Scrubbing your beard sounds like something you'd do to a pan. Done properly, it's gentler than that, and it's the step most beard routines skip.
What exfoliating does
Skin sheds all the time. Under a beard, those loose flakes don't fall away as easily, because the hair holds them in place. A normal wash doesn't always shift them. Exfoliating clears them from the skin underneath, so your wash and your oil can actually reach it.
The Beard Scrub Bar does this with pumice, a fine volcanic stone that gives a physical scrub, alongside shea butter and sandalwood extract in a cleansing bar.
How often
Once or twice a week. That's it. On the other days, a gentle everyday wash covers you. More scrubbing isn't better scrubbing: daily exfoliating is more likely to leave your skin tight than help it.
How to do it
- Wet it. Wet your beard with warm water.
- Lather. Work the bar into a lather between your hands, or straight onto your beard.
- Get underneath. Massage the lather through your beard and into the skin beneath it, in small circles. The pumice does the work, so there's no need to press hard. Keep it away from your eyes.
- Rinse. Rinse thoroughly with warm water, until no lather's left in the hair or on the skin.
- Pat dry, then oil. Pat dry, leaving your beard slightly damp. Warm the oil between your palms before applying. That's the moment for Druff Anti Dandruff Beard Oil: into the skin first, then through the hair.
That squeaky-clean feeling
On scrub days, your beard and skin will feel properly clean. That's the point. Warm the oil between your palms before applying it while everything's still slightly damp, so the skin you've just cleared gets some moisture straight back.
Scrub or brush?
A brush and a scrub do different jobs. The Boar Beard Brush is for every day: it arranges the beard and works oil through the hair. Keep the strokes light and don't dig into the skin. The scrub is the weekly deep clean. One doesn't replace the other.
Signs you're overdoing it
If your skin feels tight, stings or looks red after scrubbing, or the flakes seem worse, cut back to once a week, or stop for a while. If irritation carries on, stop using it.
The short version
- Exfoliate once or twice a week, not daily.
- Warm water, lather, small circles into the skin, rinse well.
- Let the pumice do the work. No pressing hard.
- Warm the oil between your palms, then apply while your beard's still slightly damp.