The BEST Way To Trim Your Short Beard At Home (7-Step Tutorial)

In today's video, I give you my quick and easy tutorial on how to trim your beard at home in just 4 minutes.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Ultimate Guide To Trimming Your Beard
0:38 - Step 1 Figure out the length
1:00 - Step 2 Make a plan
1:38 - Step 3 Trim with clippers
2:21 - Step 4 The Jawline and cheeks
3:14 - Step 5 Trim the mustache
3:39 - Step 6 Shave the edges
4:02 - Step 7 Apply beard oil

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[RealMenRealStyle]

Do you use beard oil when you trim your beard?

[o_vroboros]

I'm glad they picked a rather patchy beard as a model, because not many of us have a thick facial hair

[RandomPerson-ndey]

Great video overall though I would like to add a few things.

1.) more emphasis that beard oil is applied *through* your beard as it's meant to keep the skin underneath healthy. Beards draw nutrients from the skin and the oil replaces those nutrients.

2.) apply a beard balm to the hair itself. It acts as a nutritional hair gel to keep the hairs healthy and where you put them.

3.) Beard straightener for those who want a longer look that's less bushy.
Always use the straightener before applying oil or balm as it will melt them, possibly burning your beard hairs. Don't worry about burning yourself as they have protective skin guards so the hot parts touch your beard, not your skin.

4.) Beard shampoo and conditioner. Your beard hair is different from the top of your head so don't use the same product for it.

5.) Don't worry too much about the critics or your patches. My wife, children, and others used to complain about my beard and would keep insisting that I shave it. Well, I decided to do that as I wanted to look as professional as possible for job interviews as I switched careers. Everyone who had previously insisted on me shaving it hated that I did so.
You may think your patches are obvious but they're likely not even noticed by others. You're looking at where some trees are missing while most other people just see the forest. Let it grow out some and they'll most blend in.

6.) Do "not* let anyone else trim your beard. If you must, insure that they understand and agree to trimming it how you want it. I went to an old fashioned barbershop and agreed to getting a trim from them for a few extra bucks after a haircut. They trimmed it way too short and shaved everything to right under my jaw. It looked horrible. I don't ever let anyone else touch my beard at all now except for my wife as she caresses it or my 4 year old daughter plays with it because "it's so fluffy!".

I recommend starting with shampooing, conditioning, drying with a towel, straightening it, applying oil, using a wooden comb (plastic rips and tears at the hair) to remove any remaining knots while lifting up and away from the skin, applying the balm starting at the roots and coming out (easier to do as it's out and pointed away from the combing, and then brushing everything in to place. Once everything is where you want it, then trim with shears or very carefully with a trimmer or clippers. I recommend trimming after instead before because your hairs will be in different places. You can simply brush away the stray parts you cut off.

[YuriYeleyko]

Great tutorial Thomas, thank you!
I would add we may use shaving oil both before and after wet shaving finishing part.
And I tried Vitaman oil - it definitely works amazing and smells like expensive mens perfume.

[oa]

Great video, can you do one about acne, scars, and prevention

[omehoque]

Thanks. I have been waiting for this for quite some time.

[arpitshivhare]

Thanks. The guy in the video is having beard very similar to mine ☺️👍.

[jasonschafer]

Good video, but awesomeness doesn't go out of style, so I'll keep my beard full and long!

[RandomGuyTalking]

The best way to trim your beard is to shave it all off. Don't mind me, that's just the military in me 🤣🤣

[martyalencar]

Hey, can you make a video on the perfect way to create a goatee by trimming and shaving the beard?

[minhoek]

what trimmer is the best bang for buck?? i really like Philips Norelco 7000 series whats other options?

[gabrielguerrero]

If you can grow pretty higher cheek line would I still look best trimming that or keep them at the natural height as long as it’s not too high?

[BestEver-]

Can you talk about the new 2022 Yves Saint Laurent l'homme intense eau de parfum ?

[jamesn]

My mustache is crazy thick, chin ok, but my sides are patchy. I usually have to go 3mm on my mustache if my sides are 6mm.

[caleguillory]

I know that a clean beard shave requires shaving 2 fingers above my Adam’s apple, but my dream look includes a few tiny stray hairs jutting out from my Adam’s apple. is this possible? My beard stops just above my Adam’s apple before growing outwards.

[patrickm]

Don't apply beard oil to a beard this short. It is too close to the skin, it will make the skin oily and will just lead to breakouts in the skin . Beard balm is the job for a beard this length.

[nuffflavor]

You went from kind of a beard to a shadow of a beard

[callidusxenos]

Do you think you could do a video on more stylish canes to carry while wearing a suit?

[joshuafish]

I don't know if they could have found a less qualified man to tell us about beard maintenance. This selection made as much sense as me explaining how to cultivate a full afro (I am quite white with thin and straight hair).

[manologarciapellejero]

eso no es barba... eso es pelusilla...