DIY Beard Oil Recipe How to Make at Home for Healthy Beards

Why Beard Oil Recipes Fail and How to Fix Them

DIY beard oil recipe how to make is something every man should learn if he wants a healthier, softer beard.
Mens Beard Oil is beneficial for a beard routine for a variety of reasons.Mens Beard Oil is useful for a better beard routine for many reasons.

You made a beard oil recipe from the ground up and bottled it up with the utmost care but still found it half used on your bathroom shelf after one month because it was too much trouble to come out of bed every morning and use it.

So you made another recipe, and got the same thing — a full bottle, a familiar recipe that never stuck and a beard that looks as it did before you even started.

Most men think that a beard recipe works for them or it doesn't, and once their beard routine breaks down, they point to the ingredients.

This is not often the issue. The only time a beard oil recipe becomes useful is when it fits into your actual routine, and when it fits into your routine, it is not necessarily ideal for your beard.

How the oil is applied to the skin, which bottle it comes from, and how long you wait to evaluate the oil after it has been freshly poured are more important than many think.

This is what really makes the difference between a recipe that you use again and again, and one that quietly becomes another half empty bottle — this is a detail you would only find out after seeing guys give up on a good recipe for the wrong reasons, again and again.

Your Skin Type, and NOT a Generic Ratio, Should Determine Your Carrier Oil

Several beard oil tutorials that you find online give the same proportion of oily ingredients to everyone, and that's where the majority of the issue lies with a recipe that works for one man but doesn't work for another.

Remember that skin reacts differently in each person, and an average ratio assumes an average amount of oil production in the skin of the beard.

A mismatch is important because a recipe that will have a negative effect on your natural skin type will get ignored quickly, typically within the first week, before you've had a chance to try out the ingredients themselves.

A recipe is only a recipe when it fits on your face, not the face the recipe was created for.

If your skin gets oily, a more oily carrier (65-70%) may feel too heavy and decreasing it to 40-50% and balancing with a lighter carrier (say grapeseed) can often do the trick without taking away the beard conditioning properties.

Dry skin needs a little more richness, if your skin gets dry, then you can have a higher percentage of jojoba, maybe in the mid 60s, or add 10-15% avocado oil.

It is this ratio that makes the same base oil work well for one guy but not for another, even if both recipes look the same in their formula.

One Essential Oil to One Task Equals Five Essential Oil Blends!

A recipe that smells good, prevents flaking, improves circulation and calms irritation does not typically excel in any of those categories and that is the most typical reason that homemade blends are not as satisfying as store bought oil.

Any oil beyond the first or second will only be competing for the remainder of the blend, which is already quite limited.

This is important because, when the base oil is solid, a diluted, unfocused essential oil blend won't provide enough of any one benefit to notice, and therefore, the oil feels like it's "not really doing anything". The solution is not more oils, it's choosing the job you really want.

Apply one or two main oils for your essential oil layer, to achieve one main purpose – whether it is scent or another skin benefit such as anti-flaking – and use no more than 1-2% of the total blend, or roughly 6-12 drops per ounce of essential oil, whichever is a single oil or two oils that are both performing the same function.

A given blend with one defined job will produce a distinct effect, whereas a blend around one job will not.

Rather Than Going Through the Trouble of Taking a Large Batch, a Two-Ounce Test Batch Can Save You From Wasting an Entire Recipe

Most of the do it yourself guides take you right to a 4-ounce batch and you'll find that that particular ratio doesn't work for you, and that's where you lose some money.

A full batch that you don't like is discarded or, more frequently, consumed reluctantly due to the waste of ingredients.

It's what makes a routine break down, forcing yourself to do something you don't want to do doesn't make it a habit. If you test at a smaller scale first that pressure is taken completely off the table.

Run a 2.0 ounce batch first with the same percentages as you would for a full batch and do a full 7 days, then determine if you want to scale up from the 2 ounce batch.

Store a small notebook or telephone note with the exact ratio used, so that a good test batch can be made up at full size without having to guess.

Walking away from a recipe that isn't turned out is so much easier than doing that with a bottle of ingredients that you never wanted to consume, and a two week test costs a fraction of a full batch of ingredients.

The Not-So-Perfect Dropper Bottle Silently Slays a Good Routine

Even a perfect beard oil formula can be rendered useless if the bottle it's dispensed from causes irritation when applying the oil every day – and this is one of the least considered causes of a good formula not being used.

If you have a too picky, too slow or clogs easily dropper, it makes a step that should only take 15 seconds more difficult.

This is important because habits are established on low friction, and a bottle that has to be held, used, and put aside for two hours every morning is a bottle that won't be used on busy mornings. The "routine" has simply disappeared in a couple of weeks, and the missed applications have piled up.

For lighter blends, a standard glass dropper with a bulb top is fine, but for any recipe that calls for thicker oils such as castor or shea, you need to switch to a wider 3mm dropper opening as these oils clog a regular dropper and make a quick morning chore into a two-minute struggle.

It's a minor detail in the equipment selection but it's one that can make or break a recipe that is being used on a daily basis for months or even years.

The Fact That a Fresh Batch Requires 48 Hours Before You Can Judge It Is Very Important

Beards oils that are applied right after mixing will smell and feel slightly different than the same recipe after a couple days, and too early being a common reason for throwing out a good ratio. Oils that are newly blended are not fully blended.

This is because essential oils don't diffuse uniformly into a carrier oil, but take some time to spread out, which means that a drop made an hour after blending may contain more of the scent or power of the essential oil than a drop made a few days later. Failing to fix the problem is a formulation issue, not a timing issue.

Allow a freshly mixed batch to stand capped in a cool dark location for at least 48 hours before your first actual usage and shake lightly prior to first use to even out any settling.

Evaluating a blend after it has had time to settle proves a much better reflection of whether the blend actually works and not on whether there is a spike in the intensity that is followed by a drop within a couple of days.

Since guys aren't exactly known for their ability to mix up a decent beard oil, this is something they need to learn.

Seasonal Changes Affect How a Beard Oil Recipe Performs

Even a recipe that sounds great in July can start to feel too rich by January and much of the men think that their skin must have changed instead of the oil. The skin is different in each season and the same recipe is not always right for all seasons.

This is significant because when a recipe begins to feel "greasy" or, in winter, suddenly "not enough" to function all year, it gets blamed and is dropped from the rotation, when perhaps a slight adjustment for the season would have maintained its performance throughout. It's not that the base recipe is bad; it's simply that it needs to bend to the environment.

Lower the carrier oil percentage in the warmer and more humid months and favor lighter oils, such as grapeseed and light jojoba, and raise richer oils such as avocado or shea by 5-10% in cooler months when the air pulls moisture from skin at a more rapid rate.

A seasonal recipe is one that doesn't get forgotten as "the recipe that worked before" when the seasons change, but remains useful all year around.

Creating a Beard Oil Recipe That Sticks!

These six factors are not of any value individually — an ideal carrier oil ratio will not work if it remains in the dropper and clogs every morning, and an essential oil blend that is focused on a specific essential oil is not going to turn out nearly as effective if it is tested an hour after adding the carrier oil as it is an hour after 48 hours of settling. The real secret to making a recipe stick is to consider it as a system—a system that must be compatible with your routine, not your beard.

A realistic version of this would be a carrier oil ratio determined by the skin type of the test wearer (oily or dry), one essential oil layer to match one individual clear job, a 2–4 oz test batch run for one week prior to committing resources to a full size, a dropper bottle that is matched to the actual viscosity of the essential oil blend, 48 hours of settling time before any real judgment is made, and a seasonal adjustment twice a year when the weather changes.

The time it takes for this type of recipe to be really useful is short once these pieces are in place. In the first week after a good match, it should not be a burden to use, but should feel comfortable. At the end of the first month, the routine should be in autopilot with the oil used up, not half used.

But there's no magic formula in the ingredients and it doesn't cure a patchy beard caused by a skin condition that requires a dermatologist, nor does it do anything for someone with a genetic weak spot. What it will solve is the real issue with that half full bottle on the shelf, the same one that used to fall apart before should, until the ratio, the bottle, and the timing are correct, be it a bottle that you keep without thinking about it.

FAQs

So what are the day-to-day benefits of an homemade beard oil recipe?

A recipe that works easily into your morning routine is not only convenient for your beard but also for your skin, which is the medium that it inhabits, and for the dispenser bottle which it comes from. Recipes that fail to account for one of those is likely to fall into disuse even if the ingredients are sound.

What is the easiest way to create a homemade beard oil?

Aim to find an oil that matches your skin, oilier skin types will work best with oilier ratios around 40-50 percent, while drier skin will work best with a higher ratio around 65-70 percent. Include one essential oil layer (1-2%) for scent or a particular skin need, mix the test blend (2 ounces) first and allow to settle for 48 hours before assessment;

Is it necessary that a beard oil recipe varies with every season?

Yes—skin acts differently in the summer months when it is moist, than in the winter months when it is dry, that's why the same ratio all year round doesn't always work. A recipe typically can be used throughout the year by adjusting the blend, usually by adding more oil, such as avocado or shea, during the colder months or during the summer, when it's not as rich.

What is the wait time for making a new batch of beard oil?

Make sure that you give your essential oils enough time to disperse throughout the carrier oil before you do your first real evaluation, which should be at least 48 hours after mixing. Too early judging can make a blend seem more intense and/or less consistent than they will when fully settled.

Should you test out a beard oil recipe in the full size version straight away?

While not harmful, it's a simple method to spoil ingredients if the ratio is not your skin's. Takes a bit of pressure off of you using a full bottle if you don't like it since you mix up a smaller test batch first and let it sit for about a week.

Is it possible to have too many essential oils in a beard oil?

Yes, using multiple essential oils for various purposes will generally reduce the concentration of each essential oil used below the level of efficacy. To choose one main scent or skin problem to focus on and then add other ingredients to that one theme can really create a more dramatic effect.

Does the kind of dropper bottle really impact the effectiveness of a beard oil recipe?

It can, especially if the recipe is thick, because thick oils such as castor or shea get clogged by a thin dropper and become a tedious daily chore. A wider dropper opening for thicker blends maintains application speed to maintain it as part of a daily routine.