The guide to beard shaping is a comprehensive resource for men, covering various face shapes and their effects on hairstyles. It provides tips on how to shape your beard at home, including choosing the right shape to suit your face, defining your neckline with a razor or close-cutting trimmer, and touching up around your lips.
The shape of your face determines your optimal hairstyle, which type of beard suits you best, and even what kind of beard you should have. To achieve the perfect look, start by choosing the right shape to suit your face. For example, a longer beard can offset a round face, while a bushy beard can bulk up a round face.
To shape your beard, start with a larger setting and work backwards. Power up your beard trimmer but don’t go for the shortest guard. Before styling, give your beard time to grow and leave it alone for at least a couple of weeks. This will look messy, but it will help keep your facial hair well sculpted.
In this guide, you will learn how to style, shape, trim, and maintain your beard, from the initial prep to choosing a style that suits your face shape. Gillette’s top styles provide guidance on choosing and bringing your beard to the next level.
The steps involved in trimming your beard include cleaning, washing, and drying, brushing it out, trimming the beard, shaping your neckline and edges, and finishing with a touch of oil. By following these tips, you can create a masculine look that complements your face shape.
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Thanks for this. I also just grew out my 30 day no touch beard. All I used was balm and oils to keep the hairs soft, because I used to shave daily with a DE. I did a good job trimming as you suggested but I wish I would’ve seen this first. Guess who’s going to buy a trimmer. I used a regular clippers
Thank you so much Matty! 😊👏Im growing a beard for the first time in my life. Exactly what I needed. Sharp and to the point. You suggest a no oil base cream balm, matte and wax finish. All the one I looked have oils. For examples: shea butter, grape seed oil, tea tree oil, coconut oil, etc. Do you have a suggestion what I can buy? I would also prefer free fragrance. Thanks again!
Man,I’m 15 at this point my dad left and never told me how to trim my beard. I started growing a beard since 13 and I never knew how to trim it. It always looks horrendously bad so I just trimmed it completely wrong just because I liked having a beard. That might have been a very dump thing but I look better with a beard(at least that’s what I think). Now I’ll be able to trim my beard correctly and look nice. Thanks a lot for that <3
Man the neck lining part is the hardest for me! I go too high most of the time! I dont grow a lot of facial hair as it is (been told shorter beards around Number 2 suit me more) but im gonna keep trying these techniques! Thanks dude! Wish we had barbers like yourself here in Australia, got nothing in Sydney
I wish more people took this to heart. I can not stand when someone goes directly across the jaw line. It destroys your face shape and you look like an idiot. As someone who has been taking care of their own beard, it is a huge pet peeve of mine. I don’t think they understand how terrible it looks. How hard is it to put your head up, see the neck line, and go straight across.
Thank you for this! I like how my beard turned out after perusal the article. I’m 21 and never really did anything with my beard besides letting it grow, cutting down the length or simply geting rid of it completely. It’s weird how much a couple grams of hair can change the way you look completely. Thank you once again!
Guys please don’t do it like he do it, I see this have 10 mil views holy cow. I gotchu boisss. Step 1 a Machine like he use is very good get one Amazon 20 bucks Step 2 3:56 look his chin part and the beard line is wrong 🤠funny when a guy explain and don’t know and explain it wrong. It have to be like 1 cm more up. Slightly under ur jaw. Under ur jaw you make it round not like he explained it like a peak to Adam apple 😂 The front hair you don’t touch with a machine, later I explain. First of all trim it all to a length you want usually it’s 6mm 3mm or 1,5 to 1mm Mustache you go 6mm So right not I do my sides and jawline all 1,5 mm Mustache 6mm If you want to have a fade do all 6mm and middle 3mm top 1,5 mm Mustache 6mm and take the trimmer and follow ur lips and cut it clean don’t do to less like get a space of 3mm between mustache and lips, smile also to see better it looks much better if there is more space as to less. Step 4 the cheek line, go to a 3 side mirror and look at your side face don’t be too fast look how you want to have it and picture it in your head. Don’t do it with a trimmer. Never unless you really have long thick hair. Get a barber knife. Or a thing where you can put a half rauorblade in it. Don’t use any balm or gel or anything. Just use medium warm water. Then you slowly form it with the knife once you are used to it it becomes easier. Rather do a little and check before you do more. Make it not straight make it round ish. Most important is to make it look all clean and jawline is very important.
How can one deal with very very scraggly growing beard (4 weeks in)? In the article your hair was very kempt and proper but for me my hair is scraggly each strand is going in some random wild direction and so it didn’t quite look as clean even after the linework around the neck and ears. Its not long hair mind you, but visually its there. I noticed after some balm and brushing it fixed a bit, so i suppose – is brushing it the solution?
2 years ago until now this has not changed for thundered of years .jojoba oil,castor oil, argan oil are recommended to Nourish your skin and hair for healthy hair. Most clips all recommended some type of oil 😅 but he states not touch don’t do anything not even Brooming? Wtf you have to do some type of Maintenance some type of training
PLEASE which trimmer did you use for the cheek? I am desperate for a trimmer that accurately shapes a line to keep my stubble in check, it HAS to go all the way down to the skin. Traditional razor heads are too thick, you can’t keep the stubble line you already shaped because it’s different every time with a razor!
I’m surprised you’re not recommending a safety razor over a shaver, at least if that person’s skin can handle it. They shave closer and the total lifetime cost of one is cheaper than one set of replacement shaver heads. Plus anyone who’s made the mistake of using a cartridge razor will have a way easier time getting used to a safety razor. I get that as a barber it’s easier to use a foil and/or a cutthroat razor when you’re working on other people, but the safety razor is an amazing person tool. It’s also great for manscaping areas where a trimmer just doesn’t feel safe without a guard. The tip about stubble moisturizer was amazing though. I just outlined after 2 weeks and I cleaned up with my safety razor sans shaving cream, with less skin irritation than I get wjen shaving a dehydrated 5 o’clock shadow with cream.
Always shaved neck line too high till I first saw your articles last year. . .now have 9 months growth trimming the correct way because of you (treat it like trimming a hedge). . .gives me more confidence and looks great. . .even i I say myself! When you get a comment from someone saying ‘great beard’ makes you feel great. Thanx bro.
I don’t do a neckline anymore, because my beard is very long. But when I did, a better way to trim that neckline (in my opinion and in my experience) is to give yourself a double-chin by pulling your chin into your neck. Where you see the line from the double-chin where the bottom skin of the double-chin ends, that’s your line. It’s more precise that way, as opposed to sort of guessing like in this article. If you have a natural double-chin, because you are fat, then you’re all set.
Great advice been wanting to grow a lighter beard – non hipster type well trimmed – thanks for this! How do you deal with close family and friends not liking it? Always find it hard when someone doesn’t like it ”a person close to you” I know it’s confidence but people close who are not supportive still have an influence – especially when your trying something new or different.
I’ve been trimming my beard like that for over 50 years now. And you’re absolutely right! If you get the lines “right” in the early stages of growing, it’ll make your beard grow in very nicely! And it doesn’t matter what kind of “look” you’re wanting, scruffy, neat, full, go tee, handlebar mustache, or whatever, get those lines right in the early stages and it’ll grow in and look great!
Hi, thank you for your article. I’m looking to buy my husband his first beard trimmer, but I’m not sure which one to choose. I feel that the Braun series whatever might not be the best option. Could you please recommend a good trimmer for a beginner and advise on how many attachments he would really need to start with? Thank you in advance!
Big thank you for this, i’m growing out my beard and everywhere i hear the same ; don’t trim before the 4-week mark!” But my beard is growing very fast, cut myself clean April 8th, now, two weeks later, it’s already growing thick everywhere and also below my adams apple, it’s not the first time i’m growing it but i always outlined it around the 1.5-2 week mark because that’s how fast my beard grows, always thought i was in the wrong for lining it so fast.
RESPECT! I just started perusal this website a week or two ago, I love it! Just saw this article today and dang! With such an awesome beard, I know it had to have been hard to shave such a solid beard, that took a long time to grow. The fact that you did, to show us viewers from start to finish, is huge respect in my book! I love it!