Conditioning beard/hair balm

[Rachel M.]

I found a beard oil recipe I really liked and added beeswax and Shea butter to it to make beard balm for my husband and his friends. I tried it on my hair and it is perfect, it is not a hair styling wax but also does not leave the hair greasy. Just nice for some conditioning and taming.

I might actually make some of a different scent to send to my sisters, as we all have thick/wavy/coarse hair.

 

[CaraBou]

Looks so clean and smooth!

 

[AliOop]

I am searching the forum as we speak for beard balm or beard oil recipes for a wedding gift basket (she asked for soap, he asked for beard balm or beard oil).

Do you mind sharing where you found this recipe? I don't mind buying it if it is behind a paywall. My main concern is to find a good recipe since this will be a one-and-done for me. I don't sell and just want to make this nice, one-time gift. Thanks!

 

[Rachel M.]

I am searching the forum as we speak for beard balm or beard oil recipes for a wedding gift basket (she asked for soap, he asked for beard balm or beard oil).

Do you mind sharing where you found this recipe? I don't mind buying it if it is behind a paywall. My main concern is to find a good recipe since this will be a one-and-done for me. I don't sell and just want to make this nice, one-time gift. Thanks!

I do not mind at all, I love the breakdown of oils at the top of the post, and I used the same oils that the recipe calls for but I converted them to grams to have a more accurate measurement.

https://www.parsnipsandpastries.com/diy-beard-oil/
Now for turning this into a beard balm, I added:
2 oz of beeswax (56.69 grams)
1 oz of Shea butter (28.35 grams)
5 grams FO
I melted everything together (including all the oils from the beard oil recipe at 3x scale) and it made 9 oz.

It is a pretty hard balm after sitting overnight so I was going to try doing another batch with cutting beeswax down to 1.5 oz of beeswax or just 1 oz.

I bought the black tins, as well as some green bottles for the oil alone on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X18SCYM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_NrGeFbXTSNX26
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076WY9WWG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_.sGeFb4TTKTVP
As an added note, I used yellow beeswax and it still ended up that lovely almost white shade. I hope this all helps!

 

[AliOop]

@Rachel M. that is so kind of you - thank you! This is awesome; I have all those ingredients, so now I'm just waiting to hear back from his mom as to what scents he prefers.

Just to make sure I understand, you made a triple batch of the beard oil, and added that to the additional ingredients listed to make it a balm. And you would probably lower the BW to 1.5oz or less. Is that correct?

Thank you again so much. I've read a ton of DIY beard balm recipes on various websites and was looking for something someone had actually tried. And I also have thick, coarse, curly/wavy hair, so I'll be the first tester before I add it to their wedding gift box.

 

[Rachel M.]

@Rachel M. that is so kind of you - thank you! This is awesome; I have al those ingredients, so now I'm just waiting to hear back from his mom as to what scents he prefers.

Just to make sure I understand, you made a triple batch of the beard oil, and added that to the additional ingredients listed to make it a balm. And you would probably lower the BW to 1.5oz or less. Is that correct?

Thank you again so much. I've read a ton of DIY beard balm recipes on various websites and was looking for something someone had actually tried. And I also have thick, coarse, curly/wavy hair, so I'll be the first tester before I add it to their wedding gift box.

Yes, exactly. On the recipe when you go to print it, there is a spot on the right that you can hit to multiply it 3x. Here is my handwritten notes on the printed recipe though as well.

 

[Mobjack Bay]

Hey @Rachel M. - Thanks so much for posting this recipe and the modification for beard balm. I'm wondering if you ever made the softer version of the balm and if so, did you like it better?