Sometime last year I stumbled across this really neat blog entry about the benefits of using beef tallow on the skin—especially for aging skin. Over the months I’ve mentioned it to readers who have tried it, and reported back with positive results, so I thought it was about time I whip up a beef tallow balm for mature skin and gift it to my mum & grandma and see what they thought.
This beef tallow balm benefits from the addition of another awesome anti-aging, healing oil—rosehip. Rosehip oil is also a drying oil (which means it sinks in really quickly), so it helps balance the slower absorption of the beef tallow. Rosehip oil is high in “vitamin E, vitamin A and essential fatty acids which promotes collagen and elastin levels to increase and assists with cell regeneration. It promotes healthy skin and, can be used to treat burns, sunburns, wrinkles, stretch marks and eczema” (source). All in all, a great choice to pair with the beef tallow.
Lastly, a bit of beeswax ensures a good texture, and a blend of anti-aging essential oils gives the final balm a boost in the scent department. My grandma loved it 🙂
Tallow Balm for Mature Skin
35g | 1.23oz beef tallow
10g | 0.35oz rosehip oil
4g | 0.14oz beeswax (USA / Canada)10 drops carrot seed essential oil
5 drops frankincense essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops chamomile essential oilMelt the beef tallow, rosehip oil, and beeswax together in a small saucepan over medium heat.
Remove from the heat and stir in the essential oils. Decant into a 2oz/60mL tin or jar.
To use, massage into your face before going to bed.
This looks wonderful Marie, I want to try it too!
Be sure to let me know if you do—I’d love to hear how it works for you 🙂
Marie, is there any other EOs that can be used I. This? I have some, but not all of the ones mentioned. I’m not sure when I will be able to the the ones I don’t have.
One other question; can tallow be used alone? I have an almost full 50 pound box of tallow. I have used some to make soap out of, but I have at least 40 pounds still sealed up.
You can really use any EOs you like, Deborah—I just chose these ones as they’re known to be good for anti-aging 🙂 And you can use the tallow straight, it’s just that it’s a bit firm at room temperature here, so the liquid oils help soften it a little as well as adding some extra punch.
Excellent, I want to make this balm for my mom too! Definitely going to try this. :]
♡ Dulce
Awesome! Let me know how it goes 🙂
Thanks so much for this recipe! I just love tallow on my face! I bought some, but now am going to make my own! Thanks so much. I have mature skin, but with breakouts. It is wonderful stuff! I will try the oils you suggest. Right now my tallow has geranium e.o. and another one with lavender. I feel the geranium was a great choice. It smells much better than the lavender does when mixed with tallow! (FYI)
You’re very welcome, Lori 🙂 I’m thrilled to hear you’re already in love with tallow balm—enjoy your DIY version!
I read this blog entry too about using tallow. So I tried it! And unfortunately for me, I just couldn’t get past the tallow ‘smell’. My dog followed me and licked me (my legs) the whole time! LOL
It happened to me! exactly as you say, in my case it was with ants, but there must be a remedy for that, would you tell me if you find it? Lol
I rendered my own tallow. I put chopped tallow in the pot with water and let it come to a boil. I then let it cool completely. The tallow will be solid and rise to the top and the water is on the bottom. I take it out then repeat the process 3-5 times, The impurities stay in the water, You will notice that as you do this several times the water will be cleaner. This really makes it super clean and gets rid of the smell for me. One time I left it on the stove and it boiled over. Made a huge mess. But I noticed that as the tallow cooled it had a palm oil texture and no bad smell.
Hope this helps. Tallow is such a great product for skin care and even better when you use it from grassfed beef.
Rendering it multiple times is a great idea, Inna! I’ve never tried it as I use tallow primarily for soap, where it’s mixed with many other things, but this is a great tip when using it for something like a cream 🙂
Hi Ina- I have tallow that came out grainy and sort of smelly and want to try rendering it multiple times using your method. The only problem is that I have already added essential oils and olive oil. Do you think I can boil it still or do I need to start over with fresh tallow?
Hey Jessica! You can try re-rendering it, but you will lose the essential oils (they’ll be destroyed by all the heat), and you’ll need to cool it in the fridge so the olive oil will solidify, allowing you to separate the fats from the water 🙂 This would definitely be better to try with fresh tallow, but if you have a lot of the olive oil/tallow mixture I can definitely understand wanting to save it.
I’ve heard from other readers that rendering the tallow with a chopped potato can help (you toss the potato afterwards). Let me know if you try it!
Hi Marie, just read your tip about rendering tallow with a chopped potato to get rid of the smell. Is that in dry or wet rendering?
Wet—I think you’d just end up with some nice fried potatoes otherwise 🙂
Ha, so funny! I bet your dog misses the tallow legs 🙁 😛
My dog too! I think HE things I smell like a steak! 😉
This may be the first true skin cream I try. Thank you.
Enjoy it & let me know how it works for you!
Marie I love your blog, it’s a pity that where I live I can’t get all the ingredients you use in your products. I have made tallow balm before but ants and other insects were after it, my question is, is there a way to stop the smell and be safe?
Honestly, I’d store it in the fridge. If you live somewhere warm enough for ants to be a problem it should soften up enough to use fairly quickly 🙂
I wonder if emu oil would work in place of tallow?
Emu oil is pretty different from tallow in terms of fatty acid make-up, so other than their both being animal derived, I wouldn’t consider them as having much in common. Emu oil is also substantially more expensive, so I’d stick with the tallow.
When I read this I had emu oil on hand but no tallow so I made a batch substituting emu oil. I have NEVER in my adult life had good skin so I was delighted to see it become noticeably softer and more luminous in less than a week. In the meantime I rendered some tallow and made a second batch, expecting even more fabulous results. To my surprise, my face broke out like a teenager’s (even though I am in my 60s) and started to look blotchy.
I am guessing that emu oil may work better FOR SOME PEOPLE like me, who still have an oily T-zone, since it is a combination of saturated and unsaturated fat and oleic acid (which has anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties).
How very interesting, Mary—what a great experiment, however unintentional 😉 Emu oil has been lauded for its anti-acne properties as well as healing and regeneration, so it isn’t a surprise it worked wonders on your skin 🙂
Yes — and I am using the tallow balm on my neck, chest and hands, so I am getting the benefit of both.
Fantastic! Now that it’s been a few weeks, have you noticed any changes?
Hello Marie,
Would you please explain what tallow actually is?
Thank you,
Madelyn
For this recipe, tallow is the rendered fat from cows, but in general it can also be the rendered fat of sheep and goats. You can generally get it as a cast-off from your butcher for quite cheap, and render it yourself easily 🙂
The tallow ingredient has me stalled as well. I think I read somewhere that Palm Oil is some type of tallow. Can that be used instead? Or could you suggest another substitution?
For the purposes of this recipe, tallow is the rendered down fat of cows, but the term can also apply to rendered fat from mutton and goats 🙂 For this recipe you really do need to use the animal product as that’s the whole point—the lipid composition is so close to that of our own skin that it’s especially beneficial.
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Hi, Tallow is actually beef fat that has been rendered (cooked). You can do the rendering yourself, but it may smell. I think people used to do this outside all the time when they butchered. I think they cooked with it. I think they used the pig’s fat for soap making. If you want to buy it already done, it is best if you get it from a place where they grass fed their cows. I saw some for sale at US Wellness Meats. They sell a 1.7 lb. bucket for 11.99 not sure if you are in USA, but this will give you an idea of the cost. It would make a good supply of face cream! You can keep it in the freezer till you need it. Then I also saw they sell lamb tallow. I thought the term meant it was only from beef, but I guess not. Anyway, I bought some face cream from tallow on the internet to see if I would like it, and I love it! It is great stuff. I think I will make my own next time to save money. Hope this answers your questions.
I don’t find the smell to be too bad, and that’s coming from a vegetarian who dislikes cooking meat smells for the most part. It just smells like simmering ground beef, really. The final product generally smells fine as well—maybe a wee bit meat-like, but it certainly isn’t overpowering.
Don’t forget that tallow also makes beautiful soap, so you don’t have to resign yourself to a lifetime of tallow face cream if you buy a bucket of it, lol!
Tallow can come from beef, lamb, deer, goat, and pretty much any wild game. I’ve only seen the term ‘lard’ used for pig fat.
Traditionally tallow was just cattle & mutton fat, but that definition seems to have expanded since then. A butcher once told me it’s specifically the fat from in & around the internal organs, but that doesn’t seem to be a commonly agreed-upon thing. But yes, lard, as far as I know, is only ever pig fat.
Marie I was wondering if you render your own tallow or purchase it?
I purchase tallow trimmings from the butcher (or get them for free, depending on how the butcher is feeling, haha), and then render it down into pure tallow myself 🙂
You can buy tallow from U.S. Wellness Meats if you don’t want to clean it yourself. =)
http://www.grasslandbeef.com/StoreFront.bok?affId=107574
This recipe sounds awesome and I plan to try it. Thank you! =)
Thanks, Susan! It’s great to have more suppliers to recommend 🙂
Hi Marie,
I bought some grass fed tallow and I absolutely love it!! I melted it down and added rose hip oil, lavender oil, pure argan oil, and jojoba oil because I normally use these oils on my face with fantastic results. However, when the product hardened back up, it became harder then it was prior to adding the oils and its a bit dry, not creamy. I’m considering melting it back down and maybe adding olive oil or grape seed maybe? A bit confused here….Help!!!
Thank you!
Madelyn
Hi Madelyn! That is very strange indeed. What can you tell me about how much of each oil you used, your process, and the storage of the final concoction?
Hi Marie,
It’s about 4 oz of product, stored in a glass jar. I actually was trying to change the awful scent without changing the consistency too much and also adding the same oils I use on a daily basis to cut a step out of my daily routine. The oils come in a dropper form, so about 10 drops of both Rosehip and Lavender, and 1 tsp of Argan and 1 tsp of jojoba. I’m not sure how adding oils made this harden up after it cooled!!
Hmmm. Something else you might try for the smell (on a rather different note) is rendering it multiple times, and tossing in a roughly chopped potato (which supposedly absorbs impurities and stink). Multiple renders might help nix the scent issue in the future.
Okay, so I took the hardened tallow/oil mixture and ran it through my food processor. It whipped up beautifully!! However, still a bit chalky when I put it on….any suggestions????
Thanks, Marie!
Madelyn
Hmm, odd. Was the tallow chalky to start with? Have you tried gently melting the mixture down? Does the chalkiness melt away once it’s been on your skin for a minute?
Hi Marie,
The tallow wasn’t chalky, it was a really nice cream. Maybe I made it chalky by overheating it? when it is cold outside, the product will get hard and chalky (which does melt into skin once pushed in). If it’s warm out, it’s soft and a lot creamier. I ordered more tallow, I won’t mess with the next batch!
Thanks,
Madelyn
I could see that the heating might make it grainy… perhaps try gently melting it, pouring it into your container, and popping it straight in the freezer to set up? If that helps, booyah. If not, nothing’s lost.
Nice suggestion on the EOs. I made a tallow balm for my mom and myself but used argan oil as the oil to soften it. It was AMAZING! I’d highly recommend it if you make another batch for your mom and grandmother. I’ll have to add rosehip to my next order and give it a whirl. Thanks for yet another lovely suggestion.
Oooh, lovely! I’m a huge fan of argan oil, so it won’t take much to convince me to try that 🙂 Thanks for reading & DIYing with me!
Marie,
I’m interested in adding some sun protection to my tallow for daily use. Do you think zinc oxide would blend well with a tallow formula? I love the tallow on my face, neck, and arms while I go for walks during the day, but I’m in California and it’s HOT! I do envy your Canadian weather!
Thank you,
Madelyn
Hi Madelyn! I never, ever recommend DIY sun protection, just like I don’t recommend DIY antibiotics, and here’s why.
And if you envy our weather, I will happily trade with you 🙂 You can shovel a foot of snow off my sidewalk in -40°C weather while I bask in the sun on your porch 😉
Marie,
I do LOVE playing in the snow! 🙂
So, I’ve been using tallow for about 1 month now and I’m noticing a bit of congestion along my hairline and some on my chin and cheeks. My skin is dry and I don’t feel the formula is too rich. Would you suggest I add maybe some tea tree oil or some other antibacterial eo??
Thanks for the advice!
Madelyn
Hmm. Have you tried adding a weekly clay face mask to your routine? That would be my first suggestion. Clay masks are fantastic for clearing out congested pores, deep cleaning the skin, and doing a bit of light exfoliation. I insist on doing one every week, and they are just amazing 🙂 Otherwise you might also consider using the tallow balm only at night, and using an argan oil serum in the morning. Hope that helps!
Marie,
I tried your Homemade Facial Mask, I absolutely love it!! I love the raw honey, can’t find bee propolis, but it felt nice. Thank you!
Madelyn
Fantastic! I’m sure you’ll be hooked on clay in no time 😉 My mom & I did a mask on Friday and just this morning she was telling me how wonderful her skin feels.
Does 40 count as, “mature?” 🙂
I whipped up this recipe on my 40th birthday as a kind of personal joke to myself, and OMG, I love it!! I have been using an lovely oil mixture of argan, emu, rosehip, and carrot seed for a few years now, but there is something about this one that I really love.
I have been using it for about 6 weeks in combination with your yucca clay face wash, and have had 3 unprovoked compliments on my skin, two of them by total strangers! Happy 40th to me!!
Marie, you might be a stranger, but you are one of my favorite strangers!! 🙂
P.S. The dog comments cracked me up. Same thing happened to me. I rendered my tallow 3 times. The beagle was disappointed.
Ha! And I’d definitely say 40 doesn’t count as mature—I have far too many friends and coworkers that are around 40 and still act like children on occasion 😛 I’m so thrilled you’re enjoying this balm so much, and that strangers are noticing the effects 🙂 Thanks so much for reading & DIYing with me!
Hi Marie. What consistency did your balm turned out? Because i have to scrape it with the finger nail. Maybe i need to omit beeswax? Do you know if beeswax at this proportion can clog pores?
So far I really like this balm. Thank you very much for another great recipe.
I remember my mom used to put tallow on her face and hands and I would say gross, turns out mom knows better 🙂
Mine was firm, but usable. I initially made it without the beeswax, but it was far too soft then. I’d start with half the amount of beeswax and see what you think—it’s quite a strong thickener, so half might work out perfectly for you 🙂
Neither my mum or grandma reported any pore-clogging from this formula.
Thanks for reading & enjoy your balm!
Thanks for your suggestion Marie. I’ve made another batch of the balm with only 2 g of beeswax and it turned out to be perfect consistency ( for me), easy spreadable and not runny.
Love it even more now 🙂
And I used tamanu oil instead of rosehip, so let’s see how it’s gonna work on my combination skin.
Fantastic! And isn’t tamanu oil awesome? It’s like antibacterial lotion from nature 🙂
So I’m a convert. Lemme get that out of the way. I really like tallow balm, but I LOVE the whipped tallow body butter I make with tallow and olive oil.
My only concern is that my face now fries when I’m out in the sun. I don’t exactly have the whitest skin as I’d be black by American standards and well, I live in South Africa.
I’ve never had a problem with burning, either. My body loves the balm and body butter; my face, not so much. Thoughts?
Hi Joy-Mari! I’m so thrilled you’re loving tallow! Do you wear sunscreen under your tallow? How about a hat?
When you were formulating this recipe did you do much experimenting with different eos? I was planning on going with a floral blend, but my tallow smells strongly of bacon! Thoughts??
Hey! I didn’t fuss too much with the EOs for this one, but if your tallow smells really meaty, you should try re-rendering it with more water and a chopped potato. That way you should smell less like a roast 😉
Marie have you made body butters/lotions with tallow, or do you find its best to stick with non-water recipes?
I haven’t used tallow with water yet, but I can’t think of any reasons not to 🙂 Just be sure your tallow is nice and clean!
Hi Marie,
Yesterday I followed your directions and rendered a nice big batch of home-grown tallow (my girlfriend has a small farm and after a recent kill, got her butcher to save me a nice big bag of lamb fat). I double rendered it, with potato added on the second go-around, and it is pretty much scent-free. I’m probably going to do it a 3rd time, just to make it completely scent-free. Like you, I didn’t find the rendering smell offensive.
Anyway, I’m really looking forward to using my lovely fresh lamb-tallow in some soaps as well as this recipe (my gf has rather dry skin, so what better way of saying thanks for the tallow). I don’t have any rosehip oil at the moment, so was wondering what you’d recommend as an alternative. On hand, I have jojoba, hempseed, sweet almond, and the usual suspects Olive, sunflower etc. Would any of these work?
Thanks again for your wonderfully inspirational blog.
Cheers,
Matt
Hi Matt! Congrats on your score of home-grown sheep tallow, that’s fantastic! Hempseed and jojoba would be good alternatives for rosehip since your girlfriend has dry skin 🙂
Would love to try this recipe, but can’t get around the tallow. What substitute would you recommend?
Hi Penny! As a general rule of thumb, if a recipe consists primarily of one ingredient, as is named after that ingredient, it is best not to replace it 🙂 The tallow is the powerhouse of this recipe because it is tallow, there’s really no substitute. It’s like trying to make applesauce without any apples!
Well, I finally found tallow! I’ve had this recipe on my mind for a while now and now that I’ve found a man who sells tallow, it’s on my to do quick list!
Can’t wait to make soap with it too! And then compare lard soap to tallow. Yay! Comparing things!
Woohoo! You are quite the expert at sourcing ingredients 🙂
What do you think about substituting blue chamomile for regular chamomile. Also, looking forward to the book!
Hi Melody! All true chamomile is blue (or can be, depends on the batch) so… yes (I’m not sure what chamomile you’re talking about, basically)? Roman (Anthemis nobilis L) or German (Matricaria chamomilla L) chamomile are both fine for this recipe.
I made this this morning and tried a little left in the bowl. It’s wonderful! I did change the frankincense to sandalwood because I love it and didn’t have frankincense. It’s is going to be perfect for my skin this winter. Between cold outside air and dry, heated inside air; a rich cream is necessary. Thank you for sharing your recipes.
OOooh, lovely 🙂 I heartily agree about this dry weather, it was -15°C or so this morning an I am not amused :/ I look forward to hearing how it works out in the long term!
I’ve happily used my balm for a few days now. It hardened a little more than was easy to use, so I gently remelted and added more rosehip oil. It’s still firm, but melts in easier. It’s a lovely, moisturizing bit of awesome! My skin is very happy and I expect compliments on my skin to start rolling in. It’s perfect for ” not twenties anymore” or dry skin!
Oh, wonderful! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it so far 🙂 Huzzah! 😛
I’ve been making my own tallow balm for a few years now. I’ve made various versions … rosehip oil, olive oil, avocado oil, etc. but my absolute fave is made w/marula oil with some essential oils thrown in. If I could find a great source of neroli oil, I would try that next. I use it for everything; face, hands, body, feet, cuticles, have even used it in my hair! I love when a product is not only effective but also multi-use with no “nasties” (chemicals) in it, and inexpensive to boot! I will never, ever go back to store bought!
This is awesome! Three cheers for homemade 😀
I think I’m going to give this a try for my mom 🙂 Thank you for the inspiration! Just an fyi for your “where to buy” section; there is a large supplier called SoapKitchen that has quite the selection. Thanks to your “where to buy” section I can purchase some things more locally (i’m a Canadian living in France) so I really appreciate it. thanks again!
Thanks for the heads up about Soap Kitchen, I’ve added them to the page 🙂 Thanks so much for reading & DIYing with me!
I really enjoy your site. Thanks for all of the great info. I make soap and have rendered leaf lard in the past. I received some beef tallow and rendered it, but only once. It’s jarred and awaiting it’s destiny as tallow face soap and face balm (thank you very much!). I didn’t read these posts about re-rendering and wonder what you think it’s worthwhile for me to thaw and render it down again? I hope not… lol. I do have more to render (I scored about 30#) but would rather not go through the trouble for the 10# or so I have done already. When you use it for soap, does the smell come through at all? Thank you again!
Hey Jenny! I wouldn’t fuss with a double render unless the smell is bothering you after the first render and you are doing something with it other than turning it into soap. I’ve never had the scent survive saponification and aging, and honestly, my tallow always smells fine after a single render 🙂
Thank you for this. By any chance will you have more tallow recipes coming? I’d love to see tallow lotions bars and tallow lip balm. I love your site and all the work you have done. H
Hey Vanessa! Thank you for the suggestion—I will add it to my list 🙂
Great article and recipe! As a tallow maker myself (I render from grass fed beef suet), I can appreciate the work involved putting together tallow balms and skincare. Rendering from pure fat is no joke, let me tell you! Just wanted to add that another excellent essential oil to add to the mix would be vetiver. Excellent for repairing the skin. Thanks again for the great article.
Thanks, Brittany! My kitchen definitely agrees, it is no joke 😛 And I can definitely see a wee hint of smokiness would pair well, thanks! 🙂
Hi Marie,
Made this recipe recently for my own “mature skin”. I’ve been using it at night and am really liking it. My face feels so soft in the morning when I wake up. Thanks for creating another winner!
Yay, I’m so glad! Thanks for reading and DIYing with me 😀
Hi Marie. I’m addicted to your blogs, I have made quite a few things now! Can I substitute lard for tallow as I do in your soap recipes? Rose
Hmm. I’m not really sure, to be honest. The article that inspired the use of tallow does advise that tallow is a better choice than lard.
Thanks for replying to my email.
I will skip this one until I have some tallow!
Rose
Good luck and happy making! 🙂
Would love to see a Tallow lotion made with Emulsifying wax video.
Noted!
The saponification value for lard is lower than it is for tallow. Here is a soap recipe calculator that is quite useful:
https://www.soapguild.org/SoapmakingStudio/lye-calculator.php
Yes, for sure—this is why I never provide lye amounts with my soap recipes and always force people to calculate the recipe before making it!
Hi Marie, I’m looking at your solid serum recipe and this one and wondering if Cetyl alchohol could be used here in place of beeswax? Would it work? My skin is definitely mature (darn you genetics) and I would love to give this a go, maybe with Argan oil and whatever blend of EOs I have stashed. Would it matter if I left out the beeswax altogether? Is it just there for texture or is it essential? Thank you!
Great idea! You might even try blending some cetyl alcohol and stearic acid—both will give a lighter, less waxy product than one thickened with beeswax. I’d probably ditch the wax and go straight cetyl and/or stearic and see how you go!
I love to use tallow to cleanse with and would like to make it emulsifiable. Could I add olivem 300 or 1000 to make a tallow cleansing balm emulsifiable with oils like castor, Argan, etc?
Yup, definitely! Take a look at some of my cleansing balm recipes for inspiration if you like 🙂
Should I use olivem 300 or 1000 or both?
You could use either or both! I tend to prefer blends of solid emulsifying waxes and solubilizers for cleansing balms, so I would use both 🙂
Using your eucalyptus cleansing balm recipe, could I remove 5.5g | 11% cetearyl alcoho since tallow is already thick?
Probably, but you’ll have to experiment yourself and see what you think 🙂
This is the first skin cream I have ever made and I have remade it multiple times because it is fantastic. Yes lard is a perfect substitute for the tallow. I managed to buy some from my local farmer and rendered it myself. It was so nice to gift her with a sample as I was so impressed with result. There is no scent if rendering is done very slowly. I have read that you want to ensure you source from grass fed animals as their fat is where any toxins would be stored. I used Camellia Seed oil instead of Rosehip and recently used Jojoba which is quite nice but makes the balm a bit firm in the jar. Great on cuticles. Looking forward to trying more recipes and making soap with the lard.
I’m so thrilled you are loving it, Cathy! And how wonderful that you were able to source some local lard and render it yourself 😀 It really adds to the story and the experience of the balm! Thanks for DIYing with me, and happy making 🙂
Hi Marie, I finally found tallow to make this recipe (windy point soaps) I have to say thank you for such a wonderful formulation, my shin loves it. Can I safely add emu oil to this combination and how much. Thank you for all your endless research, you are a wonderful person. Please one day when you have free time can you give us all another book detailing all your salves, lotions, creams and oils.
Thanks again Therese
I’m so thrilled you are loving it! You can definitely add emu oil. You could add as much as you want (it’s safe to use neat on the skin), so what you’ll be looking to balance is how soft the end product is. Tallow is already pretty soft, so I’d probably look at starting around 20% emu oil and seeing how much that softens up the formula—the wax will help stabilize it, but that seems like a good starting point to me 🙂 Happy making!
If I want to make this so it is softer and easier to spread what might I add? Stearic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol????
Thanks
Please give this FAQ a read 🙂
I first made your Tallow Balm recipe four years ago and I still make it, love it and use it!
I’m so thrilled to hear it! Thanks for DIYing with me, and happy making 🙂
Hi Marie, this is the best face balm I’ve ever used, I’m making it since you posted it back in 2014, and that’s all I use for my face, I love it and my skin is wonderfully nourished with it, thank you so much for this recipe
I am so thrilled you love it and have loved it for so long! Thanks for DIYing with me, and happy making 🙂
Can I use argan oil instead of rosehip oil and sub other essential oils or not use any at all?
Yup! Happy making 🙂
Hi Marie. How long can you keep the balm, or better said, what is the shelf life? I’d actually like to try it with buffalo tallow.
I’ll refer you to this entire section of the FAQ that’s all about shelf life 🙂 Happy making!