Our Story

seoul + soil hails from the imagination of Sophie, a lifelong misfit and thrill-seeking veteran who quit her 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 she goes, ginseng has been core to Sophie’s identity in rural Kentucky. Ginseng also happens to be a longstanding traditional medicine in Korea.

Sophie cured her eczema through her homemade skincare products, after learning what’s actually in most commercial skincare items.

She now applies her skills from West Point, the Army, Wharton, and McKinsey to spending hundreds of hours perfecting her recipes for the most pure, potent, and natural ginseng and tallow skincare products for everyone.

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

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