Is beard oil a scam? Can I not just buy coconut oil and put it in a little pump pack at 10% of the price?

having a beard is gross

>>18464554 (OP)
Yes, it's a scam. There's no such thing as "beard oil". It's just regular oil behind marketing jewery. All you need is coconut oil, both for your hair and beard.

>>18464557
stick to pol you malnourished loser

>>18464557
Yeah, for you

>>18464554 (OP)
it's a meme for millennial "manly men" that eat burgers with hot sauce and craft beers in diners with exposed brick walls and arcade machines
beard oil does pretty much nothing for your beard but coat your phone and headphones in oil that'll start to go rancid after a few days, it's an absolute meme for the most goy-ish of consumers

>>18464554 (OP)
Most name-brand cosmetics are what you would call a "scam" in the sense they are, for all practical purposes, identical to cheaper generic alternatives, yes.

>>18464963
This, it's mostly alcohol-free perfume dilutants (grapeseed oil, isopropyl myristate, et cetera) with some fragrance oils in a bottle with a Swirly-Mustache-Man(TM) and other Vintage-Manly-Things(R) picture on it. It's reddit-tier diehard star wars fans money grab crap like ten thousand kinds of folding knives for your EDC "hobby".

>>18464557
alsp mustaches. mustaches are gross, chopped, cooked, ick, weird, cringe

>>18464963
>>18464996
That was my thought as well. It's mostly Redditors who shill it, albeit I'll admit it does seem to make my beard slightly more manageable (even though you're apparently not meant to apply it to the hair itself). Still, I'll probably just switch to regular coconut oil

>>18464554 (OP)
I recently bought an overpriced as fuck "beard balsam" and, after years of struggling and trying various meme recommendations, it actually fixed my massive dandruff issues. So now I use it in my hair as well. What's the takeaway from this? That it's a scam unless it works and then it's a miracle cure.

Without beard oil, I get all dandruffs and itchy, but buying beard oil is hell. It’s all
>>18464996
> in a bottle with a Swirly-Mustache-Man(TM) and other Vintage-Manly-Things(R) picture on it.
Also, often stuff with death and Vikings and shit. WTF?
But ignoring that, you finally find an acceptable one (no fucking fragrance! I don’t care how manly it’s supposed to be, fuck perfume!) and need a refill, you can’t get it, because the boutique small brand (aka fancy label on chink shit) is gone and you’re back at the start.
Maybe I really should try coconut oil.

>>18466189
>Without beard oil, I get all dandruffs and itchy, but buying beard oil is hell. It’s all
Not saying it has no merit whatsoever, but a simple cosmetics product has been elevated to a "lIfESTyLE MUst-HAVE StAPLE oF MASCUliNe gRoOmInG pARAPheRnALIa" and overpriced accordingly, which is fraud and false advertising for a sensitive skin aftershave with some fragrance oils in it.

>>18464554 (OP)
It's a scam in that it's overpriced
You can make your own and probably should if you want the effort

It's still useful for the skin