How to Trim a Beard

If you don't have a beard trimmer, go buy one at the nearest drugstore, or if you want a more lavish one, go to a department store for a longer lasting trimmer. In the meantime, follow these steps for well-groomed facial hair.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Mirrors
• Beard Trimmers
• Combs
• Scissors
• Scissors

1. Decide how you want your beard to look when you're finished trimming.

2. Shave as you regularly do, including the exposed parts of cheeks and neck. Wash off the shaving cream.

3. Wet your beard slightly.

4. Use either scissors or a beard trimmer to groom your beard.

5. Clip conservatively around the beard's upper edges.

6. Snip around cheeks and along the jawline. Clip very little, reducing the beard's volume slowly to the desired length.

7. Clip stray hairs until the beard is even.

8. Wash away clippings.

9. Trim your mustache, if applicable.

Tips & Warnings

• Beard trimmers are easier to use than scissors, as you can adjust trimmer settings to cut hair at various lengths. Set your beard trimmer to a longer hair length if you're new to using one - you don't want to cut too much at first.
• Wet hair is longer than dry hair, so trim a little at a time.
• Wet facial hair can jam a trimmer, so make sure it's not soaked when you start.

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[beardmaster]

on 12/27/2007 Get this all you beard fans out there!!! Last night I fluffed bozo's beard and honked his nose.

[beardmaster]

on 2/20/2007 Beards are just amazing. Theres nothing to wake up to good beard rub ya know???

on 2/14/2006 Trim facial hair when it is completely dry. Most hair types curl, some flatten out. Either way, trim it in it's normal state. Keep combs, clippers, scissors and razors dry too, and clean them often with a small stiff brush (a toothbrush works well).

Also, trim to desired length first (especially mustaches), then thin. Longer, weighter hair tends to curl some when shortened.

on 11/22/2005 I have found a great alternative to using the electric beard trimmers, which I have found to be too aggressive, especially when I am not very careful. I dislike the noise as well. I now use the old Gillette non-adjustable brass razors with the comb or teeth design. I started experimenting with this a few months ago and found that gently combing my goatee downward actually sculpts very well. You need to let the razor do the work and will need to rinse the razor several times but it work great. I do this once a week or so and find that it fit the wet shave process very well. I realized it works well when I visited my hair-cutter the other day and she remarked that she did not need to trim up my goatee. I have been going to her for 10 years and she has always straighten by beard line under my chin. You can buy these old Gillette's on Ebay. They are beautiful when you polish them up with a little Brasso. It is great to realize that I am using a tool that was made in 1920.