Summer 2021 / Facial Hair Techniques
george smith face the facts
GEORGE SMITH, A BUSY STYLIST AT TONI & GUY IN SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE, HAS A PASSION FOR BARBERING. HERE HE SHARES HIS TAKE ON THE LATEST TRENDS IN FACIAL HAIR.
KEY TECHNIQUES The Lockdown Effect Many men working from home have opted to grow their facial hair – this can take some time. The recommendation I gave to my clients before lockdown was this: “If you’ve never tried it definitely give it a go. If it doesn’t work for you, looks patchy, irritates the hell out of you, use a grade 1 on a clipper and get rid of it.”
Back to the Barber I expect a lot of clients will return to barbershops up and down the UK with big lumberjack beards. What I’d say to any barbers is be ready to trim them into a cleaner shape or even a complete restyle as they’ll now have the length to play with and most likely a picture for you to replicate.
General Trends
“FOR LONGER BEARDS A DAILY COMB WILL TRAIN STUBBORN HAIRS TO GROW IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION. THIS WILL ALLOW A MORE KEPT BEARD”
perfect lines and shapes. It’s cool for that detailed Insta image and I highly recommend it for any photoshoots you do in the future. However, for day-to-day work life, you can’t beat a clean and simple, tidy — a wellgroomed short beard or shaped stubble.
Facial Hair Care Make sure you are educating your clients on their beard. If they’ve asked you to trim it , chances are they don’t know how to care for it. The rule of thumb is the longer the beard the more care it’ll need. The shorter the beard, the more trimming it will require. I always recommend to wash it regularly. This is so important in the early stages of growth, as well as the final stage of the desired style.
“THE RULE OF THUMB IS THE LONGER THE BEARD THE MORE CARE IT’LL NEED”
In the U.S. men are going as mad as ever for beards and even using fibre sprays to get those
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