Natural Man Beard Oil Premium All Natural Beard Conditioner by Botanical Skin Works

I bought this oil to replace another brand I'd been using over the past year. I was happy with the price and the fact it was unscented. After using this beard oil for more than a month, I feel I'm well placed to share some thoughts on it. Specifically, it's great for my face, but it's not so great as an addition to my pantry.When using this after a shower, it leaves my whiskers feeling smooth without being too greasy. After hugging my fiancee, she doesn't complain that I've ruined her makeup on her cheek: this beard oil doesn't rub off on her. Nor does it rub off on my hands when I pensively rest my chin on my knuckles. (I'm an academic, so I think a lot during the work day.) It's important for me to keep a stock of this stuff handy now the winter air is swooping into my city. The larger bottle size means I don't have to worry about repurchasing for some time. One, maybe two, squirts is enough for my beard.Now, the aforementioned fiancee went out of town for a few days the other week, and I forgot to get my act together for dinner. Scrounging around in my kitchen for things to eat, I decided to cook up a grilled cheese. However, I was out of both olive oil and butter, so I needed something else to lubricate my bread before throwing it on the skillet. Enter the beard oil: boasting all organic (if not vegetarian--but that's fine, I eat animals) ingredients, none of which turned out to be toxic in small doses, I figured the beard oil could get me through my dinner ordeal. So, I liberally pumped a few dozen squirts onto my sandwich, fried it up, and hungrily took a bite. The joy didn't last long, let me tell you. It was the worst, maybe the second-worst actually, grilled cheese sandwich I've ever cooked. It didn't even taste like how I imagine emu would taste (namely, similar to ostrich).I went to bed that night hungry and slightly nauseated, but my beard looked and felt damn fantastic at the time. Learn from my mistake. Buy this oil, but leave it in your bathroom. Highly recommended.

What can I say, this oil STINKS! Literally. I have 3 issues with this product:1. Like another reviewer said, it smells like burnt hair after about 15-30 minutes. At first I get a strong scent of something like tea tree oil. But oh boy does it go south after that. My wife hates it.2. Pump mechanism. This pump is clearly not meant to be used with oil. It comes out of the nozzle with so much velocity that it splashes everywhere when trying to apply it to the palm of my hand. It can literally squirt 10 feet (I tried it). I have other beard oils that use the pump delivery system and this is by far the worst of them all.3. This product actually feels like it dries my beard out instead of moisturizing it. I bought the Bay Lime scent so maybe the other scent is better as it does have different ingredients.I absolutely do NOT recommend this product.

I have now been using this beard oil for a little over a week, and I must say it works great!I've grown a beard every winter for a couple decades now and usually shave most of it off come spring. Most often I leave the mustache and a goatee/van dyke. However, this year I plan to try leaving it to see how long I can grow it. Generally my beard hair feels dry and "straw like", and my mustache gets all too many split ends. Over the years I've tried numerous standard hair conditioners with little positive result. This year I decided to try an actual beard product.This is my first beard-specific product I've ever bought. At first I considered making my own beard oil based on recipes from the internet. However, a friend pointed out -- quite logically -- that it would probably be wiser to try a pre-made beard product first, to see what to expect and learn what works.He was right.The things I was looking for in a beard product were, in no particular order: Smoothing and softening of my beard, a fuller and healthier looking beard, less itching, reduction and healing of split ends, more manageable and "tamed" beard and mustache, and enhanced growth characteristics.I can say without reservation that this product has achieved 90% of these!!Within the first two days of use, my beard immediately became more manageable, and looked and felt heathier and fuller. Now, after a week of use, I definitely am seeing fewer-to-no split ends, almost no itching, far fewer under-beard zits, and FAR more manageable beard and mustache.The only lacking area so far is the beard smoothing and softening. While this product certainly has helped to a degree in that regard, my beard is still not as soft as I was hoping. However, perhaps I am simply expecting too much here. Having no basis for comparison, my beard's texture simply may be what it is.Still, this product has indeed helped to soften and smooth my beard noticeably, so I can't say it doesn't work in that regard.Regarding enhanced growth, I certainly have not been using this beard oil long enough to make any comment as to its effectiveness there.Some people have commented that they don't like the smell of this oil (motor oil and onions one person said, another saying "Christmassy" smell) or that it is too strong.I can definitely say that I don't experience this AT ALL. I find the smell to be pleasing and light, and that it fades within an hour. I don't know WHERE people are coming up with the smells they've described either. It clearly smell just like what it says: Bay Lime, with a hint of sandalwood. I was actually surprised at how little sesame oil smell there is.To me, this oil actually smells a bit like something I might use as an oil painting medium; which is, to me, a good thing. I'm finding that the faint lingering scent reminds me of oil painting as may well influence me to paint more.Overall I would DEFINITELY recommend this product!!A couple things tho:a) For my beard it certainly taking more than the recommended 2 or 3 drops. I find I need around 5 squirts two or three times a day. However, given that this bottle contains 3 ounces of the oil for only 20 bucks (shipped), it will still last QUITE a long time for me. I'm guessing over half-a-year.b) Upon advice from other beard-havers, and something which is not mentioned in the usage instructions, I've been applying the oil to my beard when it's damp. This is to say right after a shower, or even after simply rinsing my beard good in the sink. I am finding that this oil works WAY more effectively using it this way. This, in my opinion, should be part of the instructions for the oil; .... DEFINITELY apply this product to a damp beard. It still works on a dry beard, but it works better on a damp beard.

This is a great product and underated in my opinion. I wear my beard from 2-5 inches depending on the time of year and a single bottle lasts me upwards of 5 months. My beard is curly and without it I would not be able to wear one comfortably because I would not be able to comb it. My skin feels great and my beard and face do not get itchy, tangled, or dandruffy when I use this oil. For the price you will find nothing better; trust me I have used many other products. I have been using this product for a little over two years and I just bought my 3rd bottle. Some oils are $20+ for 1 ounce... this is a 4 ounce bottle. If your looking for a great product at a great price give it a try. Don't beat yourself up with an uncomfortable, itchy beard. Spend $10 and rock one in style.