Trimming Beards
■Before you begin, comb your hair in the direction that it grows so that the hairs are at their maximum height and facing in the same direction.
■Determine how much hair you want to cut and position the hair
length selector accordingly. Remember, until you are familiar with using the trimmer, it’s always better to select a longer hair setting initially in order not to trim too much hair.
■Turn the unit’s power switch to ON, and begin trimming.
■When finished trimming, turn the unit’s power switch to OFF.
To Trim the Beard’s Hair Length
■ Put trimmer guard attachment on.
■Turn the trimmer so the front of the cutting unit is facing away from you.
■Start trimming under your chin and, following
your jawbone line, work toward your ear and upper beard line using an upward motion. Allow the trim- mer guard attachment to follow the contours of your face. You may trim either against or with the direction of beard growth, whichever you prefer.
To Define the Beard Line
■ Remove trimmer guard attachment. ■ Hold trimmer vertically with trimmer cutting blades facing you.
■ Start with the edge of your beard line, and with the cutting blades resting lightly against your skin, use motions toward the edge of beard line to trim the beard line to desired location.
To Thin and Taper the Beard
■ Remove trimmer guard attachment.
■ Use the unit’s styling comb or another small comb to comb and hold the beard hairs in place while trimming.
■ Holding the trimmer horizontally with the cutting unit facing away from you, move the trimmer along the length of the comb.
Creating the “Stubble Look”
■ Trimmer guard attachment should be on and set to position 1 (1.5 mm) or 2 (2.5 mm).
■Hold trimmer horizontally with the cutting unit facing either up or down.
■Trim hairs using an upward or downward
motion, against or with the direction of hair growth, whichever you prefer.
■For an even closer “stubble look,” remove
the trimmer guard attachment and repeat
the previous two steps. Be careful not to remove too much hair, creating a “blotchy” look.
Detail Trimming
The small size of this trimmer makes edging and defining mustaches and cutting stray hairs quick and easy.
■Comb hairs outward so they are at their
maximum height.
■ Remove trimmer guard attachment.
■Depress swivel blade release button.
■Rotate swivel head 180o to select narrow width trimmer blade.
■Release swivel blade button to lock in place.
■Turn the unit’s power switch to ON, and begin trimming.
NOTE: Main cutter is still operating while narrow width trimmer is in use.
■Close trimmer by sliding trimmer switch down.
■Turn trimmer OFF.
To Trim Mustache
■ Place a finger on upper lip to extend hair away from skin.
■ Trim hairs using an upward motion.
■ After achieving desired length, use a downward motion to blend mustache hairs.
NOTE: Use slow and light pressure. Too much pressure may trim off more hair than desired.
■Turn trimmer OFF.
To Trim Sideburns
■Comb sideburns following the direction of your hair growth.
■Be certain trimmer guard attachment is on.
■Hold trimmer vertically with front of trimmer facing you.
■Trim sideburns using a downward motion.
■Turn trimmer OFF.
Trimming the Nape of Your Neck
■You will need a hand mirror for this operation if performing it alone. The mirror is not necessary if trimming is performed by a second person.
■Remove the trimmer guard attachment.
■ Use your fingers to lift the hair at the base of you head up off the neck. Your index finger should be cov- ering the roots of the hairs you are lifting to prevent accidental removal by trimmer.
■Using your other hand, hold the trimming edge horizontally against the base of your neck with the
cutting unit facing up, and move the trimmer along the length of the neck until the unit touches your finger covering the hair roots at the base of your head. Repeat this procedure for the entire area of the neck. Be sure to move the unit slowly when performing this operation and to keep the hair roots at the base of your head out of the way of the trimmer.
■Use the hand mirror to inspect the results of the operation and ensure all hairs along the nape of the neck have been trimmed.
