Bare Silk Five-Ingredient Tallow Balm for Ultra-Sensitive Skin

The quietest balm we make

Regeneratively farmed, grass-finished suet tallow, blended with meadowfoam and organic cold-pressed jojoba into a silk-soft balm. The original is built by subtraction: no essential oils, no fragrance and no honey. What we left out is exactly what makes it right for pregnancy bellies, brand-new skin, and anyone whose skin argues with everything else.

Tallow does the deep work. It absorbs like something your body already knows, calming dryness on contact and carrying the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K of pasture-raised fat.

Bare Silk is the foundation of the collection: the everyday balm for the whole family, on face, hands and body. Five ingredients, and nothing else to think about. Put it on before skin gets tight, not after.

What a balm actually does

A balm does not add water to your skin. It helps skin hold the water it already has, which is why we say press it into damp skin: you supply the water, the fat keeps it there. Tallow's fatty acids are mostly oleic, palmitic and stearic, the same three in your skin's own surface lipids, so it sinks in like something the body recognizes. One limit: tallow carries no humectant of its own, so on bone dry skin you have to put it on damp.

The feel

Dense and silk-smooth out of the jar, it melts at skin temperature and sinks in fast, settling to a powder-soft, matte-velvet finish. The original has no scent at all. The Lavender edition carries a soft, true lavender that fades as it absorbs.

Prefer to blend it yourself?

Bare Silk began as a kit recipe. The Craft Tallow Kit makes this balm and the four others in our line, fresh at your counter. Meet the kit.

Grass-Fed Suet Tallow	Regeneratively farmed, grass-finished, slow-rendered. Mostly oleic, palmitic and stearic acid, the same three that sit in your skin’s own surface lipids, so it sinks in like something the body recognizes and softens without grease. Everything else in the jar rides in on it. Low in polyunsaturated fat, about 4%, so it stays fresh instead of oxidizing.
Meadowfoam Oil	Ultra-long-chain fatty acids form a light, breathable seal that locks moisture in for hours. It is also one of the most stable oils known, and it lends that stability to the more delicate oils around it.
Organic Jojoba Oil	A liquid wax that mirrors the sebum your skin makes for itself, conditioning and balancing without clogging. It also fine-tunes how the tallow spreads, turning rich into silk.
Organic Lavender EO	Lavender edition only, at a gentle dose: Lavandula angustifolia from Bulgaria, the classic calm-down note. Unscented stays essential-oil-free.
Vitamin E · Arrowroot	Vitamin E defends every oil in the jar, while a touch of organic arrowroot lends the powder-soft, matte-velvet finish.

1. Morning and night, on clean, slightly damp skin: warm a pea-sized amount for the face (a nickel for hands, a quarter for a whole limb) between your fingertips and massage it in. A little goes a long way.
2. One jar for the whole family, men and women alike: face, hands, body, lips, baby's cheeks and dry patches, as often as skin asks.
3. For pregnancy, nursing and baby skin, choose the Unscented original. The Lavender edition carries an essential oil.

How to use a tallow balm →

Grass-Fed 100% Suet Tallow, Meadowfoam Oil, *Cold-Pressed Jojoba Oil, *Arrowroot Powder, Vitamin E, *Bulgarian Lavender Essential Oil (Lavender edition only) · *Organic

No common allergens. The Lavender edition contains an essential oil: for pregnancy, nursing and baby skin, reach for the Unscented original. As with any new skincare, patch-test on your inner forearm for 24 hours before wider use. Net wt. 2 oz (56 g). Made in USA.

Storage: A warm kitchen can grain the balm. That is the fat, not spoilage. A minute on the warming plate or in the hands brings it back.

Shelf life: Vitamin E keeps the oils fresh. Keep the lid on, out of direct sun, and scoop with clean, dry fingers. Unopened and kept cool, a year is comfortable. Once it is open, use it inside a year. There is no water in the jar, so nothing grows in it as long as you keep it that way: dry fingers, lid on. Over a long time the oils go stale, and your nose catches that first.

Shipping: In-stock jars leave within 1 to 3 business days.

Will it smell like beef?

No. Our tallow is 100% suet, rendered low and slow in wet and dry steps by our Montana render partner, and never bleached or deodorized. The base fat arrives pale gold and nearly scentless, closer to unsalted butter than to anything from a grill. Unscented reads clean and faint in the jar, close to fresh butter, and nothing you would notice on skin after a minute; it is the true test of the base fat, since nothing in the recipe covers it. The Lavender edition carries soft, true Bulgarian lavender that fades to a trace. Where tallow smell comes from, jar by jar.

Can I use Bare Silk on a newborn?

Most newborn skin needs nothing in the first weeks. Later, for ordinary dryness, a tiny amount on intact skin: Bare Silk Unscented is formulated for the most sensitive skin in the house, with no essential oils or fragrance. Show your pediatrician the label, patch-test first, and stop if it bothers them. Tallow on baby skin has the rest.

Will tallow clog pores or feel greasy?

Suet tallow is low in polyunsaturated fat, about 4%, and its fatty acids are the ones your skin's surface already runs on, so it absorbs cleanly and settles matte rather than sitting on the surface. Organic arrowroot in the recipe adds a powder-soft finish.

Which version should I choose while pregnant?

The Unscented original is our pick during pregnancy and nursing. The Lavender edition is the nighttime take for everyone else, and lovely in a grown-up bedtime ritual.

What does grass-finished mean?

The cattle are raised on pasture for their whole lives: grass-fed and grass-finished, from regeneratively farmed ranchland, then the suet is slow-rendered at low heat.

How much do I use, and how long does a jar last?

A pea-sized amount, warmed between fingertips and massaged into damp skin, covers the whole face; hands take a nickel, a whole limb a quarter, and a child's cheeks take less. Used daily on face and body, a 2 oz jar runs about a month, which is why the 30-day interval exists. Face-only use stretches it well past that, and the 45 and 60-day intervals are there for exactly that.

Is Bare Silk for men too?

Yes. It is unscented, sinks in matte, and does one job for every face in the house: men, women, kids and babies share the same jar. It works well on aftershave-tight skin and on wind-burned hands.

Is tallow good for sensitive skin?

Tallow suits sensitive skin unusually well because it is made of fats your skin already knows, and Bare Silk strips the recipe to five quiet ingredients with no fragrance or essential oils in the Unscented original. Patch-test first, as with anything new.

Is Bare Silk suitable for eczema-prone skin?

Yes, it is built for exactly that kind of reactive, allergy-prone skin: no fragrance, no essential oils, none of the usual cosmetic allergens in the Unscented original. It is cosmetic care, not a treatment.

Can I wear Bare Silk under makeup?

Yes. It absorbs fast and settles to a powder-soft matte finish thanks to organic arrowroot, so it layers under makeup without slip; give it a minute to sink in first.

Is Bare Silk whipped tallow?

No. Bare Silk is poured dense and sold by weight, 56 g in a 2 oz jar. Up to half of a whipped jar can be air, which is why a fluffy tub looks fuller than the balm inside it. Dense means a pea warmed between two fingertips covers a face, and the jar lasts a month or more of face and hands. It's firm in the jar and melts to a film on skin.

Is Bare Silk a grass-fed tallow balm?

Yes, and grass-finished as well. Every jar starts from 100% suet, the dense fat from around the kidneys, from grass-fed and grass-finished cattle on Montana family ranches, bought direct. We buy the fat. We do not run the ranch. The rest of the label is meadowfoam seed oil, organic jojoba oil, vitamin E and organic arrowroot, with no water, no fragrance and no preservative system.

Can I use Bare Silk as a tallow face cream?

Yes. A tallow face cream with no water on its label is a balm, and Bare Silk is the plain face jar in our line: a pea warmed between two fingertips and pressed onto slightly damp skin at night, a half pea in the morning under sunscreen. If your face is very oily or in the middle of a fungal-acne flare, go slow or ask a dermatologist first. For the look of fine lines, Velvet carries the actives.

It arrived soft, melted or grainy. Is it ruined?

No. Heat changes the texture, not the recipe. Soft or melted: stand the closed jar upright somewhere cool until it firms up (twenty minutes on a fridge shelf speeds it along). Grainy: warm the closed jar in your hands until it goes soft, stir with a clean, dry fingertip or spoon, then chill it for twenty minutes so the whole jar sets together. It may set a shade firmer than it left us; the recipe is unchanged. What is normal in a jar of balm, and what is not.

Why does this jar look or smell a little different from my last one?

Because the botanicals are real. Blue tansy, rosehip, calendula and helichrysum shift with the harvest, so color and scent move a little between batches. The recipe and the doses do not. What is normal in a jar of balm, and what is not.