As we mentioned, a proper beard fade not only gives your beard a neat and clean appearance, but it’s also going to elongate your face and sharpen your jawline. The gist is, you trim your beard shorter up at your sideburns and fade it down to a longer length by your chin. That whole crazy pointy beard thing is definitely a trend and we’ll leave that choice up to you, but generally, we recommend just a slight fade from top to bottom. It shouldn’t be too dramatic. Once you get the hang of it you can play around with the length settings to dial in your favorite ratio of fading
Here’s how to trim it to win it:
1. Start by cleaning up your neckline and cheekbones, either with your newly-purchased trimmer or with a standard razor. Just make sure you keep it minimal, you don’t want that chin-strap-style beard.
2. You can play around with different lengths on the trimmer guard but we recommend starting with a 2 or 3 guard and starting the top of your face from your sideburns down.
3. Move the guard up to one setting longer (a 3 or a 4, depending on where you started) and trim the next third down to around your goatee area.
4. Move the guard up a final time (4 or 5) and trim your chin and mustache areas. From there, you can adjust the length settings to dial in your favorite lengths.