OCEAN · Tallow Magnesium · The Water Element
Wrecked all day. Wide awake at eleven.
Tight shoulders. Restless legs. A jaw you can't unclench and a head that won't switch off. More than a third of Australian adults aren't getting enough magnesium, and it shows up at night. Here's the part almost nobody tells you: skin is the best way to take magnesium in. Swallowed, it has to survive your stomach acid and whatever your gut decides to pass on. Through skin it goes straight in, which is exactly how your body has taken minerals from the sea for as long as there have been humans and oceans. That's what OCEAN is. Magnesium and Australian sea salt carried in grass-fed tallow, so your skin can do what it does best.
Why nothing you've tried has stuck
Your body is running on an empty tank.
Magnesium sits behind hundreds of processes in the body: muscle function, nerve signalling, energy production, and the shift down a gear that lets you fall asleep. Most of us are running low. And the oldest fix in the world is the ocean, a swim, a soak, a week at the coast, because sea water is loaded with exactly these minerals and skin is how your body takes them in. That's the whole design. The problem is the other 360 days of the year.
- Magnesium tablets that upset your stomach before they touch your sleep
- Sprays and oils that sting, itch, and dry to a chalky film
- Epsom baths that work beautifully, if you have forty spare minutes
- Night creams that sit on the surface and do nothing for the tension underneath
Here's the part most magnesium products skip: how it gets in decides how much you get.
Swallow it and stomach acid breaks much of it down before your gut ever passes it on. Skin is the better route by a distance. It just needs a carrier your skin welcomes, and that's where sprays and oils fall down.
The OCEAN difference
Magnesium, carried in the one fat your skin already recognises.
Tallow is close in structure to sebum, the oil your own skin makes. That's why it sinks in rather than sitting on top, and why it works so well as a carrier. We infuse it with magnesium chloride, Australian sea salt and whole-plant lavender, then pour it by hand in Yamba. One jar for your skin and your nervous system.
- Magnesium chloride, one of the most soluble forms, delivered the way your body absorbs it best: through skin, not gut.
- Carried in sebum-similar tallow that absorbs deeply and leaves no greasy film.
- Australian sea salt and lavender, minerals and whole-plant botanicals, not fragrance oils.
- Built for the evening, the moment your body is meant to shift down a gear.
OCEAN | Tallow Magnesium, the Water element.
The evidence
What the research actually says about magnesium.
We'd rather show you the work than shout at you. Here's the published research on magnesium, sleep and skin that sits behind the jar.
It runs more of you than you think
Magnesium is a required cofactor in over 300 enzyme systems, including muscle and nerve function, energy production and blood pressure regulation.
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, Magnesium fact sheet. ods.od.nih.gov
More than a third of us fall short
In 2023 the ABS found 35.9% of Australian adults didn't meet their magnesium requirement from food and drink. Highest of all in men over 75.
ABS, Usual nutrient intakes, 2023. abs.gov.au
Eight weeks, five things moved
46 older adults with insomnia took magnesium or placebo daily. Every marker above shifted significantly in the magnesium group.
Abbasi B, et al. J Res Med Sci, 2012. Read the trial
Pooled across the trials
People fell asleep about 17 minutes sooner than on placebo. And that's from oral dosing, where much of the magnesium never makes it past the gut.
Mah J, Pitre T. BMC Complement Med Ther, 2021. Read the review
Sea minerals, on real skin
One forearm soaked in magnesium-rich sea salt solution, the other in tap water, for six weeks. The salt arm won on all four measures.
Proksch E, et al. Int J Dermatol, 2005. Read the abstract
Straight through the skin
Serum magnesium measured before and after 14 days. It rose in the cream group and not in the placebo group. Applied to skin, magnesium gets in.
Kass L, et al. PLOS ONE, 2017. Read the study
And here's what we're not claiming
None of these studies were conducted on OCEAN. They're research on magnesium and on sea minerals, and we're sharing them so you can judge the ingredient for yourself rather than take our word for it.
OCEAN is a moisturiser made to support your skin and your evening ritual. It is not a medicine, it doesn't treat any condition, and it doesn't replace advice from your doctor.
- National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. Magnesium: fact sheet for health professionals. Bethesda, MD.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics. Usual nutrient intakes, 2023. Canberra: ABS, 2026.
- Abbasi B, Kimiagar M, Sadeghniiat K, et al. The effect of magnesium supplementation on primary insomnia in elderly: a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. J Res Med Sci. 2012;17(12):1161–9.
- Mah J, Pitre T. Oral magnesium supplementation for insomnia in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2021;21:125.
- Proksch E, Nissen HP, Bremgartner M, Urquhart C. Bathing in a magnesium-rich Dead Sea salt solution improves skin barrier function, enhances skin hydration, and reduces inflammation in atopic dry skin. Int J Dermatol. 2005;44(2):151–7.
- Kass L, Rosanoff A, Tanner A, et al. Effect of transdermal magnesium cream on serum and urinary magnesium levels in humans: a pilot study. PLOS ONE. 2017;12(4):e0174817.
Five ingredients. Nothing else.
Read the label. It won't take long.
No fillers, no preservatives, no synthetic fragrance. Five whole ingredients, each doing one job, in a base your skin has recognised for as long as humans have had skin.
100% Grass-fed tallow
Biologically similar to sebum, your skin's own oil. It moisturises deeply and carries the magnesium in with it. Sourced from ethical Australian farms.
Magnesium chloride
The reason you reach for the jar at night. Magnesium supports muscle function, nervous system function and restful sleep.
Australian sea salt
Rich in sodium, calcium and potassium. Helps balance oil production and leaves skin feeling clean and comfortable rather than stripped.
Jojoba oil
Another wax ester close to sebum, rich in vitamin E, B vitamins, antioxidants and trace minerals. Organic, from a family-run QLD farm.
Lavender
An organic whole-plant infusion, not an essential oil dropped in at the end. Calming on the skin, and the scent that tells your body the day is finished. Gentle, creamy, never perfumed.
Your evening ritual
Two minutes, last thing at night.
A pea-sized amount is all you need. Warm it between your palms and massage it in slowly, wherever the day has collected: the soles of your feet, calves, shoulders, the back of your neck, or across your face as a night cream.
- Feet and calves first if sleep is what you're after. It's the traditional place to apply magnesium before bed.
- Massage until it disappears, a little goes a long way and it absorbs without a greasy film.
- Use it on tight or tired areas after training, after a long day standing, or across the abdomen.
- Pair it with the affirmation on every jar: I am Calm, Relaxed, Abundant.
What to expect
From the first night.
Softer skin, slower breathing
Skin feels instantly comforted and cushioned. The lavender does its quiet work while you massage it in.
Less tension where you hold it
Customers most often mention shoulders, calves and feet, and waking up feeling like they actually rested.
Calmer, more comfortable skin
Dry, rough and reactive patches settle. Skin looks more even and feels less like it's fighting you.
A ritual you don't skip
By now most people have stopped thinking of it as skincare. It's just what happens before bed.
Honest answers
The questions we get every week.
Does magnesium really absorb through skin?
Yes, and skin is the best way to take it in. This is the route your body has always used: it's what happens every time you swim in the sea or soak in salt water, and it's a large part of why a week at the coast leaves you sleeping like a rock. Taken orally, magnesium has to get past stomach acid and through your gut, and much of it never reaches your bloodstream. Applied to skin it goes in directly, no digestion involved. What matters then is the carrier, and that's where we've done our work. Tallow is biologically similar to your own sebum, so it carries the magnesium in with it rather than leaving it to dry on the surface the way a spray or a magnesium oil does.
Why not just take a magnesium tablet?
Plenty of people do, but a tablet has to survive your stomach first. Magnesium is broken down by stomach acid and filtered by your gut, so far less of it makes it into your bloodstream than the label suggests, and for a lot of people the higher doses cause digestive upset before they cause better sleep. Through skin, none of that is in the way. You're also getting two things from the one jar rather than one: the magnesium and the tallow. Your skin is fed and your nervous system is supported at the same time, which a tablet can't do.
Will it sting like magnesium sprays do?
No. That tingle or itch people describe with magnesium oil comes from a concentrated salt solution drying on bare skin. Here the magnesium sits in a nourishing tallow base, so it goes on like a luxurious rich balm.
Is it safe for sensitive or reactive skin?
It's made with sensitive skin in mind: bio-compatible ingredients, no preservatives, no synthetic fragrance, no harsh actives. As with anything new, patch test a small area first.
Will it feel heavy or greasy?
Not if you use a little. The texture is rich and silky and melts as it warms, then absorbs gradually. Customers describe it as luxurious rather than oily. If you're prone to greasy textures, start with less than you think you need.
What does it smell like?
Gentle and creamy lavender, from a whole-plant infusion rather than added fragrance. There's a faint natural tallow note underneath. Most people find it barely noticeable and quite calming.
Morning or night?
Night is what it's built for. Use it as your evening face and body moisturiser, or target the areas that need it. You can absolutely use it in the morning too, it just does its best work as part of slowing down for the day.
One cream. Your skin and your nervous system.
Instead of a body moisturiser, a night cream, a magnesium spray and a tub of Epsom salts, OCEAN is one hand-poured jar for the whole evening ritual. Five whole ingredients, nothing else.
The Myoko Guarantee
"We don't sell skincare, we deliver results. When you commit to your regimen, we commit to its result. If your skin isn't responding as you'd hoped, we will pair you with one of our specialists who will see it through with you, personally, until we've found the formula your skin was made for."Myoko Embodied
Real stories, real skin
The jar people repurchase.
"I have tried numerous tallow brands but rate this one the highest. It has a creamy, luxurious feel that other tallows don't have. My favourite is the magnesium tallow (Ocean), as I use it at night and feel that it supports deep sleep. I feel great about the simplicity and integrity of the products."
"Have purchased Ocean several times now. I absolutely love it. Beautiful quality. Love the silky feel and the magnesium relaxes and feels so soothing. Thanks for creating it!"
"I have wildly sensitive skin, but I've had no irritation from my Ocean Tallow. It makes my skin feel super soft and it definitely looks more glowy when I wake up. A small amount is all you need."
Hand-poured in small batches
Bring the ocean home tonight.
Every jar of OCEAN is rendered, infused and poured by hand in small Yamba batches, so when it sells out it takes a little time to return. If it's in stock today, it's ready for you now.
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100% Grass fed & finished tallow
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Luxurious silky texture, absorbs quickly
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Whole-plant infusions for sensitive skin
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Handmade In Yamba NSW Australia
OCEAN | Tallow Magnesium Cream
Representing the water element, OCEAN is crafted to embody the minerals and energy of the sea.
A deeply nourishing moisturiser blending 100% grass-fed tallow and magnesium chloride to support skin health and overall vitality.
Formulated with lavender and Australian sea salt, this soothing cream helps create a sense of ease and grounding, making it a beautiful addition to your daily skincare and self-care rituals. Customers love it for its gentle, restorative feel on the skin.
Good for: Daily face and body moisturiser, night-time cream, topical magnesium support, skin nourishment, calming rituals, and relaxation.
