I’ve told you this before I am a tallow convert. I’m also a big fan of using vanilla to scent body products. And this recipe blends them both and makes a perfect dreamy vanilla whipped tallow.
This can be used all over your body and your face. The rosehip oil delivers extra Vitamin A, C, & E and olive oil soothes skin with polyphenols and squalene. And tallow is a skin rockstar.
Tallow is especially soothing when skin is sensitive or the skin barrier needs time to heal. In situations like eczema or rosacea it can often be soothing when other creams and topicals have too many ingredients. Or when skin needs time to heal like after too much exfoliation or harsh cleansers that have stripped the skin, in this situation the skin often needs something gentle and soothing that is not overly complicated.
Benefits of Tallow
Tallow is compatible with our skin and has a similar make up of essential fatty acids.
It soaks in amazingly quickly
It keeps your skin moisturized all through the night.
It’s soothing to irritated skin conditions (looking at you eczema type skin conditions)
It’s deeply moisturizing for mature skin and dry skin.
And it's loaded with skin loving vitamins, like A, E, D and K and antioxidants that skin drinks up.
If you make it, make sure you get a high quality tallow from healthy grass fed and organic cows to avoid toxins but also because the tallow will be higher in all those skin loving nutrients. I’ve included links to the ingredients I use, most of them are affiliate links, so I make a little money when you buy through it (thanks, if you do!)
Whipped Vanilla Tallow
1 cup Grass Fed Tallow (6.3 ounces)
3 tbs Organic Virgin Olive Oil (32 g)
1 tbs Rosehip Oil (15g)
After melting
Add 1 tbs Rosehip Oil (15g)
Add 1/4tsp of Vitamin E
Directions
1. Slice vanilla beans lengthwise and using a spoon scoop out the paste.
2. Melt the tallow, the olive oil and the vanilla beans together on low in a double boiler.
3. Once it has melted, remove from heat, and in the Rosehip Oil and Vitamin E and place it in the refrigerator to solidify. This takes about thirty minutes or so. It should still be somewhat soft so that the rest of the ingredients fully combine and so that air can be whipped into it, to make it lighter and silkier.
4. When the tallow has cooled and solidified, whip using a hand held until it's light and fluffy. The tallow butter will have a soft consistency and will firm up a bit as it sets (a couple hours or so).
5. Pour the whipped tallow into clean jars.
This recipe filled 2 four ounce jars with a little left over that I put in a smaller jar for travels. It would probably fill an 8oz jar to top nicely.
Enjoy!