One Balm, Many Uses: 5 Ways Our Big Family Uses Tallow Every Day
One of the best parts about tallow balm is how versatile it is – a huge bonus when you have a big family like ours. Instead of buying separate lotions and potions for every need, we reach for the same jar of our Nourished Hearth Naturals unscented tallow balm to solve SO many daily dilemmas. Here are five ways our family of 7 uses this one simple, natural balm every single day!
- Gentle Baby Care – Tallow balm is a lifesaver for babies’ delicate skin. We use an unscented, pure tallow balm as a diaper rash cream at the first sign of redness. It creates a protective barrier and soothes irritation overnight. Unlike store-bought creams that can contain harsh ingredients, tallow is completely natural and safe for our little ones. I also massage a tiny dab into any dry patches on my youngest’s arms and legs before bed! Knowing it’s just pure grass-fed tallow and nothing artificial gives me peace of mind.
- Kid “Ouchie” Fixer – With a house full of active kids, bumps and scrapes are a daily occurrence. Our tallow balm has become the all-purpose fixer for skinned knees, bug bites, and mystery rashes. A swipe of tallow keeps wounds protected and calm as they heal. We’ve even noticed cuts heal faster when we use tallow instead of commercial ointments to keep dirt and grime from clogging it up while the body heals naturally!
- Mom’s Natural Skincare – As a busy mama, I love that I can simplify my beauty routine (or lack thereof!) with tallow. Every morning and night, I use tallow balm as my facial moisturizer. It keeps my skin soft, balanced, and glowing. During pregnancy, I smoothed tallow on my belly to support my stretching skin and help lessen stretch marks. Loaded with vitamins and healthy fats, tallow supports skin elasticity and repair – a natural way to keep a youthful glow. From my top to bottom, tallow has replaced a slew of other products in my cabinet.
- Dad’s Grooming Go-To – My husband might have been skeptical at first, but now he swears by tallow balm for his own needs. After shaving, he pats on a bit of tallow balm as an aftershave to prevent irritation and keep his skin moisturized. His skin has always been sensitive and prone to redness and severe razor burn! But now? Now he is a believer in the power of tallow! He also rubs it into his cracked knuckles and callouses after a long day’s work. He’ll even smooth a little through his beard on cold days to condition it and tame flyaways. He’s basically a complete tallow convert now!
- All-Purpose Family Remedy – The final (and perhaps most important) way we use tallow balm is as our general, all-purpose remedy for just about everything. It truly is our family’s multi-use first aid and skincare solution in one. Chapped lips, dry elbows or knees, sunburn, windburn – tallow balm handles them all. A gentle coating soothes stings and speeds up skin’s recovery. We’ve even cleared up mild eczema patches by applying tallow regularly. In winter, a little tallow under the nose prevents chapping from all those tissues; in summer, it’s our go-to for relieving itchy mosquito bites.
In a world that can be overly complicated and cluttered with specialty products, our big family has found freedom in this single, simple, do-it-all natural balm. Tallow has earned its place in our home by proving itself through every season and stage of life. It’s a simple, ancestral remedy that keeps our family’s skin nourished, comforted, and cared-for, and has almost become part of the family at this point!
Drop by our Etsy shop and check out our Grass-Fed Tallow Balm today! You and family won’t regret it!