Tom, Re: the earlier discussion about legality of oils/balms in beard competitions, the group hosting this years's Great Lakes Regional competition has posted some detailed information about judging and what is/isn't allowed in each category. I've reposted it in the competition's topic here in the Events forum. I thought you might want to take a look and see how this compares with what you saw at your recent competition.

http://jefffsbeardboard.yuku.com/topic/39852