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Todays project: Honey Tallow Face Cream

Super easy to make!

80g rendered tallow

40g local raw honey

20g castor oil

50 drops pure Frankincense oil

Add them all in together and blend with a stick blender. You can melt the tallow if you want to and mix the honey into the warm tallow first but then you need to chill it for 30 min until semi firm before whipping for the best results. I'm really happy with the chuck it all in method.

I've found I only need the very smallest amount to get a lovely silky feeling when it's all rubbed it. I'm excited to see how my skin responds to it over the next fortnight. I might make a few tweaks to the next batch based on my results.

#homesteading #tallow #honey
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BTCbeeRancher 10mo ago

Another project with honey? Reposted to bee able to find this recipe again and show my wife… have two hives so far and hoping to catch a lot more bees this year!

The best hive products will all come from treatment free hives, by the way… so, ideally visit your local beekeeper if you can to see their apiary, or ask about their methods. We do not treat for varroa mites, small hive beetles or ever feed sugar water, and we only use locally caught bees. So much less stress for them and us, especially using Layen’s style hives! 🐝😍 #beestr #naturalbeekeeping

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Jen 10mo ago

I have a hive here and for those without 8 always say go local. The bees harvesting from the environment you live in seems to add something to the honey particular to the area. We use it for hayfever treatment here too in the spring and it makes a big difference.

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BTCbeeRancher 10mo ago

Another nice thing with Layen’s hives or any horizontal hive really, is that if you don’t treat there are products available that commercial beekeepers can’t sell, like bee bread and I believe also propolis, which is a natural anti-viral