Small-batch Boerseep & other tallow soaps, crafted the old-fashioned way.
Simple ingredients that are kind to your skin and your home.
I'm Kara – wellness chef, hydration specialist and yoga teacher, but most importantly a mother.
My journey into holistic and natural living started when I began paying closer attention to what I was allowing in my environment, on my skin, and in my mouth. After years of autoimmune disease, chronic health issues and infertility, I mananged to heal through yoga and simpler, natural, low tox and more honest holistic way of life. Through this journey and in each life phase, I have learnt how to make, grow and nurture a more balanced holistic way of life and I want to share this with a like-minded community.
Now I craft small-batch Boerseep and other tallow skinfood using traditional methods and ingredients I trust. It's become a quiet passion – making something useful with my hands that's good for skin, gentle on the planet, and free from anything unnecessary. Looking to bulk order and become a stockist? Get in touch!
I also offer hydration & water technology distribution and bespoke yoga for those wanting to live in true health and find healing through movement and yoga.
Handmade soaps and gentle movement, made with care.
I make small-batch soaps using traditional methods and simple, skin-loving ingredients.
From Whole-Home Boerseep, a traditional South African all-purpose soap that handles everything from laundry to dishes, to Calendula Tallow Soap made with grass-fed tallow and calendula flowers for sensitive or dry skin.
Every batch is made fresh, by hand and cured for 4-6 weeks.
Hydration is one of the most overlooked foundations of whole-body wellness, and after years of searching for natural ways to support my family’s health, I finally found a product and a business that genuinely aligns with what I believe in. Electrolyzed reduced water enahances hydration. It is clean, living water that’s been ionized with active molecular hydrogen – a tiny, potent antioxidant molecule your body can actually use.
I offer private yoga sessions for small groups, special occasions, or anyone wanting one-on-one guidance in Cape Town & the Winelands. Movement can be healing and truely nourshing, bringing true wellness to your life. Get in touch to chat about what would work for you.
What goes on your skin matters. Here's why we make soap the traditional way.
No long ingredient lists or confusing chemicals. Just simple, trusted ingredients like tallow, oils, and botanicals. If you can't pronounce it, it's not in there.
Commercial soaps often strip your skin with harsh and often unnatural ingredients. Traditional soaps clean without drying you out, leaving skin feeling nourished.
Handmade soap is biodegradable and comes with minimal packaging for the health of our planet. It's a small shift that makes a real difference over time.
Boerseep isn't just for washing hands. Use it for laundry, dishes, cleaning surfaces, or even as a stain remover. Simple and practical.
Here's what people are saying after making the switch.
Browse my handmade soaps and find one that works for your home. All orders are handled through my WhatsApp catalogue – easy to browse, easy to order.