Beards and barbers.
Discussion
I had a beard at the beginning of the week. Now I don't. This might be because English to Curdish doesn't translate well.
I said "please DON'T change the shape of my beard, I just want it a bit shorter".
What he heard was "make my beard really short at the sides, generous on the chin and give me a long, narrow moustache. Also, cut a lump out of my bottom lip. The effect I am trying to achieve is to look like the b
d child of D'artagnan and Rolf Harris".
Within twenty minutes I had facial hair that sent children running crying to their mothers.
So I broke out the clippers and now I have "designer" stubble. Which would make me look rugged, were it not for the fact that over the past five years someone has apparently stolen my jawline, leaving me a visog akin to a Spitting Image puppet. Or Michael Gove.
I've tried trimming my own beard, but I cannot work out in the mirror how to do the back lines and the result is rarely pretty. Lady Balfour will trim it, but every time she does I reflect upon the wisdom of allowing a menopausal wife near my throat, with scissors.
In sixty years I have yet to find a coiffeur who is good long-term, nor a barber who can deliver a good bear trim more than once. This cannot just be me, can it?
I said "please DON'T change the shape of my beard, I just want it a bit shorter".
What he heard was "make my beard really short at the sides, generous on the chin and give me a long, narrow moustache. Also, cut a lump out of my bottom lip. The effect I am trying to achieve is to look like the b
d child of D'artagnan and Rolf Harris".Within twenty minutes I had facial hair that sent children running crying to their mothers.
So I broke out the clippers and now I have "designer" stubble. Which would make me look rugged, were it not for the fact that over the past five years someone has apparently stolen my jawline, leaving me a visog akin to a Spitting Image puppet. Or Michael Gove.
I've tried trimming my own beard, but I cannot work out in the mirror how to do the back lines and the result is rarely pretty. Lady Balfour will trim it, but every time she does I reflect upon the wisdom of allowing a menopausal wife near my throat, with scissors.
In sixty years I have yet to find a coiffeur who is good long-term, nor a barber who can deliver a good bear trim more than once. This cannot just be me, can it?
I've been using the same guy for 4 years.
£20 for a grade 1 up top and beard trim.
Never had a problem.
Took one of my teenage lads into a local Turkish barbers once, left before he'd had a cut as we twigged that they only did one kind of haircut. Everyone walked out with a fade and often a beard as you described
£20 for a grade 1 up top and beard trim.
Never had a problem.
Took one of my teenage lads into a local Turkish barbers once, left before he'd had a cut as we twigged that they only did one kind of haircut. Everyone walked out with a fade and often a beard as you described
Grew a beard over lock down, went into a barber as soon as it was allowed - and the guy was great.
Then he moved to Scotland, so I switched to the apprentice - who somehow is even better.
They know more about hair and beards than I ever will, and their suggestions have made far better outcomes. It's a bloody relaxing hour every fortnight too.
Then he moved to Scotland, so I switched to the apprentice - who somehow is even better.
They know more about hair and beards than I ever will, and their suggestions have made far better outcomes. It's a bloody relaxing hour every fortnight too.
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