Andre Coleman
Andre Coleman is the styles & trends editor at Grooming Nova. He owns the look catalogue: beard styles, fade haircut types, mustache and goatee shapes, stubble and beard-length references, and the "which style suits my face shape / age / hair type" guides. Andre came to grooming from eight years in men's-style and lifestyle media, where he learned that a "style" page only earns trust when every look is shown on a real range of faces and hair types and is genuinely achievable with a home device. He shoots his own reference looks, maps each one to a clipper guard length and beard setting. He has a particular focus on styles for Black men and textured hair. He lives in the US Mid-Atlantic.
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Articles by Andre Coleman
Styles, Shapes & Length GuidesTaper your beard at home with the 4-guard step-down method - drop one guard at a time for a clean low, mid, or high gradient without bowl-beard lines.
Styles, Shapes & Length GuidesSet your stubble to one even length across three tiers (light, medium, heavy mm), fix the patchy jawline, and learn how often to re-cut for a clean 3-day look.
Styles, Shapes & Length GuidesKeep the sides short and the chin long — the opposite of a haircut — to slim a round face. A barber-reviewed shaping guide by face shape, with before/after.
Styles, Shapes & Length GuidesTrim lines and flyaways, not length, to stay sharp while growing your beard. A barber-reviewed 4-stage timeline to grow out without losing an inch.
Styles, Shapes & Length GuidesTrim your beard for a sharper jawline in 4 steps: clean the neckline, raise the cheek line, keep the chin longer than the sides, then foil-shave crisp edges.
Styles, Shapes & Length GuidesTrim a long beard like a barber: taper the sides a guard shorter than the chin, scissors-over-comb the bottom, and keep every inch of length you grew.
Styles, Shapes & Length GuidesTrim your beard with scissors the barber way: cut it dry, work scissor-over-comb in small sections, and get a natural finish with more control than a trimmer.
Styles, Shapes & Length GuidesMatch every beard guard number to its mm length and the look it gives, plus why coarse hair needs one size longer and when to drop the guard entirely.
Styles, Shapes & Length GuidesTested 9 beard trimmers on one beard over 8 weeks. See our top picks for every budget - best overall, budget, pro, kit, stubble, quiet, waterproof and travel.