A dad, a 9-year-old boss, 23 batches.
Our story.
I'm Bobby. My son Vito is 9, and he's the boss.
Talo Malo started with a mole, a midnight search and a lot of failed batches in our living room. Here's how.
I'm Bobby. My son Vito is 9, and he's the boss.
Talo Malo started with a mole, a midnight search and a lot of failed batches in our living room.
The whole story, in 60 seconds.
Real footage of the actual living room, tester number one and the first proper jars. Plus a fair bit of Vito.
The captions are built in, so sound's optional.
It started with a mole.
A few years ago I had a cancerous mole removed from my face. I was lucky.
Funny thing? I'd never used a moisturiser in my life. So I bought loads. Eleven of them.
And ironically, they were full of rubbish. Every tub said “natural” on the front, then had the same long list on the back.
Vito picked one up and asked, “Dad… what even is all this?” I couldn't answer him.
A few years ago I had a cancerous mole removed from my face. I was lucky.
I'd never used a moisturiser in my life, so I bought loads. They were full of rubbish.
Vito asked, “Dad… what even is all this?” I couldn't answer him.
If a 9-year-old can’t understand it, it’s probably bollocks.
Midnight. Living room.
So I found tallow. On my phone. At midnight.
I tried other tallow balms. Good idea, not quite there. I wanted to know exactly what went in mine.
And this isn't an “I started it in my kitchen” story. I started it in my living room, with three rules:
- Don't smell like a cow.
- Don't sit on your skin like cling film.
- Build it around the oil your skin already makes.
Batch twenty-three.
Vito did his homework. Your skin's own oil, sebum, is mostly fats, squalene and wax esters. So that's what we built it around.
Then came the batches. Smelled like a cow. Binned it. Whipped it. Binned that too. Until Vito sniffed batch 23 and said, “That one!”
Four ingredients. Nothing I can't explain.
- Grass-fed beef tallow, for the fats.
- Olive squalane, for the squalene.
- Golden Jojoba Oil, for the wax esters.
- Candelilla wax, to hold it all together.
From our sofa to Clydebank, Scotland.
First testers? Friends, family, and anyone who stopped to pet Tamatoa, our dog.
Now every jar is made in small batches in our own unit in Clydebank, Scotland, close enough to keep an eye on every one. My sofa's very relieved.
First testers? Friends, family, and anyone who stopped to pet Tamatoa, our dog.
Now it's made in small batches in our own unit in Clydebank, Scotland. My sofa's very relieved.
The promise.
Only four ingredients
Grass-fed beef tallow, olive squalane, Golden Jojoba Oil and candelilla wax. That's the whole list.
No added fragrance
Nothing added to The Original to make it smell. What you smell is just the balm.
No industrial seed oils
No cheap filler oils bulking it out.
Poured, not whipped
A firm balm that melts as you rub it in. No air pumped in to fill the jar.
Bad fat. Good skin.
Start with The Original.
Vito named it Talo Malo: “bad tallow”. Bad fat. Good skin.
We're starting with one jar, The Original. Try one jar for 60 days. Don't love it? Send it back and we'll refund it.
Vito would like you to know: you're welcome.
Vito named it Talo Malo: “bad tallow”. Bad fat. Good skin.
Try one jar for 60 days. Don't love it? Send it back and we'll refund it.
The Original. Made with grass-fed beef tallow. No faff.
