Basic Facial Cream | UnscentedONLY 3 INGREDIENTS AND MADE WITHOUT SEED OILS AND UNSCENTED Our skin is made up of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K which is the same as tallow. To put it simply, applying tallow to your skin is the equivalent of taking a multi vitamin internally. Our skin and tallow are both made up of over 50% saturated fat. Saturated fat is said to give our cell membranes the "necessary stiffness," (Nourishing Traditions) which aids in helping our skin