Helichrysum Essential Oil for Skin: Benefits and How We Use It
Helichrysum essential oil comes from a golden flower, often called the everlasting flower. It has a long traditional use on skin and shows up in many anti-aging creams. Lab studies report that skin cells made more collagen with helichrysum extract. We add helichrysum essential oil, about half a percent, to our Frankincense & Myrrh whipped tallow.
By Brian "Moose" Smith, founder of Moose's Tallow · Updated November 7, 2026
What people ask
Can you use helichrysum directly on skin?
Helichrysum essential oil is strong, so most people dilute it before it touches skin. Ours is already blended into whipped tallow at about half a percent. Patch test a small spot on your inner arm and wait a day. Skip broken skin. If you are pregnant or have a skin condition, ask your doctor first.
Does helichrysum really work?
Fair question. Lab studies report that helichrysum extracts made skin cells produce more collagen. Cells also moved into a scratch faster. Try ours on your own skin, with 60 days to decide.
Is helichrysum safe for pregnancy?
Ask your doctor first. We could not find a clear answer we trust, so we won't guess. Our Frankincense & Myrrh also contains myrrh, which Healthline says to talk with a doctor about during pregnancy. Show your doctor the label. We list every ingredient so they can check.
Who should not use helichrysum oil?
Skip it on broken or very reactive skin. Skip it too if you react to fragrance. Patch test first on your inner arm and wait a day. If you are pregnant, take medicine or have a skin condition, ask your doctor. Our 60-day guarantee covers you if it is not a fit.
What does helichrysum smell like?
Mountain Rose Herbs describes helichrysum as earthy and sweet with a floral note. In our tallow it sits behind the resin, which is the main scent. You get a warm resin and herbal aroma that stays close to your skin. It is not a perfume.
The timeline
What to expect
1
Tonight
A pea-size amount warms between your fingertips and presses onto clean skin. You smell the resin first, with a light herbal note from helichrysum.
2
Week 1
Patch test first, then use it on your face, hands or anywhere that feels dry. Many people make it the last step at night.
3
Week 4
Skin feels soft and well moisturized. By now you'll know if it earns a place in your routine.
What people say about helichrysum
Here is what we found when we read the research. We kept it to what the sources actually say.
Helichrysum takes its name from the Greek words for sun and gold. Mountain Rose Herbs says its earthy, sweet floral aroma is popular in skin care.
Healthline notes that treating skin inflammation is a long-standing traditional use of helichrysum oil.
A 2023 review in Foods says the essential oil is widely used in anti-aging creams and cosmetics.
The same review reports lab findings that the oil slowed enzymes that break down collagen and elastin.
In a 2024 lab study, skin cells treated with a helichrysum extract made more collagen. Those were cells in a dish, not people.
So we make no promise about results. We put it in because it has a long track record and we like it.
How we use helichrysum
Here is where helichrysum fits in our Frankincense & Myrrh whipped tallow.
We use real helichrysum italicum essential oil, not a synthetic fragrance.
It makes up about half a percent of the recipe.
It goes in last, after the tallow has cooled, so the heat does not dull it.
The base is beef tallow infused with frankincense and sweet myrrh resin, whipped with olive squalane.
Patch test on your inner arm first and wait a day.
Their label vs. ours
Same job. Look at the ingredients.
Left is a best-seller from the store shelf. Right is ours.
Ingredient lists are copied from US retailer product pages, brand websites and EWG Skin Deep, and were accurate when checked on October 19 and November 7, 2026. Brands change formulas, so always read your own bottle. We are not affiliated with any brand named here.
How do we render tallow?
It starts at a local butcher shop in farm country, where one cow yields about 12 pounds of suet. That suet is the fat around the cow's kidneys, rich in vitamins A, D, E and K. Its fatty acids are ones your skin loves, so we render it slowly, by hand.
Day 1 & 2
Two renders of tallow over low heat, six hours each
Day 3 & 4
Dry render for eight hours, cool & dry render again for another eight hours
Day 5
Infuse tallow and oil with organic herbs over low heat for 12-24 hours
Day 6
Add in beeswax and scent (if applicable), cool, whip and fill by hand
A note from the maker
We make Frankincense & Myrrh in small batches in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. We infuse real resin into beef tallow and the label lists every ingredient. I'd rather you test it on your own skin than take my word. If it's not for you, the 60-day guarantee covers it.
