Thread: To Tallow or Not To Tallow

Which is a better lubricant WD-40 or Vaseline ?? Depends on the application correct?
Same with tallow its richer and thicker aka Vaseline.
Super slick and thin Glycerine based non tallow.
Now for shaving we arent globbing either on.
So it comes down to cushion, glide, facefeel and moisturization if thats a word.
And neither matters if the product doesnt smell good.
I use both tend to lean towards tallow.
On a side note Mc Donalds removed tallow from their french fries and they just dont taste the same.

It's just one ingredient. There are good products with tallow and without; one ingredient says nothing about behaviour of a soap/cream/whatever you put on your skin.

Tallow - love it or leave it. After years of being in packing houses I can smell a hint of tallow a mile away. I don't especially like the smell of tallow (or a hint of it) but, regardless, Stirling products are remarkable in performance and price. I've used it and was very impressed in spite of (to me) an identifiable odor of tallow behind the covering scent.

tstarks,

The soaps that I prefer (Tabac, Cella, German Palmolive shave stick) all have tallow.

I don't know if it is the tallow or not, but for me they are excellent performers.

As other posters have said, if you like a soap, it doesn't really matter if it has tallow or not.

I seem to remember reading that the fatty acid composition of the newer tallow free soaps have been chosen to be in the same ball-park as the tallow soaps, so should behave and perform the same.

Have fun

Best regards

Russ

It really depends on your preference. There are some great veggie soaps out there such as Le Pere Lucien, Tiki's, MdC, etc. Personally, I much prefer tallow-based ones for that creamiest of lathers and my principal one doesn't use coconut oil which all veggies ones have to use and I just find coconut oil a tad drying.
Experiment with them to see which you prefer!