Natural beard balm

[BoldShave]

I'm one month into my beard and I want to make a homemade, natural beard balm. I don't think I want to add many scents such as essential oils. I'm currently traveling and in Guatemala right now so some products are hard to come by. I have beeswax (which doesn't smell too much like honey like I've heard some people say). I also have jojoba oil but I cannot find Shea Butter although there is plenty of coco butter. Can I make a balm using only coco butter, jojoba oil and beeswax? I can buy Lanolin oil if that helps. I'd like to keep the recipe simple.

Thanks!

 

[BadDad]

Those are all good for the hair and skin, so I see no reason you couldn't make a decent balm from those ingredients. The wax will provide a nice, light scent and good hold, while the oils and butters will provide nutrition for the hair.

Sounds good to me!

 

[Shave_Rat]

I would agree, I can't think of any reason that mix wouldn't make a functional balm.

 

[August West]

After this last snowstorm I would have to say nose mucous was my natural beard balm.


In all seriousness, your recipe should be fine.

 

[BoldShave]

I've just read that most beard balm recipes have Shea Butter in them which I cannot find at the moment. Maybe I'll try the basic recipe of beeswax, Coconut butter, and jojoba oil.

 

[CBLindsay]

I just happen to be experimenting with making mustache wax (mostly a failure as of yet) and stumbled on a killer beard balm of sorts. I melted 50% with 20% cocoa butter 20% Shea butter and about 5% each petroleum jelly and beard oil (which is mostly a jojoba oil sweet almond oil mix). The result is pretty firm but quickly melted/rubbed in like a balm or salve. It had a small wax like effect but only if I applied heavy and left it to cool. I see no reason a mix of bees wax cocoa butter jojoba oil (or other light oil) mix wouldn't perform similarly. I found the scent of the cocoa butter objectionable in such concentration and very difficult to mask or ignor...but it does fade after application.
Edit: I re-melted the small batch and modified by adding coconut oil (kept at 50% beeswax and added as much coconut oil as the combined amount of cocoa butter and she's butter combined) the result was no better as a mustache wax... Total failure on that front for sure. As a balm beard and or lip etc it is decent.