Formulating for beards and moustaches

In recent years sporting a beard or moustache has returned to be fashionable in the mainstream. With the male grooming sector continuing to see good worldwide growth, demand for high quality beard and moustache products has inevitably increased.

Beard oils have traditionally been little more than sweet almond oil and beard/ moustache styling products which are largely beeswax-rich solid waxes

We are regularly asked for advice on how to formulate modern and higher performance beard and moustache products, so the aim of this short article is to discuss some of the key considerations in designing such formulations, with some suggestions of ingredients we have found to be ideal during our own development work. 

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