It's Just Soap, Guy: Natural Tallow Bar Soap – Cedarwood, Frankincense & Vetiver
Twelve things go into this bar. You can pronounce most of them.
It's Just Soap, Guy is a cold process bar built on grass-fed beef tallow, coconut oil, castor oil, and kokum butter — fats that clean without stripping. Kaolin and calcium bentonite clay give it slip and a creamy lather, and benzoin resin anchors the scent. No palm oil, no fragrance oil, no synthetic lather boosters, no dye, no glitter, no chart explaining your skin type.
Made for: everybody in the house — face, hands, and the shower after a long day outside. Short ingredient list, on purpose. Fewer ingredients means fewer things to react to, which matters if you've spent time squinting at the back of a body wash bottle wondering which of the forty-one items is the problem.
Feel & scent: a hard bar with a creamy lather that lasts in the dish. The scent is cedarwood, frankincense, may chang, vetiver, and eucalyptus — woodsmoke and damp earth with a bright citrus edge and a cold snap underneath. Nature's network of nothing extra.
How to use: lather in your hands or on a washcloth, wash, rinse. Keep it on a draining soap dish between showers — a bar that dries out between uses lasts about twice as long.
Why ours is different: cold process, cured eight full weeks, cut and wrapped by hand. We build on grass-fed beef tallow instead of the palm oil most "natural" soap is made with — it makes a harder, longer-lasting bar, and it's the same tallow that goes into everything else we make. Small batches, made by our family in Ohio.
Ingredients:
Grass-fed beef tallow, coconut oil, castor oil, kokum butter, water, sodium hydroxide, sodium lactate, sugar, kaolin clay, calcium bentonite clay, benzoin resin, and a blend of pure essential oils — cedarwood, frankincense, may chang, vetiver, and eucalyptus.
FDA Compliant Version:
Tallow, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Seed Butter, Aqua (Water), Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Lactate, Sucrose, Kaolin, Bentonite, Styrax Benzoin Resin Extract, Cedrus Atlantica (Cedarwood) Bark Oil, Boswellia Carterii (Frankincense) Oil, Litsea Cubeba (May Chang) Fruit Oil, Vetiveria Zizanoides (Vetiver) Root Oil, Eucalyptus Globulus (Eucalyptus) Leaf Oil.
Yes, there's lye in soap. There's no lye left in soap — sodium hydroxide is what turns fat into soap, and it's used up doing it. Every bar ever made works this way.
Twelve things go into this bar. You can pronounce most of them.
It's Just Soap, Guy is a cold process bar built on grass-fed beef tallow, coconut oil, castor oil, and kokum butter — fats that clean without stripping. Kaolin and calcium bentonite clay give it slip and a creamy lather, and benzoin resin anchors the scent. No palm oil, no fragrance oil, no synthetic lather boosters, no dye, no glitter, no chart explaining your skin type.
Made for: everybody in the house — face, hands, and the shower after a long day outside. Short ingredient list, on purpose. Fewer ingredients means fewer things to react to, which matters if you've spent time squinting at the back of a body wash bottle wondering which of the forty-one items is the problem.
Feel & scent: a hard bar with a creamy lather that lasts in the dish. The scent is cedarwood, frankincense, may chang, vetiver, and eucalyptus — woodsmoke and damp earth with a bright citrus edge and a cold snap underneath. Nature's network of nothing extra.
How to use: lather in your hands or on a washcloth, wash, rinse. Keep it on a draining soap dish between showers — a bar that dries out between uses lasts about twice as long.
Why ours is different: cold process, cured eight full weeks, cut and wrapped by hand. We build on grass-fed beef tallow instead of the palm oil most "natural" soap is made with — it makes a harder, longer-lasting bar, and it's the same tallow that goes into everything else we make. Small batches, made by our family in Ohio.
Ingredients:
Grass-fed beef tallow, coconut oil, castor oil, kokum butter, water, sodium hydroxide, sodium lactate, sugar, kaolin clay, calcium bentonite clay, benzoin resin, and a blend of pure essential oils — cedarwood, frankincense, may chang, vetiver, and eucalyptus.
FDA Compliant Version:
Tallow, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Seed Butter, Aqua (Water), Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Lactate, Sucrose, Kaolin, Bentonite, Styrax Benzoin Resin Extract, Cedrus Atlantica (Cedarwood) Bark Oil, Boswellia Carterii (Frankincense) Oil, Litsea Cubeba (May Chang) Fruit Oil, Vetiveria Zizanoides (Vetiver) Root Oil, Eucalyptus Globulus (Eucalyptus) Leaf Oil.
Yes, there's lye in soap. There's no lye left in soap — sodium hydroxide is what turns fat into soap, and it's used up doing it. Every bar ever made works this way.
For best results:
- Warm a small amount between your fingertips — a little goes a long way.
- Apply to clean, slightly damp skin for deeper absorption.
- Use on face, hands, elbows, heels, or anywhere that needs extra moisture.
- Use morning and night, or as needed throughout the day.
Tip: Start with a pea-sized amount. Tallow is concentrated — you need less than you think.
- Grass-Fed Beef Tallow — Rich in fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E & K. Closely matches your skin's natural fatty acid profile.
- Chaga Mushroom — Antioxidant-rich botanical that supports a healthy, even-looking complexion.
- Reishi Mushroom — Time-tested in herbal tradition. Helps skin appear calm and balanced.
- Jojoba Oil — Lightweight, absorbs easily. Helps maintain moisture without clogging pores.
- Shea & Mango Butter — Deeply nourishing plant butters that soften and protect.
- Beeswax — Natural barrier ingredient to lock in moisture.
We list every ingredient. Nothing hidden, nothing you can't look up.
- Free shipping on all orders over $50
- Orders ship within 1–3 business days from Ohio
- Shipped via USPS First Class or Priority Mail
- Not happy with your order? Contact us — we're real people and we'll make it right.
Every Jar, Small-Batch Fresh
We make in small runs so nothing sits in a warehouse. What you order is freshly made — not sitting on a shelf for six months.
Ingredients You Can Read
Our ingredient lists are short on purpose. If you can't pronounce it, it's not in here. Tallow, oils, botanicals — that's it.
Made by Real People in Ohio
A family business, not a warehouse operation. We make it ourselves and stand behind every batch. Questions? We actually answer.