Pretty Like the Moon
Celestial skincare brand that blends ancestral wisdom with modern science to deliver radiant, balanced skin.
Rooted in simplicity and efficacy, our flagship product, Moonbutter, is an opulent facial moisturizer crafted with organic beef tallow and a blend of nourishing botanicals like calendula, seabuckthorn, and frankincense.
Designed for all skin types—including sensitive, acne-prone, and rosacea-affected skin—Moonbutter supports barrier repair, while reducing inflammation and bringing the skin into balance.
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Ingredients
A rich tallow base meets a blend of skin loving essential oils. The result: a light, buttery facial moisturizer that brings the glow without throwing your skin out of balance.
Plays well with
Actives
Natural skincare made for a modern routine, Moonbutter is an easy complement to retinoids, acids and active serums.
Balancing for
All Skin Types
Tallow mimics the skin's natural sebum, making it balancing for oily, dry, sensitive and acne prone skin.
Moonbutter
Key Ingredients
Organic beef tallow
Nutrient dense and deeply harmonizing, Tallow—sourced from premium grass-fed beef fat—is your skin’s fairy godmother. The tallow in Moon Butter delivers unparalleled nourishment, brimming with vitamins A, D, E, and K, while its rich fatty acid profile supports natural collagen production. With its potent anti-inflammatory properties and ability to balance sebum production, Tallow is the perfect ally for sensitive or acne-prone skin, offering a transformative blend of care and restoration.
African Shea Butter
Intensely nourishing, it softens the skin, reduces inflammation, and enhances elasticity while aiding in the healing of dry or damaged areas
Calendula
Calendula is known for its soothing, anti-inflammatory, and healing properties. It helps calm irritated or sensitive skin, supports wound healing, and can reduce redness and swelling. Rich in antioxidants, calendula also promotes collagen production and protects the skin from environmental stressors.
Castor Oil
Deeply hydrating, it helps lock in moisture and supports skin regeneration. It’s also naturally antibacterial, which can aid in clearing blemishes
Blackseed Oil
Rich in antioxidants and fatty acids, it soothes inflammation, reduces redness, and can help balance oily or acne-prone skin.
Seabuckthorn
High in vitamins C and E, it promotes healing, boosts collagen, and helps repair the skin barrier while improving overall tone and texture.
Sicilian Olive Oil
Moisturizes deeply with healthy fats and antioxidants, protecting against dryness and environmental damage
Essential Oil Blend
A proprietary blend of powerful botanical oils known for their calming and skin-rejuvenating properties. Moonbutter feature lavender to sooth sensitive skin, blue tansy to reduce redness and inflammation and frankincense to support cell regeneration. .
Frequent Asks
Does moonbutter smell like beef?
Signature moonbutter has a potent blend of essential oils selected specifically for their skin benefits-- that also give the cream a rich, floral scent. Unscented moon butter smells more clean and earthy, with a slight sweetness from the shea. Neither smell like beef.
Is there a vegetarian version?
No but we may create a comparable, shea based product in the future.
What skin types is moonbutter best for?
One of the reasons that tallow is such an amazing skincare ingredient is that it closely mimics the skin's sebum, bringing it back into balance. For this reason, we are comfortable toting moonbutter as suitable for all skintypes; it will balance sebum production for oily skin, and bring a hit of hydration to dry skin.
There are so many tallow creams available- why moonbutter?
The ingredients. We researched the top tallow brands and found that the ingredients used in moonbutter far exceed that of any of our competitors. View our ingredient breakdown here.
What is your return policy?
Try it and return within 14 days for a full refund.