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How to Apply Beard Oil the Right Way in 6 Easy Steps

Beard Oil

Beard oil is a product that should be in every man’s grooming arsenal, right next to beard balm and their favorite beard comb.  Not only does using beard oil provide a healthy-looking beard for the men who sport one, it also moisturizes and hydrates the skin of men without beards.  But to take advantage of its beneficial effects, you need to know how to apply beard oil properly.  Applying beard oil is a grooming process that every man should be familiar with.

Though men generally use beard oil only if they have a beard, beard oil is also an effective skin moisturizer for your facial skin. So even if you don’t have a beard you should still use beard oil after you shave. This will help to ensure that your skin is healthier and moister.  it will also help to reduce razor bumps. As long as you apply beard oil correctly, your face will reap the full benefits.

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How to Apply Beard Oil in 6 Easy Steps

So without further ado, here are the six easy steps to follow when you apply your beard oil.

1. Clean and Wash Your Face

It is important to wash your face before applying beard oil. Washing, especially with warm water, opens up the pores of your skin. This leaves your skin more receptive to the oil, enabling it to absorb the beard oil more completely than if you were to apply it without washing it first.

Also, washing your face ensures that harmful irritants such as dirt and grime are cleaned away.

This simple step leads to a refreshed feeling and a healthier beard.

2. Pat Dry

Make sure that you pat your face dry gently. Don’t rub your face with a towel as this can cause irritation. Patting dry will remove the excess water from your beard. While your beard doesn’t have to be perfectly dry, you will want to make sure that it is dry enough to absorb the beard oil.

3. Put Beard Oil on the Palms of Your Hands

Do not apply the oil directly to your beard; instead, put a few drops on your hands first. The amount of beard oil you need depends on how long and thick your beard is. Generally, men start with 3-5 drops of beard oil; however, you can add a bit more for a thicker, fuller beard. If you apply too much your beard will look oily, so move up to your desired amount slowly.

4. Rub and Massage

Rub and massage the oil into your skin and beard. Rubbing ensures that the beard oil is distributed evenly, while massaging guarantees that it spreads through all of your beard hairs from top to bottom, and into your skin.

5. Brush or Comb

Rubbing the oil into your beard is a good first step, but brushing or combing it in with a beard brush or beard comb will ensure even distribution throughout your beard.

6. Style Appropriately

Now that you have applied the beard oil correctly, you can style your beard the way you want it. Since beard oil can tame hard-to-manage beards, you shouldn’t have any difficulty styling your beard anymore.

If your beard is particularly unruly and difficult to style properly after applying beard oil, try applying some beard balm.

Some Benefits of Beard Oil

Here are some of the benefits that you can get from using beard oil.

  • Hydrates and moisturizes
  • Helps to mitigate beard itch and beard dandruff
  • Tames unruly beards
  • Makes your beard look fuller
  • Prevents split ends and breakage
  • Helps patchy beards to grow in more evenly

What Beard Oils Does Modernbeards.com Recommend?

We recommend using a beard oil made from natural ingredients, as the chemicals in some beard oils can irritate your skin.  If you can find a beard oil with only organic ingredients, this will be even better.

Pay attention to the scent of the beard oil before you put it on.  Be sure that you can live with that scent all day, as it will be there, right under your nose.  There are unscented beard oils on the market, so if you have a sensitivity to fragrances, consider buying one of the unscented oils.

To learn which beard oils we recommend, see our article 14 Best Beard Oils: A Guide to Beard Oil and Its Uses.

Final Thoughts

So there you have it, the six steps for how to apply beard oil properly.  Beard oil is a great beard care product.  If you follow these steps every day, you will see an improvement in the appearance of your beard and your face.  Proper knowledge on how to apply beard oil is important to maximize the benefits that it offers.

See our article, What Does Beard Oil Do and Why You Should Use It Every Day? for more information about the benefits of beard oil.

If you have questions about how to style your beard, see our article How to Shape Your Beard Into Magnificence; As Advised by a Proper Barber.

If you’d like to learn more about general beard maintenance, see our article Beard Care: How to Maintain a Beard and Beard Care Tips.

Hi I'm Steve, and I've been trimming men's hair and beards for 6 years now. Many guys ask me about beard styles, how to grow a better beard, and how to take care of their beards. I share my techniques here in this blog.

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