To make an anti aging face cream, I like to make whipped tallow balm and add the Soft Skin Synergy from Plant Therapy. That essential oil blend is full of anti aging essential oils with amazing skin benefits. Combine it with the nutrients in grass fed tallow, and you have something truly wonderful!

For general, daily, adult use, an essential oil dilution of 1 % is best. That’s what I go with when I make my tallow balm. For babies, I tend to avoid essential oils in most cases. However, if I need to help something like diaper rash heal, I will do a very gentle dilution. 0.25% is usually a good dilution for babies. I also make very sure to only use baby safe essential oils for those times. Struggling with acne? The unique nutrient blend and antimicrobial properties of tallow soothe and heal even deep, cystic acne. Tallow from cows eating only grass has the highest amount of skin loving nutrients. When looking for beef fat to make tallow balm, look for fat from 100% grass fed beef. You can render the tallow from beef fat yourself, or use already rendered tallow.You can make tallow balm in a solid form, or you can whip it. The solid form lasts the longest, since no air incorporated. The whipped form is the easiest to use, since it is light and fluffy, a lot like whipped cream. The whipped form is my personal favorite. Get my tallow lotion bar recipe here. How to make tallow balm instructions

Vitamin E has also been shown to prevent the breakdown of collagen. In one study from 2012, published in Dermato Endocrinology, the authors found that the intake of natural vitamin E products helps against collagen cross-linking and lipid peroxidation, which are linked to skin aging. We use non-nano zinc as the basis for our sun protection and this is a mineral that works to deflect the rays of the sun. Tallow is known for its high oleic, palmitic, and stearic acid concentrations. Beef tallow has higher concentrations of palmitic acid, while mutton leads with more oleic and stearic acid and we believe to be better for skin health. Composition of Fatty-Acids in Tallow

This is unlike the chemicals used in mainstream lotions which work through a chemical reaction of absorbing the rays of the sun when they hit your skin. Tallow balm is a nourishing and natural skin moisturizer with the main ingredient being tallow or beef fat. Because tallow is a solid at room temperature, another liquid oil (we prefer olive oil) is added to the tallow to give tallow balm a texture better suited for easy application on skin. While it may sound funny to promote the wonders of applying beef fat to skin, tallow for skincare has actually been used throughout history. Tallow skin balms can be used as a daily body cream for everyone: babies, men and women, for face, lips and all the body, too. Another way I love to use tallow is as a deep conditioning treatment for my hair. Read all about how I use tallow for hair here.