Softening DIY Essential Oil Beard Balm
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To have a beautiful silky beard, soft to the touch and well rooted, it is necessary to take great care! So, to complete your beard care routine, here’s a facial treatment with essential oils, specially formulated for the beards of these gentlemen. After hydrating the skin, this mixture will strengthen the hairs and nourish them in depth. Its creamy texture allows for easy application, without making clumps in the beard. Finally, the Ginger gives this balm a light spicy and hot scent, which will delight those around you. Enjoy a beard the way you like it: soft and smelling good! Check out essential oils beard oil.
Ingredients
- 30 g of shea butter
- 20 mL of Avocado vegetable oil
- 15 drops of Ginger essential oil
Utensils
- A saucepan (but a kettle also works very well)
- A small jar in which to prepare and store your balm
- A spoon to take the right amount of vegetable oil
- A scale to weigh your shea butter
Shea Butter – Prepare The Ground With Shea Butter
For beard hair to grow properly, the skin that bears it must be healthy and protected. Indeed, damaged skin can cause infections that prevent the growth of strong and shiny hair or itching that promotes hair loss. The Shea Butter has regenerative properties and protective impressive skin, ideal for counter these skin problems! Thanks to the karitene it contains, an unsaponifiable agent, shea butter will act in-depth in the epidermis to guarantee you a soft and repaired skin, ideal ground for a silky and flamboyant beard.
Avocado – Shine And Vitality
Beard hairs are like hair: to get softness and shine, they need to be nourished and hydrated! The vegetable Avocado oil is ideal for this. Thanks to the unsaturated fatty acids which compose it, it will act in-depth to strengthen the hairs, nourish them and facilitate their growth . Widely used for hair care and masks, the Avocado will take care of your beard to counter any loss of shine. This vegetable oil, rich in vitamins, will allow your hairs to keep or regain their full health! Thus, the keratin which makes up the scales of the hairs will be protected and your beard will regain shine and vitality.
Ginger Essential Oil – To Cleanse Skin And Strengthen Hair
The essential oil of ginger is known for its action hair tonic. By sanitizing the skin, thanks to sesquiterpenes and monoterpene carbides, Ginger will allow the hair to grow in a healthy environment. This will therefore reduce the risk of ingrown hairs and infected wounds or small unsightly pimples, which can mar the beauty of your beard. The sesquiterpenes will also have anti-inflammatory, ideal for sensitive skin that can be abused by the roughness of the hair and the environment, pollution and hard water. Thanks to Ginger, your hairs grow strong and silky, on healthy and clean skin!
DIY Essential Oil Beard Balm
- Take the necessary amount of shea butter, melt it gently in a double boiler (with water between 35 and 40°). This step can take between 2 and 5 min.
- Now that the shea butter has melted, take it out of the double boiler and add the 20 mL of avocado vegetable oil.
- Then add the 15 drops of essential oil of Ginger in your small container and mix everything.
- Then cool everything in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour, in order to obtain a solid and compact texture, without granules. If you just have a freezer compartment in your fridge, this will be just as effective.
- Once the balm has solidified, give it its creamy texture by whisking it with a fork, until you get a light and airy texture.
Your softening beard balm is ready to use!
How to apply: Take a small amount of balm with your finger, then heat it between your hands to melt it. Apply to the beard in circular motions. Make penetrate to the skin.
Precautions and good practices
- Ginger essential oil is dermocaustic in its purest form.
- Do not use in case of anticoagulant treatment or before surgery.
- Oils contain allergenic components, be sure to perform the allergic test in the crook of the elbow before use.
FAQs About Essential Oil Beard Balm
Is balm good for beard?
A beard balm works as a leave-in conditioner that will moisturize, condition, style and soften your beard. All of these ingredients are combined to help promote proper beard growth and keep your beard healthy and smelling its best.
When should I start using beard balm?
When should I apply beard balm? The best time to apply beard balm is after a shower. Why? Because this is when your beard is completely clean and the beard hair is softest, making applying the balm easier and the hairs easier to style.
What can I use instead of beard balm?
Jojoba Or Argan Oils Are Terrific Beard Oil Substitutes. If you are a man with sensitive skin or one that just simply doesn’t like scented grooming products, then just apply jojoba or argan oil. These oils are carrier oils and are the base ingredients in many of the most popular beard oils on the market.
Can you use essential oils on beard?
Peppermint oil, lavender oil, rosemary oil, and tea tree oil are shown to be beneficial for growing a thick, full beard. However, you should always dilute these concentrated oils before you apply directly to your skin.
Should I use beard balm and oil everyday?
Unlike shampoo, beard balm can and should be applied every day. You’ll notice that your beard becomes softer gradually. A lot of men mistakenly believe that having a beard is easier than shaving every day, but it takes just as much work to maintain it properly.
Is beard balm and beard butter the same?
Basically beard balm is a product that makes sure your beard is tamed and well groomed. Beard butter on the other hand is a product that is generally made up of natural butters and oils. … Beard butter serves as a deep conditioner to soften and moisturize both your beard and the skin beneath.
Can I put tea tree oil on my beard?
Tea tree is excellent for hair growth; when applied to your beard or directly to the scalp it stimulates and increases blood flow to that area. This in turn improves the conditions for hair follicles to strengthen and grow.
Should I put beard balm on before bed?
While using beard balm during the daytime is ultimately up to you, if your beard hair tends to be on the drier side, we highly recommend applying beard balm at night. Right after a shower, your pores are more open and your skin will more readily absorb anything you put on it.
Do you wash off beard balm?
Doing this will help hold moisture in your hair follicles and pores. Splash a dime size amount of beard oil in your palm and massage into your skin and beard. … Like all natural beard balm, beard oil does not need to be rinsed out.
