We'd like to introduce you to one of our favourite local businesses, Purple Martin Naturals. They make some incredibly wonderful and natural products that we encourage you to check out.
But what does a bath and body business have in common with a beef producer? We asked Kathy, Cheif Creative Officer to answer that in her own words... |
Purple Martin Naturals handcrafts not-so-typical bath & body goods! Our focus has always been on using locally-produced ingredients rather than tropical ingredients imported across oceans. We took this approach because we believe that supporting local is more important than ever, and also because we didn’t want to support the environmentally questionable palm and coconut industries. And in the process, we discovered that one of the absolute best natural skincare ingredients is produced locally - but often discarded as a byproduct! So what is this amazing ingredient? It’s tallow!
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Tallow is what we get when we refine and purify beef fat. The essential fatty acids found in tallow are almost identical to those that make up our own skin. This similarity makes tallow exceptionally soothing for mature, irritated, or dry skin. And those with allergies to commonly used tropical ingredients tell us that they can use our tallow-based products with no adverse reactions.
Tallow makes a beautiful, creamy white foundation for our soaps and body balm. We’ve been making tallow using fat from Cober Natural Dry-Aged Beef since the beginning of our bath & body adventure, and it makes the BEST tallow. We’re so happy to have established this relationship with Valerie and Brad, and we hope it continues for some time! |
Brad and I hope you will check out their products; my personal favourite is their Tallow & Beeswax Body Balm
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