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Your skin knows what it's made of.

Most skincare works against your skin. It strips, then seals with synthetics the body doesn't recognize. These two creams take the opposite approach, built on a base of tallow and cold-pressed castor oil that mirrors the fats your skin is already made of. Same base. Two very different jobs.

Topical Care Tallow & Castor Base No Synthetic Fillers Not Vegan

What They Have in Common

Same delivery system, different payload

These aren't a set, and we won't pretend they are. One is for the ache in your shoulder. The other is for your face. You'd rarely reach for both in the same moment. But they're built on the same foundation, and that foundation is the reason either one works.

Tallow closely mirrors the natural fats in human skin. That's why it absorbs deeply and feeds the barrier rather than sitting on top of it. Cold-pressed castor oil adds slip and acts as a deeply penetrating carrier, driving whatever's blended into it down where it can do something. Get the base right and the botanicals arrive. Get it wrong and you've made an expensive lotion.

The base · what carries

Tallow and organic cold-pressed castor oil. Rich in skin-compatible fats and the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K. It's why both creams spread far, soak in fast, and a little goes a long way. It's also why neither is vegan.

The botanicals · what they carry

Here the two diverge completely. Inflame Care carries comfrey, helichrysum, frankincense, and warming and cooling oils for relief and recovery. Face Care carries elemi, geranium, bergamot, and vanilla to tone, balance, and calm.

Topical Relief & Recovery

Inflame Care

When you're sore, swollen, or working through an injury, you want relief you can actually feel, without putting harsh chemicals on your skin. Comfrey root, long called "knitbone," anchors the blend, joined by helichrysum, frankincense, and goldenrod for tissue and inflammation support, plus warming and cooling oils that ease the ache on contact.

Inflame Care anti-inflammatory repair cream
Topical Cream · Bone · Tissue

Inflame Care · Anti-Inflammatory Repair Cream

An essential-oil and herb-infused cream for sore muscles, tired joints, and the wear of an active life. It works on two timelines at once: wintergreen, peppermint, clove, and eucalyptus bring relief you feel on contact, while comfrey, helichrysum, frankincense, and goldenrod support tissue recovery over time.

How to Use It

Because it's concentrated and fast-absorbing, start with less than you think. Apply to intact skin only, and avoid open wounds and the eye area. For external use only.

Inflame Care · What It Supports

Relief you feel, support that lasts

Calms the inflammation

A concentrated blend of traditional anti-inflammatory botanicals helps soothe the swelling, heat, and irritation that linger after stress or injury.

Eases the ache

Warming and cooling oils like wintergreen, peppermint, clove, and eucalyptus bring fast, noticeable comfort to sore muscles and tired joints.

Supports bone and tissue recovery

Comfrey, helichrysum, and frankincense are traditionally used to support the body as it mends tissue and recovers from strain.

Two timelines at once

The essential oils bring on-contact relief you feel right away. The deeper botanicals support tissue and inflammation recovery over the days that follow.

Daily Skincare · For Every Skin Type

Face Care

Your skin already knows what to do with real, recognizable ingredients. It's the synthetic stuff it struggles with. Face Care is built around the same tallow and cold-pressed castor base, infused with skin-loving botanicals. The result is deep, lasting hydration that sinks in instead of sitting on top.

Face Care all-natural tallow face cream
1.7 oz · Face Cream · Every Skin Type

Face Care · All-Natural Face Cream

Elemi, geranium bourbon, bergamot, and vanilla tone, balance, and calm, carried by a base your skin recognizes. Geranium helps regulate oil production, so the same cream works whether your skin runs dry, oily, or somewhere in between. A pea-size dab covers more than you'd expect.

How to Use It

After cleansing, warm a pea-size amount between clean fingertips and press it gently into your face and neck, morning and night. Patch test before first use and avoid the eye area. Some citrus oils can increase sun sensitivity, so if you notice this, use it at night.

Face Care · What It Supports

Soft, balanced, radiant skin

Deep, lasting hydration

Penetrates beneath the surface to hydrate from within rather than sitting on top, so skin stays soft and supple for longer.

Balanced for every skin type

Botanicals like geranium help regulate, so the same cream works whether your skin runs dry, oily, or somewhere in between.

Smooth and radiant

Nourishing fats and antioxidant-rich botanicals help skin look refreshed, even-toned, and naturally glowing.

Clean and non-toxic

No harsh chemicals or synthetic fillers. Just recognizable, bioavailable ingredients your skin can actually use.

A barrier cream, and a base for makeup

Because tallow mirrors the fats your skin is already made of, Face Care supports the moisture barrier rather than just sitting on it. That means healthy skin that holds onto its own hydration instead of losing it through the day. It also makes a genuinely good base. Press it in, give it a minute to absorb, and it leaves a smooth, even canvas for makeup to sit on cleanly.

Why a Detox Brand Makes Creams

Your skin is an exit, and an entrance

Skin is one of the body's real detox pathways. It's one of the 3 P's and B, the perspiration that carries waste out. But it works the other way too. Whatever you put on your skin gets a vote on what ends up in your body.

Which makes conventional skincare a strange thing to smear on daily while you're trying to lower your toxic load. Parabens, synthetic fragrance, and fillers your body doesn't recognize aren't neutral. They're an input. These creams exist because you shouldn't have to undo your protocol every morning at the bathroom mirror.

Both Contain Tallow

Neither cream is vegan. Inflame Care uses nutrient-rich A5 beef tallow. Face Care uses tallow that's locally sourced and processed in-house for purity. Both are for external use only, and both should be patch tested before first use.

The Rest of the Line

Topicals are one input of many

Cleaning up what goes on your skin matters. So does what goes in, what's in your home, and whether your body can clear any of it. The 60-Day Detox Kit walks all six steps in order, from drainage and digestion through cleanse and bind, with the right products at the right time.

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Start with the full sequenced system, or bring in a guide who can look at your situation and tell you exactly where to begin.