SUMMER BEARD SURVIVAL GUIDE
Somewhere, some time ago, men decided that beards were seasonal: grown in the first air of autumn, matured through the long cold winter, and shorn like sheep at the first signs of summer.
And look, we get it: summertime is a hot, sticky mess. And we won’t sit here and tell you that your beard is like built-in insulation that keeps you cool. It’s not. Sure, maybe you’ve read that having a beard keeps you cooler by trapping sweat, allowing the breeze to act like your own personal air conditioning unit. But come on, you know that breeze isn’t really cooling you down all that much (if there even is a breeze).
And aside from it being just plain hot, there is a whole slew of other summertime beard hazards, from chlorine to ticks, to be mindful of.
It's a lot to deal with, and we certainly understand why you might be tempted to break out the clippers and shear your beard in the next few weeks.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. You can rock a beard through the hottest months of the year without going crazy. Consider this your survival guide.
The following 8 tips will help you rock your summer beard gracefully.