One of the most popular beard products currently available is the bear balm (also sometimes referred to as beard butter, despite there’s some striking differences between the two).
The balm is one of the essential beard products every man should own, with a perfect balance of a softener between lighter beard oils and heavier beard waxes.
You can use both the beard oil and the beard balm, or you can choose to use either of them separately, whichever way fits your budget and your beard care needs.
This post includes everything you need to know about beard balm, how to and when to use it, what are the top balms, where to buy them, and how does beard balm compare to products like beard oil and beard wax.
All of this and much more will be covered below, so stick with us and let’s get to work. ↓
Beard Balm Comparison Table
Things to Consider Before Buying Beard Balm
1. Tin Size
It’s important to know how long the beard balm will last for you, and the most important things affecting this are of course the size of the tin and the size of your beard.
Most balms come in 2 oz. (60ml) tins and containers which last about 2 months when used on an average-sized beard.
Sometimes you can find tins as small as 1 oz (30ml), but those are pretty small (just the size of typical mustache wax) and will quickly run out if used on the full beard area.
You don’t want to be restocking the balm every month, which is why you should be looking for at least 2 oz. balm tins.
2. Price
Manufacturing beard balm is not expensive at all, and most products will have a huge profit margin (which is bad for you, the consumer).
If you buy the oils, fats, tins, and printable stickers in bulk, the production cost for an average beard balm is likely around five dollars per tin (and even less for bigger brands), and this is with high-quality organic ingredients in the calculation!
I have nothing against capitalism and business owners should certainly be rewarded for their work and services, but if you’re being sold a 1 oz. beard balm for $30+, then something is clearly way off and you are more than likely being bamboozled.
The average price for premade beard balm hovers around 10-25 dollars per 2 oz. which in our opinion, is a reasonable price range.
3. Hold
The more solid fats and natural waxes the balm contains, the stronger its hold will be.
On the flip-side, the more liquid oils there are in the tin, the softer the hold will be.
Most beard balms have a good mixture of both, which makes their level of hold light or medium at best.
Think of beard balm as a thicker alternative to beard oils, or as a heavy-duty sidekick to use alongside the oils.
The idea of beard balm is to create a protective moisture sealing layer on top of your facial hair – which helps hydrate and moisturize the beard skin.
Which is why you should not be trying to find balms with a super strong hold, the product isn’t formulated for that purpose.
If you need something to tame and style your beard with, consider getting beard wax instead of a balm.
4. Ingredients
The base ingredients in a beard balm are usually solid fats (coconut oil and shea butter), followed by small amounts of natural waxes (beeswax, carnauba wax, candelilla wax).
Then comes even smaller amounts of carrier oils (jojoba oil, argan oil, castor oil, etc), followed by minuscule amounts of fragrance or essential oils (cedarwood essential oil, orange oil, peppermint oil, tea tree oil, etc).
There are so many different ingredients, which ones should I look for?
When it comes to carrier oils, we recommend that you look for high-quality organic oils such as jojoba oil, castor oil, meadowfoam seed oil, coconut oil, and argan oil.
And try to limit products that rely heavily on polyunsaturated vegetable oils that can easily go rancid on the face and harm your beard nourishing hormones
Some oils we don’t recommend include safflower oil, rice bran oil, pumpkin seed oil, sunflower seed oil, and other low-quality vegetable fats.
5. The Scent
Beard balms are almost exclusively scented with essential oils (while few companies do use fragrance in their products).
When it comes to essential oils, you should know that the amounts used are extremely small, often just a few measly drops per tin.
But still, essential oils are extremely volatile and can impact your beard in ways you wouldn’t believe was possible.
We didn’t look at essential oils too strictly in our review due to the small amounts they come in.
(Still, you should pay close attention to products which contain a lot of tea tree oil, lavender oil, or eucalyptus oil, as these three can suppress your facial hair growth hormones a bit according to the latest essential oil research).
Of course, some users don’t care about the scent and would not want to have strongly aromatic beard products close to their nostrils. Because of this, we have also included unscented beard balms in our rating.
Best Beard Balms & Butters of 2024
1. OneDTQ Big Forest Beard Balm
After trying dozens of so-called “best beard balms”, I was never really pleased with the ingredient lists of any of them.
Most had decent stuff, but then also some oils that I don’t want close to my beard.
(I’m talking about polyunsaturated oils that quickly go rancid when exposed to elements and hurt the hormones associated with beard growth).
Then I found OneDTQ’s Big Forest Beard Balm, and what caught my attention was the nice black and white design.
A quick look at the back to see the ingredients…
And to my surprise, everything was A+ quality and there was nothing I would take away from the formulation.
On top of using no beard hormone suppressing ingredients (like most competitors do to some extent), they had also scented the product with balsam fir needle oil.
Balsam fir needle oil smells great and is one of the few known essential oils with androgenic effects (hint: this means its good for the beard, as the beard is androgenic-hair).
The 2oz. tin is a great size and considering the quality of the ingredients, the price isn’t bad at all.
The only reason I could see where someone shouldn’t buy this beard balm would be if they can’t stand a foresty scent under their noses (personally, I love it), or if they are looking for the most budget-friendly and cheapest beard balm available.
(it isn’t this one, but we’ll get to it soon below).
Without losing our sleep, we can honestly say that this is the best balm for most guy’s beards, and possibly the best formulation ever created.
Key Specs
- Size: 2 oz (60ml)
- Carrier Oils: 3
- Essential Oils: 4
- Hold: Medium
- Scent: Woodsy
- User Feedback: Positive
- Price: $$
Ingredients
(Organic Shea Butter, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Beeswax, 100% Pure Liquid Lanolin, Cedarwood Oil, Balsam Fir Needle Oil, Bergamot Oil, Vitamin E Oil).
Who is it Best for?
If you think beard oil is not enough and you want to pamper your whiskers with something a little bit better, then this could be the right thing for you.
It’s perfect for bearded men who care deeply about the hormones associated with facial hair growth and don’t want to accidentally suppress them with questionable ingredients.
And even if you wouldn’t care about that stuff, we’d still recommend this as the #1 balm.
Pros:
- The waxes, carrier oils, and essential oils are top of the line quality.
- The only product that passed our review with no big negatives.
- Good size (2 oz.) so it will last for at least a few months of heavy use.
Cons:
- Not the most budget-friendly balm, but still worth the purchase.
- No third-party quality control as this is a small New York brand.
Where to buy it: You can find this product from Amazon.Com or directly from OneDTQ’s own website.
Bottom line: OneDTQ should be proud of their beard balm formulation. It passed our expert review with flying colors and no big negatives; a feat that 99% of its competitors can’t do.
2. Seven Potions Beard Balm
Seven Potions is one of the better beard care companies from the United Kingdom.
Their products are not hand-crafted in small lots in the home of a small business owner.
Instead, they pride themselves as a safe and reliable beard product manufacturer.
Their model is simple, they choose the right ingredients, formulate the products, and then let a larger company actually manufacture the products in a state-of-the-art facility with tight regulations and third-party testing.
I think it’s a good thing, while some hippies and beard hipsters might disagree with me on this one.
In any case, the Seven Potion’s Woodland Harmony Beard Balm is all natural and organic.
I don’t have too much to complain about their ingredient choices, and after testing the product for a while I can say that it does exactly what it claims to do…
Tames / softens / conditions, as it says on their 2 oz. tin.
The woodland harmony is really nice and natural, with a bit of woodsy aroma in there as provided by the cedarwood and sandalwood essential oils.
Key Specs
- Size: 2 oz (60ml)
- Carrier Oils: 8
- Essential Oils: 3
- Hold: Medium
- Scent: Woodsy
- User Feedback: Positive
- Price: $$
Ingredients
(Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Beeswax, Jojoba Wax, Peach Kernel Oil, Cocoa Butter, Avocado Butter, Palm Free Vegetable Glycerin, Vitamin E, Cedar Wood, Sandalwood, Proprietary Blend of Essential Oils).
Who is it Best for?
This is a very good basic balm for most types of beards, and if it’s your first time buying beard balm, you can’t really go wrong with a brand like Seven Potions.
Pros:
- Great ingredient list with safe and tested ingredients.
- Manufactured in a controlled environment, not in a garage.
- The sizeable 2oz container will last for a good few months at least.
Cons:
- They don’t disclose all of the essential oils used for scent.
- Personally, I feel like the peach kernel oil dries up the beard.
Where to buy it: Amazon.Com or Seven Potion’s Website.
Bottom line: This is the runner-up to the Big Forest balm and it does a good job doing so. Would they disclose the full ingredient list and maybe get rid of peach kernel oil, they could be a worthy candidate for the #1 spot.
3. Viking Revolution Original Beard Balm
When sourcing Amazon for beard products, I quickly stumbled upon this balm from Viking Revolution.
They have thousands of raving 4 and 5-star reviews on their listing, which got me intrigued, to say the least.
Of course, I had to remain skeptical.
Many times I’ve seen beard brands with big fan bases and claims of being the best beard balm around, who still create horrible products ingredient-wise.
My skeptic’s heart melted when I saw that the guys from Viking Revolution had done a fantastic job on their selection of fats, waxes, carrier oils, and essential oils.
The only thing I would remove from their formulation would be the grapeseed oil but considering the quality of the other ingredients and the affordability, it’s really not a big problem.
Key Specs
- Size: 2 oz (60ml)
- Carrier Oils: 5
- Essential Oils: 1
- Hold: Light
- Scent: Citrus
- User Feedback: Positive
- Price: $
Ingredients
(Argan Oil, Mango Butter, Jojoba Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Beeswax, Sweet Orange Essential Oil).
Who is it Best for?
This is by far the cheapest beard balm on the list and the best value choice. The ingredients used aren’t half-bad and the size per tin is great.
If you’re working with a tight budget, this product should be your first choice.
Pros:
- Best budget beard balm we have seen so far
- Surprisingly good ingredients for the most part
- Thousands of positive reviews with very little negatives
Cons:
- The grapeseed oil is polyunsaturated and not ideal for the beard.
- If you’re looking for any type of hold ability, this isn’t for you.
Where to buy it: Amazon stocks this balm pretty well.
Bottom line: The mildly scented citrussy balm from Viking Revolution was a pleasant surprise. It’s low price and good size deserve the number three ranking on our review.
4. Ranger Co. Unscented Beard Balm
Hate the strong essential oil scent under your nose when using oils and beard balms?
I don’t blame you. Some fragrances used are really potent and can even cause headaches to sensitive users.
If that’s you, then you need an unscented beard balm.
And the best one around for that purpose would be the very basic looking 2 oz tin of Ranger Grooming Company’s Fragrance-Free Beard Balm.
It provides a good hold due to its high amount of beeswax, while the overall look of the ingredients is promising, with no other issues than maybe the sweet almond oil (which is polyunsaturated and prone to going rancid when exposed to elements like heat, oxygen, and light).
All-in-all, a great overall choice for anyone looking for unscented beard products, the price is very affordable as well.
Key Specs
- Size: 2 oz (60ml)
- Carrier Oils: 8
- Essential Oils: 0
- Hold: Medium-Strong
- Scent: Unscented
- User Feedback: Great
- Price: $
Ingredients
(Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Beeswax, Shea Butter, Sweet Almond Oil, Castor Oil, Argan Oil, Jojoba Oil).
Who is it Best for?
Any bearded man who doesn’t like the strong aroma of essential oils and fragrances would probably consider this a good beard balm.
It’s also a good value choice, right on the heels of the Viking Revolution beard balm.
Pros:
- One of the few truly unscented beard products.
- Overall very good ingredients in good amounts.
- Provides almost as good styling benefits as a beard wax.
Cons:
- I hate to see sweet almond oil used in beard products.
- The overall design and look of the tin and contents aren’t too nice.
Where to buy it: Amazon usually stocks this balm.
Bottom line: Hate strong aroma and fragrance? Hate big price-tag beard care items? Then you will love the Ranger Grooming Co. Beard Balm.
5. Prophet and Tools Beard Balm
The Prophet and Tools Premium Beard Balm have a fresh design that stands out immediately.
Instead of using a classic aluminum tin, they have packaged their product into a cool looking little glass jar.
Now I do have to say that it’s not a perfect beard balm since it has sweet almond oil and apricot kernel oil in the formulation…
But those two don’t matter too much when they also use vitamin E oil for the beard, which is a free-radical scavenger that prevents the oxidation of the abovementioned oils.
Is their oil truly “premium”?
Hardly, I think it’s pretty basic stuff with the inclusion of emu and tamanu oils that you rarely see in other beard products.
Many brands like to throw the premium label on their products, but honestly, it’s mostly a marketing tactic and premium products rarely differ from “basic” kind.
Still, I’m going to go ahead and say that their beard balm is one of the better ones out there with good pricing, optimal size, and overall above average ingredient list.
Key Specs
- Size: 2 oz (60ml)
- Carrier Oils: 7
- Essential Oils: 3
- Hold: Light
- Scent: Neutral
- User Feedback: Positive
- Price: $
Ingredients
(Shea Butter, Beeswax, Jojoba Oil, Argan Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Apricot Kernel Oil, Castor Oil, Vitamin E Oil, Emu Oil, Tamanu Oil).
Who is it Best for?
If you value good design and would like to try a balm with some uncommon ingredients like tamanu oil and emu oil, then this would be a good beard balm for you to buy.
Pros:
- Nice design and feel with the brand
- Overall a pretty decent ingredient list with no major flaws
- Neutral scent and good container size is a plus
Cons:
- Having stuff like tamanu oil and emu oil is a bit of overkill
- Slapping the premium label on the product doesn’t mean a thing.
Where to buy it: You can find this product from Amazon.
Bottom line: The Prophet and Tools Beard Balm works well if you want to pamper your facial hair with exquisite ingredients not normally found in products like this, but it’s far from perfect.
6. Scotch Porter All-Natural Beard Balm
I have featured Scotch Porter’s facial hair care products many times on this website.
They make some of the best beard wash and best beard conditioner around.
Their balm?
Pretty good stuff as well, with a much longer and detailed ingredient list than you usually see in beard balms and butters.
What I like about this brand is that it creates products with the goal of leaving out all of the unnecessary man-made chemicals like SLS, parabens, and benzoates, and they include some botanical infusions in their products as well, which differ greatly from the competition.
In their beard balm, for example, they have come up with an infusion of slippery elm bark, MSM, silk proteins, agave nectar, and provitamin B5.
That’s something you never see with the basic beard balms for sure.
Is everything perfect though?
Well not quite. They also include some oils that we wouldn’t recommend, such as sesame seed oil (high in polyunsaturated fats), kukui nut oil (same deal), and they also use phenoxyethanol, which I doubt is necessary.
All-in-all, their ingredients are still mostly amazing, and their container size is larger than with their competitors, a sizeable 3 oz (88ml) jar.
When it comes to scent, it’s a mixture of masculine and candy/cake type of scent. Really something that you have to experience yourself to understand.
The price is good. This isn’t the cheapest nor the most expensive balm available but in the good middle ground.
Key Specs
- Size: 3 oz (88ml)
- Carrier Oils: 9
- Essential Oils: 1
- Hold: Light
- Scent: Masculine
- User Feedback: Positive
- Price: $$
Ingredients
(Proprietary Botanical Infusion, Aloe Vera Juice, Organic Shea Butter, Organic Coconut Oil, MSM, Sesame Oil, Argan Oil, Jojoba Oil, Kukui Nut Oil, Vegetable Glycerin, Castor Oil, Agave Nectar, Emulsifying Wax, Panthenol, Stearic Acid, Silk Proteins, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Synthetic Fragrance).
Who is it Best for?
If you’re done with basic 2 oz tins of the same old beard balms that don’t really differ too much from each other in comparison, then the Scotch Porter might be the best beard balm for you.
It comes in a different type of container, it’s larger, and it’s ingredients are of a different nature.
It’s almost like a different product, maybe it should be labeled under “beard softener” or something.
Pros:
- Unique product compared to the competition (in a good way)
- Big 3 oz jar will last a long time, up to four months in fact
- Part of a bigger line of beard care products that are solid quality
Cons:
- Sesame oil and kukui nut oil brings its ranking down a bit.
- Has barely any hold, don’t buy it if you want to use balm for styling.
Where to buy it: Probably easiest to get it from Amazon.
Bottom line: Scotch Porter rarely dissapoints when it comes to their beard care arsenal, and their beard balm is a good testament of that.
7. Moroccan Beard Balm with Organic Argan Oil
If you want a very basic minimalistic beard balm with none of the bad ingredients, then the Moroccan Beard Balm is for you.
It first hits you with a potent musk and amber scent, which sticks well and doesn’t immediately fade away like some scents.
And when you look at the ingredients you can see that it’s made from pretty great stuff.
In fact, there’s nothing bad on it at all, all the ingredients are safe for your beard hormones and not prone to lipid-peroxidation (going rancid) so they will not harden up on your beard, even if you keep the balm on your face for days.
The size of this beard softener is the smallest on this list, but not overly small at 1.7 oz.
And the price is great, at just little over $7 per tin, this balm is close to being the best value on this whole ranking.
Key Specs
- Size: 1.7 oz (50ml)
- Carrier Oils: 7
- Essential Oils: 0
- Hold: Light
- Scent: Musk & Amber
- User Feedback: Positive
- Price: $
Ingredients
(Shea Butter, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Organic Argan oil, Beeswax, Vitamin E Oil, Synthetic Fragrance).
Who is it Best for?
This balm suits bearded men who want just a basic tin filled with good ingredients and no flashy design.
It’s a smaller tin though so you might want to grab two or three of them so you don’t need to restock too soon.
Pros:
- Amazing ingredient list filled with all natural quality waxes and oils
- Competitive pricing that works for those on a tight budget
- Contains ingredients that are proven to hydrate the deep skin layers
Cons:
- Smaller size than most of the competition
- Made in small batches in Morocco which means it’s often sold out
- Low amount of beeswax means that there’s not much of a hold
Where to buy it: Amazon, as usual.
Bottom line: Morocco is known as a country of great beards and source of argan oil, so what could be better than getting the best beard balm from Morocco with organic argan oil as a key ingredient.
8. Garner’s Garden Vegan Beard Balm
Okay so here we have a very interesting blend of beard balm ingredients.
It’s the 100% vegan beard balm from Garner’s Garden.
Their plastic container is larger than most competition.
At 4 oz. you can expect this balm to last for at least four to five months.
Since the product is sold as the best beard balm for vegans, they, of course, avoid using beeswax (which is an animal product).
This means that there’s barely any hold on the balm since there’s no wax (not a big deal, you should get beard wax anyway if you need hold).
They also use the “premium” label on their product and make the bold claim that their beard balm would promote beard growth.
I’d say that is a lie since they use tea tree oil and lavender oil in the blend, which is two essential oils that can hurt, not help your facial hairs growth rate.
Nonetheless, this might still be the optimal choice for vegan beardsmen, as you can’t use beeswax and almost all normal beard balms use it in their formulation.
Key Specs
- Size: 4oz. (113ml)
- Carrier Oils: 7
- Essential Oils: 4
- Hold: Very Light
- Scent: Minty
- User Feedback: Positive
- Price: $
Ingredients
(Organic Unrefined Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, Castor Seed Oil, Argan Oil, Avocado Oil, Safflower Seed Oil, Soybean Oil, Tea Tree Oil, Lavender Oil, Peppermint Oil, Ginger Root Oil).
Who is it Best for?
Men who have beards and are vegan, which means they don’t want to use products that include the use of animal flesh or cruelty. This means that beeswax is out of the picture.
Pros:
- Finally a product for vegans who don’t want to use beeswax
- Contains some good ingredients like coconut oil, shea butter, and castor
- 4 oz jar will last for months and the low price is an added plus
Cons:
- Tea tree oil, lavender, soybean oil, and safflower oil are not ideal
- Slapping the premium label on the product doesn’t mean a thing
- Since this beard balm is wax-free, it has basically zero hold ability
Where to buy it: The vegan balm can be bought from Amazon.
Bottom line: This is the best beard balm for anyone who needs to skip beeswax. In other words, vegans.
9. Honest Amish Beard Balm
Okay so let’s look at the Honest Amish Beard Balm, shall we?
This thing is hyped up.
It’s the best selling beard balm on Amazon with more than 7,000 reviews, yet they still average over four-stars at the time of writing.
Is their beard balm truly that great?
In our opinion; no. It’s basic at best with somewhat poor quality ingredients and weird choice of a blend.
Sure it may be a best-seller and popular, but that doesn’t automatically mean it would be the best beard balm there is.
Why?
Well first off, they boast using 15 different oils. This is over-kill. You don’t need nor should you apply fifteen different plant oils on your face.
Second of all, some of the oils they include are really bad for the hormones that stimulate and maintain your facial hairs growth and health.
Pumpkin seed oil, grapeseed oil, kokum nut, and some of the essential oils they use are not ideal for beard use.
Sure it has a very low price, a good size, and provides decent hold with good moisturizing qualities, but still, it’s far from being the greatest balm for bearded men.
Key Specs
- Size: 2oz. (60ml)
- Carrier Oils: 10
- Essential Oils: 5
- Hold: Medium
- Scent: Licorice-like
- User Feedback: Positive
- Price: $
Ingredients
(Argan Oil, Golden Jojoba Oil, Virgin Avocado Oil, Grapeseed, Pumpkin Seed Oil, Apricot Kernel Oil, Shea Butter, Aloe, Cocoa, Kokum Nut Oil, Essential Oils).
Who is it Best for?
If you want to follow the masses and buy what is popular and hyped up, then there isn’t a beard balm better than this. I can imagine that their lineup of beard oils and balms has made Honest Amish brand a small fortune already.
Pros:
- Extremely popular and has plenty of positive user reviews
- Good container size, great price, and good moisturizing effects
Cons:
- Using fifteen carrier oils and essential oils is a bit too much
- Many ingredients block DHT and testosterone, the beard hormones
- Doesn’t really deserve its place as the most sold beard balm
Where to buy it: This has been the best-seller in Amazon for years.
Bottom line: Hats off to Honest Amish for selling so much of beard oil that it has gathered over seven thousand reviews. Their product though? Average at best in our opinion.
Our Balm Review Selection Process
We didn’t rank these softening beard balms and butter lightly as most online reviews do.
As we have said time and time again, the most important thing about beard products should not be the design or amount of oils and fats used.
Instead, we as beardsmen need to start paying attention to the important things like ingredient quality and source, quality to value ratio, the level of hold, and how do the ingredients impact the hormones that grow and maintain our beards
(that last part is hugely important and missed by most reviews).
In our balm rating, we wanted to make sure that we give each product a fair playground to work from.
To determine the best beard balm just for you, we looked at many different factors and weighed them against the overall picture.
For instance, some of these are cheap beard balms that may lack on the quality of the ingredients, whereas others are expensive but deliver the utmost premium organic quality fats, carrier oils, and essential oils. Of course, there are also good value products which strike the perfect balance in between the price and quality.
How to Apply Beard Balm
There is nothing difficult about using beard balm – but it can help to learn these basics so you’re not wasting the product or clogging your pores and beard follicles.
- Most people use too much beard balm. For a normal size beard, it’s enough to use about a pea-sized chunk. For bigger beards, a US quarter size chunk should be enough.
- Beard balm is firm and solid in room temperature, so first, rub it between your fingers to melt it down and make it liquidy so it’s easier to apply to the whole beard area.
- Run your balmy fingers through the facial hair in all imaginable directions. Finish off by using a beard comb or beard brush to redistribute the balm from roots to tips.
Pro tip: Since the idea of beard balm is to create a protective moisture-retaining layer on top of your beard, it’s best to apply it after a quick shower or face wash and some quick beard oil use.
Beard Balm vs. Beard Oil
This is the age-old beard grooming question…
Should you be using beard oil or balm?
I mean both are important heavy-hitters of the beard grooming arsenal, but which is the heavyweight champion?
To give you the usual boring answer; it depends.
Beard oil is light and emollient, and it’s used primarily to replenish the natural oils that you lose while washing the face/beard and showering.
Beard balm, on the other hand, is like a heavy-duty version of beard oil. The ingredients are not all that different, balms just have more solid fats and waxes in them to help provide that protective layer on top of your whiskers.
To get the best of both World’s, you should first take a shower, towel-dampen the beard, apply beard oil, wait a bit, and then apply the balm to seal the moisture and oils in for a lasting beard moisturizing effect.
If you absolutely need to choose either one and not both, then my recommendation is to get beard oil, unless you have a very dry skin under your beard (in that case go straight to balms).
Benefits of Using Beard Balm
I get it, every bearded man wants to pamper their facial hair with only the best products available – but what really are the beard balm benefits?
Well, for starters, beard balm moisturizes the facial hair extremely well.
This is because the beeswax creates a very thin protective layer on top of your facial hair, which preserves moisture underneath.
It also means that beard balm can help ward off some of the negative effects that elements like cold and wind have on our facial hair.
Of course, all this extra moisturization and hydration will result in reduced beard dandruff, less of an itchy beard, and a lower rate of beard split-ends.
If you want to get the most benefits out of your beard balm use, consider pairing it with a beard brush which you can use to perfectly distribute the balm to your beard from roots to tips.
Conclusion
This concludes our review of the best beard balms of 2024.
I hope you enjoyed our big ranking and it helped you buy the best balm for your own needs.
If you have a balm you think deserves a spot in our review, please don’t hesitate to comment below and we will take a look at it.
Hi Ali,
I was just reading your DIY beard balm recipe. You said, “Finish off with 4-8 tsp balsam fir and/or spruce essential oils for scent.”
I’m sure that was a typo, and you meant 4-8 drops. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks for the heads up, definitely a typo. It’s drops, with tsp you’d smell like a forest miles away haha.
Thanks for the article. Really helped to clear out some stuff in my mind. Will probably try your balm and oil recipe today. Until now I was using mostly almond oil and was already thinking about switching to jojoba and castor oil. As for essential oils I liked a recipe that contained cinnamon, sandalwood, orange and vanilla. I love the smell of it, but is it safe? One last question, I’ve heard that it’s safe to use beard products on your hair…is it?