Content

• To step
• Part 1 of 3: Growing your beard
• Part 2 of 3: Treating your beard
• Part 3 of 3: Trimming or trimming your beard
• Tips
• Necessities

Growing and maintaining a beard is not the same as simply not shaving for months. Taming and keeping a beard in check is more work than many men realize, but with the right methods and a little patience, you can easily keep track and shape your beard.

To step

Part 1 of 3: Growing your beard

1. Eat healthy. Eating healthy generally promotes healthy skin and hair, and this includes your beard.
2. Don't give in to the itching. As the hair transitions from stubble to full-blown beard, you will likely experience itchiness for several weeks. The itching is unpleasant, but don't despair, it will go away on its own. You have to hold on!
   • You can also buy a nourishing lotion designed to help soothe the beard itch during this uncomfortable time.
   • Itching is often caused by dryness. Conditioning and moisturizing your beard can really help keep your beard and skin from drying out.
3. Let it grow. The best thing you can do to get a full beard is to grow it. It could mean looking a bit like a wild man for several weeks, but trying to trim or shape a beard too early can result in thin or blotchy areas that can throw you back a month or more in the process.
   • Since beards are certainly not growing at the same rate, it is difficult to put a timeframe on this, but you should wait until you have achieved about 2-4 cm of growth before trimming or shaping.

Part 2 of 3: Treating your beard

1. Take care of your beard. Even if you are not using a conditioner on your scalp hair, you should get into the habit of using it on your beard. Beard hair hardens or brittle much more quickly, and conditioner will help keep hair soft and healthy.
   • You can even consider a leave-in conditioner that you don't need to rinse out.
2. Apply beard oil. Beard oils are specially formulated nourishing oils that help promote a healthy beard. Apply a dime-sized serving after your morning shower and work it through your beard thoroughly.
   • Some men even like to use a boar bristle brush to work the beard oil completely into their beards.
   • Apply beard oil when your beard hair feels dry, even if you need to apply it several times a day.
3. Use non-comedogenic products. Non-comedogenic simply means that the product will not clog your pores. If you use styling products for your beard, such as mustache wax, look for this word on the product to avoid smudging or ingrown hair on the skin under your beard.

Part 3 of 3: Trimming or trimming your beard

1. Trim the sides with a beard trimmer. Especially if you're going for a longer or tapered beard, you're better off trimming the bulk around your chin with scissors, but you can still use a beard trimmer on the sides and around your cheeks.
   • Start with a longer setting on your beard trimmer. Almost all beard trimmers have a protector with adjustable lengths. Since it is always easier to remove a little more than it is to grow back something, start with a longer setting on the trimmer and gradually work your way down until you find the setting you want.
   • It doesn't matter if you're trimming with scissors or a beard trimmer - always don't trim your beard until it is dry.
2. Trim your beard slowly and methodically with the scissors. When it's time to get the scissors out, start at the bottom and trim slowly in small groups instead of cutting too much.
   • Use a comb with the scissors to keep everything the same length.
   • Although you start at the bottom, it can be helpful to trim one side of your beard to shape it and then do it on the other, rather than trimming it all at once.
3. Do the last edges. Sometimes the difference between a groomed beard and a messy beard is a matter of tidying the edges. Shaving stray beard hairs, cleaning your neckline, and trimming a mustache (if you have one) are all important in keeping your beard up.
   • The standard way to determine your neckline is to look at your profile in a three-way mirror and envision a slightly curved line running down from just behind your earlobe to just above your Adam's apple. Shaving everything below this line creates a soft, natural neckline.

Tips

• Washing your beard daily can make your beard too dry. Start washing your beard about three times a week and adjust it according to your skin and hair type.
• Grow your beard to 2-4cm before styling it.
• Take it easy and work neatly with the scissors, because cutting too much means extra weeks or months to regrow your beard.
• Even if you're going for the length, a little haircut every two months is a good idea.

Necessities

• Adjustable beard trimmer
• Scissors
• Boar bristle comb or brush
• Beard oil
• Shampoo
• Conditioner
• Mirror