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Michael K. Brooks

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Beard Style Contributor

Michael K. Brooks is an accredited master barber with 15 years of hands-on experience in beard styling, and a contributor and reviewer at Beard Style. A graduate of Boise Barber College and the d.MARTiN Academy, he has worked at the well-regarded Belmont Barbershop. He brings a working barber's eye to our styling and technique coverage — from short-beard shaping to long-beard maintenance — so the advice holds up in the chair, not just on paper.

10 articlesSince 2015

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