My Story

Hi, I'm Sophie, a lifelong misfit and thrill-seeking veteran who quit my six-figure corporate job to take on homesteading, healing, and helping others experience the radiant skin of their dreams.

Part-Korean, part-Appalachian, and a black sheep wherever I go, ginseng has been core to my identity here in rural Kentucky. Ginseng also happens to be a longstanding traditional medicine in Korea.

After learning what’s actually in most commercial skincare items, I cured my eczema through my own homemade skincare products... and make some extra for all of you.

I apply my skills from West Point, the Army, Wharton, and McKinsey to spending hundreds of hours perfecting my recipes for the most pure, potent, and natural ginseng and tallow skincare products.

Outside of my kitchen laboratory, I've summited Everest, hold the Guinness World Record for the ‘Fastest Marathon in Full Military Uniform,’ and my birds have won 1st and 2nd place Poultry ribbons at the Kentucky State Fair. I'm also a Falconer—treating, training, and releasing wild red-tailed hawks in my spare time.

seoul + soil is delighted to be the first and only tallow company to include ginseng in its ingredients.