Maintaining A Curly Beard

[@july1962]

"Big ugly bush?!" You've got to be kidding. That big beard is awesome!

[@jackkelly3697]

One of the best beards I’ve ever seen. The curls are so awesome it gives the beard so much thickness and girth don’t you dare straighten it man. Ugly?!? A lot of guys would kill for that density. You are blessed man.

[@multimann2]

Finally, someone who has a beard like mine that no youtuber has ever honestly said how to really maintain it. This video is comprehensive and concrete. Sadly, I found it after trying many methods until I've reached almost the same method mentioned here. Thank you, sir

[@johnthyen5599]

I found using the pick really helps and keeping my sides trimmed down (currently) looks much better and mine is just as bushy. Thanks for the video.

[@asaintpi]

You have a very unique beard - never seen one as curly as that --looks awesome.

[@adam89278]

I'm right there with this guy. I didn't think our kind existed, until now. I thought I was the only one, straight up. My beard genetics are great. However, I'm still trying to figure out how to master the beast. I'm nowhere close to this guy in figuring that out. Most people with curly beards don't have it as thick and bushy or keep it really short (or not at all) so the curls never manifest, etc.

[@thesoupspecial4933]

You did an excellent job of explaining and showing us what you do to help the beard. A lot of this information is relatable also. Very chill video.

[@jibibanji]

Fantastic beard, and the color is great!!

[@Starr1onebeatz]

I like the Thick and Curly rough version, it gives so much Texture, and Fullness.

[@AlexanderCrump]

Curly, wiry beards are the absolute best. Do not fight it, man. Wooly is where it's at. A curly beard looks way denser and fuller and natural than a straight beard. You are a handsome dude.

[@GrimTactics]

Thanks for this. My beard is the same way. Hairs growing in all directions and no amount of balm or butter would control it. Tonight I almost gave up and just hit it with a 6 guard to trim and a 4 on the neck to start over. I looked like a hobo, lol. So now, I’m going to let it grow back out and not touch it and just spot clip. I will say that using the trimmer against the hair is great for a reset, but not for weekly maintenance like you mentioned.

[@robgilbert408]

I’m the same way. I’ve noticed if I blowdry it on the coolest setting it lays a lot better. That comb he uses is good too.

[@robgilbert408]

My beard is just as curly. I found that blowdrying it on the coolest setting does wonders for helping to keep it neat. So much less work.

[@hardinmichael1981]

One of the best beard videos online. Great job

[@diomedes39]

This is exactly how I maintained my curly beard before covid. I am finally regrowing it and I kind of missed the maintenance. It was pretty zen

[@williamsaloka9043]

I have the same texture that you have. I do the exact thing that you do with my trusty scissors. It works well and it looks good. Great beard BTW....

[@williammullikin2076]

I also have dense curly beard and I too have to wet it before I can comb it, once it is dry combing or brushing is impossible. I use a plastic scalp massager to comb out my beard as it rarely pulls

[@ricardomendez8655]

I have the same type of hair. Bald with a curly beard. It get dried in the worst ways man it's just so much more hair than I'm aware of on a day to day. I use a balm after dampening the hair. Just let's it spread a little better than having a crusty ass beard. Gotta use one of those wide plastic bristle combs? To get the outter later right after I already pre combed it with my finger pads. Then to style the shape a bit I use a boar brush and lightly clean it up

[@CalloftheCrow]

Curly beards is were its at man. Adds texture as it gets longer you get the waves going on. Straight beards are dull, imo

[@haiku859]

Nice beard Joe!

[@joshuaeasterly7273]

Your beard is awesome both ways. I think you should grow that thing back out though.

[@adam89278]

my main man, brilliant video and awesome beard. Mine is insanely curly in much the same as yours and increasingly becomes this massive epic bush that quickly and beastly flows out to the sides- which I do not particularly like and the in-betweens phases can look insane stupid. Your final yeard looked incredible, but I'm sure you can identify. Unless I straighten all the time, which is a brutal and long endeavor it does not like and loses hair, etc., regardless how elite the products and tools I use, it goes wild on the sides and around. The final product/straightened beard is solid but I'm trying to embrace and leverage its natural state more because its way too much maintenance any other way, and why fight something that can be an asset- something you have clearly harnessed. I took terrible advice from those who did not understand a curly beard and went to bad barbers who did not understand a curly beard. So, although I'm on a couple months over a year here, I've had atrocious things/beard trims done to it as they didn't listen and, mostly, didn't know what the f* to do with what I was asking and the state of my beard, however straight, wavy, or curly it was (depending on current regiment, etc.). I eventually had to do a bit of a reset early March and have barely touched it since (trimming-wise), and certainly haven't gone to a barber. I haven't found almost any tools to work with it, but I'm online ordering beard picks right now and happened to come across this video where you suggest the same. However, I have found boar's hair brushes might help, but the curliness often wins out there even and often tangles the hairs or doesn't fully do the job. And long-term beard health with that is still to be found out, for me. Have you ever used Boar's Hair brushes? Also, I have to know where you got that brush you held up for a second. I need something exactly like that. Also, I've similarly found that the downward motion on the sides with a clipper does NOT work for a super curly beard. It may work for a second, but in a couple weeks and regardless of how well you did it and carefully (over hours, yes hours), "beard holes/gaps" start to show, etc., and I have the Brio Beardscape (along with many other things), which is widely renowned and used as the best self-beard trimmer out there. I agree, but for more typical beards. Everyone says they have a curly beard, but then all I see is minor waves and/or kinks. That's not curly. They don't know what it means to have a genuinely curly beard. Like tightly bound curls in many places (especially underneath). And curls upon curls, interweaving with each other. Also, I have recently considered trimming with scissors as well as it just seemed most intuitive, and it's time to bring it in a bit and scale it down, but I just don't know how to exactly do it and no one else I know does- including elite beard barbers I do know. So how did you scale it down from the yeard to what you have now? I understand your daily routine and what not (to some limited degree in this video), but how did you scale that down. Also, how to gauge how much to come off from the neckline. A lot of beard density comes from the neck, of course, as it does with yours, but I notice you also trim down there in some fashion. With our types being one big brillow pad type thing, as you said, if not properly maintained: do you scale it down underneath as well as areas on top? What is your routine with that? ***By the way, I realize this is insanely long with a ton of questions. However, I will pay you for your insights. Seriously. I realize invaluable insights and knowledge like this is not for free and people are busy, as am I. So, I'm going to drop you a line in your inbox to see if that's something you do, because you have invaluable insights that I have not learned yet- on top of the array of questions and much else I presented.

[@JoeMcCoskey]

Trimming a curly beard is difficult. Regular minor trimmings is the best way to go in my opinion. Typically if I make major changes to the sides I'll mess something up and have gaps that show up. If that happens you don't need to start over just give it time for the sides to grow out and trim them with scissors to blend into the rest of the beard. The hair on the sides if trimmed reguarly isn't too long and is constantly cycling through. The length mainly come from under the chin. (those without curly beards can let the sides grow out.) I preffer to use scissors for my trimming, since it gives me more control. I've found everyday my beard will lay different, so I like to comb it in and then make minor trimmings every morning. I have a boars head brush but I don't typically use it. Some people like them though. The two main types of combs I use are a pick and a hair brush. I don't mess around with trying to straighten the hair, since that doesn't last long. I just try to keep the sides trimmed and blended into the rest of the beard.

[@adam89278]

@@JoeMcCoskey I noticed the hair brush. Where did you get that?? I have been looking for something exactly like that forever. Everything I come across has those abrasive bulbs on the ends, and/or the "needles" are not as long and robust, etc. I need a hefty beast like that, that won't tear my thick curly beard hair out. Where did you get that? Also, where did you get your pick? Every pick I find is cheap and/or poorly made, regardless of price.

[@JoeMcCoskey]

@@adam89278 The brush you may be referring to is a Revlon bristle brush. The one I have is www.amazon.com/Revlon-Essentials-Glossy-Shine-Purpose/dp/B01ND14XF6 This one might be better due to wider spacing www.amazon.com/Revlon-IONIC-Bristle-Purpose-Brush/dp/B004XTL760 The pick I use is a Cricket ultra smooth hair pick www.amazon.com/Cricket-Ultra-Smooth-infused-Keratin/dp/B006O0BHKM

[@Nookster707]

I have a big curly white beard. I never straighten it. I just let it flow.

[@robtyman4281]

You have a great beard - it's so curly. Btw, those are hair clippers and much too big and unwieldy to use for a beard.....even a bushy one. A smaller, more dextrous bead trimmer will do a fine job. I use a Babyliss Pro Beard trimmer.....but my beard is shorter than yours. That said, the beard trimmer I use would work on your beard aswell. Why not pay a visit to barber, as they'll be able to give you good tips for keeping it looking good, and when they find the beard line you have, you'll be able to then keep that guide beardline when you do it at home. But you have a top beard. Really cool looking. Do you use beard oil? ...this is more for the skin underneath the beard rather than the beard itself...as a beard draws moisture away from your skin.

[@rocketmanshawn]

I might try some of this. I've had my beard for a year and a half. It's very curly out to maybe that 6" length and them gets straighter. I like it looking like partially tamed chaos, but I think women hate it.

[@handlebar41]

Magnificent

[@federicocarnebale]

Curly beards are the best

[@reochan2517]

0:48 it’s so pretty how can you say big and ugly?

[@Lions_Association_Of_Bengal]

Ma Sha Allah i need this beard...😍

[@handlebar41]

Ongoing magnificence…lol

[@spiralni]

Mine is curly af!

[@oneindapink]

You’ve put your head on upside down......

[@asianbrownies6506]

So im just 19. And its weird coz my beard is kinda weird. My sideburns kinda goes up. Like from the front view you might see my sideburns are like a "U" to be precise. How do i exactly tame that "U" shape of my beard. It looks odd tbh. Anyone please please please please please helpppyppp and give tips, because i searched sooo msnyyy gazillion videos and didnt find anything, this one helped little. But not my case. So anyone helpp