Yorba Linda, California

Built for
the grind.Made clean.

Grass-fed tallow skincare and recovery washes for fighters, lifters, and anyone who puts their body through it. No synthetic junk, every ingredient earns its place.

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PrimeGuard, Protect Your Hide
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The Standard

If it doesn't earn its place, it doesn't make the cut.

PrimeGuard started because I wanted a natural alternative for my skin. I already optimize everything else, my training, diet, gut health, sleep, recovery, stress, and hydration. So why not my skin? It's part of my body, and it's constantly absorbing whatever I put on it.

I couldn't find a clean option built for how hard I train, so I built one. Every formula starts with real, naturally-derived ingredients, grass-fed tallow, plant oils, and clean botanicals, made by hand in small batches. Never churned out on an industrial line that cuts corners for margin.

My skin gets the same standard as everything else I put into my health. If an ingredient doesn't benefit it, it doesn't make the cut.

Always Free From
No Parabens
No Sulfates (SLS & SLES)
No Synthetic Fragrances
No Phthalates
No Silicones
No Synthetic Dyes
Made in California Small Batches
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The Belief

Nature, backed by science,
made for people, not margins.

Big industrial brands chase profit and cut corners, betting you won't read the label. PrimeGuard is the other direction: small-batch products made with care, built on the idea that nature, used intelligently, can keep us at our best. No endocrine-disrupting additives, no synthetic shortcuts. Just clean formulas from a small business that would rather build something good for its community than squeeze a margin out of it.

Nature + Science

We're fascinated by what clean, naturally-derived ingredients can do when they're chosen carefully and measured with intent.

Nothing You Don't Want

No synthetic fillers, no endocrine-disrupting additives, if it doesn't belong on your skin, it doesn't go in the formula.

Small-Batch, On Purpose

Made in small runs, not on an industrial line. A new wave of production that puts people and quality ahead of profit.

The Arsenal

Gear for every part of the grind.

From the mat to the trail to daily recovery, clean formulas built around what your body actually needs.

RecoveryArctic Plunge Body Wash

Arctic Plunge Body Wash

A cooling, plant-based recovery wash. Peppermint and eucalyptus for that cold-plunge finish after the session.

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SkinSkin Defense Arctic Pine Tallow Balm

Skin Defense · Arctic Pine

A grass-fed tallow balm with tea tree, Manuka 40+, and pine. Built for anyone who puts their skin through it.

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SkinVelvet Gold Deep Repair

Velvet Gold Deep Repair

Our richest balm. Calendula, sea buckthorn, and a calming lavender-sandalwood finish for dry, weather-beaten skin.

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OutdoorInsect Defense Balm

Insect Defense Balm

A grass-fed tallow balm with citronella, lemongrass, and cedarwood. DEET-free, plastic-free, made for outside.

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SkinMineral Daily Moisturizer

Mineral Daily Moisturizer

A mineral-rich daily moisturizer built on non-nano zinc oxide in a grass-fed tallow and mango butter base.

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OutdoorTrail Mist

Trail Mist

A DEET-free spray with cedarwood, lemon eucalyptus, and geranium. Clean botanicals for the trail.

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Canyon
Zest

Canyon Zest Shampoo

A plant-based wash for hair and scalp, avocado and rosehip with a bright bergamot, cardamom, and lemongrass blend. Restocking soon.

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Best Value
The Recovery Kit
Arctic Plunge + Skin Defense
The Kit

The Recovery Kit.

The post-training one-two punch: wash off the session, then protect the skin. Our two athlete staples, together, and the only way to get the travel-friendly 8 oz wash.

01

Arctic Plunge Body Wash, 8 oz

Cooling, plant-based recovery wash. Peppermint and eucalyptus for that cold-plunge finish.

02

Skin Defense · Arctic Pine

Grass-fed tallow balm with tea tree, Manuka 40+, and pine. Built for anyone who puts their skin through it.

The 8 oz wash is exclusive to this kit
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The Science

Nature does the work. We just respect it.

Clean doesn't mean weak. Every ingredient is chosen for what it actually brings to the formula, sourced organic and cold-pressed wherever it can be. Here's the thinking behind the staples.

Grass-Fed Beef Tallow

The Hero Base

Tallow's fat profile is remarkably close to the natural oils in human skin, so it absorbs and conditions in a way many plant-only balms can't. We use grass-fed, richer in naturally-occurring nutrients than grain-fed. It's the foundation under everything we pour.

Cold-Pressed Oils

Why The Method Matters

Heat and chemical extraction strip oils of the delicate compounds that make them worth using. Cold-pressing keeps avocado, jojoba, rosehip, and sea buckthorn intact, so the oil you get is the oil nature made, not a degraded version of it.

Manuka 40+ & Botanicals

Potency, Not Filler

Our Manuka is High Triketone 40+ from New Zealand's East Cape, one of the most concentrated grades available, not a watered-down commodity oil. Tea tree, pine, cedar, and neem round out blends chosen for the demands of training and the outdoors.

Nothing You Don't Want

What We Leave Out

No synthetic fillers, no parabens, no phthalates, no endocrine-disrupting additives padding the jar. Plant-derived glucoside cleansers instead of harsh detergents. If an ingredient is only there to cut cost or bulk up volume, it doesn't make the cut.

Built by an athlete with 20+ years on the mat, because performance, recovery, and healthy skin aren't separate things. Every ingredient earns its place.

Why PrimeGuard

No shortcuts. No fillers. No apologies.

01

Real Ingredients

Grass-fed tallow, unrefined butters, and pure essential oils. Nothing synthetic, nothing you can't pronounce.

02

Small-Batch Made

Hand-poured in small batches in Yorba Linda, California. Obsessively measured, never mass-produced.

03

Built for the Grind

Made by an athlete with 20+ years in combat sports, tested on the mat and the trail before it reaches you.

PrimeGuard Organics

Every ingredient
earns its place.

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The Newsletter

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Cutting-edge health science for people who train, written by a 20+ year combat athlete who chases down the research before it trends. No hype, no supplement-bro nonsense. Just what actually moves the needle, in plain English.

  • The latest science on recovery, performance & longevity
  • Myths busted with real, peer-reviewed studies
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Issue 001

The One Letter Holding You Back

Nearly half of us are low on it, and most have no idea it's draining their energy and mood. Here's the science, and the free fix.

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