How to Tame a Wild Beard (6 Step Tutorial) | GQ 

I sat up here and watched this entire video. I’m a woman. Never had a beard and don’t plan on having a beard. But this was informative.

Me with patchy beard watching with full concentration

20 years of growing my beard out and trying to shave it, messing it up, shave, start over. Trimmed my beard today after watching this video, perfection! THANK YOU BROTHER!

Didn’t have a father growing up, so thank you father

If I got stuck in a deserted island for 5 years, I still wouldn't have a beard like that.

The trick with pulling the cheeks to make the top line is gold. I have been struggling for years trying to make both sides symmetric. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this tutorial. My 23-year-old son has never trimmed his beard, and he doesn't have a male figure in his life to teach him how. But with this video I think he and I can handle it without having to go to a barber.

As a woman, I never knew there was so much to keeping a beard neat and stylish. My son and son-in-law both have beards, so I will send this video to them. Thanks!

I'll be honest, I grew up without a dad to teach me how to shape my beard. This has been incredibly insightful. Thank you.

Once again I’m not sure how I’ve ended up here, considering I don’t even have a beard 😂

I have been growing my first beard ever since January of this year and it was starting to look just like this. I have a very corse beard. I didn't know how to style it and didn't want to go to a barber. I followed this video step by step and I couldn't have done it without you! Just wanted to say thank you.

Thank you I did exactly as you said and it looks amazing it's made such a difference everybody has been complimenting me

I'm a woman without beard and I love watching these videos.

I’ve been shaving my beard for 10 years now and I think all 6 steps showed me something I’ve been doing wrong. You are an absolute legend for sharing these tricks.

Thanks for the info. I have had a beard for 25 years but I always kept it trimmed short because I never knew how to trim the sides and get rid of the pear shape. I grew it long and used your technique, left the length and saw the instant slimming of my face.

Best trim I've ever given myself. Very simple but effective tips!

Started watching this as a joke but now you got me sitting here taking notes 😂😂

This has got to be the best beard trim tutorial I've seen. Thanks for being so clear about all the steps you take! I've got about as much length as you rn after trimming down so I'm looking forward to your long beard trim next.

Shoutout to all the men without fathers! 😅

This is the best video tutorial I have ever seen for trimming, growing and maintaining beard. Thank you very much Matty!

10 weeks?!?!?!? Honest to God, it would take me not less than 8-10 months to grow something like that

Great advice and incredibly easy to follow/understand walk through. I’m at where you started with this video and going to give these exact steps a try!!

Hands down best beard shaping video. Easy to watch and strait to point.

I had no idea how to help my husband with tidying his (new as of a few months ago) beard. This was fantastic! Thanks so very much for posting this.

Been following these beard videos for a few months now as it's my first time letting my beard grow. Has been very useful, thank you.

me and my 3 week cactus stubble being like: "mmm yes interesting i should write this down"

thanks for the tips, trimmed my moustache for the first time ever tonight and it feels super clean. had no idea what i was doing so actually seeing someone do it and not just tell you what to was really helpful.

This is hands down the best beard trimming/ maintenance educational video to date!

BEST beard tutorial I've seen. Very well done, very articulated, thank you!

10 weeks to make tutorial and help people out, you sir is a legend.

Much love for no filters over what naturally happens to skin when you shave

Simple, straight forward directions. Perfect.

Yesss the beard master is back!!! 🎉

Very informative. Thank you. I've been growing my beard for about 14 or so months. Haven't touched it up once except my mustache and I've seriously been neglecting it. Thanks for the eye opener!

Thank you for this! I've been cutting my husband's hair for years, and now he's growing in a thicker beard for the first time. These videos are very helpful so that I can help him clean it up, although he does most of the edging himself. I like being his barber!

Just wow! Exceptionally good information here. No one else goes step-by-step like you just did. Thank you sir.

Amazing content. Those are the things that I have been doing for years... my beard is two/three weeks behind, but I’ll keep growing just like you.

Dude thissss, this is the video I've been waiting for. Thank you 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Thank you very much kind sir. I have had a beard for about two years. I followed along and my beard looks sooooo good. Really appreciate you!

Thank you for teaching me everything about a beard trim that no other man ever did. I've been hesitant to grow any length because I had no idea how to not look like a crazy, 19th-century, backwoods hermit.

Great series. Actually helpful guides and inspiring me to grow mine out.

Thank you for creating this video. I’ve literally been growing my beard out since the start of 2021, and I am always nervous because no barber ever told me to maintain one, and my father couldn’t grow one. This is a very helpful video that will literally save me thousands of dollars a year. Thank you GQ and BeardHero

Also, These videos are excellent. I’ve never even tried to shape this thing up so it was a shift. You’ve laid it out nicely here. I thank you, my son thanks you, and my wife thanks you.🙏🏾

I thought a 18 minute video was going to be to long but the info was very informative and helpful. Going to go trim up right now.

That's a great one! Although I haven't grown such a fuller and thicker beard yet (I'm on 9th week of my beard growth), I find a lot of my questions answered. Thank you so much! You're doing a great job, Matty! Sending you loads of love and respect. ❤️🙏

Just knowing how to trim and fade the sides is such a huge difference in how my beard looks, thank you!

Best beard video I’ve ever seen. Thank you! Didn’t realize how much geometry was involved.

My beard is nowhere near as full at this, but after I did all of these this is literally the best my beard had looked ever I think. Literally a professional.

Thank you so much for this video. I followed your instructions to the letter, and it worked so well, far beyond my expectations. I look like I just dropped $30.00 for a beard trim at my barber’s.

Man, I'm a barber and you teached me lots of important things here that I'll start applying since my next haircut. THANKS!

great tips i did exactly what u said and my beard even tho not as full looks way more presentable! thx !!

*Matty "The Beard Guru" Conrad!!* this dude has been an awesome beard inspiration and coach

You should do a video addressing how to shape and manage various beards that aren't as full in various places

Fantastic video. Much more in depth than most of the others I've seen and great for someone new to growing out their beard!!

Im lucky to have my father help me with everything i need to know, but he isnt able to grow a long beard. A year or two ago i watched your trim video for what little hairs i had, now i have a larger beard i thank you so much this helped me fix the frizz i get every week and the roundness of my face. A real lifesaver

Autumn 2021. I’m growing the epic beard with Matty. Without question, the best beard grooming tutorial I have seen. Next steps: more tattoos, flannel shirts, chopping and processing wood 🪵. Life is good. Thanks, dude!

Thank you for all these helpful tips. I am 74 and have had a full beard since my Navy days in VietNam leaving in 1971. I’ve struggled to find a practical method for trimming that leaves it looking good. Thanks again.

Thank you for the information! Most my family don't grow beards so this kind of instruction is incredibly valuable to me. I'm going to go trim up my bushy beard now!

Wanted to say thanks! My beard has always been difficult to tame and keep it looking clean. I literally had your video on my countertop while I trimmed it. Looks the best its ever looked!

Thank you, growing my beard for the first time, I needed ALL of this information!

I definitely like this tutorial! I keep a few different beard balms for different types of weather really, the lighter fluffier better in the heat and the waxier variations are better for the winter at least in my beard

This is by far the best step by step video I've found! Thank you!

I love how once he towels the beard and combs it a bit, it basically just looks amazing already.

Thank you! I’m starting to look like the before and needed help for the sides. This makes it less intimidating.

As someone that wants to try working with a beard and shorter haircut, this was VERY helpful!! I had to shave it all off because of some recent problems, but at least thanks to this I’ll know what to do when it grows back! Thank you!!

This is what I've been looking for! Thanks.... I've had a beard for a couple decades... but you are giving me the finer art.

I just started growing out my beard about a month ago... This helps SOOOO much.. I wasn't sure about the shaping and the balms, oils and such... Thank you for this info!

I love it when GQ always reuploads their videos lol

The video I needed. Been growing a beard for 3 years and it gets scruffy and I shave most of it off. Going to try this!

Thank you. I'd been doing the sides with scissors and never felt like they were adequately straightened. Clippers with guides are a much easier approach, and I felt like it sped up the process dramatically.

I've been waiting for a tutorial on beard trimming. Thank you! 😊

You are a beard genius! I can't believe I just stumble on your videos. I'm always scared to touch my beard because my wife always threatening me to leave me if I mess it up and end up shaving everything 😅 thank you for your very well explained video ❤️

I wanted to thank you. So very much. I know you probably won't see this. I grew up without a dad to show my how to tame this wild beast. I assumed I didn't have a beard I could style. I've had a beard since I was 12. I just let it grow. My beard hair grows in 4 different directions depending on where it is at on my face. I've always just took clippers and edged it up. I've worked in construction for most of my life so I didn't really care. When it got long it got cut it. Because it just looked bad. For the first time in my life it looks good long. All I had to use was a razor and some clippers. I gotta use Harry's razors because cheap ones, trimmers, and electric razors just grab and don't cut my coarse hair. I had a flat brush and a comb. (I have been trying to comb and brush my hair into submission for about two years, too embarrassed too actually look up a beard tutorial). I'm so glad I finally did. You really don't know how much I appreciate this. Bless you man. This has been driving me insane. (The story on why I use Harry's is because when I was in school still I went to shave my face and the blades on the razor broke out of the razor and cut my face open.) It really is that thick and coarse. I feel stupid with this comment, so please understand that I appreciate this so much.

Thank you for this video! I learned a lot. Didn’t know but I was using the guards wrong. I followed these steps and I am so pleased.

This video really makes the whole process much less dauting that what it is. Usually I go out get my beard trimmed and hair etc. Now I feel more confident to tackle shaping and grooming the bread as I'm trying to obtain the sacred Gandalf beard we all know and want ( secretly want ). Thanks again for the video Richie

WGat a well crafted, entertaining, and instructive video. A model for how to produce an educational program.

The most important part: I don't take my hat off while grooming my beard.

I normally do not watch this channel but I did find and follow Mr Conrad's channel, you make it simple and easy to watch.

I wish I'd seen this 5 years ago. This is by far the best I've seen on the topic. I had my beard looking the best I'd been able to get it 2 months ago and my barber was out of town so I hit that Sports Bar themed salon and my beard got butchered. Now back in that frustrating phase and tempted to chop it down until I cam across this. Thanks!

At the last 4 week update, I was like “dope that looks close to me” 10 weeks for this, naaaaah bro

Props to this guy for driving himself insane with having to live with this crazy massive beard just to give us good, helpful content😂

Thank you. Great job demystifying the issues of beard care!

i've discovered this video series a year late, i've decided to grow my beard and am about 3-4 weeks in. it seems to be growing very slowly, but I'm committed. this video dropped 3 days before my birthday last year and if my beard looks this good by the same time this year, i'll be happy.

10 weeks... My beard looks in 1 yeahr like yours.. Nice Video mister

I just used these tips and my beard hasn’t looked or felt this good EVER!!! Thank you so much!!!

I've been watching this video for years, best tutorial out there

Thank you for this video. I had a wild beard like yours and the beginning of the video hit pretty hard but committed to it and am very happy

I'm 37yo, growing out my first long serious beard, and this video is my current Bible. Thank you for the upload.

13:00 He looked like Captain Price before he tamed his beard.

My dad can’t grow a beard so I’ve never really had anyone who could show me how to trim it. 😂 this was insanely helpful, thank you!!

Finally a tutorial that actually makes sense!!!! Thank you.

“I’m afraid that what heard me say was, ‘give me a few napkins.’ What I actually said was, ‘Give me all the napkins you have.’"

Today I started with a trimmer to carve out the shape out of my 10 weeks old beard..ended up shaving it all😭

Thanks for this guide, it really helped me get my beard under control!

You are a men amongst men with the beard and your knowledge. Thank you for sharing that knowledge. I was struggling and making a lot of common mistakes you talked about. Thank you Soo much.

Bro that beard is so thick and beautiful.

Who doesn’t have a beard but is still watching 😂😂🙋‍♂️

I really like your videos I had a berad for the last 12 years and never trimmed it properly… I just did and wow! So much better, your video is simple and easy to follow. Thank you!

This is the perfect video. Everything covered, right to the point.

Exactly the video I needed to groom my honey properly 🥰 Thank you!