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How to Make Beard Oil - August 2018
My darling doesn't have a beard, well not often anyway. He does let it grow when we are on holiday and away from civilization, but otherwise he's clean shaven.
But we do have family members with beards and so I'll be making them beard maintenance kits for Christmas, with the key item being a bottle of custom beard oil, created just for them.
You may be asking just what the heck beard oil is. Well, it's a combination of soothing, moisturising oils designed to condition and treat beards.
Beard oil keeps beards soft (no more scratchy kisses) and helps to keep them dandruff free (yep, beards can get dandruff). They also condition the skin under the beard, keeping it soft and supple.
Beard oils are expensive. You may not think so, but $23 for 25ml equates to $92 for 100ml (about a year's worth). You can make 100ml of custom beard oil for around $25 - around a quarter of the price. Best of all, when you MOO beard oil, you can add the essential oils you like - you don't need to stick to the oils in the recipe below. Mix them up, change them to suit yourself. Just please remember that as this is going to be used on skin, pure essential oils are required.
Simple Beard Oil
You will need:
1/2 ounce jojoba oil
1/2 ounce sweet almond oil
1 tablespoon fractionated coconut oil
3–4 drops cedarwood pure essential oil
3–4 drops sandalwood pure essential oil
small bottle with an eyedropper or cap
Step 1. In your bottle, add the jojoba oil.
Step 2. Next add the sweet almond oil and the fractionated coconut oil.
Step 3. Then, add the cedarwood and sandalwood essential oils. Place the cap on tightly and shake well.
To Use: Using your hands or eyedropper, apply a few drops and massage into the beard and onto the cheeks.
Brush the beard for the finishing touch.
Notes:
Fractionated coconut oil is coconut oil in liquid form. It can be used in cooking and in beauty products. Find it at your local health food shop.
If you don't have a glass bottle, try $2 shops or look online. Vanilla bottles work well for bulk batches, and you can buy a dropper to fit from most chemists. Look for the dark glass (brown is most common, sometimes you'll come across lovely dark green glass bottles).
But we do have family members with beards and so I'll be making them beard maintenance kits for Christmas, with the key item being a bottle of custom beard oil, created just for them.
You may be asking just what the heck beard oil is. Well, it's a combination of soothing, moisturising oils designed to condition and treat beards.
Beard oil keeps beards soft (no more scratchy kisses) and helps to keep them dandruff free (yep, beards can get dandruff). They also condition the skin under the beard, keeping it soft and supple.
Beard oils are expensive. You may not think so, but $23 for 25ml equates to $92 for 100ml (about a year's worth). You can make 100ml of custom beard oil for around $25 - around a quarter of the price. Best of all, when you MOO beard oil, you can add the essential oils you like - you don't need to stick to the oils in the recipe below. Mix them up, change them to suit yourself. Just please remember that as this is going to be used on skin, pure essential oils are required.
Simple Beard Oil
You will need:
1/2 ounce jojoba oil
1/2 ounce sweet almond oil
1 tablespoon fractionated coconut oil
3–4 drops cedarwood pure essential oil
3–4 drops sandalwood pure essential oil
small bottle with an eyedropper or cap
Step 1. In your bottle, add the jojoba oil.
Step 2. Next add the sweet almond oil and the fractionated coconut oil.
Step 3. Then, add the cedarwood and sandalwood essential oils. Place the cap on tightly and shake well.
To Use: Using your hands or eyedropper, apply a few drops and massage into the beard and onto the cheeks.
Brush the beard for the finishing touch.
Notes:
Fractionated coconut oil is coconut oil in liquid form. It can be used in cooking and in beauty products. Find it at your local health food shop.
If you don't have a glass bottle, try $2 shops or look online. Vanilla bottles work well for bulk batches, and you can buy a dropper to fit from most chemists. Look for the dark glass (brown is most common, sometimes you'll come across lovely dark green glass bottles).