1. Comb or brush: for setting hairs into place

2. High-grade clippers: for trimming

3. Scissors: for detailing

1. Comb it to the sides: Set the hairs in place, readying them for an even trim. 

2. Clip on desired setting: Trim all hairs to the same length. If you're doing this for the first time, start with a higher setting and work your way down.  

3. Comb hairs straight down: This prepares you to trim any hairs that will hang over the lip.

4. Clip hairs along lip: Remove the clipper guard and snip anything that covers the lip.

Optional tip, for longer mustaches: Comb hairs to both sides down the middle of the philtrum (which is just below the septum of the nose). Snip a small, upside-down 'V' into here (watch video for demo), thus giving your mustache more symmetry and direction.

Watch this video for more beard and mustache grooming tricks:

Not sure what kind of 'stache to grow? Consider one of these six different types of mustaches.

Subscribe to the Birchbox Man YouTube channel for more grooming tips and tricks.

Follow these steps to trim your mustache properly, whether you're keeping it short or sculpting it as it grows. 

Mustache maintenance may be simple, but simple doesn't always mean easy.. Follow these steps to trim your mustache properly, whether you're keeping it short or sculpting it as it grows. 

See 7 Guys Awkwardly Performing a Testicular Self-Exam for the First Time (SFW)

The Movember Foundation is the global charity raising funds and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer, poor mental health, and physical inactivity. Go to Movember.com to Grow, Give, or MOVE.

Growing a mustache this year? Pick up your Movember Survival Kit now, and join us as we raise funds. Birchbox Man will be donating $25,000 to support the cause.

When detected early, testicular cancer is much easier to treat. Here's how to do a testicular cancer self-exam at home, so you can routinely check for any signs.

Stay proactive! Learn how to perform a testicular cancer self-exam, and administer one at home each month. (We recommend doing it after a hot shower.)

Growing a mustache this year? Pick up your Movember Survival Kit now, and join us as we raise funds for the cause. Birchbox Man will be donating $25,000 to support men's wellness.

Stay proactive! Learn how to perform a testicular cancer self-exam.

As one of Movember official sponsors, we asked a few guys to take their health into their own hands....literally. 

As one of [Movember's](/movember) official partners, we wanted to go one step further than our typical mustached efforts. So, we asked seven young guys to take their health into their own hands....literally. Since testicular cancer is most common in men between 15-30 years, we wanted these men to understand the importance of performing routine self-exams at home: When detected early, testicular cancer is extremely curable. And, when administered on camera, self-exams are *extremely awkward*. See for yourself.

7 Guys Perform a Testicular Exam On Camera (For a Good Cause) (SFW)

The Movember Foundation is the global charity raising funds and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer, poor mental health, and physical inactivity. Go to Movember.com to "Grow, Give, or MOVE."

Visit our Movember hub to pick up your own Survival Kit and to join the Birchbox Man Movember Team. You'll help us raise funds and awareness for these men's health issues.

Movember's own JJ Owen introduces our latest featured box, packed with all-star shaving essentials to keep your face in perfect form.

This November, we're partnering with the Movember Foundation to bring you a very special featured box, packed with all-star essentials to help you shave, sculpt, and condition your way to whiskered perfection. Here, Movember's own JJ Owen runs through the products in the box, from a heritage Italian shave cream to a truly remarkable razor. Use them in good health. 

Birchbox Man Unboxing: The Movember Survival Kit with JJ Owen

Click here to customize your next months box: Reserve your sample choice, add Power Play items (deadline is October 14), and invite a friend to join. Invite your friend by October 12 and youll receive your Sample Choice email an entire day early.

You can also join the Birchbox Man Movember team to help us raise funds and awareness for programs that address prostate and testicular cancer, physical inactivity, and poor mental health.

Not a subscriber? You can join now to receive a November box.

Thomas introduces this months partner, as well as the various ways subscribers can customize their November boxes. 

This month, our theme is Stand for Something, and we are excited to partner with the [Movember Foundation](http://www.movember.com) to do our part for men's health. Birchbox Man is donating $25,000 to support Movembers numerous health initiatives, and yes, well be growing our annual mustaches for the cause as well. In this video, Thomas outlines a special Movember Survival Kit that subscribers can receive in place of their usual box, as well as other customization options for November. 

November 2015 Birchbox Man Sample Choice Reveal

How to Trim Your Mustache

How to Do a Testicular Cancer Self-Exam

7 Guys Perform a Testicular Exam On Camera (For a Good Cause) (SFW)

Birchbox Man Unboxing: The Movember Survival Kit with JJ Owen

November 2015 Birchbox Man Sample Choice Reveal