How To Make Whipped Tallow Balm
Learn how to make whipped tallow balm with only two ingredients! This balm is nourishing to your skin, inexpensive to make, and toxin free! It’s a staple in our home and I bet it will become one in yours as well.
My daughter has struggled with eczema and I really don’t like putting a cream on her skin with a million ingredients I can’t pronounce. I lather her up in this balm twice a day and it has made a world of difference. Not only is great for eczema but it’s perfect for cracked heals, dry hands, elbows, anywhere that needs a little extra love – especially in the winter.
Why You Should Lean How to Make Whipped Tallow Balm
- Moisturizing: Tallow balm is effective for treating dry, cracked, and thickened skin, as well as soothing rashes, itching, burning sensations, wrinkles, and sun damage. It can also be beneficial for conditions like eczema and psoriasis.
- Nourishing: Packed with vitamins A, D, E, and K, along with essential fatty acids, tallow balm provides the vital nutrients and natural oils that support the skin’s healing process.
- All-natural: With no preservatives, tallow balm is absorbed quickly and easily by the skin, offering a natural remedy.
- Simple to make: You can easily create tallow balm at home by rendering fat and combining it with a few other basic ingredients.
- Versatile: Whipped tallow balm can be used on your face, body, and even in your hair for a variety of benefits.
- Cost-effective: Making your own tallow balm is an affordable alternative to purchasing it from the store.
Ingredients
Tallow – Ideally you would purchase this from a local source but you can also get it off of amazon! Or even your local natural health food store.
Oil – I prefer to use avocado oil since it is so neutral but you can use an oil of your choosing – olive oil, almond oil, jojoba oil, etc.
Essential Oils (optional) – when I make this for my toddler daughter I don’t add any essential oils but if I make it for myself or my husband I looovvveee adding them.
How To Make Whipped Tallow Balm
Step 1: Add a half cup of tallow and two tablespoons of oil of your choosing to a saucepan on the stove top. Heat on low heat until the fat is melted.
Step 2: Let it cool until you can touch it comfortably. If you want to add essential oils, this is when you should add them in and stir.
Step 3: Let it further cool until it is solidified. At this point, you can add to a container if you don’t care about the whipped consistency. Otherwise, either add to a stand mixer with the whipping attachment, you use a hand mixer to whip! Just like you would whipped cream.
Step 4: Add to a container or your choice! It can be pretty or just plain tuber ware.
Tips For How To Make Whipped Tallow Balm
- It will take no time at all for the fat to melt so don’t walk away!
- Depending on the temperature of your house it might take a while for it to solidify.
- Customize the essential oils! I’m a lavender girl but I think tea tree oil is great for men. Peppermint or frankincense for Christmas!
FAQS/Questions
This will last at least a year in an airtight container. If you store it in the fridge it will last even longer.
Nowadays it’s pretty easy to find! Ideally you would purchase it locally from a farmer but you can find it in many grocery stores next to the “normal” oils. Your local Whole Foods definitely has it. Last resort: Amazon!
This is an amazing cooking fat. This article does an excellent job of summarizing it’s health benefits.
I mean a little bit for sure. It will soak in within a few mins though.
How To Make Whipped Tallow Balm
Materials
- 1/2 cup tallow
- 2 tbsp oil avocado, olive, jojoba – your favorite
- 15 drops essential oil optional! Don't use for babies
Instructions
- Add a half cup of tallow and two tablespoons of oil of your choosing to a saucepan on the stove top. Heat on low heat until the fat is melted.
- Let it cool until you can touch it comfortably. If you want to add essential oils, this is when you should add them in and stir.
- Let it further cool until it is solidified. At this point, you can add to a container if you don't care about the whipped consistency. Otherwise, either add to a stand mixer with the whipping attachment, you use a hand mixer to whip! Just like you would whipped cream.
- Add to a container or your choice! It can be pretty or just plain tuber ware.