Everything that is worth your time, effort, and money is hard to build, but definitely easy to destroy. Take this sentence and apply to your facial care routine, are you doing a good job or actually destroying your beard with these 3 horrible habits?
Pulling at your beard
Stop picking it! We bet you’re doing it right now as you’re reading this. Picking your beard can cause hair loss and severe patchiness that can be hard to recover from. When you’re picking at your beard, you’re actually pulling out individual hairs, even if you’re doing it gently and slowly, there’s a gradual damage to the hair which makes it weak and it just falls off. Be aware if this becomes a routine and you’re doing it unconsciously because you’re constantly losing hairs in the same area, which makes it harder for the the hair follicles to produce more hair.
Using hair shampoo
These products designed to work on the scalp is far more resilient and harsher on the scalp skin than your face skin because they contain many chemicals. Use a beard shampoo or beard soap, they are all natural, contain essential oils and other natural ingredients that won’t strip the natural oils from your facial hair, will nurture, clean, and soften your beard.
Once or twice a week is more than enough enough.
Bad neckline
To make a long story short, the bottom shape if done badly, makes things look weird. You want your neckline to look natural, not hard and sculpted, or skewed to one direction. We definitely suggest, if you’re a beginner, to use the two-finger rule to determine where your natural neckline should end. Put two fingers near the top of your Adam’s apple. The top of your index finger indicates where your neckline should end. Move it up or down a little if it doesn’t look quite right.
If you find this step to be slightly complicated, make sure you pick the right barber to handle it for you.
What are some bad beard habits you do and think are bad for your face? Let us know, we’d love to share them with the rest of the struggling men out there.