Nau Mai Haere Mai i te whanau
My name is Shelley Moana. Thank you for stopping by to check out my website. A little about myself: I live in the Waikato and spend my time chasing and feeding two- and four-legged animals around the farm. I love making sourdough bread, fermenting veggies, and growing whatever I can grow, but I especially love making soap and skincare from liquid golden tallow.
It might seem strange to slather yourself in beef fat, but I did that - and what a game-changer! My skin drank it up and went from dry, crusty & scaly to smooth, plump & youthful after the first use - an instant glow-up! It was such a relief to find something my skin loved - I did not care that I smelled like a beef burger, LOL!
After slapping straight dripping on my face, I began making tallow whips, balms, and soap and sharing them with friends and whanau. Tallow Loves Skin skincare products have been tested on all my whānau - from pēpī and rangatahi to kaumatua. Whanau love my soap and luscious tallow balms and butters but especially babies and toddlers.
Indigenous people have prized animal fats for longevity and well-being for centuries. Traditionally in Te Āo Māori, the hinu (fat) of whales and sharks were highly prized for their life-giving benefits. Our tupuna recognized that these fats provided a rich source of vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids, which prolonged vitality into old age, easy fertility, and healthy children. [Source]
My tupuna (grandparents) made dripping, candles, and soap from lard (pig fat) and tallow (beef fat). This ancient nose-to-tail living meant our tupuna consumed all these valuable nutrients; they knew what they were eating and where it came from, and nothing was wasted.
The vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids contained in tallow, have a host of benefits for our skin. Tallow is bioidentical to sebum, the oil our bodies naturally produce to nourish and protect our skin and hair, making tallow highly absorbable. It is a powerhouse of restorative properties that seem uniquely designed to feed thirsty, itchy, dry, scaly, aged, sensitive, and troubled skin.
In keeping with tradition, we honour the whole animal by using parts the farmer may not be able to sell to create artisan skincare & soap products from grass-fed tallow.
