Easy Homemade Whipped Tallow Balm Recipe

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This easy whipped tallow recipe makes a beautiful all natural balm or lotion that is great for all skin types.  Made with just a couple of ingredients and a hand mixer, this tallow body butter is so easy to make yourself that you’ll never have to buy it again.  This versatile product works all over your body and is excellent for prevention against cracked hands and feet in the wintertime, as a tallow face cream to help fight aging, and for deep hydration on any of your skin.  

Your skin is the largest organ in your body, and it’s important not to put any synthetic chemicals or toxic ingredients on your skin as they will be absorbed into your body.  This is why using an all-natural grass-fed tallow is so important for your skin health.  Great for sensitive skin, tallow has been known to help with things like eczema, psoriasis, and other skin disorders.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Simple and easy – basic ingredients melted together and then whipped create this basic whipped tallow you’re gonna love
• Healthy – made with all edible ingredients and no preservatives, it will help protect your skin in the summer and also keep it from cracking in cold weather during the winter months
• Long shelf life – properly rendered tallow does not need to be refrigerated, so this whipped tallow naturally has a long shelf life
• Flexible recipe – add different essential oils to make many different fragrance profiles to fit your mood

Health Benefits Of Tallow

Beef tallow is just clarified beef fat that has been rendered down to a pure state.  It can be used to replace any oil or fat in cooking and baking, and makes wonderful skin care products.  It is a fat that is similar to the oil on human skin.  This is one reason why it’s so beneficial to use on your skin, because it mimics the skin’s natural oils.  Loaded with essential fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins that will nourish your skin, this edible fat makes an excellent base for your skincare routine.  It can be made into balms, salves, lotions, lip balms, and soaps quite easily and with minimal effort.  It acts as a natural protective barrier for your skin against direct sunlight, all while adding nourishment to your body that you won’t find in other synthetic ingredients.

Grass-fed beef tallow is preferred for making skincare products, but if all you can get is regular corn fed tallow from your local butcher, it will still be much healthier for you than any synthetic or artificial ingredients you could put on your skin.

Tips

If the tallow balm isn’t turning into a frosting like consistency after being whipped, just put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes and continue whipping it. I like to use the stick blender first to make it extra creamy and then finish it off with my hand mixer.

Use whatever kind of essential oil combinations you’d like to get your favorite scent.

Ingredients

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How to Make This Whipped Tallow Recipe

Combine all ingredients except for the essential in a small saucepan and melt slowly over a low heat. 

Once melted, add the essential oils of your choice and mix well.

Allow to solidify at room temperature for at least an hour, or to make it solidify faster you can put it into the refrigerator.

Then using the immersion blender whip the tallow mixture until it looks like whipped cream.  

Gently spoon it into a jar or small container.

Add a label if desired.

Store in a cool dark place like your bathroom cupboard or drawer.

Apply to skin using circular motions 

This tallow balm makes a great gift, especially when given along with a tallow candle, tallow soaps, and tallow lip balm. 

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