How My Beard Has Changed Over 15 Years 

Share your own beard journey here in the comments!

Close your eyes and picture the mammoth off ice age :)

Thanks for sharing Eric. I'm 45 (sigh) and have had either a full beard or a goatee with stashe since high school. Like you I was always eager to "develop". My desire for facial hair stems from me wanting to be like my Dad. He has always rocked a full beard and has always been the centre of my universe. He's approaching the end of his time on this earth and as much as that thought destroys me, I smile and take solace in the fact that my son who just turned 7 recently informed me that he can't wait to "get a beard" to be like Daddy and Grandpa. And so it goes...peace and love.

2 years with a beard. I had a job where I had to be clean shaven and I hated that job. I quit the job and took an internship (unpaid) and started talking to my now girlfriend. In the summer of 2015 I didn't make a dollar work my internship and grew my beard. I spent every dollar I had and grew my beard. When my internship was over I got a job at a dollar store just to get through college. I lost my financial aid and had no money. Paid for school and worked 6 days a week but with a beard. Over time I started getting depressed and couldn't be happy. The best times was watching the transformation of my beard and watching tips and tricks about beards. Now while stroking my beard at 23 years old with a new car, 2 college degrees, a 40k year job, and looking for a ring for my girlfriend to propose to her I couldn't be happier. And in my own way my beard journey helped me keep it all together. Thank you Beardbrand and keep on growing.

i'm 55 and beard is still growing out had a beard since 1980

You learn something new everyday! I honestly didn't know that you had a massive beard (or was a suppressing this memory?)....which looked fantastic, by the way. Thanks for posting this--I think that its important to share the journey, especially when the beard doesn't start out strong in the late teens and early twenties. Thanks.

Is it just me or does he remind anyone else if manny from ice age😂

I've always grown a beard. But I always get to the point where it's getting big, but not quite at the point to start really shaping it, and then I cut it off. I hit the plateau where your growth slows. Or I hit an awkward stage and I chicken out. And every single time I regret it. I'm 2 months in to this one ( I had to shave it for a resporator fit test.) And I'm taking it very seriously now. I oil it twice a day and use balm for bad beard days. I also use beard soap twice per week. Some days are still tough. Days it looks extra crazy and bad. And I get discouraged. But I watch beard brand videos when I go through this and get exited about it all over again. You folks at beard brand keep doing what your doing. Your all awesome. You keep me exited about growing a beard even in the worst of days. And for that, I say thank you.

Fantastic story! I feel like mine is quite similar. I am also 36 and worked for big banks as a financial advisor. I decided to drop the whole corporate scene and move with my wife and son from the US to be close to her family in Berlin... That's right, Germany. I always felt the pressure to shave because of the type of job i had. Now, I just passed the 30 day mark with no intention of shaving it anytime soon. I feel liberated in some way! Beard on!

Excellent ...as always. I've rocked some form of facial hair for 40 yrs and love every version of it. Keep on growing.

First of all, finding your channel changed everything for me. Growing now for 3 months and its doing well. Got many tips from here how to do it. I've always had some kind of facial hair but never the way I really wanted. So now growing a big beard is a really great experience in my journey and I enjoy it every day!

Beards are more than hair they're transitions in life and long term commitments to yourself - love this.

I'm 20 years old and started experimenting with my beard since a couple of months. I am pretty satisfied with how it grows but my cheeks are still a bit thin. I want to grow it out a bit longer but there is a lot of social pressure especially from my family. So that is quite tough to deal with...

dude, you looked like an angry state trooper in those before pics...

One video I was really wanting to see. Also, love the background change. You guys rock!!

You guys help me to change my life.. Thanks a lot... Keep always positive.. Full support

I just turned 40 in August and have been growing a beard for two months now. I never grew one before....It’s coming in patchy but it’s coming in. 🧔🏻 it is changing my views and interest in style as well. thank you very much for you videos!

I had decided to go though a lifestyle change. I started eating better and less, drank more water and decided to start dressing better. I. That my wonderful girlfriend asked me to stop shaving because she finds beards attractive and wanted to see what I would look like. I kept a short beard for about 9 months or so and stumbled upon this channel as well as The Beard Baron. Oh what is beard oil? You shouldn’t use regular shampoo? So I started taking better care of my skin and hair. I have since decided to stop trimming my beard and let it grow out longer than just 2 weeks of growth. I am at 6 weeks and already the change is noticeable. Thank you for your videos and content it has helped me be more confident in how I present myself from the beard on my face to the clothes I wear.

i started shaving at 11 because i used to get bullied for having facial hair, i didnt need more reasons to get bullied even more.

Growing my beard since 3 years.. Shaved, grown again and shaved ,grown again.. I was not really into shaving, it sucks... Shaving was a compulsion for me cuz my mom, my relatives keep telling me to shave cuz growing a beard is against our creed and so and so on but my friends encouraging me to grow a beard and had a lot of compliments from the outside... Who needs religion and creed while the lushes of wisdom keep protecting me and my face... Learnt a lot just like Eric, as he said beard is my portal to self improvement.. Keeps me growing every single day... Beard on great people.. Thanks a lot...

Hey Eric, great to hear your story my new friend. From about when I could grow any facial hair up until about late 2015 I never kept to one style of facial hair. I did the soul patch, full goatee, a van dyke at some point, but never really liked anything. Then in late 2015 I shaved in the evening on Halloween, and decided that I would let the hair grow. I live on the east coast of Canada so it gets cold, and I thought the beard would help in winter, keep the face warm. Well I never realized how much I would come to like the beard. I let it grow for almost three months and for some stupid reason shaved mid January. Man that was a mistake! My face hadn't been cold in months. Then I started late 2016 to grow it again, this time I did try to trim it, and use some product I found at a local cosmetic shop. Clubman products mainly, they were okay. This time I kept the beard around the entire winter and loved it. As I mentioned on Twitter to you a few days ago, in the summer I did full on mutton chops which was an interesting look and made it stand out but I didn't like it for an extended period. So I shaved it all off mid August and now after watching your videos am going to go for the yeard, and really try to take care of my beard more than I have in the past. Again thanks for your story and your help! - Darrin

Last year (2017) I started growing a beard. It was kind of a goal since I was on vacation in South America for a few weeks and just stop shaving. I was supposed to start studying for a certification test and decided I would shave when I passed. I had good results but in the beginning, you have to be very patient and just let it grow. The bad part for me was having to listen to my wife and daughter tell me how much older I looked with the beard (very grey). It kept nagging me about looking old. Then one day I just shaved it off. I felt bad because I hadn't taken my test and not fulfilled my promise to myself. I think that did something to me. A few weeks later I took my test and didn't pass. What a bummer, I felt terrible and kept thinking to myself "maybe if I had kept the beard " I gave it a few months and have since started growing it again. I will never let that happen again. It's not a matter of having a beard , it's a matter of doing what your heart tells you. What makes you happy. Chicks get boobs, nails, hair dues, liposuction, and all those other things. Guys grow beards, well some guys. That's all I got to say about that. Thanks.

I have been growing my beard for 5 weeks now. Greg Berzinsky was my inspiration with those videos of him shaving his beard and giving weekly updates. I realized that almost no beard is perfect at the beggining, so I stardted growing it out to see what I can achieve in the lapse of 3 months. Let's see.

Great video Eric! 👍

Eric and beard brand is probably one of the best channels on youtube

Love when I'm still awake at 1am and you upload a new vid Eric 😁

Thanks for the videos. I've been rocking a short beard for years. Just told my wife I'm going for the full beard. Couldn't have made the commitment without your videos!

I love the raw honesty in this video. Hope to meet you one day Eric. Keep on growin.

I like your honesty. Your experience strikes a chord with many of us. Thanks😉 I've been wearing a goatee but im ready to commit.

I'm sixteen and currently rocking petite goatee with stubble,I earlier had scruff but didn't like how it looked like.Since I started having facial hair my confidence skyrocketed,plus I started caring abot what I wear and started taking care about my body.And this channel is really one of main things to help me get where I'm right now.Thanks to all of you guys at Beardbrand,yoy are truly amazing!!!

Great video. I'm 32 and I just reached 5 weeks on my first ever attempt at a beard. These videos are great motivation to keep going. Thanks.

I didn't know you were on Jeff's beard board! I found it 4 years ago when I grew my beard out for the first time. It's an awesome board for support and tips.

Im for the first time ever 12 weeks in. Never have i let my beard grow, but now that i do, i allrdy start to do and feel what you are saying. Especially about awareness that comes with it. Thx for the upload.

Great video! Keep it up

I’ve had a very similar beard journey except that I am still in the corporate world, albeit a bit more relaxed than banking, I work with Non Profits. I have had some form of facial hair since 2000. In 2010, I grew my beard out for the first time and had kept a short trimmed beard up until early 2017. This past February, I decided to grow it out and have had a few trims here and there to kept it on the neater side since I work in sales. Eric, you have actually inspired me to grow out my mustache after meeting you recently at your office (I was the guy that popped in randomly while in town) and seeing that stache firsthand. While I was all about growing a longer beard, I am really digging a shorter beard with that disconnected stache. I am trying to pull something off similar to your current length and Jeff Buoncristiano’s athletic beard style. Really looking forward to this new journey with the mustache to see how it grows. Thanks for all the helpful content!

Currently at month 7 of my beard journey, I'm 20 years old and have a full beard. I only know a handful of other guys who can grow a full beard my age so I am going to go the full way with it

I've always had a goatee and mustache since about grade eight or grade nine. I grew facial hair really early and it was thick too I remember by grade twelve I had a full goatee and was able to drink in a couple bars and not get carded. I have had a full beard now for about five years and really in the past five years from about 30 to 35 I can see a real difference, probably from taking care of it better but I can tell some is from age. I now have grays and whites mixed into the red but it is getting straighter and less curly as I get older. -After watching the full video I have to point out Eric has gotten really good at speaking in these videos. I have been following Beardbrand for a couple years at least now and I can tell Eric and the videos have come a long way since then. Keep up the good work everyone at Beardbrand. Eric you're fucking killing, well done!

36 here and I had a goatee from 2004 to 2013, then a closely trimmed beard until earlier this year. I started letting it grow long but trimming the mustache and white hairs that started showing up (in retrospect a mistake since I want it to look as full as possible). So after 3 months, I trimmed it back to short mode and have started over without any trimming and am at 2 months now. Never say never, but I'd have to be pretty hard up before I would take a job where I had to be clean-shaven.

Nice video I enjoyed it

Best video ever made on this channel

This is such an amazing story and really inspirational. Thanks for sharing

I just started growing my first "official beard" at 40 years old. I've always had a bit of a patchy beard and really struggled getting past the awkward phase. As you've stated being your own worst critic I always point out the imperfections and the question is it ever going to look the way I want? I've finally committed and yes still a little patchy, but I've been growing it for about two months. Finally its starting to fill in a bit more. I have also taken on the beard oils and balm (something I'd never done in the past). Your videos are definitely inspiring! It feels good to know the struggle is real and everyone is different in terms of facial hair. For now I'll keep pressing on and frequently checking back on your videos as I am a subscriber. Thanks!

Man, this sounds like the very honest realtalk. Respect for all you did, finding yourself is a dream for many people and you did it. And your beard looks really awesome, it fits you perfectly

Jeffs beard been board is amazing. When i grew my first form of a beard at 16 then again at 18, 20, 21 i always went to them for any questions

Thank you for sharing. I am 45 legally blind, so the traditional expectations have always been a thing. I have just started to try and grow a beard of some type, it's been 2 weeks. I have gotten a lot from you guys, the knowledge and kindness are greatly appreciated.

I work as a bank manager and they’ve been really lenient with me having a medium beard. But definitely I totally agree with you that it is a soul crushing field.

Watching these videos have kept me on the full beard growing path. I've been growing a full beard for 5 months now but and plan on going for a full year. I want thank the beard brand community for the inspection.

I've been growing since I was 18. I was in the army so all I had was a mustache. After I left the service I grew a beard to hide surgical scars. I always had it trimmed short because I didn't know any better. Around my 51st birthday I ran into a video of Greg Berzinsky and three months ago finally decided to grow it out. Armed with the knowledge from your channel I am confident in my decision and my beard. I now truly feel like a beardsman. For that, I thank you and everything your channel gives us. Beardsman can gain knowledge and be proud of what they have achieved. The result for me has been more confidence and pride in my beard. It no longer just serves to cover scars, but has also helped me to embrace them.

Great vid man, great talk! I wish I could watch 100 videos like this!

I just started growing my beard two weeks ago. But I am looking forward to the journey!

It was great watching this. Thank you. I'm on a beard journey for the first time. I'm five months in (going to be six on October 10th) and I'm loving it! I liked how you were saying your beard has helped you feel more comfortable in certain aspects of your life. I don't really socialize too much (all work) so I mainly focus on my beard (aside from my love for listening to music and watching my favorite shows, like Breaking Bad!) and working my way up with how to take good care of my beard. I would say my beard is my best friend right now in my life (aside from my wife and 4 children). I've been researching all sorts of beard products and trying to find the best one. My wife bought me Cremo (the wash and oil) and its been working fine so far) but I want to find something better because I want my beard to have the best care. My beard grows in all places except my cheeks, but it grows from the sideburns all the way down my jaw line, so that's fine for me but I'm hoping that as time goes by it'll fill in. I've been wanting to take monthly photos and share them with other beardsmen out there, as a way to keep other people out there motivated and vice versa. Thank you for posting your videos with your tips and advice, I (and the rest of us out here) truly appreciate it. Keep on bearding!!

Great video. I definitely hear the confidence part at this point of my beard journey. I’m almost 23 and have only been growing out my beard for almost two months. I had almost the same facial hair story in the past, just side burns and chin beard. This is my first full beard journey and it’s easy to let the thoughts of shaving because “it isn’t full enough” or “it looks weird right now.” But because of these videos I’ve kept going because it’s my beard!! Thanks for the help Eric and beardbrand.

All that I know about tricks and oils and balms, everything I've learned from Beardbrand. You've helped me get to a shape and grooming so fine that I could match Jeff on a good day. I've had random people complementing me on the Subway for the great beard look and everything at College(I'm getting a master's degree now) had only great things to say about my beard. Also, ladies at parties come to feel it. It's been great hahhaha

I am 19 and I really can relate with your word. In my young years I was so much introverted and shy that I never meet with anybody , I was in my own home . I was acres of everything at that time and my fear reaches so much to a certain level that at that time I was not even watch my own face in the mirror . When it comes to face combing the hair I used to positioned myself in such a way that I didn't have to see my own face and just somehow finish my hair and get out of that zone. I was used to be a the back and I didn't want to expose myself to anyonne . In my early teens my voice used to be so much potchy that I sounded like a a girls voice at that time . Everyone back then make fun of myself which I hate. That time I felt that everyone is above me and I am the most unlucky person and and huge part of these came from my financial condition also . I was 14 when I first familiar with the thing called mastarbation and at that time I taught it was the most amazing that I was discovered . And I literally was became the way to find some pleasure in my life . Back then I didn't know about anything but what I felt that happiness means mastarbation. And day by day I developed mustarbation addiction . And when I was 16 I first got my first smartphone and it just filed to my mustbation addiction . That time I used to mastarbation almost whole day because nothing gave could give me as much pleasure as mastarbation . I went on for two years when some bad incident in my life make me realise that how much far offtrack I have gone and it impacted my study life so much badly that at the end of my school yaer ivgot the worts marks that one can ever got . Then few months after I get over these things I just felt I had to do something in my life . So after my times of failuring I make a decision that I am gone took every possible aspect of my life and just going to improve them . From here my baerd story comes into life . My beard started growing at very young age like in 15 but me being a shy guy felt ashmed for my beard . And back I didn't do any activity so I became very. Fact . So in last year in the month of September I started my transformation journey . Fist I started by making a decision of waking up early and going for walk for 1 hour every day. I continue doing that and at that time I was just started growing my beard and that time I first started taking some photo of mine and got familiar with my own self . Till 18 I never really valued myself and I always ctaught about all the bad things vaboutyself . But slowly and stely I started getting obsessed with my fitness routine and I continued to list on effort and 3 monthbpassed and I and was new year and and I lost almost 17 pound and it was for the first time that I realised vthat I also have potential I can also be better and . On the starting of new year I just made a decision that from this year I am gonna tackle my mastarbation addiction and I am gone started writing journal everyday . And that time when I first started searching for some motivator or some influencer . At first I started watching motivation and used to get pumped up @nd do every work but right after that I just let down. But one thing I want knew Thai if I have to grow some some confident then I have have to improve myself as well as from inside and outside . I used to train a lot and slowly and steadily my physic changed and I am started feeling confident about myself . One thing also on march 2018 I got myself a proper haircut because before that I was so sigh that I count even tell the Barbour that what type of haircut I wanted. From earlier this year I started doing things I never taught of doing . Now I grower a bead and now I look so much confident I can at least try to do every thing.Now I started reading books , lisent to podcasts and I do many positive things instead of just surfing porn video . I will not say I now I can completely control my mind but now what I can say that now I can see what are the thing that is letting me down and how to cope with them . So I will admit that still now I am not confident around girls . Still when it comes to talking to girls it scares me a lot but now at least have the courage to try . And I will say it's my story . If you have read till the end then a big shout out from my sight. Price and have a nice day.

Great video! My beard journey is going on 2 years now. I’m 35 and ever since I could grow a beard I’ve always maintained the shadow look. One day I just said the hell with it and let it grow and been doing it ever since. Love the channel it’s helped a lot along the way!

Starting my REAL beard journey for the first time right now at 25. Up until this point I've always gone for the scruff look which I like, but have always wanted to grow a true beard. I'm about a month and a half in and am not planning on stopping anytime soon. Thanks so much for sharing your journey as a man and all the advice, it helps a lot.

You are an inspiration. I can completely relate about not taking care of your overall appearance until growing out a beard. I am in the beginning of my beard journey and am already am feeling the urge to take care of not only my beard but the rest of me. For a while now I have been toying with the idea of making my own beard oils to control what I put onto my body, and have recently decided that when I do so, I would like to market my organic oils to my friends. It is amazing what you have accomplished my friend, you truly are an inspiration!!!

I started growing mine back in March 2017 & I have a few patchy areas on the side but I hope they fill up eventually! Thank you for inspiring us to grow beards man👍 Arguably the best channel on RU-vid when it comes to matters related to facial hair💯

I started growing my beard in the last month of school when i was in grade 12, i was 17 at the time and I started of doing no shave November and eventually I started growing my beard because I just got tired of shaving and always sticking to the norms of society . Then I discovered you guys and realized that there are people out there that just grow beards because they wanted to, so that gave me some sort of motivation towards it. I’m now 10 months into my beard journey and I’m only 18 and don’t plan on taking it out anytime soon but my friends and family says otherwise😂. My beard at the moment is about 5/6 cm in length but i do trim it at least once a month. However I’ve decided that I’m not going to trim it anymore because i want more length out of it.

I’m turning 41 in February and for the first time in my life I’m growing out my beard. I have the patience to do it and I always missed a beard in the past when I shave it off. It’s been almost three months now for the beard growth. I am looking forward to a trim at some point but understand I should wait a couple more months. I have some beard wash and conditioner. I only wash it every other day and it looks the best on that day. The other days I call bad beard days. So I have to figure out how to feel happy about my beard every day and have it looking happy. Still learning about oils and waxes and your videos are helping me. I do have to say I feel like myself with a beard. And I’ve gotten compliments from people saying the beard really suits me. So a lot of what your video says speaks to me in my journey.

Well, I for one am thankful that what you went through led you to start Beardbrand. I’ve known your company for only five days and suddenly I’ve got an excitement about seeing what this beard will look like after 4 months or so. (Before 5 days ago I wanted to shave back 6-8 weeks worth because I didn’t like the way it looked.) And what’s really weird is just like you said, now that I’m getting confidence in my beard I can’t wait to try something with my hair. I’ve kept my hair on the shorter side because I didn’t think I could do anything with it. But because you have a great line of products and you’re not afraid to try things with them on camera, I now feel like I have a shot at getting my hair to look better than it has in a long time.

Thank you, Eric. Such an inspiration.

I started my Beard journey in 2013 when I moved back to my home state of Mississippi from Illinois. I thought I would do something different. I felt great from day one. My beard has changed shape and color over the last few years. Now that I've started following your channel, I'm sure it will develop into something in which I can be proud.

I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing! I relate to your journey to some extent.

It's pretty gratifying seeing people kicking the bucket and doing wherever they want and being who they are. Because everybody deserves to live life the way it's meant to be... free. You certainly did that pretty good and full of style, man! You know what? When everybody's agreeing 100% with something, nobody's thinking. So, being yourself and making your own choices are the greatest steps anyone can do towards a free state of mind. Thanks for reminding me that, brother, beard on!!

07:27 The voice 😂😂 "Ooo I don't know about that"

I'm 19 and started growing my beard about four months ago. Watching Beardbrand videos really helped me along the way. I love my beard and y'all really helped get through the awkward patchy stage. Thanks!

Rocking beard for three years now. Sometimes I trim it down, now I'm in growing phase.

Same thing happened to me with starting to taking care of myself. You got me to start growing my beard which turned into growing my hair too ( I always had a buzz cut) and pay attention to the ingredients in shampoo and conditioner and oils and everything so thank you for that

This channel should have millions of subscribers given the quality of videos they make. Keep it up, bearded brethren!

I to got on to Jeff's beard board about 5 years ago. Loved seeing the stories of men and there beard progress. I had s mustache for 30 plus years. Over the last 3 years I tried to grow a full beard but family seem to bring out my insecurities. So I'd shave after 3 months. Following you and others I decided this last Easter to stop shaving and hit life head on. I'm loving my results. Like you I'm not sure how far to go. I tell everyone I just want to grow it epic once in life and say I had the courage. to let it grow. I'm rocking on! Thanks

Great video. This happened with me too. Beard changed my life. Thanks.

This Is A Wonderful Video! Thank You For Sharing About Yourself! I Feel As Though I Know You Now!

I really love your honesty and self-awareness. You are always so interesting! Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the helpful video on beard care, especially for those of us who are relatively new at beard maintenance. I just started growing my beard again about 6 months ago. The last time I had a beard was when I was much younger, like about 35 years ago when my beard was a chestnut color. Now, at 62, my beard is mostly silver and gray, so that was a shock, seeing myself like that. So I’m embracing this time of my life. Back in the ‘80’s, there were many barbers skilled at beard grooming. Nowadays, not so much. Every other Friday after a week of classes in med school, I pampered myself with a nice, hot beard massage and grooming session. So, I’m glad you refreshed my mind about the fact that I cannot count on the local barber to know how to help me manage my beard care. That responsibility is now mine. This leads me to the next point you mentioned, which is education. Since I now live in a rural area, i have to relearn how to be my own beard stylist and learn about beard care products. I’m getting braver at shaping my mane as it grows out, but some days I really wish I lived in New York or some city again, where beard stylists have become more popular. Be that as it may, RU-vid videos like yours are an excellent source of encouragement and camaraderie among those of us who wish to live bearded (again in my case), and I’m truly grateful for your video and all the others out there, teaching us o take care of our own beards.

I'm 42. I just started growing my beard again at the beginning of March. My goal is to go a year without shaving. I've been growing out my mustache for several months now so that helped.. Thanks Beardbrand for being such awesome beardbros!

I'm wearing a facial hair after 4 months growth.. im about 19

It's crazy how a beard covers what a person truly looks like. I didn't expect you to look like that

Thanks beard brand and big thanks to Eric .y'all have lead me down a path that has changed my life and facial hair. My experience has been much the same as yours Eric. I've never had more than a few months beard but have grown the stache over a year. I recently had a trimming accedent and have started over . I have learned a lot from beard brand and am at only a two weeks growth and I don't plan on looking back.

I couldn't grow a beard to save my life, it's just how I am, but love the videos because there positive and empowering.

Thanks for sharing your experience I'm 24 my mustache and beard doesn't grow well, but I'm letting it grow, I barely have 2 months letting my beard grow and little by little it is improving, I hope someday I have a good beard

Absolutely love beardbrand and thanks to you guys I've decided to grow mine out, I'm about 4 months in and I keep watching the videos for inspiration and advice.....keep up the good work and keep on growing👌

Thanks for sharing! This channel has helped me a lot over the past year in various aspects of my life.

Hi, I'm Alex. I started growing decent facial hair sometime during my tenth grade year​ in highschool. During my Junior year of highschool, I decided to stop shaving for about 3 months or so and got a beard that was almost as long as yours you have in this video. It was nice. I have shaved it multiple times since, and grown it out over and over again having fun with different beard designs. During my Senior year, I mainly stuck to having some sort of a beard, even if it was on a low guard setting to keep looking up kept and not wild. I recently graduated from highschool, and plan on growing my beard from scratch when I start college. I'm aiming for at least 12 -24 inches after two years. I'm just wondering if I'll be too attached to my beard after those two years to shave it off for my last couple years of college. I look forward to start growing the lumberjack look as soon as possible. I even have the long hair with buzzed undercut for a haircut, which I plan on either slicking back or putting into a man bun when the beard arrives. Your Beardbrand videos have educated me so much about beards and how to take care of them and style/grow them. Thank you. Great video story by the way.

Loving the videos Eric, keep them up :) so far I'm about a month and a half in to growing and have no intention on quitting. Being from the UK it's nearly impossible to get hold of beardbrand products, it costs £55 ($77) for a 1oz bottle of oil which is a shame, heard great things about them. Keep up the good work mate!

Since I was 18 I've predominantly had a goatee and mustache. I've started seriously growing a full beard 10 months ago. With the exception of a couple of jobs, I've never really cared what the majority thinks of me. I grow my hair and beard the way I want. I wear the clothes that I'm happy with. There's a few life lessons to be learned from growing a beard. Patience and commitment are ones that come to mind. I almost at the yeard mark and I am excited for the next step of my beard journey.

I love the fact that nowadays There is so much less preconception on tattoos and beards in the corporate world. I just got promoted from the factory to a desk job and no one ever questioned me about my beard nor my sleeve tats, as long you do your job and mind your own shit you can rock whatever you feel confortable

I've been a firefighter for 15 years never could have a beard. I would grow a mustache here and there and a quick scruff beard on Kelly days. I got injured in the line of duty and went out on disability so that allowed me to grow a goatee a mighty long one, but I just shaved it after 3 years. I'm 2 weeks into growing a full beard but I want too do it right, I want to have the right buzzer, oil,wax ECT and I'm bald so having the right shape will be important also. Thanks for the video looking forward to my own journey.

Great video man thanks for sharing I can relate to alot of things you said. Cheers man

Also in the mid 30's and have always had some degree of facial hair since I could grow it. Mostly stubble as a result of hating a close shave but needing to keep things "corporate" for my field of work. This year in April, starting a new position at the same company, I felt I needed to project a stronger image and decided to give a full beard a go. After a 2 attempts of 2 months each (before screwing the beard up trimming it and resorting to a clean shave) I'm now 3 months in and vary between loving the look and wondering if I'm maintaining it correctly during the growth process. My RU-vid recommendations are almost exclusively beard related now as I try watch as much as I can to ensure I'm going about things the right way. Caring for the beard has translated to caring for my head hair, skin and diet where I would usually not worry too much about them in the past. Not sure what the perception is at work for my new look but at the moment I really don't care and carry on performing as well as I ever have.

First of all thank you for these kind of videos that give me confidence in growing my beard. Im a young guy (only 18) but had smaller beards since I was 15. Now for the first time im trying to get a longer beard and so i´ve been growing it out since 3 months. I think because of my age I´m not growing the fastest or thickest beard but hopefully I´ll get there!

hey man,iv been growing my beard now for about 4 months and man sometimes its really hard not to trim it but the compliments I get on it keep me going and I'm interested to see what itll become at 6 months to a year.there are definitely good days and bad days but those good days are so worth it.thanks for your videos and beard on.

I'm 26 I started growing at 18 a senior in high school I had a mustache and nothing else a few years later and people commenting I looked like a chimo I grew into a chin length goatee. I was working for a pizza place so they didn't like the middle area of growing a facial hair, but when I stepped back to another job and kept the pizza place as play money (loading boxes for FedEx) they are less strict on facial hair so I have started growing out my beard, and I enjoy your videos to get helpful hints for the growing process.

I started growing facial hair at 13, and now at 17, I have a good beard been growing it since May and its at a good 3-4 inches.

About 5 years ago I grew my beard out for the first time. I like that it gives me the ability to change my look. Since then I’ve gone from clean shaven to thick beard to stubble and back several times. It’s just fun to experiment. It’s almost like a hobby.

Great Video, I am two months in and love it. Thanks for the vids. Keep on growing!!!

This is a very interesting story. For the first time last December, I took the leap of faith and grew out my beard, 9 months later, one of the best and most expensive decisions I made lol beard products really rack up the cost

About five weeks in. I'm glad to hear your story. I too have spent most of my working career in jobs the believe in being clean shave only. Being able to express yourself openly lends itself to having more confidence for sure. When you said Charlotte I'm assuming it was NC? Pretty cool considering that's my hometown. Looking forward to trying some of the beardbrand products soon like the wash and softener.

I'm 18, It's November.. my journey just started haha! Great video man!

Good video man. I'm currently on two and a half months of growth. Gave my beard a little trim/tidy up last night (after watching Greg's/Jeff's/your how-to videos). Know what you mean about being afraid to cut it, I felt like I was going to screw it up but it looks a lot better now. I use a boar bristle brush and beard oil daily, and it's been much better since.