Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Grooming
  3. Best Ofs

The best beard brushes: Our top picks for achieving the perfect look

The 6 best beard brushes for taming your whiskers in 2023

beard brush
Image used with permission by copyright holder

The Manual may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site.

Beards are a great sense of personal style so long as you keep up with the regular maintenance of it. If you have had one for a while you’re probably well-acquainted with the tools of the trade, from nourishing beard conditioners to beard balms and beard oils. If you sport longer facial hair, or if your whiskers are growing longer than you anticipated, there’s another essential tool you need in your grooming arsenal: a high-quality beard brush.

The best beard brushes can help you in multiple ways from taming lengthy beards, reducing irritation and beard itch, and adding a bit more style and polish to unruly facial hair. While high-quality beard combs are helpful in their own right, longer beards require a brush. The ideal beard brush features a wooden base or handle with bristles crafted from the finest materials like boar hair, as you need dense bristle materials to work through disheveled facial hair, all the better to slowly but surely soften your beard as you brush.

Further, a beard brush is a critical tool in prepping your whiskers for shaving. And if you pick up a more specific shaving brush, you can use it to apply your shaving cream, as well as soften and tame your facial hair beforehand. Brands that produce many of the daily shaving essentials can deliver an affordable yet functional beard brush, as well. Thankfully, there are numerous options available and you may want to spend a bit more coin on the best of the best when it comes to your beard brush. Bookmark our list of the best beard brushes for year round and your beard will thank you later.

The Art Of Shaving Kent Beard Brush 
The Art Of Shaving Kent Beard Brush 
Jump to details
Bluebeards Original Beard Brush
Bluebeards Original Beard Brush
Jump to details
Mountaineer Brand Cactus Bristle Beard Brush
Mountaineer Brand Cactus Bristle Beard Brush
Jump to details
Fisticuffs Grave Before Shave Beard Brush
Fisticuffs Grave Before Shave Beard Brush
Jump to details
The Art Of Shaving Kent Beard Brush.
Image used with permission by copyright holder

The Art Of Shaving Kent Beard Brush 

Your beard really does deserve the best of the best, and if you want to go ultra-premium and refined with your beard brush, The Art Of Shaving knows exactly what you need: The Kent Beard Brush, of course, is made from pure boar bristle. 

The Art Of Shaving Kent Beard Brush 
The Art Of Shaving Kent Beard Brush 
GBS Beard Travel Brush .
Image used with permission by copyright holder

GBS Beard Travel Brush 

Take your beard care on the road with this travel-ready beard brush, made with an oval shape to make it easier to comb beard oil through your beard or exfoliate and shape it on its own. 

GBS Beard Travel Brush 
GBS Beard Travel Brush 
Bluebeards beard brush.
Image used with permission by copyright holder

Bluebeards Original Beard Brush

Bluebeards takes inspiration from old-school military-style brushes, exfoliating your skin and using its natural oils in the process to soften wiry beard hairs. 

Bluebeards Original Beard Brush
Bluebeards Original Beard Brush
Cremo Beard Brush .
Image used with permission by copyright holder

Cremo Beard Brush 

In addition to its stellar products for your beard, Cremo has designed this beard brush to shape, style, and groom your beard, and the long wooden handle helps you control as you comb.

Cremo Beard Brush 
Cremo Beard Brush 
Mountaineer Brand Cactus Bristle Beard Brush.
Image used with permission by copyright holder

Mountaineer Brand Cactus Bristle Beard Brush

Natural cactus bristles pair up with a beechwood handle for a sturdy and well-constructed beard brush, all the better to stimulate your beard oil and shape your beard

Mountaineer Brand Cactus Bristle Beard Brush
Mountaineer Brand Cactus Bristle Beard Brush
Fisticuffs Grave Before Shave Beard Brush
Image used with permission by copyright holder

Fisticuffs Grave Before Shave Beard Brush

Step up your dedication to your beard with this aptly named beard brush from a brand that also makes standout beard care products. A bamboo wood handle and wild boar bristles add a premium touch to your grooming regimen. 

Fisticuffs Grave Before Shave Beard Brush
Fisticuffs Grave Before Shave Beard Brush

No matter how unruly your beard attempts to become on you, arming yourself with one of these beard brushes will keep everything in check and you appearance on point.

Beau Hayhoe is a freelance men’s style writer, consultant and PR pro based in Brooklyn. Beau’s menswear and gear writing has appeared on a number of prominent men’s style and lifestyle sites, including GearMoose, Maxim, InsideHook and more. He also covers music for The Line of Best Fit. Outside of working hours, Beau enjoys all things craft beer and has a passion for live concerts. Find him on Instagram (@BeauHayhoe) and follow him on Twitter (@BoKnowsClothes). Send all editorial inquiries HERE. Read Full Bio
The Manual’s Grooming Awards Are Open for Submissions
Head, Person, Face

For eight years, The Manual’s Grooming Awards have done one thing: told readers which products actually work. Not which ones arrived in the nicest box, not which brand bought the most media. Which ones survived months of daily use on our own faces, in our own showers, and were still worth reaching for at the end.

This year, we’re opening the awards to submissions.

Read more
Who says wearing a hat worsens hair loss? GroWell disagrees
Driving, Person, Transportation

A couple of years ago, I took a flight to Istanbul on Turkish Airlines to meet with a hair transplant expert. It wasn’t for my scalp; it was for my beard. Stress-induced alopecia had ravaged one side of my face, and I was horribly self-conscious about it. Even images I took for my articles here on The Manual I would limit to the right side of my face. Ultimately, I got the transplant on the left side and went home happy. Now my right side is following suit, and I am considering the same thing again.

But what if I didn’t have to do all of that? What if there was a better way to treat hair loss? The secret is to get out in front of it early. Don’t wait. That doesn’t mean book a ticket on “Turkish Hairlines” and start going under the knife (dramatic, but you get the point). Instead, there is a better way to start early. Red light therapy. But, guys don’t always have the time. So the fix is in GroWell’s red light therapy hat. Who said wearing a hat causes you to go bald? That old wives’ tale is a thing of the past.

Read more
Why ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky Is Dead Wrong About Pedicures — and the Late Kobe Bryant Would Agree 
Accessories, Formal Wear, Tie

If the name Dan Orlovsky rings a bell, you probably know him for two things. He’s the quarterback who infamously ran out of the back of the end zone in 2008 as a member of the Detroit Lions. The move is considered such a bone-headed move that when Cody Kessler did the same thing in 2016, pundits wrote that Kessler pulled a Dan Orlovsky. The name also might ring a bell because of his takes as an NFL analyst on ESPN.

It turns out that there’s now a third reason why the name rings a bell. Earlier this week, Orlovsky said he’s completely against men getting pedicures. The subject came up after football fans learned that Florida Gators football coach John Sumrall, a no-nonsense tough guy, loves getting pedicures. Orlovsky appeared on Mike Greenberg’s Get Up show and made his feelings known.

Read more