Beard Butter Recipe - Mossy Beard

Ah, so you are looking for a beard butter recipe. It may seem like a new thing, but beard butter has been around for quite a while. And it’s really helpful for men growing out their various styles of beards past the five ‘o clock shadow. Therefore in this article we’ll be exploring three of the most popular oil-based beard care products we bearded men use on a daily basis, including a beard butter recipe.

First, Beard Oils, Beard Balms and Beard Butters Explained

Certainly beard oil, beard balm, and beard butter recipe all have their place in a good beard care regime. Above all, consider them useful assets in your beard arsenal. Although, don’t assume just because something has “beard” on the label, it is actually any good for your beard. A lot of commonly found beard care products contain anti-androgens (i.e. harmful to male hormones). Obviously, these can be detrimental to beard growth. Some so-called beard care products contain other harsh, synthetic chemicals that will dry out and damage your beard and skin over time. So make sure you read the label and avoid any beard care products that contains those damaging chemical.

If possible, stick with quality beard care products. For example, we made Beard Balm by Mossy Beard with 100% natural and organic ingredients that nourish, moisturize and protect your beard.

Beard Balm by Mossy Beard

Beard Balm by Mossy Beard

  • 100% natural and organic
  • Moisturizes, nourishes and protects your beard so it grows
  • Adds hold to your beard to make styling easier
  • Attractive 2-oz tin

Commonalities Among a Beard Oil, Beard Balm or Beard Butter Recipe

There are a few things a beard oil, beard balm or beard butter recipe have in common. Consequently, we’ll go over that first to make things easier.

There are a plethora of various beard care products with diverse ingredients, so we can’t necessarily review each one. However, we can say most beard care products contain carrier oils and usually essential oils.

Basic Ingredients in all Beard Oil, Beard Balm and Beard Butter Recipes

A few basic ingredients in beard balms, beard waxes and beard butters include:

In spite of being labeled for beards, these products can be utilized on your head hair or skin.

All three assist tremendously when you’re initially growing your beard out past the stubble stages. Because of the irritation of the hair and dryness that goes hand in hand with growing a beard, utilizing one of these three beard care products can enable you to move beyond that tingling and annoying stage, which generally lasts a good 2-3 weeks for many men growing out their beard. This stage is especially annoying to first timers since it seems there is no end in sight. However, persevere on bearded one!

Shea Butter

Organic Shea Butter

  • 1 lb package
  • Organic
  • 100% pure
  • Unrefined/virgin
  • USDA certified organic Shea butter 1 lbs 100% Pure and Natural, Raw Unrefined Shea Butter
  • Free of any Pesticides and other Chemicals – No Added Scents or Preservatives. No Additives.
  • Loaded with Natural Vitamins A, E, Natural Antioxidants and Fatty Acids for Maximum Natural Moisturizing
Cocoa Butter for Beard Butter Recipe

Organic Cocoa Butter

  • Certified organic coca butter bar: Large Size 16 Ounce Non-Deodorized Pure Raw, Rich In Antioxidants From The Dominican Republic
  • Pure cocoa butter: USDA Certified Organic, Free of any Pesticides and other Chemicals.
  • A Very Rich and Natural Moisturizer. Cocoa Butter is solid at room temperature and will melt to the Touch of Your Fingertips and It Will Naturally Soaks Into Your Skin.
Beeswax for Beard Butter Recipe

Organic White Beeswax Pellets

  • Contains: 1 x 16 oz. pouch of Organic White Beeswax Pellets
  • 100% pure, USDA Organic, and responsibly sourced
  • Natural Aroma: Made without additives or synthetic ingredients, White Beeswax Pellets maintain their natural, mild scent
  • High Quality: Sky Organics White Beeswax Pellets are all-natural and triple-filtered

Keep it in the Beard

A beard wax/beard balm ought to, for the most part, be utilized on the facial hair itself, rather than the skin, as beeswax will in general be comedogenic (will clog your pores); a beard oil or beard butter recipe is a better alternative to add right on your skin because of the lack of that component.

That said, this doesn’t mean beard balm is bad for your skin or that you ought to totally avoid it on your skin. To clarify beard balm just has a greater chance of stopping up your pores. Although, remember there are also carrier oils that have higher comedogenic ratings than beeswax does, so essentially this tip could be tossed out the window, depending upon the ingredients in your beard oils or beard butter recipe.

What Is Beard Oil?

We’ll start off with what’s considered the most “basic” of the three beard care products. Certainly, a beard oil is utilized to keep a beard delicate, saturated, and potentially smelling decent if there are any fragrances or essential oils included. Beard oil is, according to Google’s search statistics, the most popular of the three beard care products, and beard oil is usually the main item in a beard company’s line up of beard care products.

Above all it is basic, yet viable, for everyday needs. Except it won’t tame your flyaways and wild beard as much as a beard balm, beard butter recipe, or a beard wax would. At the same time, it is always more helpful to use a beard oil than nothing at all. Certainly some men prefer something with castor oil in it for the best taming a beard oil can offer. Or jojoba oil for something that most takes after the sebum our faces naturally produce. However, it really comes down to personal preference. The main consideration is finding a beard oil that won’t damage your skin or beard over time. Therefore, stick with natural and organic beard oils made from quality ingredients.

Beard oil will normally arrive in an amber-hued glass bottle, yet some of the time blue glass is utilized or even amber-or blue-shaded plastic jugs.

Step-by-step instructions to Apply Beard Oil

When utilizing any kind of oil-based item, recollect that “toning it down would be ideal.”

  1. Wash (or at least rinse/dampen) your beard. It is recommended you wash your beard just 2-4 times each week. So if it is anything but a wash day, basically flush with clean water with no soap. A shower is favored over washing at a sink, yet either works great.
  2. Pat dry with a towel, ideally made of cotton or a microfiber material, which should leave your beard somewhat damp
  3. Drop or place 3-4 drops of beard oil for a medium-sized, full beard into your palm and rub your hands together. Use more or less beard oil, depending on the size and thickness of your beard.
  4. Utilizing your fingers, rub them from bottom to top, neck to cheeks to get beard oil down to the skin
  5. With what’s remaining in your hands, rub your beard back down and hand-style
  6. Complete styling with a beard comb or beard brush (they also help spread and penetrate the beard oil into your beard) 

A Dry Beard is Better

On the off chance you apply beard oil to a dry beard, you’ll see that spreading the beard oil is a lot harder, and it will in general sit on your hair and skin instead of absorbing into them. In the event you have to apply something to a dry beard, a beard butter recipe is usually a superior choice for this.

Also, the larger your beard is, the more beard oil you’ll want to utilize. Except if you have an extremely, exceptionally large beard, it’s improbable you’ll have to utilize even near 10 drops of beard oil. Save your beard oil and your cash by utilizing less beard oil. Both your wallet and your face will thank you for it.

How to Make Beard Oil

Making beard oil is pretty straight forward. Simply combine the ingredients, shake and enjoy.

The necessary ingredients for clean, simple beard oil are:

Jojoba Oil for Beard Butter Recipe

Organic Jojoba Oil

  • 4-fl-oz bottle
  • 100% pure, certified organic oil derived from the seed of the jojoba shrub
  • Non-GMO project verified: Its high stability, invigorating scent, and cosmetic versatility make it ideal for all skin and hair types
  • Packaged in the USA by a family owned and operated company since 1968
Castor Oil for Beard Butter Recipe

Organic Cold-Pressed 100% Pure, Hexane-Free Castor Oil

  • 16oz bottle
  • USDA-certified organic, cold-pressed, 100% pure castor oil with no added ingredients, fragrance, alcohols, or preservatives
  • Responsibly sourced and 100% vegan and cruelty-free
Peppermint Essential Oil for Beard Butter Recipe

Organic Peppermint Essential Oil

  • Organic Peppermint is revitalizing, invigorating and cooling with a fresh, strong mint scent that is energizing and uplifting
  • Boosts energy levels safely and naturally, a safer and healthier way to uplift your spirit
  • Extracted through steam distillation of aerial parts. Made in state-of-the-art laboratories, naturally derived and subject to purity testing in-house, vegan and never tested on any animals.
  • Highly concentrated and 100% pure and free of synthetic ingredients, delivering the very best benefit of the source of the plants, fruits, seeds, flowers, bark, stems, roots or leaves from which they come.
Amber Bottles for Beard Oil

12 2oz Amber Glass Bottles with Glass Eye Droppers

  • 12 – 2 oz, Amber Glass Bottles, with Glass Droppers, and Black Caps
  • Perfect for beard oils
  • Safe, secure and convenient packaging
  • Perfect for travel, and conveniently fits in your bag
  • Amber Glass Protects Against Harmful UV Rays

What is Beard Balm/Beard Wax?

Beard balms and beard waxes are fundamentally the same, yet are distinctive in the feeling of how well they hold your facial hair in place. Unlike beard oil, Beard balm gives considerably more of a hold for styling and taming flyaways and wildness.

However, on average, beard balm won’t contain as much beeswax as you would find in a beard wax. Beeswax is a natural ingredient that has the most hold compared to shea butter and cocoa butter, which are more for spread than hold. Beard waxes will contain more beeswax, and it is safe to say beard wax will contain at least some beeswax 100% of the time, regardless of whether there’s a substitution of carnauba wax, which can technically be utilized for the same motivation behind hold.

On many occasions, the terms beard balm and beard wax are alluded to interchangeably. However, sometimes it comes down to the manufacturing company and what they want to name their beard care product. Beard balm is the more generally searched for term in search engines and destinations like Amazon, so labeling an item as such will in general be the go-to, regardless of whether it may have the same amount of hold as an item labeled as beard wax. (Basically, there’s no delineated standards.)

Beard Wax is not Mustache Wax

Don’t confuse beard wax with mustache wax, though. While beard wax and mustache wax can both contain a portion of the same components, a mustache wax needs a more grounded, stronger hold than a beard wax. As such, it will contain a significantly larger percentage of beeswax, or as an alternative perhaps some synthetic ingredients altogether.

Beard balms and beard waxes usually come in tin containers with pop-off or twist-off caps. Some utilize amber glass containers with plastic screw-off caps as well. In general, glass will be more costly than tin, so if you are comparing two beard balms that cost the same but one is contained in glass, go with the beard balm in the tin. Most likely the extra cost was used to develop and produce a higher-quality beard balm, while the producer of the glass-contained beard balm spent more money on packaging than on product development and quality. This isn’t always the case, but a good rule of thumb.  

The reason beard balm and beard wax tame facial hair so well because butters and oils harden at certain temperatures, as well as adding additional weight to the beard hair. When beard balm and beard wax are applied and chilled, the beard balm and beard wax undetectably harden around your beard hair in the style that you set your beard. Beard balm and beard wax don’t make your beard feel hard like a hair gel would, nor do beard balm and beard wax make a difference on the off chance that you adventure into more sizzling temperatures. Good quality beard balm and beard wax ought to do their thing in spite of the ambient temperature.

How to Apply Beard Balm/Beard Wax

Applying beard balm is quick and easy. Here are the steps:

  1. Rinse or wash your beard. It’s recommended you wash your beard just 2-4 times each week to keep it clean yet not dry it out. So if it’s not a wash day, essentially flush with plain water with no soap.
  2. Pat dry with a cotton or microfiber fabric, leaving your beard marginally damp
  3. Utilize the back of your finger nail to scoop or scrape up a small amount of your beard balm/beard wax
  4. Place the beard balm/beard wax in your palm and rub your hands together to warm and liquefy it. Beard balm/beard wax ingredients melt just above room temperature, so there is no need to rub vigorously. Just let your body heat do its thing.
  5. Apply the beard balm/beard wax from top to bottom of your beard, paying attention more to the hair than the skin
  6. Complete styling with a beard brush or beard comb

How to Make Beard Balm

Making beard balm is somewhat harder than simply stirring up some beard oils. In any case, that really just means allowing some extra time and patience to the process, in addition to a couple of extra tools you’ll require. In the end, though, it’s easy to just make any old beard balm. Making a good quality beard balm, however, requires patience, skill and trial and error. But it’s definitely more fun!

Beard Balm Ingredients/Tools

A kitchen scale will help immensely with measuring your shea butter and beeswax. On the off chance you don’t have a kitchen scale to measure your shea butter and beeswax, you could potentially have a go at packing the butters into measured spoons or containers instead.  This method wouldn’t be 100% accurate. However, if you’re making homemade beard care products for yourself, accuracy isn’t something to stress about too much, especially when you are experimenting. Approximate amounts work consummately fine, and if you buy your beard balm ingredients in bulk, you should be able to have plenty to experiment with.

Steps to Make Beard Balm

  1. Turn your stove on its LOWEST heat with your pot over it, and liquefy down your shea butter and beeswax, mixing until they are completely dissolved
  2. At that point add in your carrier oils, for example, jojoba and castor. Mix again.
  3. Add your essential oil(s). Basically checking the amount of drops you use is easier than figuring out how to measure it out to a specific measure. However, if you want to be consistent, uniform and accurate, do actual measurements rather than drops.

Work it up for a few seconds after adding your final beard balm ingredients. At that point get your tins (or amber jars) ready. You don’t want the melted beard balm to chill too much. If it does, the beard balm could harden in your pot. If that happens warm up your beard balm again, but be very careful to not burn it.

While it’s still warm and liquefied, carefully place your beard balm in your chosen container.

The last step is to allow your beard balm to cool at room temp. If you’re in a rush you can place the beard balm in cooler or a fridge after the heated balm has been chilled off a bit at room temp. There is a risk your beard balm will cool too quickly and end up being brittle and flaky, though, so only do this if you’re in a real rush.

Stirrers for Beard Products including Beard Butter Recipe

Stainless Steel Stirrers with Small Rectangular Paddles

  • Package includes five (5) stirrers
  • Made of 304 stainless steel
  • Dishwasher safe, reusable and easy to clean
Scale for Beard Butter Recipe

Digital Multifunction Scale in Grams and Ounces

  • Ash Grey
  • Readings down to the gram, an 11-pound capacity, and easy-to-read display
  • Simplistic, modern design fits the décor of any space
Shea Butter

Organic Shea Butter

  • 1 lb package
  • Organic
  • 100% pure
  • Unrefined/virgin
  • USDA certified organic Shea butter 1 lbs 100% Pure and Natural, Raw Unrefined Shea Butter
  • Free of any Pesticides and other Chemicals – No Added Scents or Preservatives. No Additives.
  • Loaded with Natural Vitamins A, E, Natural Antioxidants and Fatty Acids for Maximum Natural Moisturizing
Beeswax for Beard Products

Organic White Beeswax Pellets

  • Contains: 1 x 16 oz. pouch of Organic White Beeswax Pellets
  • 100% pure, USDA Organic, and responsibly sourced
  • Natural Aroma: Made without additives or synthetic ingredients, White Beeswax Pellets maintain their natural, mild scent
  • High Quality: Sky Organics White Beeswax Pellets are all-natural and triple-filtered
Castor Oil for Beards

Organic Cold-Pressed 100% Pure, Hexane-Free Castor Oil

  • 16oz bottle
  • USDA-certified organic, cold-pressed, 100% pure castor oil with no added ingredients, fragrance, alcohols, or preservatives
  • Responsibly sourced and 100% vegan and cruelty-free
Peppermint Essential Oil

Organic Peppermint Essential Oil

  • Organic Peppermint is revitalizing, invigorating and cooling with a fresh, strong mint scent that is energizing and uplifting
  • Boosts energy levels safely and naturally, a safer and healthier way to uplift your spirit
  • Extracted through steam distillation of aerial parts. Made in state-of-the-art laboratories, naturally derived and subject to purity testing in-house, vegan and never tested on any animals.
  • Highly concentrated and 100% pure and free of synthetic ingredients, delivering the very best benefit of the source of the plants, fruits, seeds, flowers, bark, stems, roots or leaves from which they come.
Jojoba Oil for Beards

Organic Jojoba Oil

  • 4-fl-oz bottle
  • 100% pure, certified organic oil derived from the seed of the jojoba shrub
  • Non-GMO project verified: Its high stability, invigorating scent, and cosmetic versatility make it ideal for all skin and hair types
  • Packaged in the USA by a family owned and operated company since 1968
Beard Balm Tins

Beard Balm Tins, 2 oz Aluminum Screw Lid, 12 Pack

  • Aluminum, Pack of 12, Color: Silver, Size: 2.67 in” dia. x 0.98 in” height, Capacity: 2 Ounce / 60 ml.
  • The screw-top lids make sure you tighten the lid easily and will not let the content leak out
  • These screw-top lids of containers have no sharp edges, all edges are rounded to prevent scratching your hand
Amber Bottles for Beard Oil

12 2oz Amber Glass Bottles with Glass Eye Droppers

  • 12 – 2 oz, Amber Glass Bottles, with Glass Droppers, and Black Caps
  • Perfect for beard oils
  • Safe, secure and convenient packaging
  • Perfect for travel, and conveniently fits in your bag
  • Amber Glass Protects Against Harmful UV Rays

What is a Beard Butter Recipe?

Beard butter could be said to be in the middle of beard oil and beard balm. It’s not fluid. However, it’s not firm either. In this manner beard butter shouldn’t be melted/emulsified in your hands before application of it into your beard.

Consider beard butter being like a salve you would use on your body or face. Beard butters can also basically resemble beard balms, without the beeswax. Which means you can utilize shea and cocoa butters as the primary ingredient, which isn’t exactly the same as a salve. You could potentially say that beard butters are the most difficult to brand and market, and some of them may be called creams as well. In the end most men prefer a beard oil or a beard balm since both have different uses.

Beard butter is easy to spread and tackles dry skin great. While refreshing to the skin, it also gives moderate hold that can be similar to that of a beard balm that may not contain a lot of beeswax — which is a major selling point for many men. As well, compared to beard oils and beard balms, beard butter is the best at relaxing beards because of its easy penetration past the hair’s outer skin.

With the heaviness of the butter in a beard, it’s also a supportive styling aid at the same time.

A beard butter is probably going to come stored in a plastic container similar to face creams that don’t utilize pumps to administer the item. Some come in tins, much like a beard balm or beard wax as well.

Step-by-step Instructions to Apply Your Beard Butter Recipe

  1. Rinse or wash your beard. Again, it’s recommended you wash your beard just 2-4 times each week. So if it’s not a wash day, basically flush with plain water with no soap. Not at all like beard oils and beard balms, beard butter works better than either of them on the off chance you have to apply to a completely dry beard. It’s still recommended you apply after a rinse or wash, be that as it may.
  2. Pat dry your beard with a cotton or microfiber material
  3. Utilize your finger to scoop out around a thumbnail-sized amount of beard butter
  4. Spread the beard butter uniformly across your two hands
  5. Apply the beard butter from neck to cheeks, working the beard butter in well into your beard
  6. Complete styling with a beard brush or beard comb

Step-by-step Instructions for a Beard Butter Recipe

To make basic beard butter, take a look at the recipe in the beard balm segment. However, nix the beeswax and add somewhat more shea butter and carrier oil to suit your preference. Or, on the other hand, replace beeswax with cocoa butter to make it much easier. This will also allow for a really buttery consistency.

Is Making Your Own Beard Care Products Worth It?

Reusing all of your beard care ingredients between your beard oils, beard balms and beard butters will save you a great deal of cash over the long haul. While the initial purchases may be larger than buying a few branded, pre-blended products, you could potentially get more if you blend your own beard care products.  A purchase of all of these individual beard care ingredients can last you for years rather than the 2-3 months a typical beard item may last you.

However, you should to account for waste, mistakes and batches you simply do not like. This is especially true in the beginning as you become familiar with how to brew your own beard care products and define what you like. Trust me, there will be a lot of trial and error as you develop your own beard oil, beard balm or beard butter.

If you want to cut to the chase and get your hands on quality beard care products you can trust and know they are 100% organic and natural, consider products like Beard Balm by Mossy Beard. Our beard balm is made from the best ingredients available, and our beard balm will not irritate sensitive skin, damage your beard or dry out your skin and beard. In fact, our beard balm will nourish, moisturize and protect your beard from harsh chemicals and environments.

Beard Oil vs Beard Balm vs a Beard Butter Recipe

On the off chance you don’t utilize any of these beard care products currently, going with any of them will level up your beard game by a considerable amount. All of them will help keep your facial hair healthy regardless of which course you take, as long as you stick with natural and organic ingredients.

In case you’re essentially pondering what’s best, that’s somewhat harder to answer. All of them have their benefits. We should lay out the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Pros and Cons of Beard Oil

  • Usually small form factor in glass bottle
  • Measured drops via dropper or drop cap
  • Generally cheaper than beard balms, beard waxes and beard butters
  • Not as much styling hold as beard balm, beard wax or beard butter

Pros and Cons of Beard Balm/Beard Wax

  • Great hold for beard styling
  • Fits most places easily for traveling
  • Melts in hot temperatures, (for example, traveling, left in hot car, etc.)
  • Easy for first-time beard growers to abuse

Pros and Cons of a Beard Butter Recipe

  • Good hold for beard styling. Almost as much as beard balm, yet not as much as beard wax
  • Softens coarse beards greatly
  • Easily eliminates dry skin
  • Easy to abuse for amateur clients
  • Normally comes in larger containers, less advantageous for travel

Beard Care Recommendation

In spite of any apparent inadequacies, it’s hard to say there really are any true negatives of utilizing these beard care products, aside what what was mentioned at the start of this article about potential anti-androgens, which is very subject to the individual beard care product. The upside of utilizing these things vastly exceeds the drawbacks in the negative segments.

So which one would it be advisable for you to pick? My answer is: don’t pick just one. I personally believe beard oil should be used to treat and moisturize your beard, especially if it is a dry or fragile beards and needs a little extra help. Men with beards at the early stages of growth can also benefit from beard oil, which will help alleviate beard itch and therefore help you get through that stage of growth more easily. Beard balm should be used to lock in that moisture and help style your beard. A great beard balm not only is great for your beard, but it also smells great. Beard Balm by Mossy Beard has a clean, gentle, manly scent that is a pleasure to apply and smell throughout the day, without being overpowering. Give it a try!

Beard Butter Recipe Conclusion

Beard oil, beard balm and beard butter recipes all have their places in any beard care regime. And a consistent routine can really assist one with appreciating his beard more. From relaxing your beard, to calming bothersome, dry skin, it’s hard not to recommend utilizing any of these beard care products.

In case you’re simply the sort that likes do-it-yourself (DIY) ventures, making yourself a few beard balms and beard oils is a fantastic, easy task to start. In the event doing it without anyone else’s help isn’t really your thing, purchasing quality products from a reliable and trusted beard care company is an incredible alternative. Consider using Beard Balm by Mossy Beard when you are looking to augment your beard care regimen, and you will not be disappointed. Remember: A Healthy Beard is a Growing Beard!

Beard Balm by Mossy Beard

Beard Balm by Mossy Beard

  • 100% natural and organic
  • Moisturizes, nourishes and protects your beard so it grows
  • Adds hold to your beard to make styling easier
  • Attractive 2-oz tin

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