To give you an idea how The Facial Handbook is truly the ultimate and definitive guide to growing and grooming your beard, mustache, goatee, or sideburns, here’s the table of contents. Make sure to subscribe to this site, as I’ll be putting lots of these sections up as excerpts!

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Who Should Read This Book
How to Read The Facial Hair Handbook
Disclaimer

Part I: Growing

Getting Ready
To Grow
Not To Grow
Why It Grows
Why It Doesn’t Grow
Key Points

Getting Started
Start with a Beard
Baby Beard
Hair is dead! Long Live the Face!
Fast Faced
Key Points

Getting Good
Diet: It Eats More Than Your Crumbs
Stress and RestExercise
Sex
Key Point

When Things Get Hairy
Itching
Patches
Grey Hair
Negative Commentary
Women
Bad Beard Days
Key Points

Part II: Grooming

Taste
Facial Hairstyles Overview
Location, Location, Location
Length vs. Girth
The Three S’s of Style
Key Points

Tools
Wash Cloth
Hand Towel
Facewash
Electric Shaver
Pre-Shave Oil
Shaving Creams and Gels
Shaving Brush
Ceramic Mug
Razor
Alum Block or Styptic Pen(cil)
Aftershave Products
Beard & Mustache Trimmer
Scissors
Shampoo vs. Soap
Conditioner
Treatments
Facial Moisturizer
Brushes
Combs
Styling Aids
Other
Key Points

Technique
Cleaning and Care
Shaving
Shaping
Trimming
Mustache Wax
Key Points

Timing
Shaving
Replace Razor Blades
Trimming
Washing
Conditioning
Treatment
Change it Up
Key Points

When Things Get Hairy
Ingrown Hairs
Acne
Beard Rash
Nicks
Dry Skin
Itching
Split Ends
You Cut Off Too Much
Boredom
Eating and Drinking
Elements
Chlorine
Dry Hair
It’s Too Hot Under All This Facial Hair
Beard Gets Caught in Something
Beard Catches On Fire
Lice, Ticks, and Fleas
Terminal Beard
Going Grey
Thinning
Harassment
Post Traumatic Shaving Disorder

Afterword

Appendix A: Passionʼs Beard.
Appendix B: Passionʼs Laws of Facial Hair
Also Available From Jack Passion
About the Author