Beard Balm Recipe - DIY Homemade Beard Wax - The Herbeevore

Where Does Beeswax Come From Anyway?

As a beekeeper, we have a lot of wax left over from when we harvest honey from the hives. Bees make the wax to create “cells”, which form that hexagonal honeycomb pattern. The cells can be used to lay eggs, raise brood, and keep honey that the bees store for the winter. The honey is stored in these hexagonal cells, and when the moisture has been cured out from the honey, the bees will cover the cells with a wax seal. This is called capping. It preserves the honey for the winter, and keeps the moisture from ruining their honey stores.

When we harvest honey, we scrape the honey and wax from the frames. Once the honey gets filtered into a separate bucket (which we then jar up and use to make amazing honey recipes!) we are left with the wax. We melt the wax to remove any impurities, and then keep it to make great products like this!

Here is a frame full of honey, perfectly capped in beeswax:

How Do I Make Homemade Beard Wax?

1. Add 3 cups of water to a small pot on the stove top, and bring to a boil.
2. Please the double boiler on top of the pot, and add all ingredients except the essential oils. Allow the boiler to heat the ingredients they are melted, and stir with a metal whisk to combine.
3. Once ingredients have been stirred and have liquified, remove the double boiler from the heat, and stir in the essential oils.
4. Carefully pour the balm into jars (I used these wide mouth 4 ounce jars) and allow balm to cool at room temperature.

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DIY Beard Balm Recipe

By Kelly Jensen This homemade DIY beard balm recipe is a hydrating and moisturizing balm for your beard which conditions for an all-natural shine.  Made with beeswax, oils, and shea butter, this is one balm that you can use day after day. 5 from 17 votes Print Recipe Pin For Later Share Prep Time 2 minutes minsCook Time 8 minutes minsTotal Time 10 minutes mins Course DIY, Home & BeautyCuisine American Servings 1 jar

Equipment

• ▢ double boiler
• ▢ mason jars

Ingredients 1x2x3x

• ▢ 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• ▢ 1/4 cup coconut oil
• ▢ 2 tablespoons beeswax
• ▢ 2 tablespoons shea butter
• ▢ 10 drops Vitamin E oil
• ▢ 10 drops essential oils

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Instructions

• Add 3 cups of water to a small pot on the stove top, and bring to a boil.
• Place the double boiler on top of the pot, and add all ingredients except the essential oils.  Allow the boiler to heat the ingredients until they are melted, and stir with a metal whisk to combine.
• Once ingredients have been stirred and have liquefied, remove the double boiler from the heat, and stir in the essential oils.
• Carefully pour the balm into jars (I used these wide mouth 4 ounce jars) and allow balm to cool at room temperature.

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