When a friend’s husband butchered a few head of cattle and asked if I wanted some of the beef fat for soap-making, I couldn’t pass it up. After two days of slow-rendering the fat, it was time to get ...

I have been making soap for nearly 10 years now. It all started when we had a steer butchered at home. We lived on a small property (around eight acres) at the time, and we wanted to grow our own food ...

Beef tallow has recently gained popularity as a "natural" skincare product. Beef tallow is cow fat that has been melted, strained, and turned back into a pure solid. It is often used as a substitute ...