Christmas Stocking Stuffers for Men-Beard Grooming Kit

Overall, I am pleased with this beard kit. Personally, I got it mostly for the oil and the balm and those happen to be my favorite parts of the set. I'm going to shortly review each piece of kit on its own.The Beard OIlA very oily oil! It's not thick, a bit more on the watery side. This is good as it makes for an easier application to the beard and allows you to get it down to the roots. My beard is only short medium length at this point, so I can't speak for a medium or long length beard, but I presume it should still be easy to get the oil spread with a brush, such as the one included with the kit. I already condition my beard regularly and used pure argan oil and jojoba oil on their own daily, so my beard had already been well conditioned, but this oil has been working very well in their stead. I know it contains both those oils plus some others and I know the ingredients work.I do have an issue with the dropper for the oil, though. It seems to leak somehow. I've cleaned off the whole bottle and dropper and made sure it had no oil on the outside, yet every time I pick it back up, there is some oil coating the dropper's bulb. It seems it somehow seeps out. Very strange. Not a big deal and it's not like it's spilling everywhere, but it's a little bit annoying.The Beard BalmPretty nice stuff. It's oily oily oily! It's basically the same ingredients as the included oil (give or take a couple), but with a beeswax base so it can weigh down your beard hairs a bit and make them stick together instead of poking off away from your face. It's has a consistency like petroleum jelly. I find that it does help keep my beard hairs overall together somewhat, but I tend to trim hairs that stick out too much, so it's hard to say how well it works at keeping flyaways down, but I imagine it should do the job based on my experience and knowledge of beeswax and balms. Do note that this does make your beard look oily and shiny. Whether you like this will be a matter of preference. It doesn't stay shiny all day. I do find that it seems to absorb over the day and later on, it looks dry. But do note that if you habitually touch and play with your beard like I do, you will get oily fingers!The Sandalwood CombIt seems good quality. Definitely real wood. I haven't given it much use personally, but that's because I prefer more of a fine-toothed comb because I believe that detangles more and can help get oils in between more hairs. However, the wider tooth layout of this comb makes it so you don't get snagged. Like I mentioned above, my beard isn't super long yet, so this preference is based on that. The wood comb may become much more useful as my beard gets longer, since I imagine the fine-toothed comb I use will start to get snagged more and more as the beard gets thicker.The BrushFirst thing to point out is that this brush is pretty tiny. If you've ever seen or used one of these handle-less brushes before, then you may be expecting something about the size of your palm that extends a little. This is about half the size of that. The bristles are pretty soft. This will be another matter of preference, but for me personally, I prefer them a bit harder so I can feel them getting down to the skin as I brush the hairs. It's not a bad brush, but not my personal preference.The ScissorsReally not much to say about these. They're a cheap little pair of scissor that work well. They're not crazy sharp and they get the job done, but I prefer to use my buzzer. Scissors may be better if you need to get one hair here and there.The PresentationThe kit as a whole looks great. This is why I say it would make a great gift. They really did put some thought and money into the packaging. I like how most of the things come in their own boxes within the box and the layout looks great when you open it up. Everything is made with quality materials that feel more expensive than the kit really costs. The outer box comes in a nice sleeve made of a sort of plastic material that looks and feel very premium and the gold accents really add to the premium look. Overall, this is a very nice kit at a darn good price. You could pay this price for just the oil or the balm alone. Whoever you give this to will likely think you spent a lot more on them.

Great smell. Works as described. We have bought multiple times again

I've only used the oil and balm a couple of times, but they truly are unscented. The brush was a bit smaller than I thought it would be, but feels nice and does a good job. The comb fits nicely in my hand and feels great. The scissors will get the job done (I haven't used them yet). The carrying case/bag is a pretty cheap little drawstring thing, but it carries everything. The only thing I suggest is that the company proofreads their E-book. It's riddled with errors and was hard for me to be patient enough to get through it. All in all, I'd recommend this beard care kit.

I got this for my Son as a gift. It had everything needed for a good looking, healthy beard.

I bought it for my husband and he loves it.

This was one of the gifts for my husband. He had just started growing his beard at the time. It was perfect because it had everything he needed. The set up was really nice and each piece was great quality. He set it up in his side of the bathroom counter and has continued to use it all the time. Great grooming kit. Nice gift and reasonably priced.

So the beard balm, conditioner, and beard oil are all travel size bottles/tins and have no smell that I can detect which may be just the thing for some people but not me. The brush and comb are both about 3 inches in length each; that's ok if you have a thin beard but if you grow out a thick beard the brush is nowhere near enough. It's a decent entry-level beard care kit but if you're planning on growing your beard out for more than a couple of months you'll probably want to latch onto a bigger brush, some Oregon wild hair mustache wax, and a beard conditioner/balm of your choice.

I grew out a pretty shaggy looking beard last winter for the first time and I couldn't figure out why it wasn't looking awesome. Did some research, and, well, duhhhhhh when grow one out without beard oil/balm/care it's not going to look great no matter who you are.This product worked well for me as a first-time user. Didn't notice any scents from the oil and both the oil/balm provided immense value to the wearability/looks of my grown-out beard for the remainder of the duration that I had it. Packaged in a way that would make it a good gift for any adult male growing out a beard, but not exorbitantly fancy - which was more than fine for me.If you're scouring Amazon for beard care products I will say this: I don't have immense experience with all different types of oils and balms, but I have nothing but praise for this kit. The scissors and beard comb were also an excellent plus as I hadn't owned either of those before purchasing this. Beware of storing the scissors in the black bag that the kits comes with as it will eventually poke all sorts of holes out of it if you are on the move.