Cedar Smoke Beard Balm

by | May 30, 2014 | Beards & Mustaches, Projects with Videos, Very Crunchy

One of my favourite things about traveling is meeting new people. We often end up connecting as Facebook friends, and their international antics liven up my newsfeed. Ryan is one of these people. I met Ryan at the Glasgow airport—he was working in the duty free shop, and he sold me a bottle of delightfully inexpensive rum. It turns out that Ryan is an aspiring model, and quite interested in fashion and facial hair. I had no idea that beard balm was a thing until he posted about some. Apparently it can be amazing stuff… so I thought I’d make some.

How to make Cedar Smoke Beard Balm

How to make Cedar Smoke Beard Balm

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Peppermint & Cedarwood Aftershave Lotion

by | Mar 3, 2014 | Beards & Mustaches

This fun aftershave lotion project was another reader request. I can’t find the email or comment to thank her, but thank you! This was an awesome thing to puzzle out, and I’m really happy with the result. I first made this cream towards the end of Movember (otherwise known as November), and I gifted wee bottles of it to all the men in my life who had sprouted dodgy mustaches over the previous weeks in what could be called a none-to-subtle hint.

How to make aftershave lotion

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