How to Shape Your Beard

Step 2: Lining up your beard

Begin by punching a line in from the ear to your nose. Pull the skin tight and trim the excess hair away from the line to avoid accidentally cutting into your beard.

Step 4: Tapering your beard

Keeping the neck line natural is essential to achieving peak beard. Using a guide comb one length shorter than the rest of your beard, trim up to the jaw line ensuring you follow the growth pattern of the hair. Take another size lower and trim up two inches from the jaw.

Catch any stray hairs by angling the corner of the blade and trimming down on the hair. Using just the blade, blend the edge of your hair line to the skin. Connect the jaw line to the neck by placing a comb under the jaw, angle the teeth away, and trim along the comb, working the whole way round the jaw.