My sophomore year of college I took a class called "Healthy Aging." In this class, we were tasked with looking up our products in our homes on an ingredient decoder website. I was shocked! I had no idea the products I was putting on my body everyday contained such harsh chemicals. I feel as though this was when my eyes were first opened to how the skincare & cosmetic industry has led us all astray.

Since that day, walking down the skincare aisle would never be the same for one main reason: I started reading labels. I challenge you to go to a drug store and pick up any product off the shelf and read the ingredients. How many of them can you pronounce? How many of them contain strange chemicals? I'm sure it will make you feel as defeated & betrayed as it did me when I first started.

My biggest challenge was my acne & dry skin. I have tried all of the things from prescription topicals to drug store remedies. I even tried antibiotics at one point! I was fed up and needed something that would work. I vividly remember learning about tallow for the first time on a podcast. I remember thinking "wow, I can make that!"

In an attempt to put cleaner things on my body that are recognizable and to save a few bucks, I started making my own products centered around tallow. My dad called me his mad scientist as I created all kinds of recipes from cold process soap, to lip balms, to tallow cream, to deodorant, and even dry shampoo. Initially, I made all of these things just for myself until I friends and family became interested and tried some too. I soon realized that other women deserved cleaner products as well. Therefore, I present to you “Simply Pioneer” where my passion for natural living and creating things intertwine. It stems from my love for doing things the old-fashioned way, like the pioneers did.