Beard Soap and Gooey Stuff

[j44ke]

My wife staged an intervention with ultimatum included re: my beard/goatee/snack bar I have on my face. The end result was that I received two tins in the mail - one is called Mr. Natty Face Forest Soap and the other is called Beardman Beard Balm. I also got a small comb that says "Kent Sawcut 81T" on it. Strangely it all works. I am no longer an un-exfoliated beard mess, though I miss the occasional surprise of discovering a missing potato chip. Seems like this beard hygiene thing has really taken off though. Some of these websites have more products for beards than my wife has for her cuticles. Amazing. I feel like I have emerged from a very dark cave.

[jackattack]

If someone complains that your beard is not soft enough, your beard is too short.

Soap? Lever 2000. Occasionally, if I notice that it's getting dry (mostly during the winter) I apply some hipster beard cream and really work it into the follicles.

[j44ke]

This Lever 2000 - does it come in a tin? I really like the tin. Except for some reason now I can't get the piece of fancy soap out of it. So I just wash with the soap in the tin. The beard balm stuff is more like a wax than a cream. Makes my beard semi-water proof. Which is good in the rain, but I am not sure good for what. Bees?

[jackattack]

Just be warned, styling your beard is a slippery slope. Stay rugged my friend.

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[j44ke]

Well ^that^ would be good for bees for sure.

[Eric Estlund]

The beard balm stuff is more like a wax than a cream.

That's because it is wax. Most of these are essentially a combination of oils, beeswax, lanolin and "manish" scents. It's basically shoe polish for your face- it even comes in a tin.

[j44ke]

I feel mannish when I put it on. I think shoe polish is cheaper though, so I may switch to that.

[soupless]

I've got a pretty decent beard going, but have dry skin and the subsequent nasty beard dandruff. A $5.00 bottle of vitamin e oil from CVS is working wonders. Same stuff as in the fancy beard oil, but no scents.