When I first started this journey, My Neighbor’s Tallow was never meant to be a brand. It was a balm made in my kitchen, a solution for my daughter’s eczema, and a love letter to the ancestral practices I was learning to trust again.

The name came naturally rooted in community, in neighborly exchange when a neighbor had an emergency surgery and i dropped some off for her new gnarly wound, and in the single ingredient that changed everything for us: tallow.

But over time, as our product offerings grew and our community deepened, something started to shift. We weren’t just about tallow anymore. 

We were making vegan products too. Our cold-pressed olive oil soaps from Olive groves in Sonoma, our jojoba- and sea buckthorn-rich serums, our upcoming belly and hair oils—all crafted with the same intention and integrity, just without animal fat. We were listening to what our neighbors needed and expanding thoughtfully, without compromising our roots. 

So we’ve decided to evolve with that growth.

We’re dropping the “Tallow” from the name and becoming simply My Neighbor’s.

This small change reflects something bigger: our commitment to serving a wider range of skin needs and preferences while still honoring the land, the farms, and the slow, sustainable processes that built our brand.

We still work with our Hudson Valley farm partners to source the most nutrient-rich, regeneratively raised tallow. We still render by hand, in small batches, and we will always cherish the skin-healing power of traditional fats.

But we also believe in plant-based healing. In olive oil pressed from California groves. In blue tansy from morocco and rosehips. In wild foraged nettle and calendula grown down the road.

My Neighbor’s reflects a fuller expression of who we are becoming a skincare company that draws on both animal and plant wisdom, and invites everyone into the fold.

Whether you came to us for the tallow, the simplicity, the regenerative values, or because you got a jar as a gift and fell in love with it. We’re so glad you’re here. And we’re just getting started.

With love and gratitude,
Harri