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Tallow Eye Balm
A grain of fat and wax for the skin around the eye. Nothing aromatic. Nothing that should ever go in the eye.
This is how our household cooks, washes, and thinks. It is not medical advice, and it is not a substitute for a midwife or a doctor.
15 minutes · One tiny tin
“They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!”
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp rendered beef tallow
- 1 tsp olive oil
- ½ tsp beeswax
Method
- 1
Melt the tallow, olive oil, and beeswax over the lowest heat until the wax disappears. Pour it into a very small clean tin. Cool it uncovered, then lid it.
- 2
Try a speck on the inner arm the day before you use it near your eyes. If that spot turns red or itches, do not use the balm on the face.
- 3
Take up a piece the size of a grain of rice. Tap it on the bone under the brow and on the bone under the eye. Do not put it on the lid, the lash line, or in the eye. If it stings, or if the eye waters, wipe it off and stop.
From the kitchen
- No essential oil, no fragrance, no frankincense, no citrus. Those do not belong next to an eye.
- This is not a treatment for infection, styes, or vision. It is fat and wax for dry skin. If the eye itself is red or painful, do not put a balm on it.
- Keep the tin for this use only. Three months is long enough. If it smells off, discard it.
My note
Kept on this device, beside the recipe, for the next time you cook it.
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