Our journey started with a simple desire: to create a business that glorifies God. While searching for a natural remedy for my eczema, I discovered tallow.

From a young age, I always had mild to moderate eczema, calamine lotion was used daily. During high school, it went away, but when I turned 18, it returned. For the past 10 years, I have dealt with persistent eczema. I have tried everything from steroid creams to changing my diet. While my diet helped internally, I needed an external solution for my dry and sensitive skin. When I heard about tallow, I felt I had nothing to lose by trying one more remedy.

I’ve always loved making things myself, so I found the best regenerative farm in Virginia and bought suet. I rendered it at home, that it even awoke my poor grandmother from her sleep. But the end result was worth it—a beautiful, white, fluffy cream. When I applied it to my eczema, I felt instant relief. The inflammation and redness had soothed, and by the next day, it was 50% healed. At that moment, I knew I had discovered something incredible that I wanted to share with the world.

However, I needed to be sure this was God’s will. I prayed sincerely, asking for His guidance. That night, I had a dream my uncle visited me and said, “I hear you are starting a tallow business…” When I woke up, I cried happy tears, I felt a profound sense of peace and knew that God had answered me!

With His blessing, Refined Beauty was born. We’re dedicated to offering natural, effective skincare solutions, created with love and guided by faith right from our Home. 

May you find as much joy and healing in our products as we do in creating them for you.

xoxo Lexus Irizarry