I like beard balm but it has 2 big problems: 1) it is generally loaded with perfume 2) it is crazy expensive.
I've looked at dollarbeardclub.com and found that they love the perfume, and I don't care if it smells like pine trees it is still perfume and it will still be fractions of an inch from my nose. It is my theory that headaches that seem to be fairly common anymore are related to the perfumes that drench the world. They make air seem "thick" if that makes any sense. Last summer one night I was outdoors and whenever I got near this one certain girl the perfume she was wearing would hit me like a punch to the throat, and after just a few wiffs of the stuff I started getting a headache that lasted throughout the night. This was the most blatant example of the situation I ever encountered, but overall I strongly dislike being around these powerful odors people put in their soaps, detergents, and cleaning supplies let alone literal perfumes and colognes.
Also their balm still appears on the expensive side. The containers, in general with all retailers, are tiny and loaded with excessive packaging that I couldn't give a damn about and needlessly use gimmicky, and overpriced, organic ingredients. While I've heard petroleum-based waxes are damaging to hairs, the organic thing is just a means to guilt people into spending more.
So I've looked into it and it doesn't seem to be that hard to make your own beard balm. It looks like it's just bees wax, shea butter, and some oil heated until they melt and then mixed together. It looks like it will be much cheaper to make it myself, and it will be free of odors.
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