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MagneticMeerkat said:
My Dad was/is (?) a product of the Punk and New Wave era so viewed beards as anathema. After all progressive rockers had beards; he didn't like Pink Floyd or Yes and was clean shaven.
I am now following this, in that I find the above groups dreary and wouldn't consider a beard. When coupled with long hair it just looks a tad naff. Either pretend Jesus or seventies reject. The eighties showed us the way forward: in the future we would have synthesisers, dry ice, suits made of foil and most importantly exposed chins.
The beard had its day. That day has gone. Beards are regressive, anachronistic. Akin to, maybe, insisting on communication only by fax machine. Clean lines are where it will be at, soon, and I've decided to lead the charge. Each morning up with the lark, Mach 3 in one hand and can of foam in the other ready to swipe last night's stubble into damp dregs in the sink. Plus moisturisers work better with no hair, there's nowhere for food to get stuck and smoking isn't a fire hazard. Women like it too! To be different is to be bold, to express confidence.
Peak beard has been. Peak beard has gone. The sleek shall inherit the earth.
Clean shaven? Prancing around in the morning using your five bladed super soaped up razor advertised by people you think you look like, posing away in the mirror with that one hand on the sink and one hand swip across your chin like you are a company director cheesy smile when really you are a stand in for Shrek...I am now following this, in that I find the above groups dreary and wouldn't consider a beard. When coupled with long hair it just looks a tad naff. Either pretend Jesus or seventies reject. The eighties showed us the way forward: in the future we would have synthesisers, dry ice, suits made of foil and most importantly exposed chins.
The beard had its day. That day has gone. Beards are regressive, anachronistic. Akin to, maybe, insisting on communication only by fax machine. Clean lines are where it will be at, soon, and I've decided to lead the charge. Each morning up with the lark, Mach 3 in one hand and can of foam in the other ready to swipe last night's stubble into damp dregs in the sink. Plus moisturisers work better with no hair, there's nowhere for food to get stuck and smoking isn't a fire hazard. Women like it too! To be different is to be bold, to express confidence.
Peak beard has been. Peak beard has gone. The sleek shall inherit the earth.
Bathrooms have few uses in life, polishing your chin ain't one of them....
And there is only one moisturiser any self respecting bloke should use, dukhams 20w50
I have only been clean shaven roughly 5 times since my first bum fluff days, My wife has only seen me fully shaven twice in 13 years, always had stubble or a goatee of some design, but I have decided 2014 is the year of the beard.
Progress was set back drasticlly in June, as the wife asked if I would trim it for our holiday.
I have been using beard wax for a smarter look on the occasions which warrant it from here:
http://moustache-wax.co.uk/store/index.php?route=c...
Anyone else used products like wax/oils?
Progress was set back drasticlly in June, as the wife asked if I would trim it for our holiday.
I have been using beard wax for a smarter look on the occasions which warrant it from here:
http://moustache-wax.co.uk/store/index.php?route=c...
Anyone else used products like wax/oils?
k me, it's Ben Gunn."Chris77 said:
I have only been clean shaven roughly 5 times since my first bum fluff days, My wife has only seen me fully shaven twice in 13 years, always had stubble or a goatee of some design, but I have decided 2014 is the year of the beard.
Progress was set back drasticlly in June, as the wife asked if I would trim it for our holiday.
I have been using beard wax for a smarter look on the occasions which warrant it from here:
http://moustache-wax.co.uk/store/index.php?route=c...
Anyone else used products like wax/oils?
I'm a Braw Beard Oil user Progress was set back drasticlly in June, as the wife asked if I would trim it for our holiday.
I have been using beard wax for a smarter look on the occasions which warrant it from here:
http://moustache-wax.co.uk/store/index.php?route=c...
Anyone else used products like wax/oils?
Had a full set now for 30 years, purely because I think it looks better on my chin-challenged face (north face of the Eiger it isn’t). So in my case it’s vanity.
Recently discovered the British Beard Club on line – worth a look for finding out not only how to do it but how not to as well. In real life the ones that puzzle me, and this isn’t Beardist or upmanship, are the half-inch vertical merkins below the bottom lip, sometimes bottle blonded for good (bad) measure.
A word of warning though for the so far uninitiated. When out walking in your full bottomed set, attention is drawn from passers-by and takes some getting used to. Many emotions can be inflamed among the bald faced throng, some less desirable than others. For instance, outright laughter is not enjoyed but thankfully rare due to English good manners. Frequent smiles (not, I said not, from the same person) may be taken as relatively complimentary. Obviously the protocol is not to say “Thank you” in a condescending way just because one’s vanity is acknowledged.
On holiday in Sicily last year a local family were out shopping with the kids. Became aware of shouts of “Ciao Topolino”. Out came phones and cameras and several selfies with entire family gathered around are now on Sicilian mantlepieces. Not so sure that’s necessarily a good thing.
Finally, for new voyagers, if initial efforts are encouraging it can be worthwhile to persist and gain length. It doesn’t need effort, mine grows where it will- not unlike a privet hedge- but additional length sometimes results in a favourable wave or curl in the fall, further satisfying vanity because it makes it look as though that’s how curly your hair was when you still had it.
Final tip: on no account let a hairdresser within scissor length of you or it.
Recently discovered the British Beard Club on line – worth a look for finding out not only how to do it but how not to as well. In real life the ones that puzzle me, and this isn’t Beardist or upmanship, are the half-inch vertical merkins below the bottom lip, sometimes bottle blonded for good (bad) measure.
A word of warning though for the so far uninitiated. When out walking in your full bottomed set, attention is drawn from passers-by and takes some getting used to. Many emotions can be inflamed among the bald faced throng, some less desirable than others. For instance, outright laughter is not enjoyed but thankfully rare due to English good manners. Frequent smiles (not, I said not, from the same person) may be taken as relatively complimentary. Obviously the protocol is not to say “Thank you” in a condescending way just because one’s vanity is acknowledged.
On holiday in Sicily last year a local family were out shopping with the kids. Became aware of shouts of “Ciao Topolino”. Out came phones and cameras and several selfies with entire family gathered around are now on Sicilian mantlepieces. Not so sure that’s necessarily a good thing.
Finally, for new voyagers, if initial efforts are encouraging it can be worthwhile to persist and gain length. It doesn’t need effort, mine grows where it will- not unlike a privet hedge- but additional length sometimes results in a favourable wave or curl in the fall, further satisfying vanity because it makes it look as though that’s how curly your hair was when you still had it.
Final tip: on no account let a hairdresser within scissor length of you or it.
Stubble will always irritate. The short bristles retain their rigidity and will 'prickle' until increased length (which gradually reduces in width the longer it gets, turning it wispy) makes it feel softer. Eventually, witness ZZ Top, it produces split ends and poor quality.
The skin surface beneath the beard acts just like the scalp in that, unless it is kept clean, dandruff can occur which again gives rise to itching. Rate of growth is different for every person. Some can grow a reasonable beard in a month or two (subjective) where others might take three or four. Estimate your prospective growth rate by comparing your finger nail growth (it's the same material). I have to cut my fingernails every week so have a fast metabolism, everybody is different (SWMBO calls me Werewolf).
My beard is cleaned twice a day in the shower with water only, I never use shampoo - it's the biggest racket in the supermarket and as hair is totally dead it does not 'condition' it, it just strips the natural oils off and coats the hair with various chemicals to enable control. For those about to 'grow' for the first time, give a passing thought to when your passport is due for renewal!
The skin surface beneath the beard acts just like the scalp in that, unless it is kept clean, dandruff can occur which again gives rise to itching. Rate of growth is different for every person. Some can grow a reasonable beard in a month or two (subjective) where others might take three or four. Estimate your prospective growth rate by comparing your finger nail growth (it's the same material). I have to cut my fingernails every week so have a fast metabolism, everybody is different (SWMBO calls me Werewolf).
My beard is cleaned twice a day in the shower with water only, I never use shampoo - it's the biggest racket in the supermarket and as hair is totally dead it does not 'condition' it, it just strips the natural oils off and coats the hair with various chemicals to enable control. For those about to 'grow' for the first time, give a passing thought to when your passport is due for renewal!
When I was younger, I quite liked having a beard and wore one through large parts of my 20s. Then the grey facial hairs started to appear. Then the little buggers started to multiply to the point at which I had significantly more grey on my face than on my head.
At this point my OH said the beard made me look old and ‘suggested’ I get rid of it. I reluctantly complied and was surprised at how much younger I looked clean-shaven, so no more beard for me.
At this point my OH said the beard made me look old and ‘suggested’ I get rid of it. I reluctantly complied and was surprised at how much younger I looked clean-shaven, so no more beard for me.
Thorodin said:
Had a full set now for 30 years, purely because I think it looks better on my chin-challenged face (north face of the Eiger it isn’t). So in my case it’s vanity.
Recently discovered the British Beard Club on line – worth a look for finding out not only how to do it but how not to as well. In real life the ones that puzzle me, and this isn’t Beardist or upmanship, are the half-inch vertical merkins below the bottom lip, sometimes bottle blonded for good (bad) measure.
A word of warning though for the so far uninitiated. When out walking in your full bottomed set, attention is drawn from passers-by and takes some getting used to. Many emotions can be inflamed among the bald faced throng, some less desirable than others. For instance, outright laughter is not enjoyed but thankfully rare due to English good manners. Frequent smiles (not, I said not, from the same person) may be taken as relatively complimentary. Obviously the protocol is not to say “Thank you” in a condescending way just because one’s vanity is acknowledged.
On holiday in Sicily last year a local family were out shopping with the kids. Became aware of shouts of “Ciao Topolino”. Out came phones and cameras and several selfies with entire family gathered around are now on Sicilian mantlepieces. Not so sure that’s necessarily a good thing.
Finally, for new voyagers, if initial efforts are encouraging it can be worthwhile to persist and gain length. It doesn’t need effort, mine grows where it will- not unlike a privet hedge- but additional length sometimes results in a favourable wave or curl in the fall, further satisfying vanity because it makes it look as though that’s how curly your hair was when you still had it.
Final tip: on no account let a hairdresser within scissor length of you or it.
Topolino is Mickey Mouse! What have you grown - ears and a tail??Recently discovered the British Beard Club on line – worth a look for finding out not only how to do it but how not to as well. In real life the ones that puzzle me, and this isn’t Beardist or upmanship, are the half-inch vertical merkins below the bottom lip, sometimes bottle blonded for good (bad) measure.
A word of warning though for the so far uninitiated. When out walking in your full bottomed set, attention is drawn from passers-by and takes some getting used to. Many emotions can be inflamed among the bald faced throng, some less desirable than others. For instance, outright laughter is not enjoyed but thankfully rare due to English good manners. Frequent smiles (not, I said not, from the same person) may be taken as relatively complimentary. Obviously the protocol is not to say “Thank you” in a condescending way just because one’s vanity is acknowledged.
On holiday in Sicily last year a local family were out shopping with the kids. Became aware of shouts of “Ciao Topolino”. Out came phones and cameras and several selfies with entire family gathered around are now on Sicilian mantlepieces. Not so sure that’s necessarily a good thing.
Finally, for new voyagers, if initial efforts are encouraging it can be worthwhile to persist and gain length. It doesn’t need effort, mine grows where it will- not unlike a privet hedge- but additional length sometimes results in a favourable wave or curl in the fall, further satisfying vanity because it makes it look as though that’s how curly your hair was when you still had it.
Final tip: on no account let a hairdresser within scissor length of you or it.
IanMorewood said:
I don't want a beard but would be interested in knowing how long in days it takes from stubble being an irritant to it calming down and you having a beard.
Longest I think I have gone without a face scrape is a week and that was nasty in the face itching stakes.
I usually trim to stubble once a week, but I've been letting mine grow recently.Longest I think I have gone without a face scrape is a week and that was nasty in the face itching stakes.
Currently just coming to the end of two weeks and I have about 5-7mm of growth, it's just coming past the 'patchy' stage and starting to look 'fuller'.
I haven't experience any itching and I'm a slow grower.
My housemate has the annoying ability to grow a full 'Brian Blessed' beard in around 4 weeks!
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