How To Trim Your Beard

Make sure your beard is dry. Wet hair is more relaxed and therefore longer, so trimming it wet will leave you with a shorter beard than you expected once it dries.

Comb down through your beard several times, in the same direction your facial hair grows, to get all the hair facing in one direction.

Now comb up through your beard, against the direction your facial hair grows, to fluff up your beard as much as possible.

Concentrating on just one side of your face at a time, begin trimming. Do this by angling the comb slightly outward from your face and clipping any hair that sticks up beyond the outside surface of the comb. Work from your ear down toward your chin.

Repeat the trimming process on the other side of your face until the two sides match.

Define your beard edges and neckline by trimming the outline of your beard into clean, even lines and removing any stray neck hairs outside your beard shape.

Comb down through your beard once more, touch up any spots that require it, and get on with your day.