fruit-1-bakuchiol-peptides-retinol-alternative-serum
trustpilot.com/review/herbivorebotanicals.com
Primally Pure Antioxidant Balm organic tallow from grass-fed cows astaxanthin, no % 12, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no lavender, frankincense, helichrysum essential oils 1 oz; 2 oz $42; $72 $42.00; $36.00 no option on the product page (Oct 11) not stated money back, no days stated southern California 4.79 from 5,797 reviews (Oct 11) Trustpilot 3.4 from 6 (third party, Oct 11); NAD referred the brand to the FTC, Sep 4 2025 (third party) none noted Oct 11 primallypure.com/products/antioxidant-balm
trustpilot.com/review/primallypure.com
bbbprograms.org/media/newsroom/decisions/primally-pure
Shwally Tallow & Methylene Blue Face Cream 100% grass-fed tallow THD ascorbate, CoQ10, methylene blue; optional melatonin with bakuchiol; no % 7, plus 3 optional, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no not scented, or Tahitian vanilla bean 2 oz $68; $88 night version $34.00; $44.00 "deferred, subscription, or recurring purchase" notice; no price or % shown (Oct 11) not stated not stated not stated 4.4 from 29 ratings (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 shwallyhome.com/products/shwally-tallow-methylene-blue-balm-with-coq10
Sky & Sol Ancestral Anti-Aging Tallow Serum water, then grass-fed, grass-finished tallow bakuchiol 2.1%; astaxanthin, no % 10, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) yes, first none named not stated $89.99 n/a, no size printed "Subscribe & Save 10%," $80.99; "Pause or cancel anytime" serum 180 day not stated; tallow from Australia 194 reviews, 77% five star, 2% one star; no average printed; a Trustpilot 4.8 widget on the page (Oct 11) Trustpilot 4.8 from 646, 2% one star (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 skyandsol.co/products/anti-aging-tallow-serum
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Toups & Co Frankincense Face Balm grass-fed tallow none dosed; no % 4, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no 2 frankincense essential oils 2 oz $52 $26.00 $46.80, "Save 10% on every reorder" whipped Happiness Guarantee, no days stated Alabama 4.81 from 1,205 reviews (Oct 11) Trustpilot 3.3 from 2 (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 toupsandco.com/products/tallow-frankincense-face-balm
trustpilot.com/review/toupsandco.com
Toups & Co Reparative Serum rose water, water; no tallow bakuchiol, vitamin C (form unnamed), CoQ10; no % 32, text "Vitamin A Palmitate" (retinyl palmitate): NTP TR-568 (2012) mouse study; no FDA action found (Oct 11) yes, first (rose water) rose absolute 1 oz $98 $98.00 $88.20, "Save 10% on every reorder" "dry serum" Happiness Guarantee, no days stated Alabama 4.76 from 258 reviews (Oct 11) Trustpilot 3.3 from 2 (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 toupsandco.com/products/reparative-serum
trustpilot.com/review/toupsandco.com
Ulyana Organics Bakuchiol Tallow Balm grass-fed, grass-finished tallow bakuchiol, no % two different lists printed, 3 and 7 items none on either printed list (Oct 11) no; says water free sandalwood, frankincense essential oils not stated $56 n/a, no size printed none shown (Oct 11) not stated not stated not stated 4.7 from 13 reviews (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) rosehip "helps to fade dark spots" (Oct 11) Oct 11 ulyanaorganics.com/products/bakuchiol-tallow-balm

What the set shows. Only Sky & Sol (2.1%) and Herbivore (1%) state a bakuchiol dose, both in serums with water first, and none states a vitamin C percentage, though Shwally lists the same THD ascorbate Velvet uses. One flag turned up: Toups' Reparative Serum lists "Vitamin A Palmitate," the retinyl palmitate of the NTP 2012 mouse study, and Eminence prints too little of its list to check. Velvet's $44.50 per ounce is higher than every tallow balm here that prints a size, with Shwally's night version closest at $44.00, and lower than the two serums at $67 and $98 per ounce.

Moonlight Calm beside eight blue tansy and chamomile products

Moonlight Calm, $69 for 2 oz ($34.50 per oz), beside eight products, one row each, as printed on October 11, 2026.
Product Base (their words) Active and dose Ingredients printed (count, text or image) Flagged ingredients on the label (who flagged it) Water Scent and essential oils Net weight List price (one-time) Per ounce Subscription (their words) Texture Guarantee Made where Their site says Third parties say Claim watch Checked Source
ANML Essentials Whipped Tallow Balm with Blue Tansy grass-fed beef tallow blue tansy, no % 4 named, no formal list no formal list; none among the four named (Oct 11) no; "No water" says no fragrances not stated $44 n/a, no size printed not stated whipped "60-day money-back guarantee, no return required" "Made in the USA"; tallow "rendered in-house" no brand site found (Oct 11) Pasteur Pharmacy page: 0 reviews (third party site); no Trustpilot profile found (Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 pasteurpharmacy.com/products/whipped-tallow-balm-with-blue-tansy (retailer page)
Boribliss Grass Fed Tallow Blue Tansy grass fed tallow, calendula olive oil blue tansy, no % 4, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no blue tansy essential oil 3 oz (85 g) $45; sold out $15.00 none shown not stated not stated not stated no reviews shown (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 boriblisstallow.com/products/blue-tansy
Craft Tallow Moonlight Calm (ours) "Grass-Fed 100% Suet Tallow", squalane organic blue tansy essential oil and blue chamomile CO2, "a studied dose"; no % 7, text; blue tansy and chamomile noted as daisy family none; the list is seven named ingredients, no fragrance mixture, no water, no preservative system no organic blue tansy essential oil, blue chamomile CO2 2 oz (56 g) $69 $34.50 $51.75 first delivery, 25% off; $62.10 every renewal, 10% off; free shipping on subscription orders poured dense, never whipped 60-Day Skin Test blended in the Mountain West, shipped from Cottonwood Heights, Utah; "Made in USA" 25 on the site (Judge.me), Oct 11; Moonlight page: 5.0 from 4 none found (Oct 11); the brand launched in August 2026 "the look of redness and heat" Oct 11 crafttallow.com/products/moonlight-calm-blue-tansy-balm
Darlin' Tallow & Tansy Face Balm grass-fed tallow blue tansy, no % 8, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no blue tansy, neroli, sweet orange essential oils; vanilla-infused jojoba 2oz $38 $19.00 "deferred, subscription, or recurring purchase" notice; no price or % shown (Oct 11) not stated not stated not stated 4.9 from 105 reviews (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 getdarlin.com/products/face-balm
Herbivore Lapis Blue Tansy Facial Oil squalane, jojoba; no tallow blue tansy, no % 14, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no none named; limonene, linalool, citronellol, geraniol, eugenol listed 30 mL; 50 mL $58; $88 $57 and $52 per fl oz "Subscribe & Save 15%," $74.80 on the 50 mL; every 1 to 4 months oil not stated not stated 4.7 from 759 reviews (Oct 11) Trustpilot 3.9 from 8 (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 herbivorebotanicals.com/products/lapis-blue-tansy-squalane-balancing-facial-oil
trustpilot.com/review/herbivorebotanicals.com
Kossma Tallow Beauty Balm jojoba first, grass-fed suet tallow third chamomile, calendula, rose extracts; no % 8, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no "fragrance-free", no essential oil 30 mL / 1 fl oz $32 $32 per fl oz none shown balm stick 30 day refund Arizona 887 reviews, 98% five star; no average printed (Oct 11) Trustpilot 3.6 from 2, unclaimed profile (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 kossma.com/collections/skincare/products/tallow-beauty-balm
ca.trustpilot.com/review/kossma.com
My Neighbor's Blue Moon Face Balm "100% Grass Fed & Finished Tallow from Hudson Valley, NY" blue tansy, no % 5, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no blue tansy essential oil 2 oz $36 $18.00 not stated not stated not stated USA no brand site found (Oct 11) Anthropologie page: no score shown (third party site); no Trustpilot profile found (Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 anthropologie.com/anthrohome/shop/my-neighbors-blue-moon-face-balm (retailer page)
Odacité le Blue Balm MCT, beeswax, jojoba, shea; no tallow German chamomile, no % 18, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no German chamomile, clary sage essential oils 1.69oz / 50ml $52 $30.77 "15% off recurring orders," $44.20; every 30, 60 or 90 days "soft & satiny balm" 30 day returns not stated no score or count on the product page (Oct 11) Trustpilot profile with 0 reviews (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 odacite.com/products/le-blue-balm-blue-chamomile-shea-butter-repair-balm
ca.trustpilot.com/review/odacite.com
Primally Pure Soothing Cream organic grass-fed tallow, emu oil blue tansy, no % 8, text (Oct 11 re-read) none on the printed list (Oct 11) no blue tansy, lavender, sandalwood essential oils 1 oz; 2 oz $44; $82 $44.00; $41.00 no option on the product page (Oct 11) not stated money back, no days stated southern California 4.79 from 2,731 reviews (Oct 11) Trustpilot 3.4 from 6 (third party, Oct 11); NAD referred the brand to the FTC, Sep 4 2025 (third party) none noted Oct 11 primallypure.com/products/soothing-cream
trustpilot.com/review/primallypure.com

What the set shows. No product in this set states a blue tansy or chamomile percentage, Moonlight Calm included, none contains water, and no printed list carries a flagged ingredient, the Herbivore, Odacité and Anthropologie lists included. ANML is the only one that whips. Among the tallow balms, only Primally Pure, at $41 to $44 per ounce, costs more than Moonlight's $34.50; the rest run $15 to $32.

Recovery Balm beside eight products for the look of scars and stretch marks

Recovery Balm, $74 for 2 oz ($37.00 per oz), beside eight products, one row each, as printed on October 11, 2026.
Product Base (their words) Active and dose Ingredients printed (count, text or image) Flagged ingredients on the label (who flagged it) Water Scent and essential oils Net weight List price (one-time) Per ounce Subscription (their words) Texture Guarantee Made where Their site says Third parties say Claim watch Checked Source
Bio-Oil Skincare Oil mineral oil; no tallow retinyl palmitate, no % 15, text (Ulta) "Parfum (Fragrance)": undisclosed mixture, phthalates cannot be ruled out from the label (Endocrine Society EDC-2, 2015); "BHT": safe up to 0.8% leave-on per EU SCCS/1636/21 (2021), which weighed endocrine concerns, limited, not banned; "Retinyl Palmitate": NTP TR-568 (2012) mouse study, no FDA action found; "Paraffinum Liquidum (Mineral Oil)": petroleum-derived, not a hormone flag (BfR: the EU allows it with a known refining history); all Oct 11 no "Parfum (Fragrance)" 2.0 oz $14.99 (Ulta) $7.50 Ulta shows $14.24 (third party site) oil not stated not stated no score or count on the brand page (Oct 11) Ulta 4.4 from 1,637 reviews (third party site); no Trustpilot profile found (Oct 11) "Repairs skin damage" Oct 11 ulta.com/p/skincare-oil-scars-stretch-marks-xlsImpprod1800041?sku=2147282 (retailer page)
bio-oil.com/en-us/products/bio-oil-skincare-oil
Craft Tallow Recovery Balm (ours) "Grass-Fed 100% Suet Tallow", meadowfoam oil organic helichrysum essential oil, organic tamanu, rosehip CO2, sea buckthorn CO2, meadowfoam; no % 9, text; "Contains tree nuts (tamanu)"; helichrysum noted as daisy family none; the list is nine named ingredients, no fragrance mixture, no water, no preservative system no organic helichrysum essential oil 2 oz (56 g) $74 $37.00 $55.50 first delivery, 25% off; $66.60 every renewal, 10% off; free shipping on subscription orders poured dense, never whipped 60-Day Skin Test blended in the Mountain West, shipped from Cottonwood Heights, Utah; "Made in USA" 25 on the site (Judge.me), Oct 11; Recovery page: 5.0 from 4 none found (Oct 11); the brand launched in August 2026 "for the Look of Scars and Stretch Marks" (product title) Oct 11 crafttallow.com/products/recovery-balm-helichrysum-tallow
Dakota Tallow Belly Butter grass-fed tallow, shea rosehip, no % 5, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no unscented 4oz; 8oz $25; $47 $6.25; $5.88 none shown not stated not stated not stated "5 reviews" near the title; "Based on 1 review" in the review block (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) "stretch mark prevention" Oct 11 dakotatallow.com/products/belly-butter
Earth Mama Belly Butter aqua, aloe, olive oil; no tallow none dosed; no % 19, text none on the printed list (Oct 11); its one "flavor" is named, Vanilla planifolia yes, first sweet orange peel oil; neroli extract; vanilla flavor 8 fl oz (240 ml) $23.99; sold out $3.00 per fl oz none shown not stated not stated not stated 4.79 from 225 reviews (Oct 11) Trustpilot 4.0 from 3, unclaimed profile (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 earthmamaorganics.com/products/belly-butter
trustpilot.com/review/earthmamaorganics.com
Earth Mama Organic Skin & Scar Balm olive oil, beeswax; no tallow tamanu, sea buckthorn, rosehip, helichrysum; no % 14, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no helichrysum, lavender, chamomile, tea tree essential oils not stated $27.99; sold out n/a, no size printed none shown not stated not stated not stated 4.76 from 75 reviews (Oct 11) Trustpilot 4.0 from 3, unclaimed profile (third party, Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 earthmamaorganics.com/products/organic-skin-scar-balm
trustpilot.com/review/earthmamaorganics.com
Mederma Stretch Marks Therapy water, cetearyl alcohol (label order); no tallow "Dimethicone 2%" is the Drug Facts active; the page names Cepalin (onion extract), hyaluronic acid, centella; no % 33 on the FDA-filed Drug Facts label (DailyMed, updated Jul 16, 2026); none on the brand or Walmart pages "Fragrance": undisclosed mixture, phthalates cannot be ruled out from the label (Endocrine Society EDC-2, 2015); cyclopentasiloxane and cyclohexasiloxane (D5, D6): EU REACH bars 0.1% and up in leave-on cosmetics from Jun 6, 2027 (Reg. 2024/1328), a persistence flag, not a hormone flag; no paraben on this label (Oct 11) yes, first (Drug Facts label) "Fragrance" on the label 5.29 oz (150 g) $31.99 (Walmart); out of stock $6.05 not stated cream not stated not stated no score or count on the brand page (Oct 11) Walmart listing: 4.4 from 8 ratings; Kroger: 2.71 from 7 (third party sites); no Trustpilot profile found (Oct 11) "Clinically Shown to Treat Stretch Marks" (Walmart title); brand page: "hydrates skin to help prevent stretch marks" Oct 11 walmart.com/ip/Mederma-Stretch-Marks-Therapy-Helps-Prevent-and-Treat-Stretch-Marks-5-29-Ounce/889455034 (retailer page)
walmart.com/ip/Mederma-Stretch-Mark-Therapy-Prevention-Treatment-5-29-oz/15111069 (retailer page)
mederma.com/product/mederma-stretch-marks-therapy/
dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=0f2918e3-9615-40e3-ab7e-6bfbe022e03c
kroger.com/p/mederma-stretch-marks-therapy-skin-protectant-cream/0081000031810 (retailer page)
Nature's Tallow Touch Mother's Recovery Cream water, then grass-fed, grass-finished tallow centella, rosehip, sea buckthorn; no % 30, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) yes, first frankincense, lavender, petitgrain, orange essential oils 6oz $45; sold out $7.50 none on the product page cream, "Not whipped air" not stated not stated 1 review (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 naturestallowtouch.com/products/stretch-mark-tallow-balm
Sue's Botanicals Tallow Stretch Mark Cream grass-fed & finished tallow, three butters rosehip, sea buckthorn; no % 16, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no neroli, lavender, frankincense, copaiba essential oils 2oz $37; sold out $18.50 none shown not stated not stated not stated no reviews (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 suesbotanicals.com/products/stretch-mark-cream
Texas Tallow Restore Salve grass-fed & finished KPH tallow tamanu, gotu kola; no % 11, text none on the printed list (Oct 11) no "essential oil free" 2 oz; 6 oz $40; $94; sold out $20.00; $15.67 none shown not stated not stated Waco, Texas 5.0 from 17 reviews (Oct 11) none found (Oct 11) none noted Oct 11 texastallow.com/products/restore-salve

What the set shows. Bio-Oil and Mederma are the only lists read in any of the four sets with a fragrance mixture; Bio-Oil also lists BHT, retinyl palmitate and mineral oil, and neither current label shows a paraben. Mederma's full list sits on its FDA-filed Drug Facts label rather than its own page, with water first and dimethicone 2% as the active; three products here list water, and none whips. Earth Mama's $27.99 balm carries four of the oils Recovery names in an olive oil base, and at $37.00 per ounce Recovery costs nearly double the next highest, Texas Tallow at $20.00.

Go deeper

If you want the reasoning rather than the grid, start with how to choose a tallow balm, then how to read a tallow label for the suet, grass-finished and water checks in longer form. If you landed here looking for a swap, alternatives to Primally Pure and Toups and Co covers the two most-searched ones, and the two full head-to-heads are Craft Tallow versus Primally Pure and Craft Tallow versus Toups and Co.

Two more head-to-heads are live: Evil Goods versus Based Supplies and Toups and Co versus Primally Pure. Three more followed: Hearth and Homestead versus Vintage Tradition, Neptune versus Vanman and Ancestral Cosmetics versus Tallow Me Pretty. With ours in the frame, the newest are Craft Tallow versus Vintage Tradition, Craft Tallow versus Lady May, Craft Tallow versus Summer Solace, Craft Tallow versus VanMan, Craft Tallow versus Evil Goods, Craft Tallow versus Hearth and Homestead, Craft Tallow versus Eat My Face, Craft Tallow versus Tallow Me Pretty and Craft Tallow versus FATCO.

If you want to start with ours

The jar in our row is Bare Silk Unscented, $34 for 2 oz, five ingredients, no fragrance. It comes with the 60-Day Skin Test: use it for up to sixty days, and if your skin disagrees, email us and we refund the product price. If you want it on a schedule, subscribe to two jars and a third rides free on your first delivery, and every subscription takes 25% off that first delivery and ships free. If you would rather work out which of our five jars fits your skin, the two-minute quiz sorts it faster than this table will.

Updated October 2026. Prices, sizes and labels change, sometimes quietly. If you work at one of these brands and a cell is wrong or out of date, use our contact form to send me a link to the page and I will correct it and note the date.

Sources and notes

How the facts were gathered. Every competitor page was read on Oct 11, 2026 with a fetch tool that does not run JavaScript, so text a page loads by script reads as silent. "Plan data" is the subscription terms in the store's own Shopify product data. For this update every store-bought ingredient list was re-read on Oct 11, from the brand's page or, where the brand page printed none, from Ulta (Bio-Oil), the FDA-filed Drug Facts label on DailyMed (Mederma), Anthropologie (My Neighbor's) and Pasteur Pharmacy (ANML); most tallow lists were re-read too, and the rest come from the first read that day. Trustpilot pages that would not load directly were read through Trustpilot's regional pages; where neither loaded and a search found no profile, the cell says none found. A search of fda.gov found no warning letter for any brand in the big table; the "Neptune's Fix" recall it returns comes from Neptune Resources, LLC, a different company. Blocked from fetching: bbb.org, reddit.com, amazon.com, tallowtwins.com (the tallowtwins.ca store was read), and two policy pages, on eatmyface.co and tallowmepretty.com; search found no BBB profile or Reddit thread for any brand, and with both sites blocked those gaps are unverified. For the jar tables, Fatco, Tallow Twins and Hello Selah blocked the reader. No brand called "Fat Face Skincare" was found; that row is Fat Face Tallow, fatfacetallow.co.

How the flags were decided. A flagged cell names an ingredient only when it is on that product's own printed list, read Oct 11, and a named body has flagged its class; each body's document was read once on Oct 11. Endocrine Society, EDC-2 Scientific Statement (Gore and others, Endocrine Reviews, 2015): names phthalates and parabens among endocrine-disrupting chemicals. FDA, Fragrances in Cosmetics (Feb 2022) and Phthalates in Cosmetics (May 2022): a label may list fragrance as one word without its components, so it cannot show whether phthalates are inside; the FDA also states it has no safety concerns with DEP, the phthalate most used in fragrance, as currently used. EU SCCS/1636/21 (adopted Dec 2, 2021): BHT safe up to 0.8% in leave-on products, judged with its possible endocrine effects in view. NTP TR-568 (Aug 2012): retinyl palmitate in a hairless-mouse sunlight study; a search of fda.gov found no FDA action on it. German BfR (May 2015): the EU permits mineral oils whose full refining history is known, and the BfR expects no health risk from skin uptake. EU Reg. 2024/1328: D5 and D6 restricted at 0.1% and up in leave-on cosmetics from Jun 6, 2027, on persistence grounds, not hormone grounds. Checked for and found on no list read: a paraben, a phthalate by name, triclosan, BHA, a formaldehyde releaser, a chemical sunscreen filter, a PEG or -eth ingredient. Dropped as not verified: a 1,4-dioxane note on Mederma's polysorbate 60, since the FDA's 1,4-dioxane page names PEG, polyoxyethylene, -eth- and -oxynol- ingredients but not polysorbates. Eminence prints key ingredients only, so its row could not be checked. Phenoxyethanol, dimethicone, glycerin and tocopherol carry no flag and are not listed.

Dates. A cell marked (Oct 11) replaces an earlier read that said something different. Cells still on an earlier read are named in each row's Checked cell: Based Supplies' grass-finished cell and ingredient count, Hearth & Homestead's made where, Primally Pure's Baby Balm cells, VanMan's grass-finished cell, and Vintage Tradition's fat, grass-finished, made where and product page suet cells (all Oct 9). Craft's cells come from the live product records read Oct 11, review counts included.

Marking. Every item from a site other than the brand's own ends in "(third party)" or "(third party site)". Quotes are the page's own words in double quotes, under 12 words each, and quoted fragments leave off a page's exclamation points. Prices are USD unless marked € or CAD; list price is the one-time price printed on Oct 11, and per ounce divides it by the size printed, or by fl oz where only a volume is printed.

Pages that print two answers. Evil Goods: the subscriber discount reads 50% and 25% on the home page and 30% on the collection page; the rating reads 4.5/5 on the home and product pages and 4.9/5 on the collection page; review counts read 30,000+, 39K, 1,562, 1,522 and 1,510; the FAQ says 4 ingredients where the page names 5; the Copper Peptide page shows 39K reviews above "Be the first to write a review." Neptune: the manuka balm page prints both a 60 day and a 30 day guarantee, and the flagship's 60 day banner sits beside a 14 day refund policy and a return answer that reads "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet." VanMan prints 4,863 and 4,685 reviews on one page, and Dakota prints "5 reviews" and "Based on 1 review." Ulyana Organics prints two ingredient lists, of 3 and 7 items. Eat My Face: the plan named "every 2 months" bills every 3 months. Ancestral Cosmetics prints a store-wide 9,586 beside each jar's own count, 600 for the Unscented jar.

Left out of the jar tables. Nefertem, Lady May and Sky & Sol had no honey balm; Osea showed no tansy or redness balm; Biossance's bakuchiol cream had no price, so Eminence took its place; Vintage Tradition had no face product with a stated active; Toups, Primally Pure and Evil Goods had no scar or stretch mark product.

Sources. Every page read for the tables, by brand, with the date read. Links open in a new tab.