Tallow Balm Recipe & Tutorial
Join me as I share with you a simple recipe that will take your skin care to the next level!
Learn about the benefits grass-fed beef tallow has to offer your skin. Trust me, your skin will thank you.
Tallow Balm Recipe & Tutorial
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Allow me to introduce you to my absolutely favorite product for skin care tallow balm. Don’t worry if you aren’t familiar with the benefits of tallow. I'll be sharing those with you right away. Trust me there are many & you’ll be glad to know them.
Perhaps you’re finding the idea of using tallow for skincare to be well, foreign & weird, at least that’s how I felt the first time I came across the idea. It was something I cooked with & was loving using it in that way, but on my face?
Let’s answer a few questions & I invite you to come up with your own conclusions as to if this is something you would want to add to your skin & body care regime. You will be able to use this balm as it is, whipped up so it’s nice, fluffy & light or you can use it as a base for so many different products like a whipped body butter which is what I am going to be bringing you next week.
What is tallow balm?
It is a mixture of rendered beef fat & oil. The oil softens the tallow & makes it more pliable as well as adding some added benefits which I’ll also be sharing with you on this post.
From personal experience I’ve found such an improvement to my skin's condition since using it. I’ve noticed less redness, dryness & breakouts. As someone who used to spend what I now consider to be an embarrassingly large amount of money on my skin care, this is better. Better on the pocket book & better regarding I know exactly what is in it. It’s important to me to decrease the toxic load my body has to deal with & changing my skincare has helped my overall health improve.
So many products that claim to be natural but still have ingredients that you can’t pronounce & PEG products that disrupt your hormones. By making your own products you can know exactly what you‘re getting & can allow that to give you a new level of peace of mind. You can use this balm on even the most sensitive of skin.
What are the benefits of tallow for the skin?
It is non-comedogenic which means it will not clog your pores. In fact you can use tallow balm as a face cleanser by doing something called oil cleansing. Like attracts like which means the oil in tallow will attract the oils on your face, think about how a magnet works.
It provides nourishment & relief for eczema, psoriasis, sensitive or dry skin. One thing to keep in mind though is while it will provide comfort & relief for eczema or psoriasis it is not going to address the underlying reason you have those skin conditions in the first place.
Tallow has a similar biology & composition to our skin! This is the reason why tallow loves the skin & the skin loves tallow. Not only that it contains several key vitamins that are essential to skin health & nourishment.
Vitamin A- helps stimulate collages to reduce fine lines & wrinkles, improves skin elasticity
Vitamin D- decreases skin inflammation
Vitamin E- antioxidant helps prevent free radical damage, promotes wound healing & improves the skin
Vitamin K- improves skin elasticity, improves stretch marks, dark spots & promotes wound healing.
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is found in grass fed tallow. CLA has anti inflammatory properties & can help support the immune system
Oleic acid: helps skin stay soft & flexible by creating a layer of fatty acids on the skin. Helps regenerate skin cells.
Stearic acid: protects the skin barrier. Sebum which are the oily secretions of the sebaceous glands is approx. 11% stearic acid. It can soften the skin, reduces flaking & itching
Alpha linoleic & linoleic acid- omega 3 & 6 fatty acids maintain the structure & barrier function of the skin.
Palmitoleic acid: one of the basic building blocks of our skin
Palmitic acid: helps with the skin’s barrier function but it does decrease as we age.
Tallow Balm Recipe & Tutorial
Since tallow balm is a mixture of tallow & oil let’s talk about a few of the different oils you could use. I prefer to use infused oils which you can learn about HERE & HERE.
You are free to use whatever oil you prefer, here are a few that I like to use & why
Avocado oil
Contains Omega 3 fatty acids
Rich in Vitamin A, D & E
Relieves inflammation & redness from psoriasis & eczema
Works as an acne treatment
Accelerates wound healing due to essential fatty acids & oleic acid
Olive oil
Combo of monounsaturated fats
Rich in vitamins A, D, E & K → These all aid in decreasing oxidative stress on the skin which could lead to accelerated skin aging.
Antioxidants can reduce the signs of aging & combat oxidative stress associated with skin aging.
Can increase collagen in the skin
Linked to improved skin moisturization, anti-aging & relief from sun damage
Promotes wound healing → anti-inflammatory & anti-microbial properties
Jojoba oil
Humectant → Attracts water to the top layer of the skin, healing the skin and staying hydrated.
Antibacterial, antimicrobial & antifungal properties.
Vitamin E, B complex, copper & zinc
Vitamin E works as an antioxidant helping fight oxidative stress caused by everyday exposure to pollutants
Non Comedogenic & won’t clog pores
Can help control sebum production due to the fact it is so similar to the sebum our bodies produce naturally
Hypoallergenic because at a molecular level jojoba oil is a wax not an oil
Contains oleic acid & arachidonic acid which can aid in the growth & repair of tissues
Recipe
1 cup of tallow
¼ cup of oil of your choice
48 drops of essential oil (optional)
Melt the tallow in a double boiler
Add oil & stir until combined
Add essential oils if using
Next we have a couple options based on what you want to do next:
If using as it is
Pour liquid into a glass jar or container
Allow to solidify before you use it
If you want to whip it up & create a whipped tallow balm
pour the liquid balm into a glass or metal bowl
place in the refrigerator to solidify
whip with hand mixer for 3-5 minutes minimum until you reach the desired consistency
If using as a base for future body products
Pour contents into a storage jar
Come back & see next week’s post on making whipped body butter
Comment down below & let me know what you are going to do with your tallow balm? Are you going to leave it solid, whip it up or use it as a base for other skin & body care products?
Watch the video & tutorial HERE!