I don’t have a double boiler, but instead, I put one of our glass mixing bowls over our metal pan with water in it. I boil the water and the steam melts what is in the glass bowl just as if it was in a double boiler. I’ve also seen people use mason jars to put into simmering water in their regular metal pans and it does the same thing. So, if you have something glass like that made to withstand some heat, you should be good to go!

The butters are much harder than liquid oil so the bar wouldn’t firm up just swapping oil for butters. It might work if with liquid oil and more beeswax to thicken but you’d have to experiment with the ratios.

Can I omit the beeswax? I’d like to use it as a face lotion and having a creamier consistency would be preferable.

Try these instead…

Hello Katie,

Can you please add links to molds that do not have faces.

Thank you

I literally stumbled onto tallow because I feed my dogs a raw diet and got some whole kidneys, with the fat on them. I thought to look up what I could do with the fat and discovered all of the uses for it.

Then I stumbled onto making lotion and balm only because while I was cleaning it up it after making my tallow, it sticks to everything! and at one point I just rubbed it into my hands rather than wipe my hands off. I was shocked when it felt silky… fast forward to now I have all kinds of balms. and lotions that I make using the tallow.

Brittany, please advise as to the name of your company.

It’s the same thing. Clear animal fat is what is referred to as tallow.

I use deer tallow. My sister told me to melt it in water to which baking soda has been added to remove any odor. I’m making the tallow bars for her so I’m sure it will work. She’s more “crunchy” than I.

Erin, I know that this is an old comment, but in case you run across it again, we raise our own grass fed beef and we have plenty of tallow left, even after grind. 🙂 I would check a different source.

I haven’t but would guess it has too strong of a smell

Hi Joy, do you just apply straight jojoba oil to your hands or are you making the soap bar using jojoba oil in it?

Diane, I don’t know when you posted this question, but for day moisturizer, I use Argan oil and once it’s soaked in, I aplply a clean primer before I apply powder. I have always battled with very oily skin combined with dry flakes. Weird combo. I also have very large pores thank to genetics. Using argan oil on my skin daily has led to me not having to wash my face if I have to somewhere after work, I never reapply powder even. I occasionally use blotter paper on my nose occasionally. Also, my pores aren’t even visible anymore. I quit using moisturizer a couple of years ago and strictly use oils. Best change I’ve ever made!!