Growing your first beard is like a rite of passage for many men. While it may take some practice and patience to perfect your look, you don’t actually have to look like a novice when growing a beard. All you need is a good grooming routine, so your beard looks like something you’ve been trying to maintain for years. In fact, here are some beard-growing tips without looking like a first-timer.

1. Start by Not Shaving

Let’s start simple. Growing a beard starts by letting go and not shaving for the next few weeks or months. While it sounds simple at first, it doesn’t actually feel all that simple when you start growing your beard. If you’ve been clean shave for most of your life, it can feel extremely awkward to suddenly stop shaving. Leaving it out for a few weeks can easily become uncomfortable to the uninitiated. But don’t fret. You need to stay focused on your long-term goal, which is to grow a magnificent beard.

2. Focus on Three Lines

Growing a beard is actually an art. It requires some specialized grooming techniques, such as maintaining a masculine-looking beard shape. To achieve this, you need to focus on three lines on your face:

• Cheek Line - This runs from your sideburns across the cheeks to your mouth.

• Neck Line - The neck line runs from the corners of your jaw across the neck to your Adam’s apple,

• Lip Line - This is located around the top and bottom of your lips.

All these lines are important if you want a refined look for your beard. Start by focusing first on the neck line during the first two months of your beard-growing journey. It’s only natural that your beard will look a little messy at this point since it’s still growing. To keep your neck line clean, just trim any visible hairs below your jawline.

3. Conditioning Your Beard

Many men struggle with itchy and dry skin on their faces when growing a beard. The best thing to do in this situation is to condition your beard by using all-natural beard oil. This product conditions, softens, and shines your whiskers, so they look and feel their best. Conditioning is also the key to keeping the skin beneath your beard well-hydrated to prevent dryness and irritation.

4. Shaping Your Beard

As soon as you’ve got quite an impressive growth of hair on your face, it’s time to shape your beard. While doing it is completely possible and acceptable, it can be quite disastrous if you’re not used to shaping a beard. The best way to make your beard look well-defined and magnificent is to have a professional barber shape and trim your beard for you. Your barber will consider your face shape and trim your beard to be most flattering. Whatever your preferences are and what looks good on you will be your barber’s basis.

Conclusion

If you’re new to growing a beard, these tips should help you grow one without looking like it’s your first time doing it. By following them, you’ll have no problems growing a beard that you’ll be proud to wear wherever you go.

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