Have you spend £10 to £20 on essential oils for beard health ???? I have known many other people in my life have spent a lot of money on beard oils, but your being ripped off and it’s so easy to make your own! There are not many article out there to help men choose an oil to suit their needs for their own beard health, so the following short article will help you to pick 3 oils and show you how to blend these oils for your own personalised oil for your beard.
A beard oil is often used for its soothing properties for the skin and abilities to help and nourish the beard and healing spots or blemishes underneath the beard it’s self. Essential oils have been used for hundreds of years on men’s beards and it’s about time you got your beard some tender loving care, as often men don’t look after their beards.
First off we need a base oil for the essential oil and these can be a mixture of nourishing oils such as Johoba oil, grapeseed oil, rosehip and Argan oil. These oils all work very well helping to moisturise and condition both the beard and skin.
You can use all 3 base oils together or one at a time if you don’t have all ingredients to hand. When making this beard oil you only need to add 10mls of your base oils as stated above and you will use 2 drops of each essential oil and use 3 essential oils provided in the list below for the benefits that you want for your beard.
When to apply?
Best to apply after a shower or washing your face on a towel dried beard. Rub a small amount 2-4 drops between your hands and work it through your beard from roots to tip. Use daily to keep skin and beard wellness. If you would like a beard oil specifically making for you then please contact me on the page contact form.
12 common Essential oils for beard and skin health:
Beard oil 1:
- 10 ml of jojoba oil
- 3 of lavender oil
- 2 drops of tea tree essential oil
- 1 drops of peppermint oil
Beard oil 2:
- 5ml jojoba oil 5ml rose-hip oil
- 2 drops of bergamot essential oil
- 2 drops of vetiver essential oil
- 2 drops of rose oil
Beard oil 3:
- 5 ml of grapeseed oil 5ml argan oil
- 3 drop of vetiver essential oil
- 2 drops of sandalwood essential oil
- 1 drops of lemongrass
Beard oil 4:
- 10 ml Grape seed oil
- 2 drops of Lavender
- 2 drops of Rosemary
- 2 drops of cedarwood
Essential oils go a long way so less is more when using these organic compounds, don’t be tempted to add more oils to the blend unless you know all your oils and are qualified enough to know the contraindications to many of the oils.
Note: People with sensitive skin should use with caution and try a patch test of one drop under the forearm and wait 24 hours to see if any reaction has occurred. Pregnant women should avoid using the beard oil. Never apply undiluted essential oils to skin and only use these oils above blended with a base oil. Please be aware that Rosemary and Lavender have been know to be contraindicated in epileptics so avoid these oils when choosing an oil for your personal use for your beard.
Jonathan Sarson VTCT, OCN, CCMT
