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Is beef fats good skincare?

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Is beef fats good skincare?

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In response to Pew Analysis Heart, 79% of New Yr’s resolutions are about one factor: well being. It is Been a Minute is kicking off 2025 with somewhat collection known as “new yr, new me.” We’re entering into a few of the huge questions and cultural confusion round our well being and wellness.

For our ultimate installment, we’re entering into a brand new skincare development: utilizing beef tallow as a moisturizer. That is proper – beef fats rendered from suet is without doubt one of the tendencies du jour. Brittany Luse sits down with Marie Claire senior magnificence editor Samantha Holender and wonder journalist Jennifer Sullivan to grasp why the meat tallow development has taken off, what it says about what we worth in our skincare, and whether or not we needs to be utilizing beef tallow in any respect.

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This episode was produced by Liam McBain, with extra help from Barton Girdwood. It was edited by Jasmine Romero. Our Supervising Producer is Barton Girdwood. Our Government Producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.