Ingredients with Integrity
Pure Ingredients. Honest Sourcing. Real Midwest Tallow Skincare.
At Nefertem, we start with ingredients that are natural, sustainable, and sourced from companies that value people, land, and integrity.
Our goal is simple, use the cleanest ingredients possible and never compromise on quality.
Our Ingredient Standards
Every ingredient we use meets strict criteria.
- 100% natural.
- 90% organic.
- Zero artificial ingredients.
- Trusted suppliers who prioritize ethics over profit.
- Materials chosen for purity, potency, and real skin benefit.
We partner with farmers, herbalists, and small producers who share our belief that quality begins at the source.
The Heart of our Formulas
Grass Fed Tallow
Our signature ingredient.
Hand rendered, triple filtered, and cured in house from suet sourced from three Midwest family farms raising grass fed, grass finished, antibiotic free cattle.
Tallow is naturally rich in vitamins A, D, and K, antioxidants, CLA, and skin compatible fatty acids that nourish and hydrate.
It mirrors the structure of human sebum and supports healthy skin at every age.
Unrefined Plant Butters and Oils
We use only raw, nutrient rich oils and butters because refined versions lose their natural vitamins and protective compounds.
We use:
- Raw organic shea butter
- Virgin organic coconut oil
- Extra virgin organic olive oil
- Organic golden jojoba oil
- Organic castor oil
- Organic neem oil
- Non GMO vitamin E oil
These plant oils support moisture balance, barrier repair, and overall skin health without clogging pores or causing irritation.
Herbs, Clays, and Natural Colorants
We source herbs and natural powders from suppliers who prioritize sustainability and land stewardship.
Used across our formulas:
- Organic roots like turmeric
- Organic herbs like calendula and white willow bark
- Organic powdered herbs like madder root and indigo
- Organic algae like Spirulina
- Organic Activated Charcoal from Coconut Shells
- Raw mineral clays like french green clay and kaolin clay
These ingredients contribute to the natural color, soothing properties, and antioxidant profile of our products.
Pure Essential Oils
We use GCMS tested essential oils from trusted producers around the world.
Some come from countries without organic certification, but all meet strict purity standards.
Essential oils carry natural aromatic, emotional, and topical benefits that synthetic fragrances cannot provide.
WHY WE DO THINGS THE SLOW WAY
Many brands take shortcuts with refined oils, synthetic preservatives, artificial colors, or pre made bases.
We do the opposite.
- We render all our tallow by hand.
- We triple filter and cure it ourselves.
- We craft every batch in small quantities.
- We choose raw, unrefined, unadulterated ingredients.
- We avoid anything that does not serve the skin.
This takes more time, but it creates skincare that carries the richness and integrity of traditional methods.
WHAT YOU WILL NEVER FIND IN OUR PRODUCTS
We keep our formulas pure and straightforward.
You will never see:
- Parabens
- Phthalates
- Synthetic fragrances
- SLS or SLES
- PEGs
- Petroleum ingredients
- Micas or synthetic colorants
- Alcohol
- Artificial preservatives
- Titanium dioxide
- Formaldehyde
- Harsh surfactants
Your skin deserves ingredients that nourish, not compromise your health.
WHY OUR INGREDIENTS MATTER
At Nefertem, every ingredient tells a story of quality, sustainability, and care.
From Midwest farms to global herb producers, we choose partners who honor the earth and produce materials the right way.
The result is skincare you can trust, crafted with the same attention we give to products for our own family.
Clean ingredients, traditional methods, and integrity in every jar.
This is what sets Nefertem apart.
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TALLOW?
Explore the full benefits of tallow on our Why Tallow page.
Discover our Quality Promise to see how we source, test, and select every ingredient with care.
See How We Make Our Tallow to watch the whole process from grass-fed beef suet to pure tallow ready for skincare.
These three pages together give you a complete picture of why tallow is such a powerful ingredient and how we make it the way we do.
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