Daily Calm Face Balm

The Tallow Soapery

While you’re browsing here at Mothers Homestead, you may notice our tallow soaps and skincare are lovingly crafted under a different name: The Tallow Soapery. This is my dedicated skincare business, created solely to focus on traditional, nutrient-rich tallow formulations for healthy, radiant skin. I’m delighted to offer these products here as well, so you can enjoy everything I make in one place while Mothers Homestead continues to grow. And if you’d like to explore the full skincare range and find more information about tallow, you’re always warmly welcome to visit and browse The Tallow Soapery website too.

Daily Calm Face Balm

Daily Calm is designed to protect and soothe sensitive, reactive, or stressed skin, making it ideal for daily maintenance and support. Built on a base of tallow, jojoba, and squalene, this balm delivers skin-identical lipids that restore barrier integrity and improve hydration. Combined with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant actives like totarol, rosehip CO₂, calendula extract, and black cumin CO₂, it helps reduce redness, calm irritation, support cellular repair, and improve overall skin resilience. Gentle essential oils, including lavender, blue tansy, ho wood, and Roman chamomile, provide a soothing aromatic experience while supporting skin renewal.

Skin Ailments & Conditions That May Improve

• Redness, irritation, and sensitivity: Soothes reactive skin and reduces inflammation with lavender, blue tansy, Roman chamomile, and totarol.
• Chronic dryness or barrier disruption: Restores hydration and lipid balance using tallow, jojoba, squalene, and castor oil.
• Uneven tone and dullness: Brightens and evens skin with rosehip CO₂, tamanu, ho wood, and vitamin E.
• Post-inflammatory marks: Supports fading of pigmentation irregularities with rosehip, black cumin CO₂, and calendula CO₂.
• Inflammatory acne-prone skin: Reduces microbial imbalance and calms breakouts with totarol, black cumin CO₂, bakuchiol, and tamanu oil.
• Environmental stressors: Protects against wind, cold, and pollution with tallow, squalene, and antioxidant CO₂ extracts.
• Loss of comfort from over-exfoliation or seasonal changes: Rebuilds barrier function and long-term hydration with soothing oils and lipid-rich fats.

Essential Oil Profile

The Daily Calm essential oil blend is soft, floral, and herbaceous, creating a gentle and uplifting aroma that soothes the senses. Lavender maillette brings a familiar, calming floral note, complemented by the sweet, green nuances of ho wood and the soft, warm fragrance of Roman chamomile. Blue tansy adds a delicate, slightly sweet, balsamic touch, rounding out the blend with a subtle depth. Together, these oils create a serene, comforting scent that makes Daily Calm a pleasure to apply and a grounding ritual for morning or evening skincare.

Ingredients

Tallow, jojoba oil, castor oil, tamanu oil, olive squalene, totarol, calendula CO₂ extract, rosehip CO₂ extract, black cumin seed CO₂ extract, vitamin E (mixed tocopherols), rosemary antioxidant extract (ROE), lavender maillette, ho wood, roman chamomile, blue tansy.

Ingredient Benefits

Grass-Fed Tallow: Prized for centuries across cultures - from ancient Egyptians and Romans to Indigenous peoples because tallow mirrors human sebum more closely than any plant oil. Rich in vitamins A, D, E, K, and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), it promotes regeneration, elasticity, even tone, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial action, deep hydration, and barrier repair; ideal for aging, sensitive, or compromised skin.

Jojoba Oil (Simmondsia chinensis): Native American tribes used it for centuries to heal wounds and sun damage. Mimics sebum to balance oil production, deliver vitamins and fatty acids, support collagen, soothe inflammation (eczema/rosacea), and leave a velvety, non-comedogenic finish.

Castor Oil (Ricinus communis): Cleopatra's beauty secret. Ricinoleic acid soothes inflammation, draws moisture, heals blemishes/scars, improves texture/glow, and boosts collagen/elastin over time.

Tamanu Oil (Calophyllum inophyllum): Polynesian "Green Gold" for wound healing and scars. Contains unique anti-inflammatory calophyllolide, promotes tissue regeneration, offers antibacterial/antifungal action for acne, and deeply repairs dry/damaged/mature skin.

Olive Squalane (Olea europaea): Mediterranean tradition for sun/wind protection. Mimics sebum for compatibility, deeply moisturizes without clogging, improves softness/elasticity/barrier, enhances active delivery.

Totarol (Podocarpus totara): New Zealand Tōtara tree extract. Powerful antioxidant/antimicrobial (targets acne bacteria), reduces inflammation/oxidative damage, supports clearer/calmer/resilient skin.

Calendula CO₂ Extract: A gentle, soothing botanical extract traditionally used for sensitive or reactive skin. Supports healing, reduces inflammation, and promotes overall skin comfort and barrier restoration.

Rosehip CO₂ Extract (Rosa Canina): Indigenous scar-care staple. Vitamin A precursors renew skin, improve tone/texture/scars/pigmentation, enhance elasticity/radiance.

Black Cumin Seed CO₂ Extract: Rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds, this extract helps calm redness, regulate microbial balance, and support healthy, resilient skin.

Vitamin E (Mixed Tocopherols): Antioxidant protector from free radicals/UV. Prevents aging, fades scars/pigmentation, deeply moisturizes, synergizes with other ingredients.

Rosemary Antioxidant Extract (Rosmarinus Officinalis): Traditional apothecary preservative. Shields from free radicals, supports vitality, maintains freshness, gentle antimicrobial.

Therapeutic Focus of Each Balm

Heirloom Remedy (Premium), targeted repair and anti-aging.

• Focus: Deep skin repair, barrier rebuilding, pigmentation correction, collagen support, anti-aging, and regeneration of compromised or mature skin.
• Key Ingredients: Prickly pear, emu, tamanu, sea buckthorn, baobab, carrot macerate, cacay, bakuchiol, vitamin C (THDA), rosehip CO₂, totarol.
• Therapeutic Notes: Designed for skin that needs intensive restoration, tackling fine lines, uneven tone, reactive skin, and post-inflammatory marks, while supporting long-term firmness and elasticity.

Daily Calm (Mid-range), soothing and maintenance with mild pigment support.

• Focus: Soothing, calming, and barrier-supportive for sensitive, reactive, or stressed skin; mild pigmentation support; hydration and resilience.
• Key Ingredients: Tamanu, jojoba, rosehip CO₂, black cumin CO₂, calendula CO₂, totarol.
• Therapeutic Notes: Supports daily skin maintenance, reduces redness and inflammation, aids gentle healing, and improves overall comfort and hydration. A gentler alternative to Heirloom Remedy with a focus on calming rather than deep regenerative repair.

Bare Essentials (Entry-Level), Lightweight, everyday hydration and barrier support.

• Focus: Light hydration, antioxidant support, and gentle maintenance for normal to slightly dry skin; everyday use.
• Key Ingredients:Jojoba, castor, totarol.
• Therapeutic Notes: Ideal for skin that is relatively healthy but exposed to daily environmental stress; helps maintain balance, hydration, and barrier protection without strong actives.