Through the process of building a homestead, Jaden and Skylee started to really think about everything that they consumed. “Where is our food from?” “What are the ingredients in our body care?” “How are our clothes made?” were just a few of their questions. 

In their search of trying to find out, they found companies keeping secrets, hiding the truth and trying to trick their customers, especially in the body care industry. They realized that if they wanted transparency and traceable, clean ingredients, they we're going to have to make it. 

 And one day, as Skylee looked at the abundance of goat milk they had, it clicked.

 "We're going to make soap!"

After making their first few batches of goat milk soap they were hooked, they could make the best soap they had ever used without fragrance, preservatives and chemicals, so why were they in other products?

They decided they wouldn’t use anything unless they made it, deodorant, shampoo, plastic luffas and everything else in their off-grid shower house got thrown out. 

After removing all of their toxic products form their routine and only using their goat milk soap, things started to change. Skylee’s skin that had been riddled with acne and scarring for 7 years, finally began to clear up. 

They knew they had to share this with others. And to make the best products they needed to be traceable, and sourced as close to home as possible. That’s when Jaden decided beef tallow was going to be their primary ingredient. 

Since then they’ve developed relationships with local farms and ranches in Montana where they source all of their beef tallow, raw honey and emu oil.

They had a vision for their skincare company that was more than just skincare products. They wanted their business model to support American manufacturing, and to preserve the dying local agriculture idustry, and thats how Rocky Mountain Traders was born.