Lipidology is a family-run skincare company based in Toronto. We source beef suet directly from small Canadian farms; cattle raised on grass, without hormones or industrial feed. We know the farmers. We know the cows. We render and handcraft every product ourselves.
Our products are made from grass fed beef tallow. We render the suet ourselves and filter it slowly until it's scent-free. The supporting ingredients (oils, beeswax, essential oils) come from suppliers with fairtrade, or sustainability certifications, picked case by case rather than by a single label.
Lipidology skincare is formulated with simple, skin-friendly ingredients. Best sellers include face/body balms, soap and lip balm. Lipidology beef tallow is rich in naturally occurring fatty acids and vitamins A, B, D, E, and K — the kind of nourishment conventional moisturizers try to replicate in a lab. Every product is handcrafted from scratch in small batches in Toronto.
Background
Lipidology began in 2019 in a Toronto kitchen. We were looking for an alternative to conventional cosmetics for ourselves. When we started using tallow skincare back then, we could only find companies producing it in the US. So we started making it ourselves from tallow we got from a local butcher shop.
But the pre-rendered tallow off the shelf had a strong smell, so we started rendering our own using low heat and a special filtration process. We went looking for small Canadian farms that raised cattle in a traditional way, on grass, without hormones, in operations small enough to verify practices themselves. Some of those farms are certified organic. Others are beyond-organic, regenerative, or hormone-free without a formal certification. We pick each supplier by what they actually do, not by whether they've paid for a label.
Today Lipidology ships across Canada and the US. Every batch is still made by hand, in small runs, from suet we've picked ourselves.
Mission, vision and values
Our mission is simple: make honest skincare from ingredients you can trace. We make products we use on ourselves and share with our family and friends. We use tallow we render ourselves, Canadian beeswax, and sustainable carrier oils and essential oils. Nothing synthetic, nothing we can't name, nothing we wouldn't put on ourselves.
QUESTIONS?
Contact us now using our contact page or email us at info@lipidology.ca.