INGREDIENT
Why We Use Olive Oil
A 4,000-year-old skincare staple — and a core ingredient in nearly every Tau Tau formula
One of the oldest skin-care ingredients in continuous human use — and one of the most studied
Extra virgin olive oil has been used in skincare for over 4,000 years. Modern science has confirmed what Mediterranean cultures intuited: olive oil is one of the most skin-compatible plant oils available, rich in antioxidants, skin-calming compounds, and skin-identical lipids.
What olive oil does for your skin
- Deep hydration — absorbs into the skin rather than sitting on top
- Polyphenols and squalene — natural antioxidants that help defend skin from everyday environmental stress
- Vitamin E — supports the skin barrier and calms the look of redness
- Skin-calming — a gentle choice for redness-prone, reactive skin
- Gentle on delicate skin — gentle enough for newborns and infants
Why olive oil for babies
Olive oil is one of the few plant oils long used in gentle infant skincare. Its gentle, non-irritating profile and vitamin E content make it a longtime favorite for diaper-rash days, cradle cap, and dry baby skin. That's why it's a core ingredient in Baby Whip — Tau Tau Skin's gentlest formula.
Why we source organic, cold-pressed
Conventional olive oil can be cut with cheaper seed oils, processed with heat or solvents, and stored in conditions that oxidize the polyphenols that make it beneficial. Tau Tau Skin uses only organic, cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil — preserving the antioxidants, vitamins, and fatty-acid integrity that make it work in skincare.
Olive oil + tallow
Pairing olive oil with grass-fed tallow creates a moisturizer that's both rich in saturated lipids (tallow) and rich in antioxidants and squalene (olive oil) — covering the moisturizing and protective sides of skincare in one simple formula.
Shop olive-oil-formulated skincare
- Baby Whip — gentle 4-ingredient tallow + olive oil + jojoba + beeswax baby moisturizer