I hate shaving my face, plain and simple. Hence I've grown out the beard. But it does require some maintenance.
My routine is pretty simple. I shave the face about once a week, but sometimes I'll go two weeks if I'm lazy. I use a Norelco Beard Trimmer to even out the beard, take the guard off to trim any strays, trim the mustache and soul patch and trim the sideburns.
Then I lather up with AVEENO® POSITIVELY SMOOTH® Shave Gel and a Gillette Fusion Pro-Glide to shave the neck and clean-up the neckline. Shave around the soul patch with the 6th blade and shave the cheek to create the cheekline. I get picky about the neckline so I go over that with the 6th blade as well and to make sure it's nice and crisp.
Rinse off with cold water, pat dry, and apply some face moisturizer. No after-shave. Done.