Having never bought any of this Product (Mariner Jack) before I was full of expectation going by some of the reviews I`d read about it .
Upon receiving the tin , right from the off I found the small very thin Tin hard to open. on the bottom half of the 11mm thin tin It lacked a small finger nail protrusion to grip the bottom part of the tin, and there was nothing I could hold one side down from the other side when trying to part the tin to open it ,and I struggled for a good 5 minutes to get it to budge. A tin shouldn`t take that long to open, and even opening & shutting it attempts to loosen it up failed to make it any easier to open
The next disappointment was the consistency of the wax . Its was quite hard and even letting it sit in the palm of my hands for a minute or more kneading it continually made very little affect on bringing it to a workable consistency to enable me to apply it to my 5 "- 6 "long beard well enough to shape my beard. It dragged on my beard hair and just caused a matted look.
I was hoping it would have been a thinner consistency to what it was . I needed a wax thicker than beard Oil and more of a treacle consistency but it was more like a hard candle wax .
I even resorted to trying to thin it down by putting some on the palm of my hand and giving it a wafting over with my partners hair dryer on a hot setting to melt it down but even when I did that it wouldn`t run soft enough to use it to the effect I wanted it to be.
So ! all in all it didn`t suit my 5" -6" long beard to enable me to bring my beard into a tidy manageable condition. as i`d hoped it would.
I think this type of " BEARD wax" is only suitable for moustaches to form them into a shape because for a beard of over 5" long its not something I personally would recommend using as its just not the right consistency to enable this to apply .
I have to add, I Emailed all this to Mariner Jack to which I was disappointed that I didn`t receive any reply for some reason or another .
I have to mention I have given my truthful and honest opinion on this product which sadly ended up for my use ,a big disappointment .
