A man with a stubble beard style.

How to Do a Stubble Beard

You don’t have to be a rebellious bad boy anymore to pull off the Stubble look. This beard style is an effective way to slim the lower half of the face and to highlight your cheekbones.

How to Do a Stubble Beard Step-by-Step

  • 1

    Avoid shaving for a few days, or enough time to grow in some stubble.

  • 2

    Using your Wahl trimmer, create a lower border by trimming along the line where your chin meets your neck and remove all hair below it. You want to avoid an unkempt neck.

  • 3

    Using your trimmer, trim your whiskers to a uniform length.

  • 4

    Trim up along the edges of your beard, choosing a trimmer guard that is one step shorter than before.

What to use

Lithium Ion+™ Stainless Steel Grooming Kit

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Lithium Ion™ MultiGroom

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Lithium Ion™ Total Beard

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PowerPro™ Corded Clipper / Trimmer

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Beard & Stubble Rechargeable Trimmer

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More Full Beard Tips

Combing Your Beard

A man combing his full beard.

Before trimming, comb your beard in the direction it grows so that all the hairs are at their maximum height and facing the same direction.

Wahl Trimmers Have Attachment Heads

A Wahl beard trimmer next to different head attachments.

Wahl has been an innovator in beard trimming technology and offers a variety of trimmers that will get the job done.

Choose the Guide Comb You Need

Someone attaching a guide comb head attachment to their Wahl trimmer.

Understand the length of beard you want and then use trimmer guide combs to achieve said length.

Trim in the Direction of Growth for Long Beards

A man cleaning up his beard line with a Wahl trimmer.

Longer beards require trimming in the direction of hair growth to avoid a patchy look.

Trim in Any Direction for Short Beard

A man trimming his full beard with a Wahl trimmer.

For shorter styles, you can trim in either direction depending on the look you want.

Evening Out Your Beard and Neckline

A man shaping his beard with a Wahl trimmer.

To maintain an even beard with neck hair, try to keep hair length shorter than the hair growing on your chin and cheeks as neck hair tends to be thicker.

Cleaning Up Your Facial Hair

A man cleaning up and shaping his mustache with a Wahl trimmer.

Always clean up loose or long hair around the lips.

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