How to Trim a Beard Like a Professional Barber?

When you have a well-groomed beard, you get many compliments, don’t you?

However, beard grooming is far not an easy job.

Beard grooming involves a lot more than growing a beard.

Your efforts don’t stop just growing out the facial hair and letting the facial hair do the job of growing out.

Beard grooming can be defined as the art of maintaining a facial hairstyle that wouldn’t look messed up no matter whether you have a short, medium, or long beard style. The people who have a beard know what it requires from them to maintain that lavish and tremendous beard look.

All in all, a perfect beard is also a part of your perfect style, isn’t it? 😎

Although to trim your beard correctly, barbers advise you to always start cutting the longer hair first.

Now set the trimmer to the highest length setting and trim towards your hair growth direction for best results.

Next, lower the trim setting and repeat the same as needed until you get the desired length. Let us get deep down in the trimming technique of facial and see how you can get professional trim.

Before trimming facial hair, you need to gather some tools that can help you to get proper grooming.

A professional barber can trim up the beards in all kinds of fades and lengths.

However, the latest trend is for a mid-length beard trimmed up to highlight the jawline and cheekbones.

Even if you’re lazy enough to go to a barber or just want to treat it by yourself, you should learn how to trim the beard the way you want.

What Tools Do You Need for Beard Grooming Kit?

Maintaining a good beard can be achieved either at home or by seeking a professional barber.

However, men mostly prefer to trim and groom their beards at home.

Nowadays, with many products and tools available for beard grooming, you can choose the best product and use the best tool for your facial hair.

When trimming out the beard, the first thing that strikes your mind is using a razor. But achieving a professional, neat, and high-quality beard requires more of just a razor.

I’ll keep it short and simple:

• Beard comb
• Facial hair scissors
• A good beard trimmer with multiple guards
• Beard oil

These are the most required and essential tools if you want to trim your beard by yourself.

If you want to use some other tools as well, go ahead – it’s up to you! 😉

Here are Some Crucial Tips for Your First Beard Cut

• When are you not sure about the length to trim the beard? You can go for a higher guard to start and continue until you find the correct length.
• A brush or comb can help to train hair in the right direction. As you guide your hair to grow the way you want, you should trim any strays that stick out over the lips.
• Use beard hair scissors to trim your mustache and strays.

So How to Trim a Beard Like a Professional?

Before starting trimming, you need to prepare your beard to have a nice and clean trim.

Remember that a dirty beard cannot be cut, so you need to wash your beard and remove dirt and debris from it.

Here are some steps to help you make your beard ready for a trim.

Wash Out Your Beard

The foremost step of beard grooming is to make your beard clean and dirt free. It would help if you washed it with any beard shampoo crafted for beard care only.

After thoroughly washing the beard, use a beard conditioner to soften the facial hair and make the trimming process more comfortable.

Dry Out Your Beard

Ensure that your beard should be completely dry before you start to clip and trim. This is the best way to start with your beard trim, as you can know how your beard looks. You can also use a beard shaper tool to help style your beard and get the shape you want.

Brush It Out

You can use a comb or brush to brush out your beard hair. It would help if you brushed it in the direction that you want to grow.

If you have patches, you should use a beard comb to train the hair to the areas you have thinner hair.

Shape It With a Beard Trimmer

You can use a beard trimmer and beard shaper to train your hands. These shaper tools can allow you to get clean lines and clean up the beard you want.

You need to pull your skin as you trim and cut back your beard hair along the jaw to the thickness you want.

Clean Up the Lines & Strays

Most of you might like to have clean lines when trimming the beards.

However, you may get a stray here from time to time.

Also, the neckline is the trickiest part to cut. You cannot trim it close to your jawline.

The best way to shorten is to start with your Adam’s apple.

You should be able to go a little below or above your Adam’s apple to get the best neckline. Just try to use a soft ‘U’ curve shape from your neck to your jawbone to trim the rest.

Don’t Forget the Mustache

Take your brush down to the mustache to see how the hair falls over the lips.

Now use a hair scissor to trim down the mustache hair and make it look clean.

Apply Some Beard Oil

After trimming, apply some beard oil to keep your facial hair and the skin beneath it moisturized and soft. Beard oil is composed of carrier and essential oils that maintain your beard and promote thick facial hair growth.

Other than trimming the beard like a barber at home, there are some more beard trimming tips to follow to get the best beard style on your own.

Still don’t imagine how to do it?

Not a problem! Here’s a video below explaining how to trim your beard like a pro barber:

 

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Now Let’s Explore How to Fade a Beard Right

In fact, there’s nothing extraordinary.

Here’s what you should do:

• Use your beard trimmer to fade your beard and set the guard on your trimmer and run over your entire beard to get an even cut.
• Clean your lower neck by switching the guard to number 1 and start to your Adam’s apple or two inches below your jaw.
• To get the fade move to guard, no two and the remaining two inches area between your Adam’s apple and jaw.
• Remove the guard underneath your Adam’s apple to get rid of stray hairs.

Shaping the Neckline

Here’s how to shape the neckline carefully:

• Place two fingers above your Adam’s apple.
• Imagine a U shape that connects the back of the ear and meets in the center at the base of U.
• Now, you need to shave everything below the curve of the U.
• You can also use a razor or trimmer with no guard to get the shape.

Conclusion

Trimming the beard is an art that not everyone can achieve. So if you’re wondering how to trim a beard like a professional barber, most probably it would require some time for you to learn.

When you want to grow a beard, the first step is cutting and grooming the facial hair to increase the way you desire.

To get a professional beard trim at home, you need a few tools and beard care products to ensure that you get the beard to remain the shape.

Once you learn this art, you do not need to go to a barber every time (except for some special occasions).

For a perfect beard trim, you need to gather all the necessary tools and follow the above tips.

Your work doesn’t stop here after trimming. You need to maintain it and follow a beard grooming routine.

Still, at some point, you may need to visit the barber when you accidentally bring a mess in your facial hair, or you need to get ready for a special occasion.