Questions

Making a full salsa jar?

Double everything: 150 ml jojoba, 7 tsp black seed oil, 5 tsp castor oil, ½ tsp frankincense and ¼ tsp plus 5 drops rosemary. It fills the 300 g jar about 70%.

Still flaky after two weeks?

Flakes are often caused by a skin yeast, and oil alone won't clear it. Twice a week, wash the beard with an anti-dandruff shampoo (zinc pyrithione or ketoconazole, e.g. Nizoral). Lather it into the skin, leave it 3–5 minutes, then rinse.

Why no coconut oil?

It goes solid below about 24 °C, turns the oil cloudy and can clog pores. It goes in the balm instead.

How long does it keep?

About six months in a cool, dark cupboard.