It started as beard balm. It isn't only that.
It is one tin of the same seven ingredients, and most people who buy it for their beard end up using it on their hands by February. Here is what it actually gets used for, in plain terms.
- Hands that split and crack from work, cold, solvent or washing twenty times a day. This is the biggest one.
- The skin under a beard, which is the driest skin most people have, and the reason beards itch and flake.
- Dry faces, windburn, and the day after a close shave.
- Heels, elbows, knees and cuticles, where the skin is thick and ordinary lotion never gets in.
- Kids' dry patches, and skin that reacts to fragrance, using the unscented one.
- Under makeup, as the layer that goes on first.
No water in it, so nothing needs preserving. No medical claims: it is fat and wax, and it is good at what fat does, which is softening dry skin and slowing moisture loss. Anything red, spreading or painful is a doctor's question, not a balm's.
Ten scents, one of them unscented. Made by hand in small batches in Wakarusa, Indiana.
The detail
Only if you want it. Each one answers a single question properly.
Hands that work for a living
The most common reason people buy a second tin.
- Cracked, working hands
- Welders
- Mechanics
- Farmers
- Carpenters and builders
- Nurses, and anyone sanitizing all day
- Barbers and stylists
- Tattoo artists
- Lifters, and calluses that tear
Beards
Where it started, and still what most people ask about.
- Why a beard itches, and what fixes it
- New beard itch, week by week
- Beard dandruff and flaking
- Softening a coarse, wiry beard
- Beard care in winter
- Does balm grow a beard? (No)
Face and weather
- On your face
- Windburn and chapped skin
- Razor burn and after a shave
- Under makeup
- Sensitive skin, unscented
The dry spots nothing else reaches
How to use it
Fair questions
- What tallow balm actually is
- The whole ingredient list
- Does it smell like beef?
- Does it clog pores?
- How long it lasts
Compared to what you already own
- vs. lotion
- vs. petroleum jelly
- vs. shea butter
- vs. coconut oil
- vs. body butter
- balm vs. beard oil
- balm vs. beard butter
More
- Beard Balm in Wakarusa, Indiana
- Tallow Balm in Elkhart County, Indiana
- Beard Oil for Itchy Skin: Is Oil Actually What You Need?
- Hand Balm for Factory and Line Work
- Hand Balm for Machinists: Coolant and Cutting Fluid
- Hand Balm for Truck Drivers
- Hand Balm for Electricians
- Hand Balm for Plumbers
- Hand Balm for Landscapers and Lawn Crews
- Hand Balm for Cooks and Kitchen Work
- Tallow Balm vs. Hand Cream for Cracked Hands
- Tallow Balm vs. Lanolin
- Where Does the Tallow Come From?
- How Long Does a 2oz Tin Last? Cost Per Use
- Can You Use Tallow Balm All Over Your Body?
- Tallow vs. Suet vs. Beef Fat: What Is the Difference?
- Winter Dry Skin: Why It Happens Every January
- Dry Skin from Forced-Air Heat
- Beard Balm for Stubble and Short Beards
- Why Your Beard Itches Worst at the Neck
- Balm on a Mustache: Taming It Without Wax
- Does Tallow Balm Stain Clothes or Pillowcases?