Benefits of Beard Oil: What’s in Your Bottle?

James Beaubien
Jul 28, 2017 · 6 min read

Beard oil is one of the most essential products that any man with a beard can own. Given its awesome blend of carrier and essential oils, beard oil can make your beard go from looking rough and dry to looking like a bearded God.

There are many benefits of using beard oil, such as eliminating beardruff, split ends, dry skin, and even patchiness. We will get to that in a moment, but before we do, its important to understand the composition of beard oil and what exactly these ingredients do when applied to your beard.

Any high quality beard oil ($15–$25) is typically made up of two distinct ingredients, a blend of carrier oils and a few essential oils.

In some cases, the higher end beard oils may include added ingredients like Vitamin E, which delivers key vitamins for healthy hair and skin care.

Carrier oils themselves will typically deliver many of the core benefits of any given beard oil as they make up about 90–95% of the actual oil.

Typically derived from seeds and nuts, carrier oils are completely all natural with the most popular ones typically are jojoba (pronounced “ho-ho-ba”), argan, coconut, hemp, apricot, and several others.

These oils are often found in several different beauty products besides just beard oil. If you typically purchase higher end beauty or all natural products, you will see ingredients such as jojoba in shampoos, soaps, creams, lotions, etc.

The reason why these oils are so vastly used in beauty products is due to them being completely all natural and having terrific hydrating/moisturizing abilities for your skin and hair follicles.

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Instead of using a mixture of chemicals to achieve the same hydrating effects for your skin, a decent carrier oil will deliver the same if not better moisturizing and nourishing abilities.

We will touch on why this moisture is so important in just a moment, but before we do, lets examine essential oils:

Many of the higher end beard oils will typically included several essential oils in addition to the carrier oils. These oils are extremely volatile and are required to be diluted by a carrier oil before application to your skin.

Available in a variety different scents ranging from lavender and sandalwood, cedar and pine, to citronella and lemongrass, the options are truly limitless when trying to determine a scent for any beard oil.

Traditionally speaking, the more expensive beard oils will usually contain several essential oils within the solution as essential oils are by themselves relatively pricey when compared to carrier oils.

Many men are scared away from the thought of using essential oils, but you shouldn’t steer away from using essential oils without trying them out first.

Many essential oils are used for natural remedies of which can be pretty effective. For instance, an essential oil such as sandalwood or tea tree are natural anti-septic, therefore when applied to your skin, these essential oils may actually do a really good job in clearing out your pores to reduce the occurrence of acne.

Now if you are put off by strong smells like some men, don’t be too worried about beard oil being too overwhelming. Typically the scents of beard oil may smell a bit stronger at first, but will quickly reside after a short amount of time. Therefore it is important to remember, the essential oils within beard oil aren’t a cologne, they are a complimentary scent.

If you are a man that is sensitive to certain smells don’t worry there is a beard oil for you too. An unscented oil (Recon Scout) contains only the carrier oils and no essential oils.

Last to touch on is the cheap beard oils. Recently there has been an uptick in the number of imitation beard oil products making its way to the market. These oils typically contain chemicals that simulate a slippery feeling (i.e. silicone) and deliver zero benefits to your skin and beard. Therefore its strongly recommended that you steer clear of these products. Secondly, if a beard oil doesn’t have its ingredients listed on the bottle, you should pass on purchasing it.

Why it’s Important to Maintain Your Beard With Oil

It is important to note that your beard does not need to be fully grown in to use the oils, in fact it is recommended that it is applied once you decide to start growing your beard. It will help the hair grow in better and reduce the itching associated with growing a beard.

These oils will moisten your skin underneath your grizzly beard and will reduce the urge to itch and eliminate flaking.

Hence, if your beard is feeling a bit scraggly or straw-like, regular application of beard oil will help make it feel much better.

This regular use of beard oil will also help with the reduction of split ends occurring. If you are taking your beard growing seriously, the reduction of split ends will be good news as you won’t have to trim your beard nearly as often.

In addition to the feel of your beard, the general appearance of your beard will also improve with the introduction of beard oil.

You will love it, the ladies will love it, and you wont look like a homeless man! So take our advise and use beard care products if you are going to have a beard, it benefits everyone.

Now that You Know the Benefits, Where Do You Acquire Beard Oil?

Beard oil has gotten incredibly popular over the past couple of years. It seems as though every day there are new beard oil manufacturers popping up and selling some excellent quality oils. That being said, you need to be careful when selecting what oils to buy.

A good place to start is online vendors such as JIMBOB’S GRIZZLY BEARD CARE, they have very low shipping cost and most have a return policy if you’re not completely satisfied. Other mediums for purchasing them would be small boutique shops like Old Town General Store. Try to stay away from big retail stores like Walmart, although Whole Foods may also have great products to choose from.

I hope this helps you better understand the benefits of using beard oil and what is in them. Good luck and as always, Treat Your Beard Right!

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