Hey! I'm JD The Bearded and am a beard enthusiast and would like to share all my knowledge about all things beards with anyone interested. This channel will feature predominantly beard care information, beard product reviews, basically how to grow and maintain a great beard. Mixed in, expect some motorcycle stuff and some things about my dogs.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
no it won't make your beard grow, but there are products from other companies like live bearded that use microneedling to help promote hair growth. check them out. I've never tried them though as my beard generally comes in full and thick so I can't say if they actually do anything to actually grow a beard.
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.
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.
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.
I have never used a beard wash just water but I’m starting to get flames not sure why. Medium beard. But they have a sandlewood scent also. If it was up to me I would do unscented. But to my question how long does the scent linger? Hour 2 or all day?
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?
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.
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.
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 )
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
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.
