How To Make Beard Balm at Home
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Let's make some beard balm together! Sure, we could to to Amazon and buy a bunch of different kinds, but why go the easy route when we can adventure off into uncharted territory and make our own?
Making beard balm is actually pretty easy. It just requires a few basic ingredients and some patience and you can have your own custom beard balms.
Here are links to the stuff I used:
1oz tins: www.amazon.com...
Carrier Oil Set: www.amazon.com...
Shea Butter: www.amazon.com...
Essential Oil set: www.amazon.com...
Bees Wax: www.amazon.com...
I took this and used it, thanks for the easy tutorial. I did modify it with castor oil and jojoba oil instead of the avocado and coconut oil. Thanks again. It's great stuff, the beard and skin have never been happier.
I have learned you need to let it cool a little bit before you put the Central oils in otherwise the heat will cook off the aroma that you're trying to get into it
Hi there JD. First time visiting your site as my 2 sons requested I create some beard oil for them. My following commnets are not meant to be taken as critical in any way! Just offering up my expierience after being in the handmade soap business for several years now. I noticed comments about it beieng grainy. I've learned that Shea butter is a very sensitive butter to heat! It shouldn't even be stored in temps above 80 degress. It takes a great deal of heat to melt your bees wax (145 degrees) in comparison to your shea butter. This will create a grainy texture and can also alter your scent profile. I ruined multiple batches of soap by letting them go through saponification at to high of a heat. They did the same thing and came out grainy. My suggestion would be to allow your bees wax the time it needs to melt but then give it a bit more time to cool down before adding your shea butter. Essential oils are also notrious for being heat sensitive and not all have a flash point listed on the bottles. The IFRA has a spread sheet for fragrances that lists a safe temp so you don't damage the essntial oils/fragrance oils when adding it to your products. I hope this will help some of your patron with their difficulties. The batch I made for my sons came out very well and they both love them so thank you so much for the guidance and instruction since I had none prior to this! PS. loved your choice in essential oil scents! I may just make a soap to match!
Thanks for the tips! Maybe I should do a redo of this video and take that into account. I had only made this a few times before and wasn't really sure what was getting grainy, but that sounds like great advice.
Nice video, will definately be making some - I make soaps and I know that grains in your product are usually to do with the butters that you put in. I noticed some people in the comments have tiny grains in their mix - the way to avoid this is to make sure your Beeswax is completely melted then add the butter a little at a time being careful not to over heat the mix thus creating the grains. I hope this helps.
Thanks! That’s super helpful. I will do that next time I give it a go.
My beard balm smells like some weird department store… I’ve read through some of the comments and I think my issue is that I had it too hot when I added the essential oils. I used 5 drops sandalwood, 2 leather, 2 tea tree and 1 pine needle. I thought it would smell manly as hell but it brings me back to when I was a kid shopping for clothes with my mom in the mall.
yes the Key is letting it cool enough that the heat does not Burn off the Essential oils as they have a evaporation point normally 2 or 3 minutes is fine you just have to keep sitring so it does not go solid in the pan
Try pre mixing all your oils. Getting your max and butter to no further than melting point over a bain marie(pan of simmering water with bowl on top and not touching) then take it off the heat and add the oils very slowly while whisking the wax and butter. You should emulsify the oils to the wax. Take it to the point of being thick enough to give you decent resistance. If you add too much you'll split it and it'll be game over
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So simple and saves a lot of money in the long run. Made one with some argan, jojoba, macadamia and sweet almond oil. Orange and lemon oil for a fresh summer scent
Sounds great!
This sounds awesome
Where did you find your scented oils
Amazon, but it’s hard to find cosmetic grade oils these days. So be careful. Everything needs to be cosmetic safe.
Just added it also to my Pinterest board under Make & Sell with over 12,000 followers
Woohoo! If you try out the how-to yourself let me know how it turned out.
4 years late to learning this but here I am. Thanks for sharing. ✨👊🏾
Glad it was helpful!
I just discovered P&J oils too. Ordered my first random assortment. How do you like them? I heard they're mostly synthetic, which could be harmful to the skin if you use too much. Have you noticed any skin irritation? Also, i discovered that trying out scents on your hand is a great way to see if you like the combination before wasting any supplies. Just a few drops of straight oil whatever ratio you want to expirement on your hands and rub them together. If it smells to your liking, then proceed with the recipe. I've saved a lot of potentially wasted carrier oil by doing this.
Hey Adam. Nope I haven’t had any irritation or other seed effects. I’ll do some additional research on the brand and the makeup of it. I would expect that’s some of these scents (like leather) are going to be synthetic to get the scent to match the leather aroma that we are used to. Most of the beard balms I make are using more traditional essential oils like herbs, citrus, Forrest scents, etc. those are easier to be pure natural oils.
Why didn’t I think of doing this sooner? Thanks for the tutorial!
I just made my first although I think I added a little too much butter which isn’t bad but the balm is kinda yellow and the smell is more butter than oils but I’m excited to see what I can make . And you should try peppermint and orange it’s great
I'll have to try that. I ordered white bees wax pellets so that the color would be clear. But a yellowish balm is OK. it doesn't dye your beard yellow at all.
Very helpful, i am a barber and i wanna make own butter thank you
how did that go?
Love the dining room colors
Thank you. I just renovated the house so the kitchen and dining room are completely different now. That deep yellow is gone, but I like the new design even more.
I just made my first 'attempt' of a beard balm.
I used Cacao butter and olive oil with lavender and camphorwood oil, only because that's what was lying around the house.
I would prefer cedarwood and vanilla bourbon or maybe campfire (if that exists as a fragrance).
It's currently solidifying
Let me know how it turns out. I’ve not used olive oil.
There’s an alternative recipe I keep meaning to try that uses petroleum jelly as a base ingredient. It’s a much softer, silkier texture. Planning to make a video of that one in the near future after I’ve given it a go a few times.
@@jdthebearded The balm set nicely.
Smells awful because i spilled too much camphor oil in.
Next time I'll try vanilla bourbon
New to your channel. Great step by step process. Thank you so much. I will give a try for sure.
Awesome! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video. Let me know how it went for you.
so cool! I am ordering ingredients now!)
Awesome. Let me know how it goes!
Thanks for sharing. This is a really simple recipe. Where can I find essential oils for skin?
لناطقين باللغة العربية :
لعمل بلسم اللحية
المكونات :
معلقة كبيرة من شمع النحل ( bees wax )
معلقة كبيرة من زبدة الشيا ( shea butter )
معلقتين كبيرتين من زيت الافوكادو
ثلاث ملاعق كبيرة من زيت جوز الهند
بعض القطرات من زيت العطرية
طريقة العمل :
يتم استخدام الحمام المائي لعمل بلسم اللحية
في البداية يتم اضافة شمع النحل واذابته بالكامل بعد ذلك يتم اضافة زبدة الشيا بتدريج بشرط على محافظة درجة الحرارة وعدم زيادة التسخين
بعد ذلك يتم اضاف الزيوت ومن ثم سكبه في العلب المخصصة لذلك وتركه بدرحة حرارة الغرفة لحين الاستخدام
طريقة الاستخدام :
يتم وضعه على اللحية ومن ثم يتم تسريح او تمشيط اللحية
فوائده :
يعمل على تهذيب وتكثيف واعطاء النعومة واللمعان الازم والرائحة الطيبة للحية
يمكن استبدال زيت الافوكادو وزيت جوز الهند بزيت الجوجوبا ( Jojoba ) و بزيت الخروع
يمكن استخدام زيت عطري اسمه اكليل الجبل او زيت الشاي او زيت خشب الكرز او خشب الارز كمادة عطرية
يمكن استبدال زبدة الشيا بزبدة الكاكاو او استخدام زبدة اللحية الخاصة لصنع اللحية واسمها ( beard butter )
Thank for sharing it’s really nice I’m looking forward in making my own beard oil
how did it go?
Great tutorial mate, i made mine. The consistency is perfect. Tho i have an issue with the scent. Its really strong bees wax smell. I used 7 drops of tea trea oil and 3 drops of ceaderwood. Maybe i needed more?
Hey. Sorry for the delayed response. Yeah the essential oils are different depending on the scent and also how concentrated they are. Do I had to experiment a bit with what I had and make it work. You can always melt it down again, add more oil and then give it a try after it solidifies.
They are also different bees wax that are less pungent you experiment with.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Of course. Glad you found the video useful.
Thanks for sharing! Can't wait to give it a try!
Keep me posted on how it goes.
Cedar and Sweet Tobacco
Hubby would love to try
Hey Sharon. Did you get a chance to give the recipe a try?
Great recipe my guy
Good video, really glad I found it! Bought the stuff to make beard balm a couple years ago and finally made my first two last night. I think they turned out pretty good, I used cedar wood for the scent but would like to try a bourbon/ tobacco like yours. Thanks again
Thanks for the comment and awesome that you tried it out.
Mate you look so cool with the beard and hat what a look - also I’m going to start my own beard balm cheers for the advice ! :)
Thanks and have fun with it!
This was definitely very helpful thank you 🙏🏻
Excellent.
Subbed and dang this look like a fun DIY
AWESOME VIDEO
Thanks!
thanks
love this!!!!!! i need to make 12/ 2oz containers can you tell me what the measurements would be?? TIA!!!
I'm good at beards and bad at math. You're on your own with this one.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
Have fun making it!
Thanks bro
Great Video JD The Bearded have been Subscribed for a while but not commented on anything i think you done a Great Job on this and if you wanted 1 uncented just don't put the Essential oils in just pour it into the Tin and then use the rest scented makes it easy to make Scented and Uncented Products
yep. I'm more of a scent man myself so I tend to go for stuff with a fragrance of some sort. That said, I'm more into subtle scents rather than being beaten over the head with something. Thanks for subscribing and for commenting. Sorry it took me so long to reply.
@@jdthebearded yeah gotta love peppermint and citrus
Sooo gonna try it. Thanks
Keep me updated with how it turns out for you.
maybe i should make some and sell it, thanks subbed
Looks good I’ll try this
Let me know how it worked out.
Thanks. I will try it.
awesome! how did it work out?
Awesome product .. beard is looking good just started making my own
Let me know how it goes! What scents did you mix together? What worked what didn’t work?
Vanilla n bourbon.. love the smell
My email is in my about tab, send me an email with your address and I believe I still have a tin of this I can send out to you if you’d like.
@@jdthebearded sent ... thanks
How many drops of oils do you normally use in your batches
Watching it for my husband
That's great. I hope you two got inspired and creative.
Awesome video very informative. I can’t wait to give it a try
Email me your address and I’ll send you a tin of this scent. Thanks for checking out the video!
I am about to try these to sell them in 4oz bottles. The 2oz seems small but I notice they are expensive
is that butter that you used after you added the beeswax shea butter?
Yeah. I think it was Shea butter in this case, but use any butter of your choice. Shea is the cheapest and easiest to find. But explore and see what works for you.
Thank you!! Yeah I initially wanted to use Shea butter. Great video btw.
You're the first person I've seen put real table butter in there beard balm which I'm not saying it's wrong I'm just saying you're the first person I've seen do that.
I was wondering if I missed when he said Shea, and only heard "butter".
ummmm. no I didn't use table butter. It's shea butter for cosmetics. Table butter would NOT be stable to put in cosmetics and would spoil and smell awful.
Awsome video, Ill be putting up my video on making my beard balm. Great video keep it up.
Thanks!
send me an email and I'll get a 1 oz tin of this sent out to you. And let me know when you post your video.
@@jdthebearded I cant find your email address on your youtube page
Dang. Sorry about that, just added it back onto the About page.
@@jdthebearded Hi I just sent you an email and thanks to look out for my channel.
How’s the hold with this specific recipe? Would you say it’s a strong hold?
Howdy. It’s a medium hold. You could slightly increase the beeswax to get a stronger hold or reduce it to get a lighter hold (more similar to a beard butter)
Looks good I’m going to try it thanks.
how did it work out?
I can't can't wait to try this
Awesome. Hope you find some good scent combinations.
awesome, definitely!!!
Thanks! Hope you give it a try.
I gotta try it
Yeah. Give it a try and let me know how it goes.
Very informative video. Thanks.
Thanks for watching. Let me know if you try it out and how it went!
Great video!
Thanks!
Great Video. Had to double take at 4:20 when you said "rinse off the bottom". What's the difference between a carrier oil and an essential oil?
Thanks for the question. I’ll have to look at the section at 4:20 about “rinse off the bottom” and get back to you. Carrier oils are usually nut or seed based oils which have different nutrients in them and they dilute the strong essential oils that you add in. Essential oils add aromas to the mixture but a little goes a long way. The butters and wax give the beard balm its firm but soft texture.
amazing video mate , whats sets the commerical (big company) balms different to home made ones.. do they add anything extra for the base?
Good question. I’m not entirely sure and I would guess that it would depend a lot on the company. I would expect that there must be added stabilizers to prolong shelf life of their products as the time between manufacture purchase and complete use could be pretty long. I wouldn’t expect this stuff to be shelf stable beyond 6 months or so. Then again, individually all of these ingredients are shelf stable so maybe it would last longer than I expect.
I do appreciate though that I can choose to buy completely organic products when doing it myself. I’m not terribly creative though so the time it takes to make scent combinations that are pleasing and layered, is a bit of a drag. Lol.
Cool video!!!
Did you use cooking or Shea butter?
And if it was cooking butter was it non salted and organic?
Shea butter.
Love it!
Thanks!
Love this. Thank you. Can you use microwave for this
I mean you could, but microwaves don't offer much control over the heating. The stove is great because you can adjust so you don't overdo it on the heat. You're just melting the wax and butter and carrier oil, letting it cool then mixing in the essential oils (if you want scents).
Awesome. How does that scent blend smell? I always find that the Leather seems to overpower other scents.
It’s alright in the right context. It’s good if you’re around other leather. I usually use this when I’m going out on the motorcycle. Smells right. Also, you have to experiment with the specific essential oils you have cause they definitely vary in strength and intensity. This one didn’t seem to overpower it.
Loved the video.
Thank you, your Majesty!
Hey JD. Thanks for the informative video. I’m curious about the texture of this balm. When I have worked with shea butter, I have found that it makes for a “grainy” consistency. Do you find that as well?
Melt well and let cool in the fridgerator. Mine is never grainy. Mango butter is better.
Thanks for the advice!
Thanks for the video. Does beard balm promote beard growth?
Don’t think so. It just makes the beard you do have more manageable and healthier.
Is the essential oil necessary? I prefer unscented products.
Nope. Essential oils are just for scent. Feel free to leave it out.
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Where are some good places to get essential oils?
Amazon is usually good, but you have to find cosmetic safe ones.
Like it because is easy 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Yeah it’s not difficult to make at all. And it’s fun to figure out new scent combinations.
I just tried to melt 50 grs of bee's wax in a double boiler. After 45 mins it did not melted. Input welcome
That’s odd. If the water is boiling, the wax in the upper pot should melt quickly. Not sure what is happening there.
@@jdthebearded boiled out 2 cups of water???
Hey JD what was the brand of Essential oil you used in this? The sweet bourbon in particular? Also was it Skin safe Oil? Thanks in advance, the link to it didn’t work that’s why I am asking? Thanks again
It's been quite a while since I made this video and I don't have these ingredients anymore. So I don't recall. They were skin safe oils and when I went to buy them again at Amazon they weren't selling them anymore. Finding skin safe oils did take quite awhile.
Try adding some vitamin E oil.
Thanks for the tip!
I’m a barber from jasper ga and I’m interested in learning how to make and use beard balms would love to know more and make my own for my customers thanks
this is about as much knowledge as I have. I've made the video, hopefully you got the info you needed and are now building a beard balm empire of your own.
Can i use cooking butter or margarine, instead of shea butter? And can i use olive oil instead of coconut? I wanna make something that works like wax to give hold yo my beard.
Cooking butter or larger one would go rancid, so no, do t use that. You could use olive oil but it is rather strong in scent so I’d want to use it sparingly. If you want something that has a strong hold it’s really the ratio of wax to butter that really matters. More wax = harder end products , less wax = softer end product. But don’t use butter or margarine as a substitute. Get a roper thing of Shea butter, it’s super cheap and lasts a long time.
Wait what kind of butter? Shea butter or a butter that you eat because it looked like you had a stick of food butter?
He definitely use shea butter but he was saying you can use any kind of skin safe butter like cocoa butter shea butter
correct, there's really no issue with trying out a few different kinds of butter and seeing which one you like the best. If you do some reading on different butters there are some benefits that you get from different butters like if you have acne, or dry skin, or dandruff, different butters can help address those. So do a google search to see what would be best for your particular beard situation.
I didn’t hear you mention which butter you used. I see the Shea butter on your counter but it looked like you used something different.
You can use any butter you’d like. I tried Shea and Cocoa I think. Both were good.
Keep in mind that cocoa butter is a bit heavier than shea butter and also keep in mind that cocoa butter has a very chocolatey scent
do you have a recipe ?
Love the bideo
Thanks!
Hi there I love your video, its so simple and well explained. I have a question.. is it ok if I dont use any oils? so I was thinking of just using shea butter, cocoa butter, mango butter and beeswax
Hmmm. Sure you could do that. But the oils are what provides the benefit to your beard and skin. The butters by themselves will likely end up just feeling greasy. But yeah you could. As long as you’re using cosmetic grade butters and beeswax that are ok for skin contact.
@@jdthebearded my reasoning is, since I'm using beard oil(which has essential oils) before the beard balm, I am a little scared to use oils as I don't wanna overdose my face with the oils. Or do you feel it doesn't really matter?
@@jdthebearded my reasoning is, since I'm using beard oil(which has essential oils) before the beard balm, I am a little scared to use oils as I don't wanna overdose my face with the oils. Or do you feel it doesn't really matter?
Probably doesn’t matter. Why are you using balm and oil at the same time? Usually you’d just use one or the other.
@@jdthebearded um so basically the oil is to really get it under my skin to moisturise and help the follicles. Then the balm/butter is basically just to tame the beard and nourish the hairs. The balm/butter I only use if I go out but oil is my main go to.. twice daily
But in your opinion I should just stick to one?
Does beeswax make the beard sticky or heavy?
not at all. beeswax isn't inherently sticky and it's cut with other ingredients so it's just just applying straight bees wax to your beard. In fact, the ratios are pretty equal here so it's diluted and soft.
Hi, I noticed you use about 45% Carrier oil to 27% each of beeswax and Shea butter, do you not find this to greasy? I've made my own but can't find the right ratio of each .. I did use Hemp Seed Oil (1/3 ratio to the bees and Shea)
I didn’t find it oily at all. In fact it hardens really well and is just pliable enough to get it out of the tub with a finger. My original mixes were way too heavy on beeswax and they ended up being more like mustache wax.
Please help! Why don’t mine smell??? They have hardly any scent at all! I have tried everything!
The smell comes from the essential oils that you add in as the final step. If you’ve added oils but aren’t getting a scent, you might not be adding enough or there could be an issue with your essential oils. I add mine with the heat off and just gently stir it into the wax and butter mixture.
What type of butter is edible butter?
Edible??
Where did you find the bourbon and leather oils
I think on Amazon, but having a hard time finding the same thing now in cosmetic grade.
Love this! Tried it but my beeswax floats to the top upon setting. Why??😩😩
Hmm. Is it dissolving fully? There will be some granules of wax but they are tiny and dissolve quickly with the heat from your hand.
@@jdthebearded Hey, when I take some and rub between my hands, it melts readily but I loathe to see the little granules on the surface
Yeah I completely understand. It’s annoying for sure and I’ve not had any luck avoiding it consistently. I’ve tried a variety of different butters to see if that has any impact or different refinements of bees wax. No luck. I think the issue is around getting a proper emulsion between the ingredients.
@@jdthebearded ok. Thank you!
Can I use lard as the carrier oil?
I can't say I've ever tried lard, but I don't think I'd want to. First off, Lard can spoil and turn because it's just rendered pig fat. I don't know that I'd want that on my skin or beard. But I haven't tried it so I can't say for sure if it would work or not. I suspect you'd then have a perishable, non stable beard balm that you'd have to smell all the time.
@jdthebearded I've been using it for the last 7 months. I use organic lard, organic bees wax, and organic cedarwood oil and it works perfect, no smell
Where did you find the bourbon scent?
I got everything from Amazon just to show that it all can be ordered in one place. However, the hard part is finding essential oils that are skin safe. Many of the ones I ordered weren't available anymore and they weren't skin safe. So just beware when you're buying that they need to be rated for use in cosmetics. Don't use essential oils that are for diffusers.
Hi hubs has a balm that’s to thick how can I thin it
If the beard balm is in a tin you can just put the tin (lid off) on the bottom of a small frying pan, on low heat, let it melt then dump it out into the pan when it’s all melted. To soften it up, add maybe a teaspoon of Shea butter, let it melt and mix in completely then pour back into the tin. Let it solidify and you should have a softer balm to work with.
I wonder if you can make a blueberry cinnamon scented one? I know a lady that digs my whiskers and loves cinnamon blueberry cookies....
I don’t see why not. You can buy both of those essential oils. Give it a go and see how she reacts ;)
Where did you get your sweet bourbon essential oil? Your link for amazon doesn't take you to either of the EO's you used.
Hey Debbie. I did get the bourbon essential oil from Amazon, but it appears that the seller has changed that item and it no longer includes that essential oil. I did a search of amazon and couldn't find a skin safe bourbon essential oil as a replacement. Maybe try some google searches for an alternative? Good luck!
@@jdthebearded I did the same. I'm guessing it's just not available anymore. Thank you for your help with this tho. I appreciate it!
Of course!
Where can I find those tins?
I got them on Amazon. Super inexpensive.
Empty tobacco tins make for the best storage.
Great idea
Is the butter necessary or can it be skipped?
Without the butter it will be very firm and what you’ll end up with is mustache wax.
@@jdthebearded if I increase the carrier oil quantity will it help to somewhat resemble the features of beard balm?
I haven’t tried it but I don’t think so. You need something to get in between the grains of wax and prevent them from binding. If you add too much carrier oil, it will just end up super oily. But give it a try and see. You could also try adding about a tsp of petroleum jelly to the mix and that should do the same job as the butter.
@@jdthebearded thank you so much ... I'll definitely try it and let you know.
Hey man, cool vid, Ahmer here from Lahore Pakistan. Can u send me the wax here in johar town???? I subscribed man, u make great videos man.
Hey. I gave away the last tin a few weeks ago. But I encourage you to go ahead and make a small batch and have some fun creating your own blends! It’s easy and takes under 20 minutes.
Also, thanks for the comments and interest and for subscribing.
I read that you should NEVER use things that go bad. Like butter. Yes/no/maybe?
It’s not dairy butter. Its Shea butter or cocoa butter.
What's the shelf life?
Individually, the ingredients are shelf stable, so this should last for months. However I’ve not had anything stay around for more than 6 months.
Before I’ve used it up.
Thanks Boss 👌
I've heard adding some vitamin E oil can help preserve the oils to give a longer shelf life. Or store any extra in the fridge if you live in a hot climate and are concerned about some going rancid before you get to use it.
That’s cool. I’ll look into that.
maybe it’s late! can i get one
Email your mailing address to me (email is on the about page) and I’ll get one out to you eventually. Not going out for anything non critical at this point, but happy to send you one. Thanks for watching. Stay safe.
I need some please 🤣
I'm all out of the ones I made in that video, hope you gave it a try and have your own supply.
Awesome video
Email your mailing address to me and I’ll send you a tin. Thanks for watching