Everything you need to know about a beard or an ode to bravery

For two years now, humanity has been celebrating the return of the beard to a man's face. Not just a long bristle, but a full-bodied, wide shovel. But the larger the beard, the more mysteries it conceals (and this is not even the remains of food). How to choose it, how to grow it, how to care, do women like it? Everything you need to know about the beard in our beard guide!

Tests on the way to the beard

Challenges on the way to a beautiful beard

Step-by-step instructions for those who dare for the first time, and also have already tried, but failed!

Patience, and only patience!

The main catch in the tricky business of growing a beard is that you only need about two months to get started. In this critical period, when it itches, pricks, interferes and looks in places just disgusting, you need to stock up on equanimity and in no case touch the razor. Many leave the race in the middle of this period: it seems to them that what is happening on their cheeks will never add up to a full-fledged beard, so it's time to end this venture. Oh, the weak in spirit! Very often, it is during the second month that the raggedness evens out, the bald patches overgrow and the barbed wire turns into silky waves.

Prepare to accept the following fact: you have less face and more head!

Chin hair should be washed (just cool water, shampoo is not necessary) and ideally treated with conditioner. It is the particles of dead skin that remain in the beard, if not washed, that cause the very itching of the first weeks. In addition, if you smoke, smoke settles on your beard. And if you also drink and eat, then samples of the entire menu. It is not recommended to wipe the beard too actively after washing – this is how split ends appear. Just dab the bottom of your face with a towel.

Set the collar line

Bad news: you still have to shave. It's about the neck. Novice beard owners often do not cope with setting the line under the chin line, and this is what creates a feeling of neatness and grooming. So, to mark the collar line, step two fingers up from the Adam's apple and draw an imaginary U-shaped line that connects this point to the earlobes. Anything below this limit must be shaved off!

Be especially careful if you can be called a corpulent man in his prime: on a full face, it is better to make the beard line lower to avoid the feeling of a double chin. The good news is that once you set the collar line correctly, it's easy to maintain. You can shave your neck every 3-4 days to comply with office etiquette, and if you are a free artist – even once a week. Well, if you decide to swing a thick beard longer than 5 cm, you don't have to worry about the neck.

Get the right beard shape

So, two months have passed, and you became the proud owner of dense hair on your chin. Now is the exciting moment of choosing a shape for your newborn beard! There are two important points here: you need to take into account the shape of the face and the characteristics of hair growth. In general, with a beard you can:

• make a round face more oval;
• compensate for a sharp chin, creating the illusion of a more powerful, masculine jaw;
• make a long face more rounded;
• emphasize the ideal oval face shape.

When it comes to hair growth, symmetry should be your main criterion. For example, if the mustache on the left side of the mouth grows clearly thicker than on the right, you will have to abandon the idea of ​​a round beard and opt for a 'goatee without a mustache.

Pacify the girl

It's important to earn your girlfriend's trust when you start growing a beard.

Let's go back to the first point and clarify another important aspect: it can take up to six months for your other half to adapt to the bearded first half! Most of the compliments for your new thing you will hear from men. Women will be cautiously silent. This is a natural process: they are accustomed to you beardless and perceive a new creature, more aggressive and sexual, as a stranger in the house, moreover, more attractive to stranger females. It is this aspect that causes aggression from your girlfriend: she wants everything to remain the same and she does not have to worry about protecting the territory. If you hold on to the new frontiers for at least six months, she will most likely accept, and perhaps even take retaliatory steps to increase her own sexuality!

Choosing a beard style

Beard style is a manifestation of your personality. How others will perceive you depends on this. When choosing a beard, it is very important to take into account the shape of the face and, in combination with your wishes, make the final decision.

A la Suvorov

Franz Joseph's beard is a lush version of the A la Suvorov style

Suvorov beard. It was named so in France in honor of the Russian commander (although Alexander Vasilyevich himself is depicted clean-shaven in all portraits). It was popular among Russian officers of the Suvorov army, from where it got its name. A fuller version of this beard is called 'Franz Joseph' after the Austrian emperor.

Rapper standard

Ice Cube has long preferred a standard beard style.

As the name suggests, it is especially popular in the American rapper industry. With this style, there is only a thin strip of beard that runs from the temple to the chin and the piping around the mouth.

Fu Manchu

Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu with an unusual mustache

This beard, or rather, the long mustache that runs down below the chin, is named after a Chinese villain from a British movie. This style is quite distinctive, but if you want to stand out, this is one of the best options.

Goatee

The goatee gave Ryan Gosling's face nobility and charisma

There is a variant with a mustache and without a mustache; usually the mustache does not join the beard. The variant when the mustache is connected to the beard is called goatee in English. Such a beard with a sharp end is also called 'van Dyck': the Flemish painter loved to depict aristocrats with such facial hair.

Stiletto (goatee)

In European culture, it evokes something Spanish. In Russia, rather, it reminds of old man Kozlodoev. This style is most suitable for men with a round face. She will visually lengthen it, bringing it closer to the ideal oval.

Whiskers

The key point is that they should be lush and wide. Came into vogue with the filing of Wolverine from 'X-Men'. Like a Marvel character, sideburns will make you look sharper and more aggressive in appearance. The face will appear slightly wider.

French fork

The bifurcated beard below. It was popular in France in the 19th century. It looks like a classic one, but with only one chip – its lower part looks like a fork with a pair of teeth.

Brad Pitt experiments with a beard by growing a French fork

Island

This style became widespread among soul performers in the 1960s, which is why in English it is also called “soul scrap” and “jazz dot”. This beard, combined with a thick mustache, will be called Zalpa – in honor of Frank Zappa.

Lincoln

It is named after the first American president. They say he let go of his beard after one day a girl from the crowd said that he would look much more imposing with a beard, since his face is too thin. The trimmed version is called the 'skipper's beard.

Anchor

Robert Downey Jr. – the most famous owner of an anchor beard

Resembles a ship's anchor when viewed from the front. It will look good on the owners of round and square face shapes, visually stretching them. But with this choice, you will have to carefully monitor the growth of the bristles, since the shape is very quickly lost.

Duck tail

Leonardo DiCaprio goes duck tail beard shape

A full, tapered beard that resembles the back of a diving duck. The style is very aristocratic, so it will suit older men, but it will give the face a certain nobility.

Garibaldi

Garibaldi's beard will add character to your already charismatic nature

Round, thick beard. It is named after an Italian general and politician of the 19th century. It was she who was adopted by modern hipsters and lambersexuals.

Take care of her

You won't need some products to care for your beard. Hair on the chin is thicker, it gets food, it absorbs odors more actively, so it is better to buy something for this.

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To moisturize the beard (and she needs it), a balm or beard oil is suitable. If a mustache came with a beard. To give them a shape, it is worth taking on wax. At the end of the beard care ritual, brush it with a special brush. For more information on how to care for a beard and make it chic, read the article – what to do if a beard does not grow.

Beard myths

Let's destroy 6 myths about the beard at the same time so that no one dares to mislead you from now on.

Myth 1: If a beard is not formed by age 20, a person is genetically unable to grow a normal beard.

Rebuttal: It has been established that in some men the beard is gaining density up to forty years of age. It is possible that at forty your beard will look very different than at thirty. A beard is the very experiment on yourself, which is never too late to conduct!

Myth 2: Shaving makes facial hair grow faster and thicker.

Rebuttal: Research does not support this fact in any way. However, experts admit that freshly cut hair looks denser, which creates the effect of a thicker beard.

Myth 3: The beard itches and pricks.

Rebuttal: For the owner, the discomfort disappears after about the second week of growing (the same goes for the owner's girlfriend). With conditioner and regular washing, getting a beard may be completely free of itching. However, if you decide to opt for a three-day stubble, this is unlikely to please your young lady. It can even lead to the formation of pimples around her mouth with especially passionate kisses.

Myth 4: Beard hurts career growth.

It is rumored that it was thanks to the beard that DiCaprio received the long-awaited statuette

Rebuttal: At the beginning of their careers, bearded men who look more aggressive and experienced, on the contrary, get promotions more easily. However, at a later stage, when the ability to create competent alliances becomes more important than straightforward pressure, the beardless careerists clearly win.

Myth 5: All parts of the beard grow at the same rate.

Rebuttal: The beard on the cheeks usually grows more slowly than on the chin. That is why every self-respecting beard owner should have a trimmer in the household.

Myth 6: It's better to come clean-shaven when getting a job.

Rebuttal: In fact, statistics have established that a neat, well-groomed beard not only does not reduce, but even increases your chances of passing natural selection in the HR department. With a beard, you look more experienced and confident. But if your age is already approaching a critical age for this job and you want to look younger so as not to give the impression of being overskilled, then you should definitely shave before the interview.

Finally

Now you have learned a little more about the main male trend of recent years and you can safely, if you have the desire and patience, to start growing facial hair.

With these tips, you can grow yourself a gorgeous beard and show off to everyone. Do not forget the main thing: patience and care, and the result will not keep you waiting.