Top 10 Reasons to Keep Your Beard in Summer

10. Benefits of a beard: Your beard doesn’t make you hot in summer, it makes you hot all year. There’s your summer mantra.

9. Keep a routine that works. If you like your beard, summer does not have to mean starting over with a razor.

8. Try a shorter trim. You can change your summer look without taking the whole beard off.

7. Skip the daily shave. That is one less job before heading out for the day.

6. If you’re one of those pasty dads, you’ll be easier to spot on the beach when your kids bury you up to your neck and go chasing the ice cream vendor with your wallet.

5. Ever get so hot you just don’t want to do anything? Just put down the razor — and relax.

4. Give your favorite beard style another season. A goatee, chops or full beard can work with your summer plans.

3. You know when you get so hot you just grab the hose or a glass of water and just soak your head? You know why that works? Evaporation, homes. Now think of how good it’ll feel to take a dip and walk around with the breeze blowing through your face fuzz.

2. Like the fable of the ant and the grasshopper, you want to stock up — on whiskers — so you have plenty to stay warm through the cold winter (and give someone else a reason to want to get closer).

1. Because you like it. That is reason enough.

Keep your beard clean and fresh with Beard Wash and Beard Conditioners.

A beard is not a reason to skip sun protection. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends shade, protective clothing and broad-spectrum, water-resistant SPF 30 or higher sunscreen for skin not covered by clothing.