The Best Products for Growing Your Beard

To keep your face clean, use a face wash and beard wash. If you’re trying to save some cash, opt for a high quality two-in-one product, like our King C. Gillette Beard and Face Wash (also, it smells pretty amazing). Most of the time though, your face and beard will require different products .

Beard wash or beard shampoo is an important product to use regularly for keeping your beard clean and healthy.

Dispense a small amount of beard and face wash in your hand and lather up.

Work later into a wet beard.

Rinse thoroughly.

Face washes and cleansers are specifically designed for the skin. A cleanser tends to be more gel-like, sometimes even watery, whereas a face wash will usually lather up into a foam and can clean your pores a little deeper, which is good news for oily skin. To make it simple though, both cleansers and face washes do the same basic thing: clean your face.

Additionally, an exfoliator (also known as a face scrub) is a grittier product to help you buff out the dirts and oils. Think of it like liquid sandpaper, helping to smooth your face, though you’ll want to use this product gently and just once a day so you don’t irritate your skin.

Learn our simple routine for washing your face and beard.

A well-kept beard should feel soft but not slick or greasy. The trick is using just a few drops daily (or more if you’ve got a longer beard) to help moisturize both your skin and beard. The King C. Gillette beard oil uses plant-based oils like argan and jojoba oil.

Here’s how to use beard oil:

Put a few drops of beard oil into the palm of your hand.

Rub hands together to distribute the oil.

Work into the beard and skin.

If your skin leans on the dry side, check out a beard balm, wax, or butter. Beard oil works well to hydrate the skin under your facial hair, but a beard balm takes it a step further with a deeper conditioning effect. Our Soft Beard Balm can be used on dry or damp facial hair, or even before you step in the shower.

Here’s how to apply your beard balm:

Scoop a small amount of beard balm into your hand.

Move the balm into your hand in a circular motion.

Work the balm thoroughly into your beard. You can leave this on and let it do its magic, or let it sit for three minutes before rinsing.

Trimming, shaving, edging: there’s nothing better than a product that does it all. The Gillette Styler has multiple comb attachments to help you create and maintain any kind of beard style, plus it’s waterproof even though it’s battery-powered. Read our tips on how to get the most out of the precision trimmer feature .

A razor just for your neck? It might sound extra, but to nail that perfect shape of your beard, a neck razor is just the product you need. The skin on your neck is more sensitive, so you’ll want a razor with fewer blades, more lubrication, and ideally a precision trimmer to help you get those clearly defined edges. For pointers on how to use a neck razor, check out our guide.

Small but so important, scissors are a big help for keeping your mustache looking tidy and keeping those stray hairs in check between trims. Just a pair of nail scissors should do the job.