Breaking Down Common Tallow Myths

Anyone who follows skin care trends knows that over the past year tallow has become more and more popular both for cooking and for skin care. You may be asking why you would want to cook with something you can put on your face or put something on your face that you can cook with. 

The truth is, tallow is not the first food-based oil to make its way to our skin care routine. Olive oil and tallow have both been used in skin care routines for centuries. Like trends in fashion, cooking methods and everything else, what is old is new again- especially with consumers looking for more natural products to put in and on their bodies. Tallow based skin cream checks all the boxes.

This is because years of research have found that mother nature has figured out what our skin needs to be healthy inside and out. But because tallow is a solid oil and olive oil is a liquid, there are a lot of myths about how tallow is not the best ingredient to put on your skin.

Here are what the critics are saying about tallow and why our Hillview Craft Tallow Skin Cream is not only different, but ideal.

• Tallow doesn’t hydrate skin– Tallow straight out of the kitchen cupboard is not meant to hydrate your food, it is used to seal in the natural juices of your meat and make your vegetables crispy. That is why our skin cream has five additional ingredients that you would not want in your cooking tallow- jojoba oil, rosehip oil, honey, flaxseed oil, and vitamin E that add moisture as just one of their superpowers!
• Can clog pores– Oils themselves are not responsible for clogging pores. If skin is not perfectly clean, dirt and bacteria can get trapped in the pores causing breakouts. Honey and jojoba oil work together to make sure this doesn’t happen through their antimicrobial and antibacterial properties.
• Limited science- Tallow has been used in skincare since the ancient Egyptian and Roman civilizations for everything from protecting the skin from harsh weather conditions to treating burns and skin conditions.
• Greasy feeling- Using more of any moisturizer than can be absorbed into the skin will have this effect. Making sure your skin is still damp when you apply the cream will ensure you do not look like you affixed mirrors to your face. 
• Reading the ingredients on any new skin care product you are thinking of purchasing is critical for knowing what you are buying. Using products specifically designed for skin not only makes sure it is safety and purity tested but is packaged in an appropriate quantity for skin use. Skin care products are usually self-stable for up to 18 months and only sold in smaller batches, whereas using the oils in your kitchen runs the risk of adding contaminants to your skin. Dipping your fingers into your cooking tallow can also cause it to go rancid or spoil faster due to adding moisture from your freshly washed hands to the oil.

Because Hillview Craft Tallow Skin Cream is made in small batches with tallow from grass fed beef, you are guaranteed a nutrient-rich, luxurious experience complete with stearic and oleic acids and vitamins A, D, E and K. 

Buy a jar of Hillview Craft Tallow Skin Cream for yourself and a jar for that friend that swears tallow is not a skin cream- they probably weren’t using a tallow cream with the right blend of botanicals. Our unique blend will convince them that our fragrance-free tallow skin cream is great for most skin types. Available in 2- or 4-ounce jars. Making Hillview Craft Tallow Balm is a great way to keep healthy skin healthy and help repair irritated, dry, and damaged skin.