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Beard Butter vs Beard Balm

When it comes to beard care products, there is an abundance of choices on the market. Sometimes it can be a little confusing picking the correct product that will give you the desired results your looking for. Hopefully this blog will help when it comes to choosing either a Beard Balm or Beard Butter.
To start off, Beard Butter and Beard Balm are both designed to help you style and shape your beard. However, there are a few differences we thought we'd share.
 

WHAT IS BEARD BALM?

Beard balm is a product with a mixture of several ingredients, most of which include things such as beeswax, Shea butter, essential oils, and natural carrier oils. Its purpose is to help keep your beard conditioned, healthy and to act as a styling agent to provide control and tame flyaway hairs. The Beeswax in beard balm gives your beard that extra hold and also helps to lock in moisture. Beard balm will help make sure that your beard simply looks tamed, great and well groomed.
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WHAT IS BEARD BUTTER?

Beard butter is generally made up of all natural oils and butters such as Shea and mango butter to serve as a deep conditioner to soften and moisturize both your beard and the skin beneath. Natural butters such as, Shea butter absorb into the beard hairs giving your beard a fuller appearance. Beard butters generally provide a light hold to help tame flyaway hairs and to help shape your beard. Since beard butters usually lack beeswax or contain very little, beard butter is easy to spread and has a soft butter like consistency. This soft consistency will ensure full coverage to your hair follicles, skin and facial hair which helps to hydrate, deep condition and soften your hair and the skin beneath. Beard butter is the perfect option if you're looking to manage beard itch or have dry skin or dandruff.
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CONCLUSION

Beard balm and beard butter are both great products. It comes down to what look and results you're going for . If you want more control and hold to tame flyway hairs, beard balm may be the choice for you. If you are looking for deep conditioning to soften and promote better healthy beard growth, but still want a light hold to style your beard, beard butter may be the the right choice. We recommend adding both to your beard care routine, since they each have different uses and benefits. Beard butter is excellent to use at night before bed to deeply hydrate your facial hair and skin. Beard balm is great to use during the day to tame, style and to provide hold.

We highly recommend trying our beard butter or beard balms. Our exclusive formula is created with the highest quality ingredients possible! We currently offer 13 unique and amazing fragrances and 1 fragrance free option. Plus, every product we sell comes with a Satisfaction guarantee100% Money Back Guarantee and FREE domestic shipping and returns! 

 

 

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Great smelling oil

I like the oil. Great smelling and not overwhelming scents. I like the flamethrower the best!

Awesome

I have loved every scent I got. Now up to 10 different ones.

Beard butter

This is the best beard I have tried and my favorite thus far, but I wish Skully’s made an unscented butter. But as of right now Buck Shot is great butter and one of my favorite oils.

Hi Brian, thanks for the review. We do have an unscented and fragrance free beard butter called Pale Rider.

Can’t give a review as it is Christmas gift

Have not opened

Classic all time favorite.

An absolute personal, all time favorite. Classy, distinguished, polished scent. Bourbon is my favorite drink. You just can’t go wrong with sandalwood, bourbon, and spice. PHENOMENAL!

Rich and creamy scent.

Our sense of smell is responsible for about 80% of what we taste. I want Bonehead made into ice cream. Rich, sweet, outstanding!

I had forgotten how phenomenal this scent is.

It has been awhile since I made a purchase of Winter Spice. The scent of oak moss is one of my favorites. This is not a gimmicky Christmas scent. It is absolutely phenomenal.

WOW! Extremely pleasantly suprised.

Normally I dislike tobacco scent in beard products. Now comes along No. 8 and I am blown away! Absolutely fantastic scent. Seriously, the Skully's team has done it again. I believe the tonka, cedar and oak aged bourbon scents mellow out the tobacco scent. In this case, the scent would not be complete without the tobacco. There are several tobacco scent profiles and whichever one is used in this mix is outstanding. I will be ordering more of No. 8. Please make this a new regular scent. It is a HUGE WIN! And as always, the beard oil mix is fantastic and feels great on my skin and beard.

Winter spice oh oh !

The smell is very good. Makes my beard very soft and looking good. I have two bottles of the beard oil.

Smells amazing 🤩

Love the limited edition scents

Great%21%21%21

Love the travel sample pack%21 I’m in %26%21out of town for work a lot%2C so it comes in handy. I also like how it’s various scents%21

Nemesis

The smell of Nemesis is amazing and my husband loves it. 100% recommend this brand Thank you!

Excellent trial pack for my brother

Another outstanding beard oil from Skully’s.

Reaper is classy and delivers what many would call a warm, refreshing aquatic cologne scent. On the initial profile the top notes of pine, citrus, and lavender are distinctive and blended well giving a nice earthy fragrance. The woody and amber notes are definitely more subtle pinning the top notes to a fantastic base. I have few aquatic colognes that will pair extremely well with Reaper. As always, the oils blend is fantastic. I pair a bit of the oil with the beard balm for a good hold and soft feel. Thanks for creating a lavender beard product.

Great Beard Oil

Smells Great and feels Great!

Beard oil

Awesome beard oils I really like all of the all of them will definitely buy some more

Sample Pack

Absolutely dig the scents I've used so far, nemesis and numbskull are my favorite so far. Long lasting scent and excellent feel throughout the day.

Winter Spice more like LOVE IT SPICE

I have had to shave for the past 23 years of my life due to career and hobbies. When I changed careers just recently I stopped shaving! I was about to shave again because of the scratching and irritation. I got this beard oil to see if it would help, HAVEN'T SHAVED YET!!!! The scent is fantastic, strong enough to smell but not overpowering!!!!!!

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Mystery Beard Oil
Richard Flores jr
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Excellent product I was completely impressed with this beard oil. Will be looking forward to buying more.

Killer Design

Very nice fits perfectly in the palm of your hand. Brush nice and soft spreads the oils and butters evenly. Definitely worth buying.

Another awesome oil

Havana smoke fits right in with all the others I’ve ordered from you guys. Have yet to be disappointed.

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Backwoods Beard Balm 2 oz.
Richard Flores jr
First time user

This is the first time I’ve tried this product and I was amazed at the quality. I definitely will be buying plenty more in the near future

Amazing scent profile!

Another amazing scent profile from Skully’s! I really like this one for the Holiday Season!

100% Recommend

I got the Beards Never Die sample pack and this scent was in my top 2. I ended up getting both Nemesis and Bonehead because it was too hard to choose between the distinct yet incredible scents, let alone how smooth and moisturized they leave my face skin feeling.

Double Tap beard oil and conditioner

Skully beard products are always consistent and awesome for your beard grooming. The conditioner help keep my beard feeling healthy and clean and using the oil right after give it a nice shine and wonderful smell that lasts all day. Definitely recommend to anyone looking for products to help maintain and keep your beard looking and feeling nice!

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