Make your own Beard with Transition: Tips for the Fade Beard

A beard with a fade is currently the hottest trend. This style phenomenon is also known as the “Fade Beard.” It involves a style that starts with trimmed sideburns and the beard gradually getting wider as it transitions to the chin.

What is a beard fade, exactly?

In a beard fade or Fade Beard, the sideburns are precisely trimmed. Towards the chin, the beard hair becomes fuller and longer, usually ending in a full beard. The fade is perfect when it appears seamless and transitions smoothly, increasing in density from the ear towards the chin.

Prominent men who are currently making this beard style so trendy include Raheem Sterling and Zayn Malik. Thanks to them, the beard fade is now considered a true statement.

A well-trimmed beard fade suits many hairstyles. However, in our opinion, it pairs particularly well with the "Bro-Flow" hairstyle, one of the hottest men's hairstyles for 2023. Since you need to let the hair grow a bit, you should definitely start early.

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Who can wear a beard fade?

For the fade to succeed, you first need a full beard. If you have a rather thin beard growth, achieving the effect that the Fade Beard aims for will be difficult.

If this is the case for you, the beard style unfortunately will not achieve the desired effect.

You need some “base” that you can trim accordingly. It is important that your beard has a uniform growth.

Especially in the areas where the fades are trimmed, there should be no gaps in hair growth.

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Trimming a beard fade: Step by step

Want to do your beard fade yourself? No problem: To achieve a good beard fade, you need a bit of tools and some styling skills. In our guide, we explain how to do it.

What do I need to trim my beard fade?

The tools you should have ready are beard scissors and a beard trimmer.

• With the beard scissors, trim any protruding longer hairs.
  
  
• Then trim the fades to the desired length – or rather, shortness.
  
  A trimmer with various attachments is useful here. This allows you to create different lengths in the hair and achieve perfect fades.
  
  

1. Trim step by step

Before you start trimming the fade, you should give your beard a basic trim.

Use the trimmer and beard scissors to bring your entire beard to the same length and create order.

Then you can start:

1. Determine how wide the beard fade should be. Only then will you know in which area the beard hairs need to be blended out.
   
   
2. The setting on your beard trimmer should now be one level lower than for the basic trim.
   
   Now you can trim from beard fade towards the head hair. The shortest point of the fade is at the level of your cheekbones.
   
   
3. Now set the trimmer one level lower again and trim the hair from the halfway point of the area you just worked on.
   
   
4. Again, take a level lower and trim another half of the half you just worked on. This area you trim even shorter.
   
   Continue this until you reach the end of the fade. With this method, you can achieve a good fade.
   
   
5. Now we come to the last, but most difficult step. Glide the trimmer head in tiny scooping movements over the beard fade and remove the last visible steps.
   
   The result should be a smooth transition.

2. The sideburn transition

The transition at the sideburns should be especially clean to avoid an untidy overall appearance.

It should look smooth and seamless. Therefore, you should precisely trim your sideburns and work out the contours cleanly. They should always fit into the overall look.

How to shave and trim your sideburn beard is explained in this post.

How do I care for my beard fade?

The care of the beard fade is not really complicated or time-consuming.

Like the rest of your beard hair, you should wash the fade area with beard shampoo or beard soap and then care for it with some beard oil or beard balm.

Oil and balm should be used daily to keep your skin from drying out or becoming irritated. The beard fade looks well-groomed only on well-cared-for skin.

Try our Störtebekker beard oil – thanks to its high-quality blend of oils like jojoba and almond oil, it soothes and moisturizes skin and hair perfectly.

Other beard products for care are also available there.

Conclusion

A beard fade, beard transition, or Fade Beard may be trending right now, but we find it timelessly good because it adds character to your face and highlights your contours.

Do you already wear it or are you still considering?

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• Chin beard
• 3-day beard
• Hipster beard
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