Beard care is an important part of our daily hygiene routine. With a good beard comes a lot of great options for styling and fashion choices, but it also comes with a good amount of upkeep and maintenance. In today’s blog, we’re going to cover some of the important differences and similarities between beard balms and beard oils and how you can use both to your advantage.

What Is Beard Oil?

Beard oil is a light, liquid product that is oil-based and often infused with natural scents, extracts, and other hair care ingredients. For instance, the Better Man Beard line of beard oils has a great variety of scent and care options available! One crowd favorite is our newest offering, the Natty Musk beard oil. It has an enticing and unique blend of essential oils like Ylang-Ylang, patchouli, and vetiver to give it a deeply enjoyable scent that is also good for your skin and beard.

Primary Benefits Of Beard Oil

Beard oil is for everyone with a beard, but it is typically best suited for men with average skin or skin that is only slightly drier than average.

• Moisturizes skin under your beard
• Leaves your beard hair feeling soft and moisturized without looking or feeling greasy
• Best suited for shorter beards and mustaches

What Is Beard Balm?

Beard balm is similar to beard oil in that it is infused with helpful essential oils and other ingredients to help give you a fresh scent and a healthy beard. By definition, it is waxier and thicker. Better Man Beard offers an excellent selection of beard balms as well. This author’s favorite among them is the Spruce scented beard balm. It contains enriching coconut oil, shea butter, and natural spruce essential oil. This balm will have you re-applying early and often in order to keep the pine forest scent as strong as possible.

Primary Benefits Of Beard Balm

Beard balm is a more hearty approach to keeping your face and beard moisturized.

• Great for thicker beards
• Ideal for men with dryer skin and beard hair
• Can help with styling and holding certain beard shapes
• Great for taming flyaway hairs on longer beards
• Can be used in combination with beard oil for a full court press of moisturization and healing
• Best if applied right after showering to help restore and lock in moisture

Conclusion

We hope that this oil vs. balm guide was helpful to you. If you end up trying one or more of our suggestions, please share it with us on social media or in the comments below. Also, don’t forget to check out our events page on our website. Our events are always a blast and it’s a great opportunity to show all of our products in person and to meet Justin (the man himself!) and to get expert product tips, demonstrations, and samples. It’s always a blast to see our great products in action for yourself. Hope to see you around. No matter what you do this year, we hope you have a wonderful year from Better Man Beard.