Using beef tallow on your skin? Gross!

When I tell people that I use a cream made with beef tallow, the reaction is almost always the same: a mix of shock and disgust, followed by a loud “gross!”.

But what these people don’t know is that the tallow I use in my products goes through an ancestral purification process, just like our grandmothers used to do — a method that transforms the raw into beauty, the unthinkable into the essential.

The result is not dripping fat, nor meat with a bad smell.
What comes out of this process is a soft, creamy, almost odourless base, rich in nutrients and deeply regenerative for the skin.

Purified means exactly that: without impurities.
The tallow is cleaned, filtered and carefully treated until it becomes a pure, stable and effective ingredient.

When you apply a balm made with true tallow, you are nourishing your skin with something that is incredibly similar to human sebum — and that’s why the skin recognises it, absorbs it and appreciates it.

The “gross” comes from not knowing.

And for that reason, it’s worth remembering: many conventional creams also contain ingredients of animal origin — fish collagen, lanolin extracted from sheep wool, bovine gelatine and so on.

But in those cases, no one says it’s “gross” because it comes in a pretty jar, with fancy names and synthetic perfumes masking the truth.

Tallow is honest.
It doesn’t promise miracles with Latin names.
It delivers results with simplicity.

It’s rich in vitamins A, D, E and K — all fat-soluble, meaning they’re better absorbed when applied with real fat.

It’s anti-inflammatory, regenerative, hypoallergenic and deeply protective.

And it’s sustainable: it comes from an animal already raised for food, making use of something that used to be thrown away.

So what’s really gross?

Using creams full of petroleum derivatives, harsh preservatives, synthetic perfumes and hormone disruptors every day… and calling that “self-care”.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned along this path, it’s that simplicity is revolutionary — and it takes effort.

It takes effort to educate, to deconstruct, to explain, to reconnect people to what is pure.

But that’s what I do with every jar from the TALO line.

Because when you discover the value of purified tallow,
you stop feeling disgust — and start feeling respect.

And your skin? It feels relief.