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Wash your face daily. Use an appropriate cleanser for your skin type to give your skin, mustache and beard a deep clean. Rinse out with warm water really well, and dry with a clean towel patting gently. Washing is intended to removed all the grease and dirt from the surface of your skin and within your pores. An exfoliator may be used occasionally to give a deeper cleanse and remove dead skin cells.
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Deep moisturize. As a next step, moisturize. This should be done while there’s still a bit of moisture on your face from the cleanse. My preference is to use a moisturizer that isn’t greasy but that is capable of locking in sufficiently a fair amount of moisture through out the day. For mustache and beards, use a beard oil (again, not too greasy) to moisturize deeply through your facial hair to the roots and the skin beneath. For those with shorter beards or stubble, beard oils are excellent to reduce itching from growing hair.
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Comb and or brush it out. Comb out your mustache and beard to detangle and straighten them out and evenly distribute the beard oils throughout your mustache and beard. Beard combs made of natural materials like oxhorn are perfect to distribute beard oils evenly because of their natural grain and ability to hold in moisture and the oils while you comb out your facial hair. Alternatively, a beard brush can be used, and depending on your hair type (thin, thick, curly), a medium to firm boar bristle brush should suffice. Similar to beard combs made of oxhorn, boar bristles have similar characteristics that allow moisture and the beard oils to be distributed evenly through your hair.
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Take care of your combs and brushes. Over time, combs and brush bristles build up hair and sebum (particularly for brushes). If not cleaned regularly, could lead to build up of dirt which ultimately transfers back to your hair and skin potentially leading to skin problems. Personally, I clean my oxhorn combs and brushes after each use, removing any broken hair stands caught in the teeth and bristles.
Check out the hair and brush care blog for more information on how to care for your combs and brushes.