When it comes to skincare, we believe every ingredient should have a purpose. Not because it’s trending, not because it looks impressive on a label, but because it contributes something valuable to the finished product.

At Resting Beef Face, our whipped Body Butter starts with three core ingredients: beef tallow, organic virgin coconut oil, and unrefined cocoa butter from Ghana.

That’s it. For our scented varieties, we add carefully selected essential oils or fragrance.

So why coconut oil? Why not make our Body Butter entirely from beef tallow?

The answer comes down to how ingredients work together, how they feel on your skin, and what we want from the finished product.

Why We Choose Organic Virgin Coconut Oil

Coconut oil has been used in skin and hair care for generations. It’s naturally rich in saturated fatty acids, particularly lauric acid, and is valued for its ability to soften and condition the skin.

We specifically choose organic virgin coconut oil, which is extracted from coconut without the refining processes typically used to produce refined coconut oil.

Unlike refined coconut oil, virgin coconut oil retains more of its naturally occurring coconut aroma and minor plant compounds.

But we don’t include coconut oil simply because it’s natural or organic. We use it because of what it contributes to our Body Butter formulation.

What Coconut Oil Brings to Our Body Butter

1. A Different Texture and Feel

Beef tallow is a wonderful foundation for a rich, conditioning body butter, but its texture and melting characteristics differ from those of coconut oil.

Coconut oil typically melts around 24–26°C (76–79°F), meaning it softens readily with warmth.

When combined with tallow and cocoa butter, it contributes to the way the finished product softens and spreads across your skin.

The result is a formulation designed to feel rich while remaining easy to apply.

2. Helping Skin Retain Moisture

Coconut oil acts as an emollient, helping soften and condition the skin while reducing moisture loss.

When combined with beef tallow and unrefined cocoa butter, it contributes to a rich, conditioning Body Butter that helps skin feel soft and smooth.

Each ingredient plays a specific role in the finished formulation, working together to create a product designed for everyday body care.

3. Working Alongside Our Other Ingredients

Coconut oil isn’t the star of the show on its own.

It’s part of a carefully chosen combination of ingredients that each contribute something different to our finished Body Butter.

The tallow provides a rich foundation, coconut oil contributes softness and spreadability, and cocoa butter adds firmness and structure.

Together, these ingredients create a balanced formulation that can be whipped into the texture we want from our Body Butter.

Three Ingredients, Three Different Roles

Beef Tallow: The Foundation

Our beef tallow begins as locally sourced, grass-fed beef suet that we render ourselves.

Rather than purchasing finished tallow, we handle the rendering process in-house, giving us direct involvement in preparing the primary ingredient used in our skincare.

Tallow contains a combination of fatty acids, including oleic, palmitic, and stearic acids. These contribute to its rich texture and conditioning properties.

It forms the foundation of our Body Butter, providing the substance and richness that make tallow-based skincare distinctive.

Organic Virgin Coconut Oil: The Emollient

Coconut oil brings a different fatty acid composition and melting point to the formulation.

It helps soften the skin while influencing how the finished butter spreads and feels during application.

Because coconut oil softens at relatively low temperatures, it contributes to the way our Body Butter responds to warmth when applied to the skin.

It’s not simply an additional oil. It’s an ingredient chosen for a specific purpose.

Unrefined Cocoa Butter: The Structure

Our cocoa butter comes from Ghana and is used in its unrefined form.

Cocoa butter is naturally firm at room temperature and melts at approximately 34–38°C (93–100°F), depending on its composition.

Its firmness helps provide structure to the finished Body Butter, balancing the softer characteristics of coconut oil.

Unrefined cocoa butter also retains its naturally occurring cocoa aroma, which is part of the character of this ingredient.

Together, these three ingredients form the foundation of every jar of Resting Beef Face Body Butter.

And while the whipping process introduces air and gives the finished product its light, whipped appearance, the balance of fats and oils helps determine how that texture behaves.

Why Our Face Balm Has a Different Formula

If you’ve explored our other products, you may have noticed that our Face Balm doesn’t contain coconut oil or cocoa butter.

Instead, we use beef tallow and castor oil.

That’s intentional.

Our Face Balm and Body Butter are designed for different applications, so we don’t believe they need identical formulations.

For our Face Balm, we chose castor oil to complement tallow in a simple, non-whipped balm.

For our Body Butter, we use coconut oil and cocoa butter to create a richer, whipped product intended for larger areas of the body.

Neither formula needs a long ingredient list to accomplish its purpose.

If you’re curious about our Face Balm formulation, you can read our article, Why Use Castor Oil in Face Balm?

Is Coconut Oil Right for Every Skin Type?

Not necessarily, and we think that’s worth discussing.

Although coconut oil works well for many people as a body moisturizer, it can feel too heavy for some skin types.

People who are prone to clogged pores or acne may find that coconut oil isn’t the best choice for their facial skin.

This is one reason we formulate our Face Balm and Body Butter differently.

Skin is individual, and an ingredient that works beautifully for one person may not suit another.

We recommend trying new skincare products on a small area first, particularly if you have sensitive or reactive skin.

Why We Keep Our Body Butter Simple

There are countless ingredients we could add to our Body Butter.

But more ingredients don’t automatically mean better skincare.

Our approach is to choose ingredients for their purpose, understand how they work together, and create products that are straightforward to use.

We render our own beef tallow, select our supporting ingredients intentionally, and make our Body Butter in small batches.

No unnecessary additions. No complicated routine.

Just a thoughtfully formulated Body Butter made with ingredients we can explain.

Experience Our Whipped Tallow Body Butter

Our Resting Beef Face whipped Body Butters are made with beef tallow, organic virgin coconut oil, and unrefined cocoa butter from Ghana, with scent added to our scented varieties.

Whether you prefer unscented skincare or one of our signature blends, the same three core ingredients form the foundation of every jar.

Explore our collection of handcrafted Tallow Body Butters at Resting Beef Face.