First thing first, a beard balm works as a leave-in conditioner on your beard. It conditions the beard, moisturizes and softens your beard. It contains moisturizing agents which maintain the ideal moisture levels for your beard even in the chilly autumn and winter seasons for the year. Moisturized beard looks more healthy and thicker. It adds volume to the beard and makes it easy for styling.

So are beard balms just moisturizers? Absolutely not. Beard balms manufactured by different companies have combinations of various ingredients and thus, they’re all different to some extent but not completely. The reason for that is that there are 4 primary ingredients commonly used in just about all beard balms, irrespective of the company producing them