Frequently Asked Questions

How to use Delozale balm?

The composition of beef fat being very close to that of human epidermis and sebum, particularly due to the fatty acids which compose them, it will be easily absorbed and will be able to produce its effects quickly.

A small amount is enough for the face and each part of the body. So be careful not to use it like a classic moisturizer, made with water. If you put too much, you risk having skin that is too oily. We often get fooled at the beginning! In this case, simply blot the excess with a tissue.

However, you may need to apply a little more to areas where the skin is thicker or tougher (feet, hands, elbows)

What causes beef fat to affect the skin?

Beef fat and human epidermis are very close in chemical composition with 50% saturated fat which helps maintain the integrity and tone of skin cells.

Beef fat and sebum both contain PALMITOLEIC acid which allows easy absorption of nutrients.

Animal fat is one of the foods most dense in nutrients and antioxidants such as vitamins A (protective), E (anti-oxidant) and K (healing), OLEIC acid which nourishes the skin and strengthens the hydro-lipidic film, PALMITIC acid which softens the skin and fights against aging, and STEARIC acid which forms a natural barrier and maintains skin hydration.

You will find more details on our Blog.

My balm has become hard, and I'm having trouble using it!

Our balms do not contain any superfluous substances, including ingredients that always have a uniform texture. They are "whipped butters" with a texture similar to whipped cream. However, they are based on saturated fat and a change in temperature can change their texture. This is perfectly normal and does not alter their virtues in any way.

So make sure to store the balms at a temperature above 19° so that they do not solidify and make their use less comfortable. In this case, simply place them in a room at a warmer temperature to soften them (but especially not above a radiator which would melt them), and warm the cream well in your hands for optimal application

I have oily skin, can I still put oil on my skin?

Oily skin can be skin that is over-cleansed, which has caused an alteration of the hydrolipidic film that protects it from external aggressions. This film being composed of sebum and sweat, your body will then produce sebum in large quantities to reconstitute it, making the skin oily. Beef fat naturally contains the fatty acids that enter into the composition of sebum, applying DELOZALE balm to your skin will allow it to reconstitute the hydrolipidic film without excessive production of sebum. Changing your cleansing routine at the same time remains essential.

I have skin problems, I only use dermatological products. Can I still use your products?

Beef fat, which is the basis of DELOZALE balm, by providing elements that allow the skin to regenerate, will help reduce certain symptoms such as redness, dryness, and inflammation. At the same time, a suitable diet rich in raw foods and low in toxins will act on the cause and thus help your skin get rid of pimples and other imperfections.

Where does the fat you use come from? Is it organic?

The fat we use is not certified organic. It comes from Ireland, a country renowned for the quality of its breeding methods and its rich grass, where cattle stay six to eight months in pastures where they seek their own food in their "natural" environment. Thus, 95% of their diet is based on fresh or harvested grass. This fat is analyzed because it is subject to strict veterinary and regulatory standards since, like the meat from which it comes, it is intended for human consumption. In addition, it is deodorized with very high pressure steam, and bleached with Bentonite-type earth which removes its impurities, and does not contain any irritating, allergenic or dangerous substances. The DIP (Product Information File, mandatory for all cosmetics) of our balms ensures that the quality and safety of the product have been properly identified and analyzed.

I smell a slight odor of grease, it bothers me.

This fat has been naturally deodorized and the majority of people who have already used our products do not smell any characteristic odor. However, it happens that people with a very developed sense of smell, mention a slight smell of fat. If you are in this case, and you do not want to deprive yourself of the benefits of our products, you can add a few drops of lavender essential oil to our balms.

Your products are made with beef fat, and I am against the idea of using a product that required the death of an animal for my skin.

The manufacturing of our products does not require the death of an animal since the animal has already been slaughtered for its meat. On the contrary, our approach respects the animal by valorizing its fat which would otherwise be thrown away.

Just as humans have used every part of the animals they killed for much of their history, we believe that if a life is taken, every part of the animal should be used.

We thus share the vision of the Amerindians for whom "Wasting part of the animal would be for us, in our culture, contravening a sacred rule, committing sacrilege, it would be lacking respect towards the animal which, in a gesture of great generosity, agreed to let itself be killed to feed us. This is what the elders taught us."

Source: http://mondeautochtone.blogspot.com/2012/07/lanimal-genereux-le-regard-de.html

Why do you use polypropylene pots and not glass or cardboard pots?

First of all, you have to be aware that the most ecological packaging is simply the one that doesn't exist! Today, on the market, there is no cosmetic jar that is perfect and has a totally virtuous circle.

Polypropylene is a plastic material that complies with food packaging standards, is non-toxic, contains no phthalates or bisphenol A, and poses no health risk.

Polypropylene is 100% recyclable: 1 tonne of recycled PP = 830 litres of oil saved.

Once thrown into the appropriate sorting bins (yellow) and taken to waste treatment centres, the pots are compacted into bales and then crushed. The PP granules obtained are then recycled by manufacturers who incorporate them into other plastics to transform them into baby car seats or car bumpers.

Contrary to popular belief, glass, although 100% recyclable, is nonetheless polluting!

Currently in France, the journey of a bottle or a small glass jar is as follows: once empty, the glass container is thrown into the sorting containers, then broken, reduced to a state of calcine before being remelted in a furnace at 1500°C in order to become a new bottle, a new small jar, ...

Its carbon footprint is therefore high:

At the manufacturing stage: Melt 1kg of glass = 300g to 500g of CO2
At the transport stage: It takes many more trucks to transport glass than for an equivalent number of products packaged in cardboard or polypropylene/PET because glass is much heavier.

According to the life analysis carried out by Bio Intelligence Service, glass recycling requires significant energy consumption and results in numerous CO2 emissions which are not offset by its high recycling rate.

As for the so-called cardboard pots used to package food products, they are not 100% cardboard, for several reasons including the fact that simple cardboard would not withstand the humidity or fat of the products.

Also, these pots are necessarily bi-material in cardboard + paraffin or polyethylene, i.e. packaging that, today, is not recycled and this is valid for all of France. Even if you put them in the sorting containers, they are automatically incinerated or buried depending on the geographical sectors (information provided by the Directorate of Energy Transition and the Environment, Regional Council of Pays de la Loire, December 2018).

By using single-material polypropylene pots, we have therefore chosen what we believe to be the "least bad" of all.

You say I can use your Delozale Balm on my face and body...but I usually have different products for face, hands and body!

We only have one skin and it is the same everywhere. It is just more or less thick depending on the part of the body.

The names day cream, night cream, eye cream, moisturizer, hand cream, foot cream, etc. are just marketing to make us buy more and more.

Our Balm can address the vast majority of skin needs - dry, chapped, rough, damaged, callused, torn, sensitive, normal and even oily.

Why did you choose this logo?

This beautiful woman symbolizes the ancestral use of animal fat in ancient traditional cultures such as Egypt, the effects of this care product on the beauty of the skin, and the sacredness of ox fat with the Taurus horns that she wears on her head.

Why is beef fat not used in conventional cosmetics?

For the past hundred years, the uses of animal fats in medicinal and skin care products have been buried under purely marketing recommendations, and replaced by chemicals, petroleum products, synthetic products, which are much more practical and profitable for manufacturers.

We are very proud to bring this forgotten ancestral recipe back into fashion, and thus enable many people to benefit from its benefits.

Will I feel greasy if I put it on my body?

The fat we use in our Balms has been naturally deodorized with high-pressure steam and the majority of people who have already used our products do not smell any characteristic odor. However, it happens that people with a very developed sense of smell, mention a slight smell of fat. If you are in this case, and you do not want to deprive yourself of the benefits of our products, you can add a few drops of lavender essential oil to our balms.

The subtle fragrance of Grasse that we add to it, with hints of jasmine, vanilla and orange blossom, gives it a sweet and delicate scent.

What is the history of using animal fat in skin care products?

Traditional cultures from all continents, the Babylonians, the Egyptians, the Australian Aborigines, the Inuit, the Himba and Hamer tribes, as well as the Native Americans, revered animal fats and used them for centuries in their skin care, in ointments, poultices and medicinal unguents. These are very old traditions.

How did you determine the price of your products?

We wanted these products to be accessible to as many people as possible, and we managed to offer a very affordable price.

If you compare a DELOZALE balm to a classic cream:

A small amount is enough for the face and each part of the body, so you use much less and your pot lasts longer than your tube of cream.
Just one jar of our balm can replace 15 different products, so it saves you a lot of money.
The price of the 250 ml jar is €46, which comes to €9.20 for 50 ml, the quantity of a conventional tube of cream. It is therefore much cheaper than most organic creams.

In the cost price of our products, we must take into consideration the quality of the raw materials used (purified fat, Grasse perfume, recyclable pots), and the time spent because everything is done by hand.

We pride ourselves on having a very good quality/price ratio!

I just put some on my face and it's too greasy!

You put too much!

Unlike classic creams which are water-based, our balms are fat-based and a small amount is therefore more than enough for the face and each part of the body (your skin will quickly absorb this small amount of balm because the composition of the fat is similar to that of the intercellular cement of our epidermis, and will not leave a greasy film on the skin).

So be careful not to use it like your usual creams. If you put too much, you risk having too oily skin. We often get fooled at the beginning! In this case, you just need to blot the excess with a tissue.

How are your products tested?

We do not test our products on animals. Our balms have been tested on people, and its main ingredient, beef fat, has been applied to the skin and ingested by humans for millennia.

Beef fat is a saturated fat, it is dangerous for your health!

The so-called dangers of saturated fats and cholesterol are myths that are fortunately being debunked.

The most reliable and well-documented scientific studies, such as the MONICA study conducted under the auspices of the WHO for 10 years in 38 populations from 21 countries, have not been able to validate the claim that saturated fats and dietary cholesterol were the causal factor in cardiovascular diseases. The lipid hypothesis is undoubtedly one of the greatest scientific myths of our time.

Saturated fats are essential to us: they ensure the fluidity of cell membranes and constitute an energy reserve. Cholesterol is also essential! It is particularly involved in the functioning and development of the brain, especially at the level of nerve cells, and in the production of sex hormones (testosterone, progesterone, estrogen, etc.) and cortisol.

Depriving oneself of it therefore constitutes a risk for the body.

50% of the lipids present in breast milk are made up of saturated fatty acids, which confirms their important role. They are also necessary for the assimilation of nutrients essential to health such as vitamins A, D, E, K and carotenoids as well as for the proper use of essential fatty acids.

Sources:

https://www.acteur-nature.com/articles-divers-sur-le-monde-du-bio-et-du-naturel/pourquoi-faut-il-rehabiliter-les-graisses.html

http://www.psychomedia.qc.ca/sante/2015-08-12/beurre-et-gras-trans-satures

I could do it myself!

Absolutely! That’s how we started (see our story).

Simply ask your butcher for beef fat, and melt it with water before straining it in your kitchen.

You will need time, patience, an interior air freshener, a drain unblocker, and a good degreaser!

Additionally, your product will retain an odor and, having been "rinsed" with water unlike the grease we use which has been bleached and deodorized naturally and without water, it will be more susceptible to bacteria and will have a shorter shelf life.

I can't imagine putting frying grease on my face!

This fat is deodorized, bleached, and thus freed from any possible impurities.

It is above all a fat which, like all other animal fats and vegetable oils, can be used for frying and cooking.

It is certainly currently sold as frying oil, but this is not the only use it has, quite the contrary. In traditional cultures, it was mainly used in the preparation of beauty balms and medicinal ointments.

You can similarly cook and fry with olive oil, sunflower oil, and most oils found in facial products.