Regardless of how well your beard grows, it’s liable to get dry, flaky, smelly, and rough. Great beards require care! We wash and take care of the hair on top of our heads, so what’s keeping us from investing in our beards as well?
We’re going to discuss beard butter in this article, giving you some insight into what it is and why you should consider adding it to your daily routine.
Hopefully, this article is the sign you need to start treating your beard how it deserves to be treated. Let’s get started:
What is Beard Butter?
First things first, what goes into a tub of beard butter?
The base of these kinds of butter is typically some kind of solid fat. In most cases, that’s some form of coconut oil, shea butter, or cocoa butter. These provide a good foundation for the rest of the ingredients to fit into.
Next, there’s a carrier oil. Carrier oils are used to dilute essential oils so that they can be effectively transferred to the skin. Essential oils are often very concentrated, so much so that they have to be cut with something to be effective.
Further, essential oils and fragrances don’t always interact well with skin and hair on their own. So, a carrier like castor oil or argan oil is used to adjust the essential oils into a form that will allow them to interact well with your beard.
Next, the essential oils are added. These are primarily for scent unless there are some properties of the oil that you’re interested in using, so there are no rules on which essential oil is used.
Finally, beeswax or some other wax is used to create the correct texture.
What Does It Do?
There are a lot of grooming products out there that don’t seem to have a real purpose. You could go to the store, find a dozen high-priced organic grooming products, and never know whether or not they’re really working.
Beard butter is a little different. The thing is, your beard might have been untamed for so long that you’re not aware of how beneficial the effects will be. Let’s look at some of the benefits that you might not have known that you were looking for.
1. Moisturizes the Skin Beneath
Your beard might be snowing all over your clothes, household objects, work, and partner. Beard dandruff is very real, and it tends to start falling when our beards get a few inches long.