10 Best Beard Shampoos For 2021

A winning recipe whipped up especially for the lads, Recipe for Men’s Beard Shampoo and Conditioner is a no-nonsense facial hair wash that replenishes the beard without sacrificing your skin.

This is thanks to a gentle formula made from antioxidant-rich Acai berries, which strengthen and moisturise each individual follicle of hair, as well as remove dirt, oil and dead skin build up.

Simultaneously, the conditioning properties within also help to disentangle these newly softened hairs, perfect for those with longer beards that need frequent styling and management to keep you looking sleek and sophisticated.

After just one wash, you can expect a softer, shinier and healthier looking beard and tame an unruly beast back into satisfyingly attractive facial hair.

The current heavyweight champions of British grooming, Bulldog have quickly come to dominate the market when it comes to male preening products.

And why shouldn’t they? As far as we’re concerned, no one comes close to Bulldog when it comes to offering affordable products which offer high-quality ingredients that are beneficial to your hair and skin, managing to do so without sacrificing the key scents and style that make their products distinctly masculine.

This 2-in-1 Beard Shampoo and Conditioner is no exception, providing proud hirsute blokes with a non-synthetic scented shampoo that’s free of parabens and harsh ingredients.

Ideal for soothing skin issues and softening beard hairs, your facial gristle is cleansed and conditioned thanks to a winning combo of green tea, aloe vera and camelina oil, with not a single nasty chemical in sight.

Oh yes, there’s a reason they call Bulldog a man’s best friend.

Let’s be honest, while growing an intimidating mass of beard hair is important, the sudden fellowship of grooming products suddenly swarming your shower isn’t exactly ideal.

Don’t you wish there was just some kind of renaissance man grooming tool which could do all your personal hygiene jobs at once?

Well, thanks to this L’Oreal Paris Beard, Hair & Face Wash, you can finally reign victorious over your little army of shower bottles.

Part of the infamous Men Expert Barber Club range, this bad boy trio of cedarwood smelling wash saves you time and money by killing three birds with one massive grooming boulder, as it removes the need for standard shampoo, conditioners, and face wash – as well as offering fantastic support for your grizzly jawline!

For your bountiful beard, it removes flakes, reduces itching and eradicates odour, leaving your beard free from coarseness and easy to style.

For the face, the gentle formula purifies rough skin and as for your hair, you can say goodbye to Head & Shoulders, as this shampoo both cleans and conditions quiffs so that hair is smooth and sleek.

Because nothing screams manliness like one bottle of shampoo in your shower.

If looking like the last descendant of Ragnar is of high priority, then you may as well support a brand that is designed to unlock your inner Scandi berserker.

This Viking Revolution Beard Wash set is ideal for longer whiskered chins, offering an argan oil shampoo alongside an argan & jojoba conditioner, perfect for softening and smoothing the dry and coarse effects of a mammoth wiry beard.

This is because as beards grow longer, they require even more moisture from the face to thrive, but quite frankly, your poor mug just doesn’t have the juice to help those hairs grow strong and sleek.

Without oil-based shampoos like this one, your skin is often sapped dry and your beard becomes brittle and split.

Specifically designed to treat this issue, Viking’s Beard wash has been forged from all natural, plant-based oils to cleanse and moisturize suffering dry skin, and keep the beard itself soft and healthy.

Unlike most beard shampoos, it also emits a clean peppermint and eucalyptus scent, meaning you can feel rejuvenated and refreshed without stinking of your dad’s woody aftershave.

Considering the bloke refers to himself as Gnarly Joe, you’d be surprised at how many moisturizing agents there are in this rejuvenating beard shampoo, made from 100% natural ingredients!

It’s list of impressive beard and skin boosters include shea butter, coconut oil, argan oil, and the main ingredient of African Black Soap, known for its usefulness in treating oily and acne prone skin.

The infamous Gnarly Joe himself created his brand due to suffering from sensitive skin issues and so dedicated himself to honing products which are hydrating and replenishing to sufferers of various skin ailments.

Ideal for those worried about beard shampoo playing havoc with their skin quality, this sensitive formula will not only help heal and soothe pre-existing issues, it’s rich oil extracts will also promote your beard hair growth and prevent split ends.

You simply can’t have a healthy beard without healthy skin too!

With a name so apt that it simply has to be made up, this glossy shampoo bar might sound utterly bizarre, but when it comes to cleaning and keeping your grizzly mandible mane intact, there’s simply no better option on the market.

Trusted by thousands of beardy blokes around the world, Professor Fuzzworthy’s Shampoo ditches the classic liquid form we’ve always known and switches it out for a soap-style bar, giving you an impressive lather and a stronger scent.

By being a non-liquid form, it’s allowed Fuzzworthy’s shampoo to avoid the many chemical pitfalls that standard beard shampoos eventually run into and can boast a 100% natural ingredient list that’s completely free from irritating nasties.

Featuring pretty much every nourishing beard ingredient you could wish for, the bar contains a hair conditioning olive & castor oil, leatherwood beeswax and honey for gentle cleansing and even some antiseptic essential oils that smell great and keep skin healthy!

With no plastic bottle packaging to worry about, it’s also a safer option for the environment too!

Masters of natural and organic ingredients, Seven Potions are the number one beard shampoo choice for vegans thanks to their devoted mission to products free from cruelty, parabens, PEGs, silicones, colourants and synthetic fragrance.

But even if you’re not a vegan, thanks to that exhaustive list of anti-inclusions, it’s one of the safest products out there for sensitive skinned weirdy beardies!

One of our favourite smelling concoctions, it uses natural essential oils to create it’s woodland harmony fragrance, an intriguing partnership of cedarwood and sandalwood. This gives a classic scent reflecting the true essence of man, helping you swap that caveman stank for a more alluring woody whiff.

The focus on natural ingredients also ensures it’s a great shampoo too, with a gentle formula that includes wheat protein and aloe vera, soothing raw skin, strengthening beard hair and removing dandruff.

It’s the magic potion you’re furry mush has been crying out for!

Percy Nobleman is a big name in the world of beard care, as the brand often puts fancy, unnecessary ingredients to one side and focuses on what really matters – keeping your beard healthy and clean!

A big issue with the majority of beard shampoos is that even though they’ve been formulated for the face, they can still end up stripping you of natural sebum and oils.

These natural oils are your beard follicles prime moisture source and taking them away very quickly leads to a dry, itchy and brittle beard.

As Europe’s leading beard grooming brand, this is a problem Percy Nobleman is dedicated to avoiding.

By using 100% natural ingredients, 95% of those being organic, Percy Nobleman has created a formula completely free of drying irritants, allowing you to clean your facial fuzz without effectively napalming the area.

A blend of soothing agents such as flower water, coconut oil, and shea butter, it’s also lightly scented with lime and cedarwood oils to leave you with a subtle scent of citrus and wood.

Gillette is a brand completely synonymous with shaving products and so you’d imagine the beard coming back into fashion hasn’t been ideal for them.

However it hasn’t taken them long to begin appealing to this new-age, slightly hairier man, with the King C. Gillette range offering an innovative set of beard grooming products to appease us follicle loving fellas.

King C. Gillette was the founder of the company way back in 1901 and the range celebrates over a century of male grooming innovation, with this Beard Grooming Shampoo being the pick of the bunch.

A refreshing formula designed to leave your face feeling rejuvenated and clean, the shampoo is infused with an impressive combination of skin nourishing ingredients, including coconut water, argan oil and avocado oil. These help moisturise and hydrate the skin, fight against causes of acne and also soothe itchy patches beneath your beard.

Best of all, you can combine this wash with the King C. Gillette ranges other products to form yourself a Swiss army knife of beard care tools, with a Beard Oil for daily hydration and Beard Balm for conditioning also available.

Connoisseurs of cologne will be more than familiar with luxury fragrance makers Acqua di Parma, who’s male aftershaves often dominate the wish lists of dapper gentlemen around the world.

But far from just a sensational scent maker, Acqua di Parma are skilled craftsmen of an array of male grooming products, with this Barbiere Beard Wash being a fantastic gift for a facially gifted man of luxury.

Forged by master artisans in the heart of Italy, this beard wash uses a mix of mild surfactants to create a phenomenal lather that will cleanse both your skin and beard hair. This allows it to better penetrate each follicle, softening the beard and rinsing off easily.

Concocted with pumpkin seed, sunflower seed and castor oil, the elegant offering is completed with a flourish thanks to its incorporation of Acqua di Parma’s classic Colonia fragrance, ensuring you smell as distinguished as your beard looks.