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Food Grade Lye!? What's that?
Becky De GraafWhat's Soap Made Of?
Becky De GraafRubbing animal fat on one's body is not in the slightest appealing, yet that is the image conjured up when I explain that my soap is made from grass fed tallow -- beef fat. The idea of "washing" with fat...
Welcome to Becky's Tallow Treasures!
Becky De GraafIf we met at a coffee shop and I asked you to tell me about yourself, what would you say? I would tell you that I’m a wife, a mother, and a soap maker. It all began when I was pregnant with our first born, and my midwife told me I could birth anywhere I wanted — even the bathtub. But first, I had to remove the toxic residue left behind from commercial cleaners. It had never occurred to me into what kind of world I lived in, and to what I would be introducing my new baby. My eyes...