Tallow for Skin Health

“If you had told me a year ago that right now I would have fermented cabbage in my fridge, or disgusting science-project looking “scobies” hanging out in jars on my kitchen counter… or that I’d be making my own dishwasher detergent and using essential oils for practically every ailment (among a thousand other uses) in our home… well, I probably would have chuckled, but not thought you were totally crazy.
I mean, I realize that I am, after all, a little bit of a hippie at heart.On the other hand, had you told me that I would be rendering my own tallow to use as a facial cream.
Well… for one thing, I’d say “what the heck is tallow?!”… and then after a quick google search I’d have said “EWW, No Way!” (in case you don’t know, tallow = beef fat)But, that my friends is exactly what I did today! And I’m going to tell you how I did it and why, and share with you just how easy it is so that you can do it too! (aren’t you excited?!)

First off, why on earth would I want to use something as disgusting as beef fat on my face?!Okay, so let’s backtrack a little bit.

When I first started diving into this brave new world of real food, natural remedies, and non-toxic living… One of my biggest fascinations was with “naturalizing” my beauty routine. I was quite horrified to find that almost all of the products I was using to beautify myself were quite possibly increasing my risk for cancer, could be causing neurotoxicity, or could even be making me fat *gasp*!