Wet or Dry - When is it BEST to Comb your Beard!?
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2024
- I explain why you should only be combing your beard while it is wet or damp.
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Sunday morning routine is coffee and DanC video!👊
Always a good way to start the day. 🤘🏼
Same. Look forward to my sunday mornings!
I’m here doing the same. ☕️
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My favorite comment of the day, thank you Joey and friends!
Absolutely agree. I've noticed the combing experience is 1000% better with a damp or wet beard. I've stopped combing dry and will only hand adjust to style when needed. once it's dry.
Awesome Nick!
I tried to brush dry with diferents types of brush but i prefer to untangle and get better shape on my bears on the shower with wet beard.
Then dry and give the final shape.
I agree. I think that short beards may be ok but once a few inches are obtained, damp or wet is the way to go.
Agreed fully!
I have actually never tried combing while wet nor in the shower. I will definitely try this! Thank you!
Keep me posted Adam!
I recommend a Chicago comb in the shower
Thank you. Since I saw this video I ordered the comb and I've been doing Is coming my beard in the shower and it's been wonderful..
Oh awesome!
I love combing in the shower with conditioner in. I can really dig the Chicago comb into my cheeks and jawline, helping to exfoliate a bit. I feel like a grizzly bear 🤣
Haha the best feeling!
I love combing my beard as a part of my night time routine using 100% natural shea butter, with a moist beard I'll add butter then comb and rub, its sooo
relaxing
Heck yeah!
This x100. When I asked you about combing during the day and you talked about how it was bad to do all of the time, I realized how much shedding I was doing, whenever I was combing without water. I don't know how accurate or correct this is either, but running a number 7 or number 8 through my daughters hair after her shower, makes her hair so much better later when she brushes it in the morning. I assumed combing or brushing wet head hair, vs beard hair, had similar characteristics.
Yesss, there it is!
@@DanCBearded Such a simple thing too!
Wet is game changing. I love the Chicago comb #8 for the shower. 🌹
If I forget it now (on a trip or something) I think to myself... how the heck did I do it before this!?
I think the dry beard comb comes a lot with newer beardsmen. I know I was super concerned with carrying a comb all the time in the beginning. Now with a med/long beard I just use my hands or occasionally use my “work comb”. Great video Dan.
Great perspective! Truth
Thank you kindly for this information- I used my ‘Pet Comb’ in the shower, and what a huge difference combing the conditioner makes!
Awesome Norman!
I used to brush my beard during the day when dry. I have stopped. I occasionally brush my mustache for styling but I have learned when I go to wash my hands after using the bathroom (You drink a lot of water you need to go) and while my hands are still damp I run my hands through my beard to style and I feel it brings the scents out again. I have the Chicago pet comb in my shower to use during wash/conditioning. Great video
On occasion I do as well, just have to be slow and careful!
I always brush my beard out right after a shower while it's wet and fully hydrated. To me oil and water doesn't mix. Then I use a hairdryer on medium heat to dry a little bit and set the hairs for styling. Then I put my oil or butter in and then ease through it with my de tangler brush. Then use my boar bristle brush with the hairdryer to brush and pull the hairs back into place after running my oily fingers through and the heat seems to help the oil to move throughout my beard. Sounds like a long process but it takes me less than 5 minutes.
Whatever works for you! I would highly recommend applying the oil to a damp beard. This video explains: ua-cam.com/video/q7RZMPsefq8/v-deo.html
+1 on applying oil when your beard is very damp. It makes a huge difference in how long my beard stays relaxed an malleable, instead of immediately getting stiff after applying oil dry. I would also throw in a recommendation to only use heat when there is oil in your beard, to protect it. It prevents heat damage completely, if done right.
Yep, I only deep comb my beard when it is wet or very damp. During the course of the day, I only surface comb for presentation purposes (usually with a round de-tangler brush).
Good call, there is certainly a difference there!
I happen to buy that same Chicago comb specifically to keep in the shower. Man what a game changer! Washing and rinsing with it in the shower is a breeze. I have to remember to let the tool do the work. I tend to man handle it a bit.
Such a good tool!
Oh snap.. Ive just spent an hour trying to comb out that stubborn invisible knot that kreps TRYING to catch my comb😅
Sneaky little guy!
First off 💯 no combing after my beard has had time to fully dry, but that being said after my routine of oil, blow-dry and combing I wait about 30 minutes for my beard to settle then I go over it with a beard brush not a comb but a brush to get the style dialed in and address any strays. Great video with excellent information, I cringe when I see guys combing a dry beard hopefully this spreads the word on damp/wet combing!
Thank you Michael!
Thanks Dan, I have tried both and a damp beard is best way to go👍
Thanks Ben!
I've commented about this once before, and you rebutted saying hair breaking easier when wet was a myth, but you wouldn't elaborate further when I asked, so I figured a video was coming out. Really glad it came out soon, because the silence made me dig into the research further. The suspense was killing me. Lol. It really got me thinking about things. First off, I do comb or brush my beard almost exclusively when it's damp, right after applying oil, then again when I put butter in it. I have an extremely dry and curly red beard, so combing dry is almost impossible. However, if I straighten it, I apply beard balm. I use honest amish's balm almost exclusively, but I will use a butter with wax in it occasionally, like bahawat or Detroit grooming. If my beard has balm in it and it's straight, I don't have a hard time restyling with a comb for four or five hours after I've straightened then applied balm/butter. I only ever comb it with balm in it with the Chicago combs #8, because it doesn't cause my curly beard to bunch up at the end, and pull hairs. I don't tend to have a problem with tangles so much as the ends of my hairs getting bunched together at the end of the comb, due to the sheer volume I'm trying to move through the comb, so the #6 I style it with is out of the question. Since I started doing things this way six months ago, I haven't had but five or six split ends, and half of those were holdovers from when I combed more aggressively. I check a couple times a week for a half hour or so, and haven't found one in a few months. Now, the research I've read, and I've read a fair amount, although it's extremely hard to find, has all said that hair breaks easier when it's soaked. Not necessarily damp, but soaked and waterlogged. Hair absorbs 30% of it's weight in water when it's submerged, and that causes molecules to spread further apart, weakening the bonds in your hair. While beard hair is thicker, it still has the same chemical and physical properties as head hair, so it's still going to break easier, so I don't comb with conditioner in, just in case I do ever have a snag. With hair being so much more elastic when it's wet, the likelihood of it stretching beyond it's ability to self repair is far greater. That's what the science says. The amount of force it takes to damage wet hair is far less than the amount of force it takes to damage dry hair, because of that extra elasticity. I understand why people do it, because it does glide through the hair easier. I just don't, because I don't want to accidentally hit a tangle I don't know about, damaging a few hairs. Also, I'm a little concerned that combing with conditioner in will cause more of it to contact my skin, and that's not good for your skin. It tends to trap dirt and salts in once it's been allowed to coat your skin. I think you've done a video about it at some point. I don't believe combing dry is the answer, and I believe combing when it's saturated can be just as bad. So, I work it right in the middle, after oiling, because I always oil when my beard is really damp, almost still dripping, but not quite, so the hair is still a little more elastic and relaxed. You've probably already read it, but check out the "chemical and physical properties of hair" and the research it links, if you haven't. There is a ridiculous amount of information in it. It's all head hair stuff, but the chemical properties should be the same. I really appreciate everything you do, as always, man. You've changed my beard game and life completely. Keep up the great work, brother. God bless you and your family. 🤘🏻
Thank you for the comment and great personal feedback!
@@DanCBearded you're welcome, man. I really hate to hear about whiskey and hardtack. I use their wash bar and conditioner aost exclusively. Any suggestions for either of those once they're gone? I just ordered beard octanes lcw to try, while their sale is going on, but I'll need a really gentle, every day kind of wash and a good conditioner once what I got from whiskey and hardtack are gone.
Yep, when the mane's dry the hands feel the best . Combing and brushing a dry beard just feels unpleasant and the tangles end up pulling or ripping. If I'm going to be away from home all day I like to take a little sample bottle of oil just in case I need a quick brush and style.
Spot on!
Great Information Dan I always try to only comb after oil or butter. And always use a comb in the shower.👍👍👍
Awesome Gabe!
I comb my beard throughout the day... not because it needs it, but as a nervous tick. May not be the best for the beard, but beats the alternative of pulling on the beard like I used to do. Got so bad I had bald spots on my chin from literally pulling my beard hair out from stress.
Sounds like you are making it work!
@@DanCBearded yeah, it keeps me distracted. I agree though with your assessment. Definitely feel that it's better for the beard when wet or at least lubricated... I just can't help myself.
Thank you Very muth for that knowledge DAN C 👍😎👊
You are welcome!
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My man!
Fantastic video
Thanks!
I love the feeling of combing my beard with conditioner in my beard, and I find I get best results if I comb before shampooing. I’ll usually run a comb dry towards the end of my shift at work, but I get some extra shedding at times.
Heck yeah!
Being outside at markets all day, my beard gets exposed to wind and sun. I'll look crazy without combing, not the image I want. I find it useful to add some oil before combing.
Makes total sense!
I only comb wet or damp, throughout the day I only use my hands for styling
Boom, there it is!
Spot on as always!
Thanks Chris!
Might get the number 8 comb into my arsenal..I take warm/hot showers and stopped wetting my beard in the shower tho I only wet my beard twice a week 1st time I do a deep wash using pinetar all natural bar soap by dr squash with luke warm water to deep clean and remove any product build up out of my beard then right after that with cold water I do a moisturizing wash using cool fresh aloe bar soap by dr squash and I let it air dry but before it gets completely dry while it’s hydrated but not wet I condition and massauge 100% grade A Shea butter into my beard making my beard soft and conditioned for weeks (I never have to put more product into my beard using only shea butter because my beard never dries using shea butter this allows me to comb my beard when ever without causing any breakage or having to reapply product untill my next wash), because I noticed that when i combed my hair with just water like I once did it did not stimulate blood flow to improve hair growth as much as a not dry beard but moisturized & conditioned beard did)… after I apply Shea butter I let the product sit for a minimum of 30 min before I brush with intelliflex* nylon brush by wet brush and for the 2nd wash through out the week about 3days after, I only do another moisturizing wash with cold water again. Also I don’t use any beard oils only Shea butter and this routine has given me outstanding and very fast results. I use to have a stressful patchy beard and now I have a full grown thick beard 💪🏼 also I clean my brush/comb with air-pressure/compressor gun atleast once a month to remove dabris or any build up of product that I might be putting back into my beard I found that wetting my brush just made the product build up even worse on the bottom of my brush but at the time warm water was my only option to clean it don’t get me wrong it worked to an extent but had better result also found myself having to replace my brush atleast once or twice a year or so
Thank you for sharing!!
I'm a girl and i don't know why I'm seeing this but I got more questions than answers 😲
Hit me with them!
I literally can't comb dry or I'd pull half my beard out. Even in the shower its no good, until its mostly 90% dry and oiled or buttered.
Another great video Dan!
Thank you!
This has nothing to do with combing your beard but I wanted to mention while it's on my mind. Dan will you do a video on chasing symmetry will block or keep you from having your best beard. I'm literally in the middle of a beard trim and I have this thought and I just wanted to share the concept. What works on the left side or your beard might not work on the right side and if you chase this uniform kinda symmetrical form of your beard you might mess up the glory of the mane ya know what I'm saying!! Anyhoo I'm going back to my beard trim now. Thanks and God bless!!
I feel that. Going thru the same thing, trying 2 figure out do I keep trimming or let it go
I have covered it in a few videos, but I think it could be worth a dedicated video. Thanks for the idea!
@@DanCBearded I thought about that too. Yes you've touched on it quite a few times. I think about that new beardsmen that is going from the real short easily manageable beard, you know you just trim it with whatever guard and you go about your business to now he wants some girth and some density yeah he needs to know the rules change when you're going for that bigger badder beard. Ya gotta let it get a little wild. With the the big and wild you gotta let it grow and let patience do it's thing. You can't take the mane too much if you want the mane at all. Anyway I'm rambling at this point!!!
From personal experience, I think there is somehow less than zero benefits of combing my beard dry. The second I feel my comb catch in my beard, I stop and put some water in my beard. Than I'll run my fingers through and try to gently get those tangles worked loose before combing again. And bam. Tangles come out no problem.
I agree with you!
I think I'd have a spray bottle and a comb at my office if I wasn't still working from home. I don't typically comb during the day, but do every now and then
Good call!
I agree with you Dan! 💯
Awesome to hear!
I have a small wooden beard comb. When I comb after towel drying my beard I probably get 8 hairs in the sink each day. When wet it's like 1.
Haven't got a shower comb yet though. May be the next thing I need to get!
Also, beard conditioner? I have beard shampoo (and only use it once a week or so) but not beard conditioner. Didn't know it was a thing.
Oh yeah, game changers!
Is almost fidgety for me, tend to comb all the time.
🗣IS LIKE A REWARD!😂
haha you earned it!
I have never combed my beard dry as I hated the static and I could tell it was not good for my beard.
Great add on! The static is terrible and comes with combing dry
Clearly you've never seen the the amount of space between my head hairs
😂😂
if brushing dry i always use my boars bristle brush, but if i want to use comb quickly it's oil than comb!
Awesome Joey!
This makes so much sense. I, too can literally “feel” the difference.
Truly!!
I agree. I comb my beard in the shower. It is a game changer. If I don’t comb in the shower I notice it. It’s vital to a great looking beard. Thank you Dan. I also know people that comb with a dry beard and their beards look wavy or out of place. They also comb regularly dry and a lot. Wetter is better for combing.
For sure!
I very seldom comb my beard when it's dry. Started coming the beard about a year ago while in the shower with my number 8, but then i got a Chicago pet comb, and that's what I use. About 4 years ago I bought a wooden foldable pocket comb thinking that this would be so cool to be able to pull out of my pocket and comb my beard. I probably wasted my money. I've used it only a handful of times. Combing a dry beard just isn't that fun.
I have one of those too haha!
@@DanCBearded they are cool looking combs, but.... not to practicle for me.
@@ryanwidicker1018 Exactly!
I’m a night truck driver and before my shift I always use my beard and beard jelly so it won’t dry up as fast. Now throughout my shift I don’t comb it I gently brush it using a Wooden Boar Hair Soft Bristle Brush. My beard is about 6 inches long from my jaw line the reason why I brush it is because on right side I have a few curls that I’ve been training not to curl. Slowly but surely it has been working. Do you think that my routine could damage my beard?
Nope, sounds fine to me
@@DanCBearded thank you…. I must say this channel has truly been heaven sent for me and my beard. The knowledge I’ve gained for it has changed my life in so many way. I was going through dark times at one point and thanks to your words and the positive energy you put out not only did you give me my confidence back but you gave me my life back. I’m forever grateful… thank you 🙏🏻
This is good info for me, I have a lot of breakage. I take vitamins, work out, collagen, eat healthy, lots of water, good routine etc... But still a LOT of breakage, so much so that I've been tempted to ask about it on beard advice live. But I comb throughout the day because I wear a beard net at work. Going to stop doing that. As far as in the shower, I shower at night so that's easy. But for my morning routine... Cold water rinse then comb then oil? Or should I comb after oil too?
Just a warm rinse in the am and then oil 🤝
@@DanCBearded ok cool. I've been doing cold rinse. I thought that I saw that was the thing to do in one of your routine videos, but I will switch to warm! Thanks Dan 🤜🤛
@@TabletopShane it is, but unfortunately only has the real impact from the shower
It was a really game changer for me when I started only combing after oil. I had a lot of breakage the first few months I grew my beard, but I rarely get it now that I've got my routine down. As far as cold showering goes, there is a really great video on the gravity transformation channel about it's affects, and he always breaks down his videos, especially the supplement and workout videos, with peer reviewed scientific research. Dude's awesome for fitness and health stuff
Personally I don't have any problems combing while dry. Maybe it's because I'm only at the 4 month mark. As long as it's oiled properly and I use butter every night before bed the comb goes through effortlessly when dry. I have very oily skin so that may be why, I don't know.
Length certainly does play a part, good call!
@@DanCBearded I stand corrected! After being out in the heat and humidity today my beard was crispy this evening so I didn’t put a comb through it till I put butter in it for the night. First time for everything I guess.
Hey Dan I recently bought some supplements from beard octane and badass beardcare, and I had a couple of questions. do you use any supplements? And would you consider doing a full in depth video on how supplements, lifestyle choices (working out, eating "right" sleep etc,) and topical solutions affect beards, maybe a list going from most important to least and hoe each category affects your beard health, also if all vitamins and supplements are created equal, do big name brand products produce the same effects and white label/no name products
He has a few videos about that, this is one of them: ua-cam.com/video/N6NjBCefiN0/v-deo.html
That video should help a lot!
Hey Dan, I’m a bit confused on how often I should be applying beard oil. I typically only shower in the evening/night and apply oil then butter afterwards. For the next morning, after a quick sink rinse should I be reapplying oil or just use Honest Amish balm only? My main concern is overdoing it on the oil, but I’ve seen where some say twice a day and others once. I overthink so any advice would be amazing, love your channel very informative!
In the morning I would rinse and apply oil as well
Oil and butter at night after ur shower and a quick beard rinse in the sink in morning and apply oil and style
I do it while is 90% wet with some oil since my beard hair is very curlly.
Awesome!
Awesome video Dan! 💯
Thanks!
I wet my beard ever 3 hours and comb all the time. I live in desert country to much dust.
Ohhh yikes! I couldn't do that climate
So this isn't an advantage, but I do Comb when damp and it glides through. I do notice my hairs tend to stick together more and if I comb once again when dry it makes it look fuller and fluffier. Maybe I should figure something else out!
Trial and error for sure
I do the same, sometimes. If I've put balm or waxed butter in my beard after straightening, or just to add a little moisturizing when it's feeling crummy, I can comb through it with a really wide tooth comb, like Chicago combs #8, or a pick, for the next few hours, and it does add a lot of volume, and I dig a lot of volume.
I agree, the comb moves much easier with very few snags when my beard is wet. Ok here's the but, I do comb when it's dry. My beard kinks up so I comb it out. Probably only twice a day, when dry, but it feels so much better to comb it out. I will comb like you said, if it snags I start again, I move slow or move at a different angle. I cannot disagree, wet preferred to dry. Thanks Dan, love ya brother.
For sure, if you are careful and slow, you will be fine!
Great video! Right on!
Thanks!
Excellent advice! Chicago Pet Comb in the shower is a 100% must have for me, whether it's a wash, rinse or stripping night. It just feels so nice! The only time I comb my beard "dry" is first thing in the morning when there's still some residual butter from my bedtime application. With a good quality butter in the night before, my #8 glides right through.
Awesome Damien!
Great videos, #8 in shower is a game changer, beard absolutely loves it. Once in a blue moon I'll run a comb thru it during the day. Having a healthy beard makes a big difference doing it safely. Typically use CLEAN hands if I need to adjust the style.
Very good and true points!
I want to know what is you opinion of using a detangler in the morning or any time during the day. I have a short beard at this time
As long as your beard is healthy and you are gentle with it, should be fine!
I always comb my beard wet night and day difference. Whenever I have someone say they can’t get a comb through their beard I always follow up with the question are you combing it when wet and the answer is always a resounding no.
Great point at the end, so true!
A agree with this completely and do almost exactly what you do! I do however carefully use a wide tooth Chicago comb #8 for style throughout the day. But I’m extremely careful and I don’t do it all the time 👊🤘
Agreed! careful and slow
I need to comb less a lot less have a great day Dan
This is just a good little reminder!
I comb like 15!times a day I need to cut back
Dan,
YES! Always comb my beard when it is wet. In the shower I usually comb while I’m rinsing the conditioner out of the beard. Don’t know if that makes a difference but it works for me. Also sometimes during the day for a moisture refresh I dampen my beard and apply fractionated coconut oil and comb through. Learned that one from Joe T . 👊🏼👍🏼
Awesome Peter!
100 % agree
Awesome to hear!
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Joeyyy!
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Sooo close! according to UA-cam, the SILVER!
@@DanCBearded Ahh man so close! Next time I’ll be quicker haha