Wearing a beard is trendy. But having a beautiful beard requires careful maintenance and care. Discover how, from cleaning to maintenance, certain essences and plant oils can naturally beautify your skin while taking care of it.
The right shampoo for a healthy beard
The first step to a well-maintained beard is a good cleaning. For this opt for a beard shampoo that will be enriched with natural active ingredients to clean and nourish your beard. Hair shampoos are not suitable. Being astringent, they may dry out the hair at the risk of breaking it.
Organic aloe vera-based shampoos have the advantage of moisturizing, purifying and protecting the fiber.
Other products contain shea butter to nourish your beard and make it shiny.
How do you clean your beard?
On wet beard, lather shampoo or beard soap by gently rubbing. Then, after rinsing, dry your beard by brushing it. Finally, apply a care oil or balm to moisturize your beard after warming it well in the palm of your hands.
These nourishing and moisturizing treatments are generally composed of shea butter, castor oil or mustard oil and sometimes with the addition of essential oils to cleanse the skin. Indeed, to have a beautiful beard, you need beautiful skin first and foremost. Taking care of your beard without taking care of your skin is only doing the job halfway.
Why take care of your beard
When the beard grows, the sebum secreted by the sebaceous glands located under the skin no longer nourishes the hair. This causes scratching and a feeling of beard brewing. By taking care to apply a special fatty acid-rich beard ointment or balm such as castor, mustard, argan or coconut vegetable oils, your beardwill become shiny and silky.
This beard care practice only takes a few seconds and is done 2-3 times a week depending on your lifestyle. No more excuses to take care of yourself!
Zoom on the vegetable oils to have in your bathroom for a well furnished beard.
Ricin vegetable oil promotes growth and deeply nourishes the beardthanks to its fatty acid and vitamin E (antioxidant) content. Its viscosity makes it complicated to use. To make it more fluid, you can dilute it with another vegetable oil such as mustard oil.
Mustard Plant Oil is warming. It thus stimulates beard regrowthby activating the microcirculation of the blood capillaries beneath the skin. It is especially recommended for long beards or for men who want to speed up their beard growth.
Argan vegetable oil deeply nourishes the fiber while caring for your skin. It makes your beard soft and silky.
Jojoba vegetable oil protects against dryness. It will nourish the skin and regulate the production of sebum.
Coconut vegetable oil sheathes the hair thanks to its protein content.
Olive oilis an all-purpose nourishing oil. It is a good start when you want to start taking care of your beard without investing in a more luxurious oil or serum
Nigella oil is anti-inflammatory. It will calm acne flare-ups under the beard.
Sweet Almond Oil is a vegetable oil that will soften your skin while nourishing your beard.
Bonus: Atlas Cedar essential oil emanates a woody, camphorated scent typical in men's cosmetics. But this is not its only use. It is tonic. It stimulates the microcirculation just like mustard oil.
DIY recipe: natural beard care
This special beard growth activation treatment stimulates micro-circulation while nourishing the hair fiber. It is applied after a careful washing and then rests for about 20 minutes before being rinsed.
Here is the recipe
In a container, mix :
2 tablespoons of organic castor oil
2 teaspoons of organic mustard oil
3 drops of Organic Atlas Cedar EO
To conclude
Taking care of your beard means finding a routine that works for you and is tailored to your beard, hair type and skin type. The frequency depends on your lifestyle and the length of your beard. If you had to remember only one tip, it would be this: adopt a beard shampoo coupled with a vegetable oil treatment.