A beard or creative facial hair can be an easy and inexpensive way to freshen up your look.  We’ll teach you how to choose the right facial hair and how to trim and care for your beard.  Following are excerpts from my recent articles on About.com

How to Choose the Right Beard for Your Face Shape
The first step in growing facial hair is knowing the best type that works for your facial features.  Properly trimmed facial hair can enhance desirable facial features and disguise your weaker features.  For a  round face, you’ll want to keep the sideburns tighter and go longer at the chin to add length — for a long face, you’ll do the exact opposite.  Read more…

How to Grow Your Beard
Why do you need advice on how to grow a beard?  The procedure seems pretty obvious — simply stop shaving.  But, it’s not as easy as that.  To properly grow a beard, you’ve got to commit to at least a month during the grow-out process.  During this time, you may find you look a bit ragged at times and you’ll need to trim and shape the beard frequently.  Read More…

How to Care for Your Beard
Once you’ve grown your beard and have it shaped the way you like it, you’ll need to maintain it.  Of course, this will require that you shave around the beard to maintain its outline.  You’ll also need to invest in a good beard trimmer so you can keep the length where you want it.  Read more…