MUSTACHE WAX that you can make

[@TheDeputydawg24]

Ok, I just made this today and it is the best recipe on the internet! Lanolin is the special ingredient! Thanks so much for this video! This is the most helpful thing I’ve found on KZbin in the last few years! You sir, are amazing.

[@joelnert]

That's a comment worth pinning.

[@ConteMontecristo]

Thank you kind sir! I will never buy another wax tin from the store! "The best" recipe in the world, simple and beautiful! Cheer and hope you are doing well!

[@joelnert]

Years later, I still use this regularly. I've been given waxes from several brands to try. None have measured up.

[@ConteMontecristo]

@@joelnert same! Gave money for several "strong organic" waxes that don't come even close to this. But the key is quality ingredients. Have a blessed day sir!

[@timtaylor6378]

I know you posted this video a couple years ago, and I rarely (to never) post any comments on KZbin, but this one is warranted... to me THAT was a great, informative video! I don't know that I'll get to the point of making my own wax, but it's nice to know how easy the process is. Let me know if your Wiseman is still available to purchase, I'd love to give it a try. And again, thanks for the post! I'll be checking out your others.

[@bigo72]

Just applied .... man, this is the best wax ever! Thank you! I tried dozens of different recipes, but this is the best. Well, I missed Pepsy :-) but it's more than OK even without it

[@jonnybo20]

I've made this just after this was posted and is by far the best wax I've tried! I have 3 guys at work that get me to make it for them and they love it too.

[@joelnert]

Nice! Im glad my not-so-secret formula is out there making a difference.

[@DanCBearded]

Looks great! I like the natural look for my mustache personally, but I dig the look on other guys. Very cool you wanted to make some!

[@chasebateman2411]

I am making my second batch now! I am a server/bartender/beeker/light tech guy. This stuff holds great. My stache stays lookin' fly! It isn't the biggest, but it will hold my curls and gives great play too. Others just won't hold or dry too quickly then it feels like a cardboard cut out. Got stopped by some guys at a festival selling beard care products, after telling them I make my own and what I used, they gave me a business card, but I already have too much work goin on right now. Rate this an 11 out of 10.

[@joelnert]

Another satisfied customer! Awesome.

[@fult45]

Can you provide measurements for each ingredient please?

[@larrythompson7482]

Just started a stache again so it’s not as long as I want it yet, but wanted a better wax so looked at the DIY’s.....your was the 1st I looked at, then looked at others....then back to yours. It works! Even with a starter stache! Applied it in the early afternoon...left it on even overnight...and with a couple of twist in morning, ready to go! Not hard, not gummy, yet holds! Thanks for tip...a year and half later!

[@joelnert]

Yes!! Another satisfied customer. 👨

[@joe15cav]

8-12-2021 just made a batch yesterday!! Added a few granules of bee pollen! Did it help-hinder the wax I don’t know? Pretty much just laid in the bottom melted? Added a little Jim Beam to the Pepsi don’t know about the wax? It sure helped Me!!! Best Mustache Wax I have ever used!!! So… What do I do with the commercial stuff(waxes) I been Ausein’ 🤠 Lol!!! Asking for a friend!

[@joelnert]

You can take this store bought ones and try using them in the winter fit cracked knuckles. I bet that will help. Thanks for trying it out.

[@DuffManWool]

However great this wax works on the beard, my gf dislikes the smell of the wax, lanolin has quite strong sheep smell to it. Could you please recommend an essential oil which can cover it successfully? Thanks in advance.

[@joelnert]

The lanolin smell goes away pretty quick. Just tell your gf to love you for you are and to stop being irrational. Throw in a 'calm down' for good measure. You'll be golden .

[@jamesgreene4879]

I made a big patch of bees wax and lanolin stash wax 7 years ago when I was growing. I found that a hair dryer helps the blending of the wax.

[@dailyyum6609]

I dont want to experience mustache greatness...BUT yours is looking good

[@jamiemcphee4992]

A bit late to the party i know 🤣 jsut to clarify though - you are saying 2/4 bees wax 1/4 lanolin 1/4 coconut oil?

[@mattt1974UK]

I bought DAX thinking it was pure Lanolin but turns out it has Lanolin in it but it's not only Lanolin. Will it be OK?

[@nobackhands]

I just tried to melt 50 grs of melt bee's wax and 25 grs oil in a double boiler. After 45 mins it have not melted. Input welcome

[@bigo72]

did you push the "ON-OFF" button?

[@nobackhands]

@@bigo72 Smart ass, I did not!!! It has a dial :)

[@bigo72]

@@nobackhands 😂

[@nobackhands]

@@bigo72 glad you like it :)

[@nobackhands]

@@bigo72 It was the so called "pure" bees wax I got off eBay. I got some from Hobby Lobby no problems.

[@DuffManWool]

Hi Joelnert, thanks for you video! I just made my first test batch and of course I forgot to add pepsi beforehand. When I put it into the already molten mixture, it sort of curdled and after cooling down I have a bit of liquid left in. Is it bad? Could you please explain why is Pepsi so essential? Is it just ‘wow effect’ or is there chemistry behind this? Thanks for response if your manage to answer. Dan

[@joelnert]

The pepsi provides magic, that's all. Your batch should be just fine. Next time don't forget the drop of magic:)

[@DuffManWool]

@@joelnert in that case it’s absolutely indispensable! So I applied your signature mix on my ‘stache this morning and man... it is still holding shape 100% like nothin! To hell with 15ml overpriced waxes. I invested like 25 bucks now ready for 800g of end mix. I think I’m sorted FOR LIFE! having spare for Christmas gifts too. Thanks again for sharing this. You’re THE MAN.

[@michaelmannucci8585]

Hey, I tried making this today, and it turned out alright but I find it doesn't have much hold. Now I didn't add the Pepsi, because I get the sense from the video and your replies to people that the Pepsi is really meant to be a joke. But I'd just like to confirm, is the Pepsi adding hold (presumably through the sugar?) or is it really just a joke and makes no difference if you add it or don't?

[@joelnert]

The pepsi is a gag. I'm surprised it's not giving you the hold you need. I still use this all the time and I've never tweaked the formula from what's in the video.

[@michaelmannucci8585]

@@joelnert Maybe the ingredients I am using aren't as good. I did 1/2 Beeswax, 1/4 lanolin & 1/4 coconut oil. Maybe a bit more lanolin would help?

[@elenagisa1318]

I was researching for a cosmetic formulation and run into Lanolin and has tons of benefits and I even had it on my to buy list until I researched the bad side of it. If Lanolin works for you than is great, unfortunately it tends to trigger allergic reactions in some people and for this reason is cheaper than other other emollients.

[@perdueal]

Awesome video. Using your formula, I found it to be too thin. May just be the heat hear in Houston, but it would break down really fast. I went back and did 1.5 wax, .5 lanolin, and .5 coconut oil. It takes a little longer to get it soft enough to use, but holds great in the heat. I found that hobby lobby sells empty chap-stick tubes, and they work great for holding and dispensing the wax.

[@joelnert]

Awesome. You just have to experiment. Ive messed with the quantities a bit. The nice thing is you can tweak it and get it just how you like it.

[@perdueal]

Palm Coast Adventures I don’t smear it on directly, my thickness is is quite hard until you smear it between your fingers.

[@mwchristmass1993]

Amazing Video, im pretty sad actually that I didn't saw it earlier. Had to buy 4 waxes to figure out that homemade is always better. My first batch was made by just beeswax and coconut oil, 2:1. And a few drops of fragrant oil of course. I want to try your recipe now, but I wondered what the purpose of the lanolin is? Where does it help? Thanks for the video anyways, greetings from germany.

[@joelnert]

The lanolin makes all the difference. Its the right amount of tackiness and allows you to shape your stache in a way that will stay. It lasts throughout the day.

[@rodakoempel]

sorry, but what is the ingrediënt in the bag?

[@joelnert]

It's lanolin. Thanks for watching!

[@kenniclown3103]

Where do you buy lanolin?

[@joelnert]

They got it on the internet for sale.

[@craigdilworth1676]

Just made up a two tin stache of this -- used Mexican coca-cola (I think the pure cane sugar might add something over corn syrup) with anise extract and some spruce tips for scent -- strained out the spruce when pouring. Just now used the over-pour and am stylin' -- came out excellent! Now just need those mustache shaped tins mentioned in the thred below; I used altoids tins for the flip-top action, but no doubt the proper shaped ones will make it even more awesomore .. so far I can only find them in a sold-out mustache soap product...

[@joelnert]

Awesome Craig! Those spruce tips and anise star must make for an excellent scent. You'll find the lanolin scent goes away pretty fast. My only dismay is that you used Coke. Coke might spoil the entire thing. [I hate coke!] Real sugar Pepsi is the way to go. 😂

[@craigdilworth1676]

@@joelnert Well, I hate Pepsi -- HA! (its a little too sweet for my taste). I remember the "Pepsi Challenge" where in my neck of the woods they did it at events like fairs in hot weather; they would have the Pepsi chilled and Coke left out unrefrigerated in the sun -- but I could always taste the difference and picked the warm Coke (that did in fact taste horrid hot) over Pepsi much to their shock and dismay. This was the "real" Coke before the Great New Formula Conspiracy and subsequent foisting of Coca Cola Classic with the change to corn syrup... Such villainous plotting from both companies I can envision the mustache twisting that occurred! I myself will plot to try Pepsi with real sugar, out of revenge for them ruining the Coke of my youth and because now, thanks to your wax, I can twist my 'stache on par with Dick Dastardly!

[@joelnert]

@@craigdilworth1676 with a response like that you're my favorite Coke lover! To my regret I've never been able to take the Pepsi challenge at a mall in the 80s.

[@craigdilworth1676]

@@joelnert Ok, took awhile but I finally found some Pepsi "MADE WITH Real SUGAR" -- definitely better than Pepsi, or Coke for that matter, made with corn syrup. Now to compare it with Coca-Cola bottled in Mexico made with cane sugar (I used to have to go to Canada to get it with real sugar; now some local stores carry the Mexican stuff): hrmmm *twists mustache fortified with recent batch of wax in contemplation* ... similar, the Pepsi is a bit sweeter when it first hits your mouth, and the sweetness lingers more, but not cloyingly like Pepsi with corn syrup or worse: artificial sweeteners. I still would pick Coke with cane sugar as my go to cola -- I like that its not as sweet, but if I was in the mood for a sweeter soft-drink as I sometimes am, the Pepsi with real sugar isn't bad. Difference in listed added sugar: Mexican Coke at 39g per 355ml versus Pepsi at 40g "real sugar" per 355ml. Probably there's more to the formulas than that one extra gram of sugar which makes Pepsi taste sweeter to me... I think the Coke might be more carbonated, which would also lessen the perceived sweetness by adding more "bite." Need to grab my trusty 'ol Zahm & Nagel to confirm that theory! But, I have always be able to belch better (louder, longer, more disgustingly as evidenced by female reactions) with Coke versus Pepsi, so the Belch'O'Meter puts Coke at a higher level of carbonation. Just finishing up the two bottles now... Coke seems to have retained more carbonation to the end, which indicates it started with a higher CO2 concentration. Last pull here with Coke... final thoughts: *BBBBEEEEEOOOOOLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUCCCCHHH!!!* Yeah, that's the stuff!

[@joelnert]

@@craigdilworth1676 hahahahahahaaha awesome write up. Your should do a KZbin video comparing the two! This is a great description. I can't even hold it against you for preferring the Coke.

[@yvesghiai5862]

Any good way you know of to add black color dye?. My mustache is grey and I hace been using Dr. Dittmer Black dye wax. Not bad but expensive.

[@joelnert]

I used to use just for men. It worked great. But then i decided to just let it be grey.

[@yvesghiai5862]

joelnert Probably à wise decision:)

[@matthewdenty7760]

Linseed oil ?

[@jeremydage5615]

Okay dude so I did It, Lanoline was hard to find ahah BUT, IT'S THE BEST WAX EVER ! Honestly it's very very intersting, all products are not expensive, it's easy to prepare and it's very very VERY STRONG ! Thank you so much because i'm a teenager, so i don't have a lot of money.. but I want a good stache !

[@joelnert]

Dude that's awesome Jeremy. Thanks for the feedback. May your stache ever be sophisticated and mantastic.

[@thra5herxb12s]

Not sure if you use ebay at all but Lanolin is as easy to get hold of as the other ingredients. If you dont like ebay, as many dont, Amazon is also worth checking out for the smaller quantities we need 👍

[@dukedauphin1139]

How do you stop the Lanolin from making it smell like a sheep crap? 😁 I seem to always get a bad smell when using it, even with essential oils.

[@joelnert]

First off, Duke, that's an awesome first name. I'll grant you the lanolin has a distictly weird smell but it mostly goes away yielding to the beeswax, and essential oils. Then the remaining slight odor still there when you install it in your stache dissapears in minutes. Trust me, I wouldn't make it this way if I had to smell a stench all day. Have you tried my recipe yet? Do it and let me know. And don't forget the drop of Pepsi!

[@Sbristol1016]

Just Made up a batch. Very Very Awesome. others I have made in the past are too hard. you are right Lanolin is the secret. Thank you Sir.

[@joelnert]

That warms my heart. Glad i was able to help you out. Thanks for taking the time to let me know!

[@gian_bm_]

Can I do it without lanolin but using more beeswax??

[@joelnert]

Naw, the lanolin is key. Not all mustaches waxes have lanolin but those are inferior. You can order it online.

[@bigo72]

It makes the difference

[@littlepuppy101]

Another tip from me, my way of gratitude ☺️ Sometimes, you run out of carrier oils or essential oils. What to do? Do you remember that bottle of pre shave oil you purchased when you were shaving and now consigned to the corner of the cupboard? Call her out, open her and pour her contents into your mix. And Hey Presto! Here's a fragrant and nourishing beard wax.

[@littlepuppy101]

Add the essential oil in the very end after pouring into the tin. The double boiler is called a bain-marie.

[@joelnert]

Ive never tried adding the essential oil in at the very end. Why is it better doing it that way?

[@littlepuppy101]

@@joelnertgood question mate. That's because that way, you minimize the loss of fragrance. Essential oils are quite volatile and adding it in the end helps retain the fragrance molecules just that wee bit better.

[@littlepuppy101]

I've just made mine. Is there a way to contact you, email or whatsapp? I'll show the pics.

[@joelnert]

@@littlepuppy101 yes add me in IG and send me a direct msg. I'd love to see it!

[@littlepuppy101]

Sure 😁

[@curtisstahl]

This is pure awesomeness. I just made my first batch of mustache wax. I went 1-1 on wax to carrier oil. I like how it turned out, but I'm all for trying something different next time. I'll have to get some lanolin. I'm a Coke guy, so maybe I'll throw a splash of Coke in there too. 😀

[@joelnert]

The lanolin really makes a difference and you can order some online pretty easily. I'll try not to hold the Coke against you. 😏

[@harrietdinari433]

Cool!

[@nobackhands]

where do you get the cans?

[@joelnert]

Amazon has tons to choose from

[@StephenRBlack]

Huh. I didn't have moustache envy. But I guess I do now.

[@joelnert]

You're welcome

[@pixelsnek4819]

Very interesting 👀

[@darthvato3303]

What does the lanolin do?

[@Ifnatecandoitsocanyou]

What are the amounts you use of each ingredient?

[@joelnert]

Depends on how much you want to make. It's just about proportions. In the video I talk about how many parts you should use of lanolin, beeswax, and coconut oil.

[@Shawn_p_tv]

Pepsi is good for everything lol. It’s also cures gout.

[@joelnert]

I want to get gout just so I can cure it with Pepsi.

[@thra5herxb12s]

Sugars are one of the causes of gout, but remember that Pepsico is one of the worlds heaviest users of palm oil and fat, and encourage the deforestation of the countries it buys from.

[@jeremydage5615]

I'm gonna try your recipe !

[@joelnert]

Tell me how you like it!

[@bbqboi182]

Where would I get lanolin?

[@joelnert]

I bought it online.

[@bbqboi182]

@@joelnert oh ok awesome thanks!! Also great beard!!

[@notimjw]

Excuse me I mustache you a question. Have you ever looked into using mustache tins?

[@joelnert]

Mustache tins?

[@notimjw]

It would be even better if the wax was in a metal tin that was shaped in a moustache. That's how I would know it's good quality.

[@joelnert]

Mustache shaped metal tins? What an amazing idea. I agree that would substantially increase the quality of the wax.

[@notimjw]

Look for some on Tuesday arriving to your door.

[@joelnert]

You are the best friend a man could ever ask for.

[@matstone1236]

Do you sell it?

[@joelnert]

Naw I'm not interested in starting up a business of selling this. Even though i am convinced its the best mustache wax on earth.

[@matstone1236]

@@joelnert I'd try anything at this point cause all this shit out here don't do any justice for my beard

[@disavowed100]

Awesome video brother

[@loustreamz]

throw some pine resin in with your next batch brother, will not disappoint!

[@joelnert]

I did try pine resin in another recipe i was working on. It worked but not the way I like it.

[@loustreamz]

@@joelnert fair call, also add some vitamin e oil for hair health if you're into that lol

[@joelnert]

@@loustreamz now that i haven't tried. Im all for health!

[@robphelps199]

just tried it and didn't have scale and did 1 tbsp of wax and then 1\2 tbsp lanolon and 1/2 tbsp cocunut oil and its been 20 mins doesn't seem nearly as hard as one u made ... may have wasted a batch

[@joelnert]

Keep at it Rob. With a batch that small it might be hard to get it precise. The coconut oil is what will make it soft so im guessing you had a little too much of it.

[@deepak_kanse]

Pepsi in such a small quantity, what difference will it make anyways..

[@joelnert]

Adds magic. Don't underestimate the magic.

[@littlepuppy101]

It's lockdown and now I want to drink Pepsi. Why do you do this to me 😁

[@mannysingh9154]

Why use pepsi

[@joelnert]

Coke will make your mustache fall off

[@heatherlynn7095]

Lost me at Pepsi.

[@handcuffs3253]

Beeswax, coconut oil, walnut oil. Organic, non animal,

[@joelnert]

The lanolin is a must if you ask me but it's a no-go I guess if you prefer a vegan mustache wax.

[@drwartemal7321]

If you want a vegan one you can't use beeswax either... But better than being religious about things, just source it from an ethical producer! Really looking forward to trying you recipe! Looks amazing! Got some beeswax from a local bee keeper, now I'll try find a local sheep herd 😊

[@camerondavies7995]

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[@Birjuukamaliyaa]

landarin ? plz spelout

[@joelnert]

Lanolin

[@dhaliwalbrothers7967]

Hahaha

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[@cal2062]

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