Beef Tallow Skin Care Has Taken Over Wellness-Tok—But Does It Work?
Are you forever chasing the sumptuously hydrated complexion of wellness It girl Hannah Bronfman ? Then you'd be happy to know that her juicy sheen comes courtesy of beef tallow—that's right, rendered beef fat—which she slathers on nightly as the last step in her skin care routine. More info Beef Tallow Moisturizer “I cannot gate-keep this any longer,” the multihyphenate mother of two declared in an Instagram Reel last week. “This right here? This is the truth.” What is beef tallow? Beef tallow is fatty cuts of cow meat heated up, cooked down, and filtered into a liquid that solidifies to a butter-like texture as it cools. This melting and straining process removes solids and impurities to create a shelf-stable product that can be used in cooking, candle- and soapmaking, and more. Applying tallow topically is an age-old remedy for dry skin. But even in a world where excellent moisturizers can be found at every price point, people still swear by it. Bronfman has been “pret