Our Story

Hey beautiful people, my name is Shai and I am a single mama of 2 glorious children.

I have always had a big background in hospitality; always working in & around food/beverage & retail outlets. I still do! When I am not playing with the kids or creating TALLOW, you'll find me at the local winery or serving coffee from a food van.

I've always loved the local farmer's market community atmosphere & began selling crystals (geology being another passion) in 2020 which really kicked off my interest in sourcing natural, organic and homemade products from the locals.

Leading into now, I began the journey of making tallow skincare after I'd purchased some interstate to help with my generally dry skin & then passing it forward to my sister who has eczema. I had said to her ''take this for 3 solid weeks''. Low and behold, after 3 days, my sister's facial eczema had completed cleared and healed and thus started my passion & interest in tallows health properties.

Going forward... MamaDuck came about through at an intuitive time of future venture options over a hot cup of cacao in my favourite mug. Tallow making became a no brainer from there as the ease of sourcing local grassfed beef fat was stupendously simple & satisfying! Knowing the local butcher would ultimately have to throw the fat into landfill as no other options for repurpose had come about was a swift kick forward & now we are here!

Now Tallow moisturiser is a staple in our home; having helped soothe my son's 'mijjy' bites, a rash, a vapour rub base (adding eucalyptus & teatree oil) when we all had the flu, a deeply hydrating hair mask & just that all round amazing moisturiser that it is! I truly believe that there is no end to the amazing benefits that tallow skincare brings & I wish you all too, the benefit of feeling & seeing this magic yourself.

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