Poll Beard Lines Lined Up or Natural?

[troy]

I like to keep mine more natural. I'm not saying that I completely ignore them, in the summer I keep the cheek lines fairly low. But I don't spend a much time making sure there perfect each day. I just stop a bit short most of the time and leave them a bit fuzzy. I do occasionally like to clean things up a bit more, but try not to get too carried away.

How about you? Are you the type that keeps a perfectly sculpted pencil thin mustache and or beard or even a full beard or side burns with really sharp lines? Or do you like to keep a more natural look?

 

[Lightcs1776]

I trim beard. I don't have a pencil beard, but I like to keep things neat. I shave the top of my cheeks and my neck.

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[Claudel Xerxes]

When I want to have a beard going, I try to keep the neckline clean and refresh it every two or three days. If the beard gets long enough, I also will trim my mustache when it gets so long that it gets wet when I drink or it starts to curl over my lip and gets into my mouth.

With that being said, many times in the winter, I just let it grow. It's common for guys to grow their beards out in the winter here in Michigan, so most people don't care if it looks a bit scruffy and unkept.

 

[troy]

I trim beard. I don't have a pencil beard, but I like to keep things neat. I shave the top of my cheeks and my neck.

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Nice beard! That's about where I've been keeping my cheek lines lately, but I don't have enough thread count to keep as clean and sharp of a line as you. If I want to keep a sharper line I need to move it down a little. To keep it where it is now I keep a bit of stubble around the edge, so it fades in a bit and doesn't look as broken or patchy.

When I want to have a beard going, I try to keep the neckline clean and refresh it every two or three days. If the beard gets long enough, I also will trim my mustache when it gets so long that it gets wet when I drink or it starts to curl over my lip and gets into my mouth.

With that being said, many times in the winter, I just let it grow. It's common for guys to grow their beards out in the winter here in Michigan, so most people don't care if it looks a bit scruffy and unkept.

I do the same thing. I keep it cleaner during the summer months, and let it get a little wild in the winter. By February I almost abandon the lines altogether, and just occasionally hit the ones that clearly fall outside of the beard.

 

[serafino]

I've had a beard for 20 years and I always keep it trimmed and well groomed.

 

[Seraphim]

I only trim/shave the neck line, I leave the top as is...

 

[T Murphy]

Not a shave or trim for almost two years. I'll decide what to do in year. Let it grow, trim it or do away withi

 

[Porter858]

When I have a beard, I keep it trimmed and neat, but lately I've been trying out really sharp cheek lines. In a way, I think I'm subconsciously doing it so that it increases my shave ritual time lol

The only way I can get really sharp lines is by using a trimmer for shaping, then I'll shave my upper cheeks and neck with a closed comb DE, just getting close to the line, within 1/8". After I'm done with the last pass, I'll rinse off all the lather, pat dry with a towel, and then use a shavette completely dry to clean up the lines and make them really sharp. It's amazing how much sharper they come out when you shave that last 1/8" completely dry. I haven't had any razor burn from doing this, but I'll follow up with alum, witch hazel, and a good balm.

 

[NesOne]

This last time I grew my beard (2nd time ever), I kept my cheek lines shaved when I shaved my head (about every 3 days), the neckline and in front of the ears I left natural. I would then trim a bit with scissors just to keep a square shape.

 

[dws]

Currently maintaining a beard. I like to keep it trimmed to a #3. I keep a clean neck always. A tidy line cheek line too... But not too tidy. I don't want it to look too thought out lol

 

[gwsmallwood]

I think it depends on the person. My natural lines are extremely messy, so my beard tends to look nicer if I line up the cheeks a bit.

 

[emwolf]

I've got the ring beard so it must be maintained or it ceases to be the ring beard.

 

[dws]

I've got the ring beard so it must be maintained or it ceases to be the ring beard.

Yes, I can see the ring getting awkward, if it were to get out of hand.

 

[troy]

Currently maintaining a beard. I like to keep it trimmed to a #3. I keep a clean neck always. A tidy line cheek line too... But not too tidy. I don't want it to look too thought out lol

I'm the same way, I don't want to look too sloppy, but I also don't want to look too put together either.

Yes, I can see the ring getting awkward, if it were to get out of hand.

 

[troy]

My ducktail (Well more of a lazy mans ducktail I don't usually carve out around the soul patch or keep the stache trimmed enough to be a text book duckail.) was getting pretty long and shaggy. So it was time to either trim or let it go bigger. I took the second option, and have been letting the cheeks grow in. I've only been hitting the few that fall well outside the natural line and only doing that every 3 or 4 days. Still shaving the head and lower neck everyday though. Neck line is fairly low and natural too. I shave just below the Adam's Apple down to the collar bone or else it would grow right into the chest hair, but would get a little patchy that low.

 

[Badgerstate36]

I keep mine natural. My cheek lines are fairly low, so I dont really see the need to trim them. All that I really do is shave my neck every other day and trim my beard once a week with a pair of clippers.

 

[AimlessWanderer]

Wasn't sure how to vote, as it depends on the beard. If going for a Van Dyke, I like to keep it reasonably well maintained, but not necessarily precise. If going full beard the lines are natural, but I'll keep it longer at the front than the sides.