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How to Grow and Maintain the Perfect Faded Beard Shape

Follow the steps below to grow a stylish faded beard that will impress everyone around.

1. Grow Your Beard To A Decent Length

To start, you need to grow a good medium beard size to work with. That means letting your facial hair grow at least one to two inches so that you have enough to work with. If you have trouble growing hair or your beard is patchy, pick up a bottle of beard serum designed to help you grow a luscious beard, especially in those patchy areas.

2. Trim Your Front Hair To The Right Size

Next, trim down the hair around your chin and lips. This is the part that needs to be the thickest for the fade to go into, so you want to get this size right first. You can leave it one or two inches or more if you like. Remember that if you trim too much here, you won’t have anything to work with to get the desired faded look. Beard clippers work great for keeping an even trim at the length you want without cutting off too much.

3. Cut A Fade From Your Hair Into Your Beard

Now comes the tricky part, and you will improve over time. You need to trim down your hair into a fade going from your beard up into your sideburns. The best way to do this is with a comb and beard clippers. You shave off the unwanted hair as you pass the comb through your beard. The comb sets the length of how much you trim. 

Start closest to the chin hairs that you left long, and slowly trim back your hair little by little as you move down the jawline and into the sideburns. Don’t go too fast because if you cut too much off, you may ruin the fade and end up with something else.

4. Shave And Style Those Lines

Once you have the fade exactly how you’d like it, you can begin cleaning up your lines. Use a beard shaping tool to shave around the contours of your face, or create straight lines with the tool if you’d like. Make sure you use quality shave lube to give you the best shaving experience so that you don’t end up with bumps on your skin.

Here are some of our favorite product recommendations to help you get the perfect faded beard:

• Beard Boost Serum: Use all-natural ingredients to promote a healthy and full beard.
• The Edge Beard Shaping Tool: Get perfect beard lines with this handy dandy little tool every time.
• Shave Lube: Leave your face feeling fresh and hydrated with this professional shave lube.

How to Grow and Maintain the Perfect Power Beard Shape

A power beard is long, full, and well-groomed. Follow these steps to get a great power beard.

1. Focus on length and thickness.

The power beard is a commitment. It should be somewhere from 4-6 inches long, which for most men, takes about 6 months to grow out. Especially if you’re starting from a clean-shaven face, invest in some growth products like growth supplements, which will promote growth and increase thickness.

2. Keep it trimmed along the edges.

You don’t get to completely ignore your grooming for 6 months while your beard grows out. You’ll need to keep it trimmed up and uniform, which means shaving the hair along your neckline and directly below your cheekbones. A safety razor will give you clean edges and a close shave.

3. Keep your facial hair soft and smooth while it grows.

As your beard grows, you’ll want to keep your facial hair feeling soft and moisturized by washing your face daily with the right products. Use a beard wash that contains high-quality ingredients and essential oils to lock in moisture and hydrate your beard. Then, follow up with a beard butter that will tame wild hairs and reduce coarseness. 

4. Style it daily. 

Style your beard daily using a beard brush or a beard straightener, if you have extra curly or coarse hair. Using either product, run it along the length of your beard to brush it out and give it a uniform, intentional look.

Here are some of our favorite product recommendations to help you get the perfect [TYPE]:

• Wild Willies Beard Growth Supplements: to grow a long, thick beard.
• Wild Willies Beard Butter- Cool Mint: to reduce coarseness and soften beard hair.
• Beard Straightener: to straighten and style your beard.

How to Grow and Maintain the Perfect Beardstache

There are a few variations on the beardstache, but they all follow pretty much the same steps.

1. Let all your facial hair grow out.

This may seem a bit counterintuitive, but you should let all of your facial hair grow out while you grow your mustache. Otherwise you’ll end up with…well, just a mustache. A full mustache can be anywhere between a half to a full inch long, but be sure to use trimming scissors to keep it just at the lip line.

2. Take care of your skin.

While you grow out your stubble, your skin can become prone to itchiness and dandruff if you aren’t using a proper skincare routine. Wash your face daily with a beard wash that will cleanse without stripping away natural oils. Follow up with a moisturizer like this beard scruff tamer that will hydrate your skin and prevent itchiness.

3. Trim up your beard.

Once your facial hair has grown out to a length that you’d like to keep your mustache at, now you can trim back your beard hair to a desired length. You might choose to go just slightly shorter than your mustache, like the original take on the beardstache, or you can go all the way down to stubble. Your desired length will determine the size of guard you should use on your trimmer. 

4. Style your mustache how you like it.

If you want to add a little bit of flair to your beardstache, continue letting the ends of your mustache grow. Brush them down, or curl them up for a handlebar style. A grooming kit will have all the tools you need to style your mustache: trimming scissors, a comb, a shaping tool, and more.

Here are some of our favorite product recommendations to help you get the perfect [TYPE]:

• Wild Willies Beard Wash: use daily to cleanse your beard.
• Wild Willies Scruff Tamer: use after cleansing your beard to lock in moisture and prevent beard dandruff.
• The Expert Grooming Kit: contains everything you need to style your mustache.

How to Grow and Maintain the Perfect Mutton Chops Beard Shape

Anybody can grow a mutton chops beard, and you can leave it as long or short as you’d like. Follow these steps to get the look.

1. Grow out your facial hair.

You’ll want to start by growing all your facial hair out. We recommend aiming for at least 0.5 inches of hair before you start trimming and styling your beard. If you struggle with dry skin, use a beard oil with natural vitamins and essential oils to moisturize your skin and hair. This will promote healthy hair growth and prevent dry, brittle hair.

2. Shave the areas around your chin, neck, and cheeks.

To achieve the classic mutton chop look, you’ll need to shave the hair around the chin, neck, and cheeks, leaving only the sideburns. The classic mutton chops don’t include a mustache, so you’ll need to shave that, too. Use a safety razor with a fresh blade as well as a shave lube to prevent knicks, cuts, and razor burn.

3. If you’re keeping the mustache, make sure it touches the sideburns.

If you are going for the mutton chops + mustache look, keep the mustache, as well as a thin line that connects your mustache to your sideburns. You’ll use the same technique as above, just keep that extra patch of hair on either side of your lips.

4. Keep it brushed and well-groomed as it grows.

If you’re planning to grow long mutton chops, be sure to brush your beard daily and keep it well-groomed. You can also use trimming scissors to remove stray hairs and finish up with beard butter for soft, smooth facial hair.

Here are some of our favorite product recommendations to help you get the perfect mutton chops:

• Wild Willies Beard Oil- Cool Mint: to moisturize skin and promote healthy hair growth.
• Wild Willies Shave Lube: to get a clean, close shave.
• Beard Butter + Beard Balm Combo Set: use the brush to style a longer beard, and finish off with beard butter for soft facial hair.

How to Grow and Maintain the Perfect Goatee

If you would like to cast your spot on Hollywood Boulevarde, then follow these steps to recreate the iconic goatee.

1. Grow Out A Connected Chin Beard And Mustache

First things first, you must grow out the facial hair surrounding your mouth. That includes the hairs on your chin, besides your lips, and under your nose. It doesn’t matter which length you decide to go with here, as goatees can be just stubble or two to three inches long.

2. Shave Around The Goatee

Next, you need to shave everything that’s not your goatee. Lather your face with warm water and shave lube, then use a nice razor to shave the cheeks, jawline, and sideburns. You can leave the sideburns as long or as short as you’d like, but the key to a goatee is to ensure the hair is not connected to your chin and mustache.

3. Style Your Goatee As You See Fit

Finally, feel free to have some fun with your goatee. You can try quite a few different styles, such as a short and stubbly goatee or a long pointy goatee with a curled mustache. You can use beard butter and a good brush to style your facial hair and get the look you want. 

Here are some of our favorite product recommendations to help you get the perfect goatee:

• Shave Lube: Use all-natural ingredients when shaving to get nice, smooth skin.
• Beard Butter - Original: This keeps your facial hair hydrated and allows you to style your goatee as you see fit.
• Beard Brush: A beard brush will help you tame and style your unruly hair.

How to Grow and Maintain a Patchy Beard 

If your beard hair grows in patchy (usually, it’s a genetic thing), that doesn’t mean you can’t rock a beard with confidence. Follow these steps and you can make a patchy beard work for you.

1. Develop a skincare routine that encourages healthy growth.

Part of your struggles with growing a full beard may be due to poor skincare habits. Develop a good skincare routine that includes a daily cleanser specifically made for beard hair. Then, follow up with a beard boost serum and growth supplements to encourage healthy growth. Use a derma roller on your beard after applying the serum. Simply rub it along the skin where your beard is patchy. This can increase the absorption of the serum by up to 500%!

2. Let your facial hair grow.

The best thing about a patchy beard is that it’s meant to look natural, so you don’t have to do a ton of trimming and grooming to upkeep the look. 

3. Keep it on the shorter side.

Unless you’re trying to grow your beard hair long enough to cover the patches, we recommend keeping it short so it doesn’t look unruly. Use your trimmer to keep it somewhere around 0.5 inches or less, trimming it once a week or so to keep it under control.

Here are some of our favorite product recommendations to help you get the perfect patchy beard:

• Beard Wash: to cleanse your beard without stripping away natural oils.
• Beard Boost Serum: to encourage healthy growth. 
• Derma Roller: to increase the absorption of beard boost serum.