Which products should you choose for your beard type?
If you take care of your skin every day, you mustn't forget to look after your beard. Big or clean-shaven, a beard reflects who you are: and a neglected beard is the worst effect of all! Whatever your beard style: there's more than one way to take care of it so that it's soft, shiny and gives you real charm.
Prepare your skin for beard care
It's probably a good idea to review the basics before moving on to beard care. If you don't cleanse your skin, it's likely to be further attacked by your daily shave or suffocated by beard hair. Here are some basic tips for regaining control over your skin.
For deep cleaning of all impurities
What's the point of maintaining your beard if your skin isn't properly cleansed? Don't skip any steps: an excess or deficiency of sebum are visible signs that your beard won't be able to hide forever. If you think water on the face is enough, you're on the wrong track! In fact, although water cleanses superficial impurities, it dries out the skin if you don't add the necessary care behind it.
Exfoliation is a good way to remove dead skin cells. If you opt for a coffee grounds scrub, you'll stimulate blood circulation, making dark circles disappear for a complexion that already looks better. Be careful not to burn your face, as the active ingredients in coffee grounds are very powerful.
Don't forget to clean with a pH-neutral soap, to avoid irritating the skin. Avoid perfumed products: they tend to be full of parabens and other active chemical agents that irritate both your skin and your beard.
Revitalize your skin with neutral, healthy products
As soon as you've finished cleansing, remember to moisturize your skin with a moisturizing cream. There's no such thing as a miracle product, but remember that you should choose yours according to your skin type: oily, neutral or atopic.
Last but not least, a face mask is perfect for revitalizing your skin while removing the last of the encrusted impurities you can't see with the naked eye. In fact, you can buy masks and balms for your beard, which will nourish hairs that are harder than your hair and therefore naturally drier, while allowing suffocated skin to breathe.
Short or three-day beard
If your beard style is short or three-day, you shave regularly, irritating your epidermis every day with the passage of the razor or electric clippers. To avoid injury, it's possible to prevent all this irritation with a few tips.
Our tips for your beauty routine
With a short beard style, you can quickly look "unkempt" if your beard maintenance is poorly done. It's best to wait for a shave every three days to let your skin rest from this aggression to its epidermis. Use a beard trimmer instead of a razor, as it adapts to all beard styles and is designed to limit irritation.
Gestures to avoid
It's not uncommon, in the interests of time, to run the clippers all over your face without making any real, precise gestures when grooming your beard. Because beard hairs are not of the same density or color and grow differently, it's best to take your time and be satisfied with the result.
To shave the hair on your neck, draw a line under your jawbone and trim with a blank or the shortest shaving shoe. If you shave all the hair on your neck, the result will not enhance your face. Avoid trimming the hair on your cheekbones, as it will grow back harder over time.
Take care of your big beard
Do you prefer a long beard? Because your beard is voluminous, it easily picks up dust, and taking care of it every day is essential if you don't want to scare your barber away.
Get equipped!
Maintaining your beard takes longer than for a short beard, but with the right products you won't need more than 10 minutes each day to take care of it. As with a short beard style, it's a good idea to opt for regular trimming of the edges of your beard so that it doesn't look unkempt.
Here are a few key steps for daily beard care:
- Apply your neutral pH soap to cleanse your big beard of all the previous day's impurities (food, bacteria, pollution, etc.) and don't hesitate to use a beard shampoo to deep-clean once or twice a week.
- Forget the traditional comb and use a boar bristle brush instead, to avoid pulling your hair and damaging its natural shape.
- Apply an essential oil to give the finishing touch to a big, shiny beard.