A man with a musketeer beard goatee style.

How to Do a Musketeer Beard Goatee

You don’t need sword skills to pull off the Musketeer Beard, but knowing how to handle a Wahl trimmer helps. This style is sharp and something you don’t have to fight with to maintain.

How to Do the Musketeer Beard Goatee Step-by-Step

  • 1

    Let a small patch of hair on the chin grow. The shape should be similar to a bandage you’d place horizontally across it.

  • 2

    Use your Wahl trimmer or Wahl shaver to cleanly shave your cheeks, jawline and upper parts of the chin.

  • 3

    Let the mustache grow 1 to 2 weeks, or until it reaches medium thickness. Keep it trimmed at the corners of the mouth.

  • 4

    Shave every couple of days to remove stubble in the areas that are meant to be clean-shaven.

What to use

LITHIUM ION™ MULTIGROOM

Lithium Ion™ MultiGroom

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LITHIUM ION™ TOTAL BEARD

Lithium Ion™ Total Beard

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POWERPRO™ CORDED CLIPPER / TRIMMER

PowerPro™ Corded Clipper / Trimmer

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Beard & Stubble Rechargeable Trimmer

Beard & Stubble Rechargeable Trimmer

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More Goatee Style Tips

Identify Your Best Goatee Shape & Style

A man shaping his beard and mustache with a Wahl trimmer.

Experiment with shapes that look best with your facial features and also work with the time you want to spend maintaining your style.

Use Guide Combs to Adjust Thickness

A man shaping his goatee with a Wahl trimmer.

Thickness can be managed with a snap-on length guide comb or an adjustable-length guide comb.

Trim in Any Direction for Longer Styles Around the Mouth

A man trimming his mustache with a Wahl trimmer.

Longer styles around the mouth should always be trimmed in the direction of hair growth.

Trim in Any Direction for Shorter Styles Around the Mouth

A man trimming and cleaning up his neck hair with a Wahl trimmer.

Shorter styles around the mouth can be trimmed with or against hair growth.

Using the Detail Blade Attachment

A man detailing the facial hair tight areas with a Wahl trimmer.

Make sure to use the detail blade, available with many Wahl trimmers, to get into tight spaces and create tighter lines.

Cleaning Up Your Facial Hair

A man cleaning up stray hairs around his mouth and lips with a Wahl trimmer.

Always clean up loose or long hair around the lips.

Goatees Need Regular Maintenance

A man maintaining his goatee style with a Wahl trimmer.

Some goatee-esque styles require attention every couple of days while others only need re-shaping a few times a month.

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