Best 5 Summer Beard Styles

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5 Summer Beards You Need Now

From hanging in the yard to chilling on the beach, summer is for fun – not stressing about your beard. Here are the top five styles to help keep you looking cool in the heat, plus tips on summer beard care. So, tool up with your trimmer of choice, and let’s get grooming.

1. Stubble Beard: Spot-on

It is a scorcher – the Stubble Beard is easy to do. It takes just days to grow, and its shorter length is perfect for sultry climates. Plus, women love a guy with a little stubble. What are you waiting for?

2. Dashing Van Dyke

Cut a dash as you strut (or snooze) by the pool. This moustache and sharply pointed triangular beard highlights cheekbones like a champ and feels airy when the temperatures rise.

3. Ready. Set. Goatee.

Great if you are just dipping your toe into beard life. This mustache connected to a chin beard with shaven cheeks is quick to grow, cool in the heat – and looks sharp at all your summer events.

4. Chinstrap It

Grow a thin strip of hair from sideburn to sideburn, and this easy summertime beard is born. Not only is it fast to grow, and cool on the face, it also helps accentuate the jawline.

5. Tight Beard: Smooth

Stay sharp in the sun with a neat-looking Tight Beard. Not too long to trap the heat like a fuller style but masculine and flattering. Ready to give it a whirl? Check out this step-by-step guide!

Top Summer Grooming Tips

1. Stay Fresh

Summertime beards can get grimy, sweaty and smelly. This can encourage oil build up or skin breakouts. The key: wash your face and beard regularly with a beard-friendly shampoo. Comb or brush out your beard after washing. Add a little beard balm for the ultimate fresh and clean smell.

2. Stay Hydrated

Summer beards go through a lot. Being exposed to excessive heat, humidity, saltwater or chlorine can dry out your skin and build-up dirt. Your beard can feel itchy, flaky or irritated, worse still – your skin could break out. Moisturizing your beard area will restore oil, preventing it from drying out. Your skin will look and feel healthier. Using beard oil will hydrate and soften your beard and mustache area, so it feels softer, shiny and smell fresher.

3. Stay Protected

Even though whiskers are covering your face your skin is still being exposed to the sun’s harmful rays and you could still burn – especially if you are out golfing or sightseeing all day. So, ensure you apply sunscreen (and consider a dry oil formula for a less greasy look). Make sure to wash it out at the end of the day to avoid breakouts. Start the process over tomorrow for another day in the sun.

Bonus! Try it Before you Trim it

You’ve picked a new summer beard, now you can make sure it suits you before you trim it with the Wahl® Style Selector. Using advanced face-mapping technology, you’ll get a photo-real view of yourself wearing any of these seven summer beard styles. Plus, you can even pick out a matching hairstyle

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