Hi MontanaBearding!

If you are indeed going for a long beard, I am sure your beard will start playing nicely with gravity somewhere between 7-9 months in. I don't have cowlicks in my beard so I am not sure about training those with a longer beard, but I know that kplandes has discussed his beard cowlick on numerous occasions in his personal beard thread as his beard grew longer.

As for the moustache, the thing about growing a big moustache is that you have a lot of options about how to style it. You can go walrus some days, swept to the side some days, gentle swoops some days and sharp tips or tight curls some days. You don't have to make a decision on that now... The Taming the Wild Stache thread is an excellent resource and here is a post I made in another thread you might find interesting.

I think for your wax and oil questions, you would be best advised to read through some threads in the Beard Product Discussion forum. There are a lot of guys who have done some experimenting and you will likely benefit from their experiences.

Happy bearding

Stop trimming your moustache; greater glory awaits!
...but if you are going to trim, do it right, go pencil...
...then, of course, a nice copstache can be cool too...

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