The Four Top Beard Oil Benefits You Can't Miss Out On

When it comes to growing and grooming the beard of your dreams, it’s important to leave no stone unturned. That means applying beard oil to your scruff for maximum growth.

A blend of oils is a must-have for any beard care routine —it’s designed to hydrate dry skin, minimize beard itch, and leave your beard looking fuller than a Viking’s Vandyke on feast day.

To that end, let’s dive into how you can reap the benefits of this follicle-nourishing product to transform your beard-growing trial into a triumph.

Types of Beard Oil

Before we dive into the benefits of beard oil, let’s discuss the top two ways to experience this powerful beard-boosting product.

#1 Blended Beard Oil 

These oils are lightweight and allow you to skillfully sculpt your beard with ease. The best beard oils are jam-packed with essential oils and carrier oils that nourish your beard hair follicles and promote growth, such as:

• Castor seed oil
• Sunflower seed oil
• Argan oil
• Coconut oil
• Avocado oil
• Jojoba seed oil

Beard growth tip: To achieve maximum results, apply the oil according to your beard’s length:¹

• Shorter length – 3-6 drops every two days
• Longer length – 6-10 drops every two days 

Furthermore, if you live in a drier climate, you may have to apply your beard oil daily for optimal nourishment.

#2 Beard Balm

Beard balm includes many of the same beard-empowering ingredients found in beard oil. However, beard balm also includes many other ingredients specifically formulated to tame your beard’s flyaway hairs so that it looks as polished and professional as you.

These ingredients include:

• Sweet almond oil
• Beeswax
• Shea butter
• Orange peel oil

Like beard oil, beard balm also makes your beard smell amazing from sunup to sundown. 

Benefits of Beard Oil

Whether you opt for a lightweight oil or an oil-packed balm, slathering a bit of either onto your beard can have mythological effects—of Gandalf proportions. 

Does beard growth oil work for real? Even if you’re not looking to grow your beard hair to epic lengths, a high-quality beard oil can imbue your beard with numerous nourishing benefits—four, to be exact. 

#1 Nourish Your Skin and Embolden Your Beard

Growing a beard befitting an Arthurian king involves more than grooming your facial hair. It also means taking care of the skin beneath your beard.

In short, hair follicles are complex organs capable of producing magical manes, but they may also fail to reach their full potential without the right vitamins and minerals. What’s more, neglected hair follicles can harbor beard-hating bacteria.

The solution? The nourishing power of beard oils.

Beard oils help to care for your hair follicles by providing the following essential vitamins and minerals:

• Biotin
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin E

Some studies suggest that, in addition to aiding active hair follicles, beard oils can actually promote new growth, too.² Patchy beards, let us show you your way out.

#2 Moisturize Your Skin to Banish the Notorious Beard Itch

Anyone who’s had a full beard knows the bane of beards everywhere: the incessant, hidden itch. One moment you’re strolling down the street looking like the second coming of Blackbeard, and the next you feel like you’ve been marooned on an island of irritation. 

While several factors can account for beard itch, the most common is dead, dry skin under your beard, also considered beard dandruff.

The best beard oils contain ingredients that moisturize your skin so that your skin feels comfortable and supple wherever your bearded adventures take you. 

The most prominent moisturizing ingredients of beard oils include these essential oils:

Castor oil – A powerful derivative of castor seed, castor oil hydrates deep into your follicles. Additionally, castor oil is rich in omega-9 fatty acids. These fatty acids act as anti-inflammatory agents, which may incite new hair growth.

Sunflower oil – It turns out sunflowers aren’t just gorgeous to look at. The oil extracted from their seeds can also moisturize your skin. That’s because sunflowers are high in linoleic acid, an acid that strengthens your skin’s barrier and prevents moisture loss.

Coconut oil – Derived from coconuts, coconut oil is even better than sunflower oil at moisturizing your skin. That’s because this powerful oil packs a serious vitamin E punch. 

Jojoba oil – A shrub native to the American Southwest, jojoba produces a seed that’s practically made for moisturizing beards. In addition to soothing skin, jojoba oil can promote hair growth by eliminating sebum build-up in hair follicles.

While each oil can hydrate your skin when used independently, they form a formidable hydrating team when used together.

#3 Strengthen Your Beard to Soften Your Look

It may seem paradoxical that beard oil can simultaneously strengthen and soften your scruff. But that’s exactly what beard oil can do.

A soft beard isn’t a weak beard. It’s a beard that’s smooth and inviting. It’s a beard you (and others) will want to stroke as you wax poetic about life, love, and the finer points of your full-bearded philosophy.

Beard oil first softens your beard by smoothing out tangled, frazzled hairs. It then strengthens your scruff by increasing your hair’s elasticity and nourishing its follicles. 

#4 Infuse Your Beard With a Whiff of Freshness

Just because you look like the heir to the throne of lumberjacks doesn’t mean your beard should smell like you live year-round in a timber camp.

Beard oil keeps your beard smelling as fresh as you look by nourishing your beard with the following ingredients:

Mentha Arvensis leaf oil – Derived from the mint family of plants, mentha arvensis leaf oil both nourishes your beard and leaves it smelling fresher than a wooded forest after a light rain.

Vetiveria Zizanioides leaf oil – Known for its woodsy, earthy, smoky smell, vetiver oil can make your beard stand out in a room full of unaromatic manes. 

The Beard Club: Better Oil For Better Beards

If you think a product that can nourish your skin, relieve itch, promote beard growth, and improve your stubbled scent is too good to be true, you haven’t experienced The Beard Club’s original Beard Growth Oil.

A beard oil made for the boldest shaving rebels, this oil is designed to maximize your beard while minimizing the fuss. Plus, it’s infused with castor seed oil, sunflower seed oil, coconut oil, and more to keep your beard looking its very best. 

Join The Beard Club today and check out our line of beard products to start enjoying an abundance of beard oil benefits. A healthy, full beard is only a few drops away.

Sources:

1. wikiHow. How to Use Beard Oil. https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Beard-Oil
2. NIH. Effects of tocotrienol supplementation on hair growth in human volunteers. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24575202/