Our Story
This brand exists because simple ingredients worked when nothing else could.
A note from James, founder of True Origin.
How I got here
In 2018 and 2019 I landed in the ER three times with pancreatitis, then had my gallbladder removed. During recovery I broke out in a severe full-body rash that resisted everything, steroids and prescriptions included, for more than a year. It covered my back, my arms, my hands. No one ever gave me a diagnosis. What I was living with was an undiagnosed autoimmune condition.
2018
Finding tallow
After the medical route came up empty, I found tallow through online research communities and started making my own. Nothing else had given me relief. Tallow did. I was amazed. I was in tears.
Relief
This is my personal experience. Individual results vary. True Origin products are cosmetics, not medical treatments, and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. We do not guarantee results.
Why True Origin Exists
Minimal ingredients, taken seriously.
I built True Origin for people looking for minimally processed skincare without petroleum-based or heavily synthetic ingredients. The Deep Hydration Whip pairs regeneratively raised tallow with castor, meadowfoam, and squalane, and leaves out essential oils, synthetic preservatives, and retinoids on purpose.
What I want for you is simple: relief that comes from what goes in the jar, not from a longer ingredient list.
What Guides Us
A team with a goal.
Regenerative ingredients
Everything starts with clean ingredients and sourcing that improves the land it comes from.
Radical transparency
We tell you what is in the jar and what is not, and why each choice was made.
Made for reactive skin
Formulated from the start for pregnancy, postpartum, and skin that reacts to everything else.
Where it is on the shelf now
Online, every jar ships from Utah. In person, it is stocked at the clinics below, and this list grows as practices come on board.
Pioneer Comprehensive Medical
Integrative medicine clinic
- Draper 12433 S Fort St, Draper, UT 84020 Direct Nutrition dispensary inside the clinic
FIKA Infusion + Wellness
IV therapy and wellness clinics
- Millcreek 3142 S Highland Dr, Ste B5, Salt Lake City, UT 84106 Retail shelf
- Woods Cross 2440 S Main St, Ste 1A, Woods Cross, UT 84087 Retail shelf
- Lehi 2455 W Executive Pkwy, Lehi, UT 84043 Second floor, inside Brick Canvas
- Kimball Junction 6622 N Landmark Dr, Ste B-117, Park City, UT 84098 Retail shelf
Clinics and stores are named here with their agreement.