Render the
Render the tallow
It starts with beef fat, melted down low and slow until it runs clear and golden. We strain it by hand, again and again, until only the pure tallow remains. Rich, gentle, and the way soap was made for generations.
Tallow, goat milk, and donkey milk soaps, crafted in small batches in Jacksonville, Florida.
Render the
It starts with beef fat, melted down low and slow until it runs clear and golden. We strain it by hand, again and again, until only the pure tallow remains. Rich, gentle, and the way soap was made for generations.
Chill the
Fresh goat milk and donkey milk are kept cold, almost to slush, before anything else touches them. Cold milk keeps its creamy color and its soft, nourishing character. This is where each bar gets its gentleness.
The pour
Tallow, milk, and botanical oils come together and thicken into a smooth, silky batter. We pour it into wooden molds by hand, one loaf at a time. Then it rests, wrapped and warm, while the magic begins.
The cut
Once the loaf is ready, we slice it into bars by hand. No two are exactly alike, and that’s how you know a person made it. Every edge, swirl, and speck is part of the batch.
The cure
Good soap can’t be rushed. Every loaf cures for four to six weeks on open racks, slowly hardening into a long-lasting, mild bar. We wait so your skin doesn’t have to.
Touch of Earth started at our kitchen table, with a simple question: what if soap went back to the way it used to be made?
We wanted bars with short ingredient lists and nothing to hide. So we went back to old ways: rendered tallow, fresh goat milk, and rare donkey milk, mixed by hand and given time to cure properly.
Every bar you hold was poured, cut, and stamped by us, in small batches here in Jacksonville. It’s slower, and some batches sell out before the next one is ready. We think that’s how it should be.
Thank you for being part of it.
Claudia
Founder, Touch of Earth