Maintaining your beard. Whether you have a short or long beard, proper grooming is important to keep it growing healthy. This includes not only using beard oil, but also trimming regularly with beard scissors to maintain a neat shape. This will help you prevent an itchy beard, dry hair, dullness, beard dandruff and skin irritation.
Just a healthy shiny beard that feels nice and soft and comfortable. And that doesn't even involve that much. By simply applying the tips, tricks and care products below, including essential shaving accessories like a razor and shaving brushes, you and your beard(s) will become close friends.
Why is beard grooming important?
A long full beard will require more work than a stubble or short beard. And there are quite a few different types of beard hairs. How fast do these hairs grow and how coarse are they? Are you lucky enough to grow a full beard or are there gaps here and there? Are the hairs thin or thicker in shape?
All these different beard types and lengths need customized beard care. One beard only needs a good beard shampoo and a natural beard oil. Another beard needs beard conditioner and beard oil. Here are the main reasons to give your beard the proper TLC.
- Keeping your beard clean is hygienic
- Reduces itching and dandruff
- Moisturizes dry skin and beard hairs
- Softens coarse beard hairs
- Gives shine to dull beard hairs
How to maintain a new beard?
If you are just starting to grow a beard, it is important to take good care of your beard hairs and the skin underneath. Especially when the first hairs appear, they can irritate the skin. The road to a beautiful beard is quite a bumpy ride that your skin needs to get through. So, start taking care of your beard right away by using a good beard oil to soften your underlying skin and the incipient beard hairs. This will make a huge difference.
How do you maintain stubble?
If all you want is a groomed stubble, a good beard trimmer is the tool to keep your stubble in optimal shape and length. With these very short stubble of 1 to 4 mm, you can make just the difference in looks. With a safety razor, you can tightly contour. It is also very important to use a good beard oil here as well. In addition, we recommend adding the following grooming products to your beard and skin care routine:
- Mild facial cleanser
- Facial cream
- Beard oil (1 to 2 drops)
How to maintain a short beard?
A short beard can cause irritation especially with the hard hairs that seem to bite your skin. These beard hairs are about 1 to 3 cm long and these make it challenging for you to persevere to grow a nice beard. By massaging in beard oil, you can simply prevent those incipient itching, irritation and rashes. Beard oil moisturizes and nourishes so that your short beard feels soft.
In addition to using beard oil, it is essential to trim your short beard regularly with sharp beard scissors. Also, wearing a beard apron while trimming helps keep your clothes clean. The best approach for a healthy short beard? Listed for you point by point below:
- Beard shampoo (never regular shampoo!)
- Beard brush
- Beard oil (2 to 4 drops)
How to maintain a medium beard?
Obviously, a medium beard requires a bit more maintenance than the shorter versions. What do you need to properly care for this type of beard?
- Beard shampoo
- Beard conditioner
- Beard oil (4 to 6 drops)
- Beard balm (1 to 2 fingertips)
- Moustache wax (0.5 fingertip)
- Boar bristle Beard brush
How to maintain a long beard?
A long beard is less likely to leave you with beard itch than a short beard. That said, your full beard actually needs a lot of TLC. Unlike your head hairs, the hair follicles in your face cannot adequately moisturize long beard hairs. So you can't avoid feeding your beard hairs every day, otherwise it''ll end up as a hard and dry paste and will literally fall out. So, what tools do you need for this?
- Beard shampoo
- Beard conditioner
- Beard oil (6 to 8 drops)
- Beard balm (2 to 4 fingertips)
- Beard wax (1 fingertip)
- Beard brush
All beard lengths in a row
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Stubble: 0.1 mm - 5 mm
- Short stubble (5'o clock shadow): 0.1 mm - 2 mm
- Medium stubble: 2 mm - 4 mm
- Long stubble: 5 mm
- Short be ard: 5 mm - 1.5 cm
- Medium be ard: 1.5 cm - 7.5 cm
- Long be ard: 7.5 cm+
By the way, did you know that you can also get a complete beard care set from us? Then you are immediately complete to let your beard shine from beginning to end. Without beard itch or irritation!
Last tip? If you find the natural color of your long beard too light, we recommend using a good beard dye. You can darken it to match the color of your hair!
If you have any questions about beard maintenance, please let us know. Always happy to help you out.
Good luck!
Your friends, The Alpha Men.