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
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Avoid shaving for a few days, or enough time to grow in some stubble.
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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.
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Using your trimmer, trim your whiskers to a uniform length.
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Trim up along the edges of your beard, choosing a trimmer guard that is one step shorter than before.
What to use
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Combing Your 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
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
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
Longer beards require trimming in the direction of hair growth to avoid a patchy look.
Trim in Any Direction for Short Beard
For shorter styles, you can trim in either direction depending on the look you want.
Evening Out Your Beard and Neckline
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
Always clean up loose or long hair around the lips.