Do you know…………this article is for all you gentlemen out there who keep beard. Just like the hair on our head, beard require a lot of care; maintaining, trimming, washing, and styling to stay looking their best as well- groomed beard shows your personality. Many men use beard balm and beard oil to help nourish, condition, style their beard, and to avoid the itch.
Managing Beard with Aromatherapy
I’ll discuss here DIY recipe for your own natural beard balm. It sounds overwhelming at first, but once you would make it, you would do it repeatedly and won’t use the store bought products again. Unlike store bought products, here you will be making with love and passion and will know exactly what it consists of that you will be applying on your facial hair and can be gifted too.
Most natural Beard Balm recipes are made of:
Beeswax: is a natural product that comes from honeycomb of the honeybee with a great scent and no expiration date. It can be heated and reused without losing its properties. It is available in pellet, bar or granule form in white or yellow color. Beeswax gives beard hold and shape.
Butters: we are not talking about our normally used table butter. In most cases, shea and cocoa butter is used. Shea butter is a natural fat that’s extracted from the nuts of the Shea tree, native to West Africa. It’s solid at warm temperatures and has an off-white or ivory color. It has been used as a cosmetic ingredient for centuries due to its high concentration of vitamins and fatty acids, moisturizing, and healing properties, combined with its easy-to-spread consistency on the skin. Cocoa butter is fatty substance obtained from cocoa beans and it’s the actual butter that is used in the manufacture of chocolates, confectionery, and cosmetics. It’s relatively cheaper than shea butter Cocoa butter is high in fatty acids and phytochemicals, therefore used to hydrate, nourish, and improve elasticity of the skin. It supposedly slows skin aging by protecting against damage from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
Carrier oils: to make your beard soft. Commonly used carrier oils are Jojoba, Argan, Sweet almond, Coconut Oil, Avocado, Castor, and a few more. Most of them are moisturizing and nourishing. Depending on the properties, you choose accordingly.
Essential oils: are natural, volatile, concentrated liquid product extracted from different parts of plants and possess individual therapeutic properties. They have been used since centuries for healing and curing various ailments. Some of the essential oils used for beard products are; Bergamot, Clove, Cinnamon, Frankincense, Sandalwood, Cedarwood, Lavender, Rosemary, Tea tree, Thyme
DIY Simple Beard Balm Recipe:
1 Tablespoon Beeswax pellets
1.5 teaspoon Shea butter
1 teaspoon Jojoba oil
2 drops Tea tree Essential Oil
2 drops Cedarwood Essential Oil
2 drops Rosemary Essential Oil
1oz tin container or glass jar with lid
Fill a pot with 2 inches of water on a low-medium heat, add beeswax pellets and shea butter in a glass measuring cup and place in the hot water, keep stirring till melted and thoroughly combined. Remove from heat, add Jojoba oil, mix and bring to room temperature (3-5 mts). Now add essential oils, stir well until smooth, pour into a container or jar, close the lid, label. Let it rest for couple of hours, then use as needed. Stays good for 6-12 months.
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