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How To Grow And Choose Horseshoe Mustache To Channel Your Inner Hulk

A horseshoe mustache is associated with tough, virile men, which comes as no surprise. It is a facial hairstyle of choice for wrestlers, bikers, cowboys, to name a few. If you are also a burly man and want to show it off, then we have plenty of ideas for you. In the following guide, we have broken down all you need to know about a horse shoe mustache and backed it up with the most hunksome styles you will want to try.

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What Is A Horseshoe Mustache?

The horseshoe mustache is a facial hair style that features hair above the upper lip and around the mouth and looks like a horseshoe. The rest of the face remains clean shaven. Being one of the most popular biker mustache styles, it is masculine and rugged. Despite its striking popularity, the style is not that old. Even though it had been sported in the Wild West long ago, it started to become popular when Frank Zappa incorporated the Soul Patch into his look. Hulk Hogan picked up the trend and followed up with his signature horseshoe mustache, which was around the 80s. Since then, the look has become iconic.

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How To Grow Horseshoe Mustache

To grow horseshoe facial hair should be ideally left intact for good several weeks. Then, when you have evenly growing hair around your mouth, you can start shaping the horseshoe mustache. Here is one of the easiest ways to do it:

  1. Trim the hair on your face using a beard trimmer with guard #1 or #2. For the mustache though, switch up to guard several sizes bigger.
  2. Take a precision trimmer and while indenting 1/5 in. from the side of the mouth, define the outline of the mustache. Stop once you reach the chin.
  3. Outline the top of the whiskers with the same precision trimmer.
  4. With the help of a foil shaver, clean the area on the chin.
  5. Grab a rotary shaver and shave off the hair on the cheeks, chin and neck.

The Horseshoe Mustache: How To Trim

Every tough guy has his own approach to trimming his horseshoe staches. However, there is still the most common way to get the look and we are happy to share it with you. So, here is how to shave a horseshoe mustache:

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