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How far would you go for dewy, radiant skin?
Photographed by Gianni Penati,Vogue, February 1965
If you’re not sure what that islet me warn you, it’s not for the weak.
Beef tallow is animal fat from a cow.
Truly, whatcantbeef tallow do?
I very quickly developed a slick, greasy sheenlike a baby thatd just been born, but creepier.
The tallow also has a faintly fatty, beefy scent, which isnt the most appealing to be around.
Aside from all that, the experiment was from the outset fairly breezy.
Days three to five
This was when I started experiencing beef tallow fatigue.
The scent, which at first was sort of fine, very quickly became genuinely repulsive.
The greasiness was also an issue.
Still, no one else seemed to notice that I was engaged in my own private hell.
My skin, previously mostly acne-free with a bit of scarring, started developing active acne again.
Even so, I was only halfway through the experiment I couldnt give up just yet.
What if my skin was purging in a similar way to when you start retinol?
Despite my face practically screaming at me, I decided to persist.
Days five to seven
Ive never been happier for an experiment to come to an end.
There was only one thing for it: I had to throw this stuff away.
Even looking at it was giving me pimples.
The thing withanyviral skincare trend is that a one-size-fits-all approach simply doesnt exist.
I may as well have dunked my face in fryer oil.
Which is, weirdly, exactly what beef tallow is usually used for.
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