How to soften
YOUR BEARD?
Do you feel like your beard hair is rough, prickly, unpleasant to the touch? Do those close to you sometimes make comments about it? It's not inevitable: short or long, for your beard to be comfortable, soft and look radiant, you just need to maintain it regularly with the right care. We explain how to soften your beard hair in complete simplicity.
Causes of a
DRY/PRICKLY BEARD
Several reasons and factors can contribute to making a beard dry, hard and prickly to the touch.
- A recent shave: after shaving, hairs grow back harder. This is why a three-day beard tends to be slightly pricklier than a long beard.
- The presence of ingrown hairs in your beard. These sometimes accompany regrowth.
- Split hairs at their ends, mainly due to lack of hydration and sebum.
- Swimming in the sea, as sea salt has the effect of drying out the hair.
- Prolonged sun exposure: besides their harmful effects on the skin, UV rays can also damage beard hairs.
- Lack of maintenance – quite simply!
- The use of unsuitable products for the beard.
- Climatic factors (cold, heat) and environmental factors (pollution).
Our tips for softening and smoothing a dry beard
Exposed to friction, impurities, the action of sun and wind, your beard hairs dry out quickly if no care is provided. Weakened, they thin out and even end up breaking. The beard is then dull, dry and itchy.
To prevent all of these inconveniences, it is necessary to nourish your beard and hydrate your skin with specially adapted care products.
Here is the recommended care ritual for softening and smoothing your beard:
To prevent all of these inconveniences, it is necessary to nourish your beard and hydrate your skin with specially adapted care products.
Here is the recommended care ritual for softening and smoothing your beard:
- Cleanse your beardregular cleansing removes the different types of impurities that accumulate in the beard, and will contribute both to softening the hairs and to thoroughly cleansing the skin underneath. It's generally recommended to cleanse your beard as often as you wash your hair, that is to say about two to three times a week. But this average should be adjusted according to your lifestyle habits and environment. For more details, read our article "When and how to wash your beard?".
- For long beards, use a beard oilThis is indeed essential for regular maintenance of this type of beard. It can also be used to protect the skin before shaving or trimming the beard, but also as a massage on freshly trimmed hairs, to soften them.
- For short beards, use appropriate careThere are care products specially designed for three-day beards and short beards in general. Their role is, in part, similar to that of a beard oil: they will soften and smooth the hair; hydrate the skin under the beard. Their formula also targets irritation resulting from shaving.
- Brush your bearddetangling the hairs and removing dandruff contribute to the softness of the beard. In addition, done after applying a cream or oil, brushing will distribute the care evenly over the entire beard.