The MoFo Beard Club

[The Rodent]

MoFoGirls have their own threads if they want them, for instance that totally sexist Men Of Our Dreams Thread... some MoFoGirls might even be able to take part in this thread...


The MoFo Beard Club... post your Super-Beards... or have a diary of your Super-Beard in progress in this thread...


Goatee, Van Dyke, Fu-Man-Chu, Dutch or Full Beard... this is the MoMale Thread for the Manliest of Manly stuff... the Beard.


This is my current one... just posted in Personal Pictures... "Full Beard"... 10 weeks old...


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150708_zps4pr2loc0.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/The-Rodent/media/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150708_zps4pr2loc0.jpg.html)

[The Rodent]

Addition... to be a member of the MoFo Beard Club, you must rep every single genuine picture a MoFo posts of his, or her, Beard.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Well take my old driving license pic that I posted, I had a 4 incher at least!;) (I shave these days)

[The Rodent]

I've added my "weeks old" rate to it... 10 weeks... and Slob, you need to get growing to be part of the MoBeard Club.

[Sexy Celebrity]

http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150708_zps4pr2loc0.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/The-Rodent/media/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150708_zps4pr2loc0.jpg.html)

Can you take a better picture and not squint your eye? I'm not sure I'm liking what I'm seeing. Take your glasses off. You'll look better without them.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

http://s9.postimg.org/8nnfjmfzz/sam1.jpg

[cricket]

Does it have to be on the face?

[The Rodent]

I think in terms of MoFo's PG rating, it probably has to be.

[cricket]

Good, I didn't feel like shoving a camera up my ass anyway.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Good, I didn't feel like shoving a camera up my ass anyway.

I'll do it.

[cricket]

It might end up like Fantastic Voyage

[7thson]

My son and I, if you were not sure I am the one in the green shirt ;):

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=22107&stc=1&d=1436401595

[Mr Minio]

Good, I didn't feel like shoving a camera up my ass anyway.

http://i.imgur.com/sTLhWQI.jpg

[honeykid]

I thought this was going to be SC looking for a 'girlfriend' for a social event. :D

[The Rodent]

9 days later...


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150717_zpsdsqlsxa3.jpg

[Sexy Celebrity]

Yeah............. hmmmmmmm.

Hmmmm, hmmmmm, hmmmmm.

You know, I like it. I really do. But there's something about it.

[The Rodent]

I'm going shopping later. I might get some razors and do myself a Van Dyke.

[foster]

No beard here, just a giant mustache

[The Rodent]

Pictures please... or it didn't happen :D

[foster]

9 days later...


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150717_zpsdsqlsxa3.jpg

too much neck beard for my taste

[foster]

I'll post a mustache picture in another month or so, once I complete my look.
Unfortunately after 6 months it seems I cannot grow a unibrow.

Here is an old picture of me with a beard

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a235/MichaelLayth/Sean/Sean-Beard.jpg

[The Rodent]

Slashed it back to a skinny Van Dyke. This pic doesn't do much justice, I have a tan line where the beard used to be :D :D


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150717_1_zps6noht8yd.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/The-Rodent/media/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150717_1_zps6noht8yd.jpg.html)

[neiba]

http://i62.tinypic.com/5po61h.jpg

I ALWAYS have facial hair! Can't look at myself without it!

[Holden Pike]

22231

I always have a beard (above pic from last week in Hawaii). I have since about 1999, anyway. I keep it trimmed and don't let it get too unruly, but I haven't completely shaved my face in about fifteen years. Nor do I plan to. Lice or chemo are about the only things that are gonna force me to get rid of it. So far, so good.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Lice or chemo are about the only things that are gonna force me to get rid of it.

Do not even joke about that here... this place is cursed.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Slashed it back to a skinny Van Dyke. This pic doesn't do much justice, I have a tan line where the beard used to be :D :D


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150717_1_zps6noht8yd.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/The-Rodent/media/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150717_1_zps6noht8yd.jpg.html)

This is more presentable... but I must say, I think I personally prefer the full beard look you had before.

I don't know. You looked scarier in the other picture and scary to me can be hot.

[The Rodent]

My beard looks ginger in that pic for some reason :(

[foster]

do you have an astigmatism or something?
Glasses are so 20th century

[Sexy Celebrity]

My beard looks ginger in that pic for some reason :(

It does look reddish. Oh, well. Don't be sad.

[Sexy Celebrity]

do you have an astigmatism or something?
Glasses are so 20th century

Glasses are sexy. Don't you be knocking glasses. At least he doesn't have those stupid hipsterish glasses I see a lot of guys wearing nowadays.

[The Rodent]

I can't wear contacts... I had some made once and my eyes reacted to them so bad that the optician had to use clamps to open my eyes so he could get the lenses out.
My eyes looked like a pornstar's ass.

[Sexy Celebrity]

My eyes looked like a pornstar's ass.

You say the oddest things these days. It's time to start recording these for a book. The other day, he said The Lost Boys was "pure '80s sex."

[Tacitus]

Mine is usually trimmed to within an inch of its life.

http://i.imgur.com/7hw9Fj7.jpg?1

Been thinking about getting rid of it entirely because every bugger's got one nowadays. :p

[The Rodent]

I still think you look like that TV chef bloke.

[Sexy Celebrity]

You look like you need a thicker beard. Tacitus.

[The Rodent]

Tatty > Galton Blackiston
http://f1.fsm.wikidi.com/af/aa/dc/1fcb08401056389c896eec2b7e3b407c42f76895.jpg

[foster]

I can't wear contacts... I had some made once and my eyes reacted to them so bad that the optician had to use clamps to open my eyes so he could get the lenses out.
My eyes looked like a pornstar's ass.

I was actually referring to lasik surgery

[Sexy Celebrity]

http://i62.tinypic.com/5po61h.jpg

I ALWAYS have facial hair! Can't look at myself without it!

This guy needs to get rid of his facial hair. All of it. Too young looking and the beard looks like a fake beard. He looks like he's in disguise. I am reminded of drag kings.

[Tacitus]

You look like you need a thicker beard. Tacitus.

It's actually pretty thick, just silvery grey at the bottom and sides. HP's will look like that in a few years.

Once he gets to my age...

[The Rodent]

It's Amblyopia. Lazy Eye.


It's to do with the signals sent from the eye to the brain. There's something wrong with the optic nerve and something inside the brain too.
Laser surgery would make no difference.

[Tacitus]

Tatty > Galton Blackiston
http://f1.fsm.wikidi.com/af/aa/dc/1fcb08401056389c896eec2b7e3b407c42f76895.jpg

Skinny bugger. Too much hair. :p

[Sexy Celebrity]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a235/MichaelLayth/Sean/Sean-Beard.jpg

This isn't bad. Your femininity comes through, though, so you're not my type. This isn't bad, but I think you excel more in femininity than masculinity, hence why I thought your picture of yourself in drag was amazing.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Tatty > Galton Blackiston
http://f1.fsm.wikidi.com/af/aa/dc/1fcb08401056389c896eec2b7e3b407c42f76895.jpg

This guy's cute and I can see the Tacitus in him, but ol' Tac is looking a little rough these days.

[The Rodent]

SC if he grew a beard http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120328194554/walkingdead/images/9/90/Pruitt-Taylor-Vince.jpg

[Sexy Celebrity]

I thought Tacitus looked like Rik Mayall, and that chef guy does, too. At least to me.

[Tacitus]

I'm in that difficult middle period between young and distinguished. Give me another 20 years...

[foster]

It's actually pretty thick, just silvery grey at the bottom and sides. HP's will look like that in a few years.

Once he gets to my age...

I have to dye my mustache. It's been gray since the day I could grow it.
The rest of my facial hair is normal color.

[foster]

This isn't bad. Your femininity comes through, though, so you're not my type. This isn't bad, but I think you excel more in femininity than masculinity, hence why I thought your picture of yourself in drag was amazing.

Yeah I've always been more pretty than rugged.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I have to dye my mustache. It's been gray since the day I could grow it.
The rest of my facial hair is normal color.

The one thing that keeps me feeling young is I haven't gone gray yet really anywhere. That's one nightmarish threshold I haven't crossed yet........

[foster]

The one thing that keeps me feeling young is I haven't gone gray yet really anywhere. That's one nightmarish threshold I haven't crossed yet........

I feel old and fat but one day I am going to be young and beautiful again!

[Tacitus]

I'm only grey in beardy regions but being blond it's not hugely noticeable. I've got a friend who's been dyeing his hair since he was 16 - Fine (and probably necessary due to the abuse he'd have got at school) at the time but these days it gives him the air of an ageing chat show host who's contract is up for renewal.

[The Rodent]

I'm totally the opposite of vain.


I wanted to go bald as I hate my hair and I'm looking forward to more grey coming through in the beard. I've already got a grey stripe in the middle of my chin and it's getting bigger.
I'm loving it.

[neiba]

http://i62.tinypic.com/5po61h.jpg

I ALWAYS have facial hair! Can't look at myself without it!

This guy needs to get rid of his facial hair. All of it. Too young looking and the beard looks like a fake beard. He looks like he's in disguise. I am reminded of drag kings.

Ahahah! I usually don't have it this long, only when I am passing through busy times, but I can't stand not having facial hair at all! I look like I'm 7 without it.

[foster]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a235/MichaelLayth/Sean/full.jpg

[earlsmoviepicks]

Gotta keep it short-- too much grey these days :o
http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab94/earlsmoviepicks/earl_zpsvmrcdjd1.jpg (http://s853.photobucket.com/user/earlsmoviepicks/media/earl_zpsvmrcdjd1.jpg.html)

[MovieMeditation]

I always keep a little bit of facial hair because I look dumb if I'm completely shaved. That being said, to call it a beard would be an overstatement.

It's more like the '7 year old arab kid' look, but that would be slightly racist...

[mark f]

I haven't shaved off my beard since 1983, but I do keep it shorter than it once was.

[Swan]

My beard has become a part of my face. I don't know what I'd do without it.

[foster]

I haven't shaved off my beard since 1983, but I do keep it shorter than it once was.

That's the year I was born

[The Rodent]

Looks ok now I've let it grow in for a few days...


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150721_zpsyzp9alcj.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/The-Rodent/media/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150721_zpsyzp9alcj.jpg.html)

[Yoda]

I guess I'll have to get an updated beardograph (that's a photograph of a beard!) sometime soon so I can join.

[Tacitus]

I've just gone goatee (although I'm thinking of turning it into an Imperial). Does this mean I get a reduction in my fees?

[The Rodent]

I've just gone goatee (although I'm thinking of turning it into an Imperial). Does this mean I get a reduction in my fees?
https://ramblingsfromreceptionshire.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/beard-styles-pictures-9.jpg



You going with Napoleon III Imperial?


This pic is a bit off as it has Goatee w/Tash labelled as a Van Dyke.
Van Dyke is similar, but has a break in the hair at the sides of the mouth.

[Tacitus]

Probably more Frank Zappa. ;)

I'll need to grow it out a bit first, though. Watch this space!

EDIT - I might even go with a 'tasche. My dad, for years, looked like Peter Wyngarde from Department S. It's the only thing about him I aspired to...

[The Rodent]

This one's a bit better, it has proper names for certain goatee types.


http://www.latestmensstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hairstyles-for-men-chart-mens-hairstyles-black-men-beard-styles-chart-stylish-mens-HD-Wallpaper-Picture.jpg

[The Rodent]

Van Dyke is coming along nicely. Had another close-shave earlier to define the lines... looking good now it's filled out another week.


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150729_zpszftj8nbp.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/The-Rodent/media/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150729_zpszftj8nbp.jpg.html)

[The Rodent]

Another week in... looking good.


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150805_1_zps3sfsimyl.jpg

[Mr Minio]

The only facial I ever had was Dirty Sanchez!

:bored:

[The Rodent]

That's just way too kinky.

[Mr Minio]

That's for all the people complaining I haven't been kinky enough lately!

[MovieGal]

The only facial I ever had was Dirty Sanchez!

:bored:

I have seen a picture of you with some facial hair... I think you have a hard time growing it.. since you are still so young looking.

[Swan]

Beardy beard.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/bdfolsom/Photo%20on%208-5-15%20at%207.28%20PM%203_zpss637fpoj.jpg

[90sAce]

Beardy beard.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/bdfolsom/Photo%20on%208-5-15%20at%207.28%20PM%203_zpss637fpoj.jpg
http://img0.ndsstatic.com/wallpapers/224b2313712fd9ad43323bfefbf691d7_large.jpeg

[jrs]

The only facial I ever had was Dirty Sanchez!

http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9j5msUMVP1qh01r8o1_400.gif

[Sexy Celebrity]

Another week in... looking good.


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150805_1_zps3sfsimyl.jpg

Well, hello sexy.

Beardy beard.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/bdfolsom/Photo%20on%208-5-15%20at%207.28%20PM%203_zpss637fpoj.jpg

Hello, Bigfoot.

[Swan]

Hello, Bigfoot.

http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/pfqilqp8ht5ny8alxsrl.gif

[Mr Minio]

I have seen a picture of you with some facial hair... I think you have a hard time growing it.. since you are still so young looking. Yeah, the problem is only with facial hair, though.

http://www.wtfgamersonly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IF-you-know-what-i-mean.png

Beardy beard.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/bdfolsom/Photo%20on%208-5-15%20at%207.28%20PM%203_zpss637fpoj.jpg

http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/vowels/caveman.jpg

http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9j5msUMVP1qh01r8o1_400.gif


http://33.media.tumblr.com/cee745e41de14bdea02bd9931cabaed2/tumblr_mfvqkuqEpw1qasxjlo1_500.gif

[Zotis]

I don't like beards.

[Swan]

http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/vowels/caveman.jpg

Hey, I'm not that stupid! That's a Z!

http://www.womanaroundtown.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Caveman-and-computer-520x345.jpg

[The Duchess]

If I would grow one I would have a nice gray beard.


However in my guise as a woman, I would not be able to do it.


Oh, well!

[Holden Pike]

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Just took this one in my office, to show the current state of my beardiness. I'm starting to get plenty of white in my beard, and I like it!

[Tacitus]

I shaved. I'm gonna have to unsubscribe from this thread ... for a week or so.

[The Rodent]

Been two weeks since I last updated. Took all my hair off, had another clean shave and left the Van Dyke behind.
Looking better now it's longer. Got some real grey in the middle now, the pic looks like the hair is thinner in the centre of my chin (under the soul-patch), but it's white hair.


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150816_1_zpsrwerpuly.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/The-Rodent/media/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150816_1_zpsrwerpuly.jpg.html)

[Tacitus]

I'm back to Billy Peterson in Manhunter levels of stubble. It's staying like that until the winter. ;)

[Ðèstîñy]

This one's a bit better, it has proper names for certain goatee types.

http://www.latestmensstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hairstyles-for-men-chart-mens-hairstyles-black-men-beard-styles-chart-stylish-mens-HD-Wallpaper-Picture.jpg

I prefer the first two. You know how we always have our favorite likes about the opposite sex, what attracts us the most, etc . . . I have always preferred three specific things. First, big strong hands, but clean, and no nail biting. I hate how that looks. Then, facial and chest hair. I loooove when a man has both.

Oddly enough, I've dated a huge variety of men. From 5'5", to 6'7". Over weight, skinny, to body builder. Short hair, long hair, or no hair. Pale, tan . . . black. Nine years younger, to fifteen years older. Business looking, hood, prep, etc . . .

[Mr Minio]

chest hair You want something to hold on to?

[MovieMeditation]

Damn, Destiny is a playaaa :cool:

[Ðèstîñy]

You want something to hold on to?

Oops, I hit rep instead of quote. Silly iPad!

Anyway, no. It's moreso for running your fingers through. Holding on to? That's what their strong hands are for.

[Guaporense]

Some old photo of me with some beard I grew at most half of an inch of beard before I cut it out, I have a severe acne problem so that I cannot grow much beard as it makes my skin even more oily than it is.

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq235/guaporense/Eu_zps7txjzwlm.jpg

[Guaporense]

This isn't bad. Your femininity comes through, though, so you're not my type. This isn't bad, but I think you excel more in femininity than masculinity, hence why I thought your picture of yourself in drag was amazing.

Indeed Foster is the prettiest boy in here. Though I wouldn't say it's feminine, it's like Leonardo DiCaprio when he was young.

[Ðèstîñy]

I must admit, Guap, you are nothing like what I pictured. I don't notice even a bit of acne, either. You're a cute kid. You're just a pain in the butt, when it comes to Anime. ;) I'm just messin' with ya! My daughter is a true Anime fan, too. I'll show you some of her work sometime soon. It's freakin' professional looking.

[Guaporense]

That photo is several years old though. Now I don't look that much like a kid anymore.

Also, I wasn't interested in animation at the time of that picture.

[foster]

looking good guap

[The Rodent]

Couple more weeks growth... I only just got up as well...


Still looking a bit rough, been sick all weekend with flu.

[matt72582]

I only shaved once this year, and won't shave as we are headed for cold weather... I'll take a pic 5 months from now :)

http://i.imgur.com/inWPT7K.jpg?1

[Mr Minio]

How do you guys do it with women? Doesn't it tickle them?

[The Rodent]

The right women like it.

[matt72582]

I have no reason to shave. If some girl doesn't like it, it's her problem....

[Swan]

I miss my beardy beard. :(

[Ðèstîñy]

I miss my beardy beard. :(

I didn't know you shaved. Why did you? How long will it take to grow back?

[Swan]

I didn't know you shaved. Why did you? How long will it take to grow back?

I just wanted to clean up a little bit. Unfortunately, my new haircut would rock with a beard.

It shouldn't take too long, I already have a bit of the ol' stubbly stub growing in.

[Ðèstîñy]

I just wanted to clean up a little bit. Unfortunately, my new haircut would rock with a beard.

It shouldn't take too long, I already have a bit of the ol' stubbly stub growing in.

Cool! Do share a photo. You know how much I like to nag for those. :D

[The Rodent]

Been a couple more weeks... I put my finger so you can see how long it's getting now :D


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150917_1_zpsg1nojwjc.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/The-Rodent/media/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150917_1_zpsg1nojwjc.jpg.html)


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150917_zpsnwhctzv1.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/The-Rodent/media/Rodent%20MoFo%20Stuff/Snapshot_20150917_zpsnwhctzv1.jpg.html)

[The Rodent]

Quarantine Beard:
https://i.imgur.com/wkQ0vK9.jpg


Bit greyer than it used to be... and, the grey hairs are getting individually thicker.

[The Rodent]

Buddy of mine Dave... who we all call Gandalf... just threw this out on Facebook :D
https://i.imgur.com/dlUkygq.jpg

[Yoda]

I've briefly considered whether to let parts of the beard grow out for quarantine. I did grow it for like 4+ months a couple of years ago over the window. It looked okay at some of the longer lengths but at the end it looked weird, in part because it was different colors at different lengths.

It gets scratchy, though. I've got stuff for that but it's a lot easier to just keep it trimmed through all this, especially since it's warming up. Hm.

[The Rodent]

Nah...


Let it grow, let it grooow... the suntan will be awesaawwme!
I don't care, what they people say...
Shaved chins are girly anyway...

[Yoda]

Well, I don't really shave. But last year I started going with a really short beard and I found it suits me. Here's what I looked like briefly a couple of winters okay, though, as I started to finally shave it off:

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[The Rodent]

It's like Kevin Smith, with more beard, and less weight.

[The Rodent]

Or, it's like Kevin Smith if he critiqued movies instead of making, and critiquing them.

[matt72582]

I've briefly considered whether to let parts of the beard grow out for quarantine. I did grow it for like 4+ months a couple of years ago over the window. It looked okay at some of the longer lengths but at the end it looked weird, in part because it was different colors at different lengths.

It gets scratchy, though. I've got stuff for that but it's a lot easier to just keep it trimmed through all this, especially since it's warming up. Hm.
If you wait a bit after the itchy period, it becomes quite comfortable.

[Yoda]

Yeah, I got past that, mostly because of some beard balm (which is what I was referring to with "I've got stuff for that"). But it was still more work than keeping it close-shaven.

That seems to be the order of difficulty: a short beard is probably the least amount of work, except for a crazy long one, like a year-plus. Anything short of that is more work. And really properly clean-shaven is the most work.

So, I think short of a crazy wizard beard, I'm not-coincidentally doing the thing that generates the least work and the most comfort. :laugh: Lucky me it works for me, and kinda happens to be the style anyway. Low-effort stuff seems to be becoming the style everywhere.

[Daniel M]

I shaved my beard off completely a couple of weeks ago at the start of isolation but seeing as I think we're going to be in it for a while now I might try growing it again and see how long I can get it.

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/57133801_1252848718201719_8426533974267920384_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_sid=110474&_nc_ohc=0g9m1CtkBoUAX8L6f4Q&_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&oh=2000d598c27c4bb7c76987a385effd4f&oe=5EB23560

Here's a photo of me from last year at a shortish length where I quite liked it. I was celebrating my birthday and one year work anniversary at the time.

[Stirchley]

From this female POV, this guy looks great. I think a beard should be short & well-groomed.

Silly question: if a guy grows a beard, does he grow his mustache also? Can one have a beard without the tache?

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[Yoda]

Yeah, for sure, but the "chinstrap" thing looks odd sometimes. I almost don't even count it as a mustache if it links up with the whole rest of the beard. When I think "mustache," I think hair above the lip that's separate from the rest. Which is pretty rare, all things considered.

Anyway, I go shorter than that guy, but I think what looks best depends on your jaw/chin. For some people it makes sense to give it a clearly defined edge, but if you have that anyway I think it looks better to just have it short.

[Stirchley]

Thanks Yoda. This kind of thing looks horrid. Always getting into one’s food & drink. So icky.

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[Stirchley]

Yeah, for sure, but the "chinstrap" thing looks odd sometimes. I almost don't even count it as a mustache if it links up with the whole rest of the beard. When I think "mustache," I think hair above the lip that's separate from the rest. Which is pretty rare, all things considered.


So right now I’m watching a French movie & the guy has a nice short beard. But his tache doesn’t connect with the beard & this doesn’t look right. (Never noticed these things before.)

[ynwtf]

beards huh.
i have one, more or less. i can never get it to fill out though; and as thin as it can be it doesn't help that it grows kind of wildly. maybe 8 years ago i grew the thing out long. 3 - 4" was long for me. like Yoda noted, the longer it is the more manageable it is. at least that was the case for me. creams, wax, whatever, helped tame it with weight. i still had to keep the mustache area trim as that, to me, was the hardest part to deal with, what with hairs constantly tickling my upper lip, getting into my mouth, raking food, etc. i think that was far worse and longer to deal with than the under-the-neck itch while waiting for things to fill out.


now i'm lazy. i just run a 5 or 7 guard over it all once a week to keep it relatively short. only problem i guess is that the shorter it is, the thinner it looks.

[gbgoodies]

Well, I don't really shave. But last year I started going with a really short beard and I found it suits me. Here's what I looked like briefly a couple of winters okay, though, as I started to finally shave it off:

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Based on the beard sizes, I assume that those pictures were taken at different times. Is that the only sweater you own?

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[Yoda]

Based on the beard sizes, I assume that those pictures were taken at different times. Is that the only sweater you own?
:laugh:

Those were all taken in a row. I grew it out, then decided to shave it, and figured I might as well stop and do in-between shots to see how they compare. Which isn't to say I don't wear that hoodie quite a lot at certain points in the year....but in this case it was all in a short period of time.

[John McClane]

Unpopular opinion: full beards are for men who are too scared to rock handle bar mustaches and mutton chops.

https://images.thedigitalfix.com/img/2/2017/12/shotcaller-1140x641.jpg

https://hairstylecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/mutton-chops-beard.jpg

[Stirchley]

Even my man Paul did not look nice with a beard.

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[Stirchley]

I got another male hair question that I just now realized. When women go to the hair salon for a haircut, we get our hair washed there first. Would I be right in saying that men do not get their hair washed at a barber shop? They just get a haircut?

[The Rodent]

I got another male hair question that I just now realized. When women go to the hair salon for a haircut, we get our hair washed there first. Would I be right in saying that men do not get their hair washed at a barber shop? They just get a haircut?


Yep.
In, cut, out.
Have a shower at home to get the itchy stuff off your back and neck.

[Zotis]

Half way through shaving off my beard, I decided to make a goofy redneck video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOQLFaxiq2g

[ynwtf]

Mostly yeah. The places I go to are usually just a quick in and out. I could pay extra for the washing but I'm usually just chasing a trim. I will say that if I go to a proper salon or "stylist" then the wash is part of the service but the price already reflects that too.

Oh. They usually spritz my hair with water to straighten it but that's quick to dry as my hair is short. When I was young I had long hair (and more of it). They would wash that. Probably easier to manage longer hair wet and maybe to get any chemical product out that could make it more difficult to handle. Not sure men (in general) want to feel pampered either!

;)

[Stirchley]

Yep.
In, cut, out.
Have a shower at home to get the itchy stuff off your back and neck.

Funny the things one thinks about. Never realized this until today. And no woman would ever have a haircut without a hair wash first.

Mostly yeah. The places I go to are usually just a quick in and out. I could pay extra for the washing but I'm usually just chasing a trim. I will say that if I go to a proper salon or "stylist" then the wash is part of the service but the price already reflects that too.

When I used to daily walk past a local barber (sadly closed now) it occurred to me that men get a haircut or a trim or whatever more frequently than women do. Can’t explain properly what I mean, but it seems to me that men stay on top of a haircut more than women do.

[ynwtf]

I think it's more obvious the shorter it is that its time to trim. Like lines over the ear and back neck. It only takes a week or so for that to grow out and start curling or creating small cow-licks.

[Yoda]

The guy who cuts my hair usually offers to wash it after because of all the loose hairs and how itchy it'll get. More likely if we're not in a rush or if more was cut than usual, as well. That's after, though. I usually just shower a few hours before I come in.

This is kinda deliberate, since my hair's very thick and wavy and if he cuts it wet it'll look totally different when it tries, so it makes sense to cut it dry.

[Stirchley]

⬆️ Interesting. No woman would ever have her hair cut dry.

Should I assume that most men have never had their hair blow-dried?

[The Rodent]

Women have 17 different types of shampoo just for dandruff.


Men would use car shampoo if they could.

[Stirchley]

⬆️ Untrue. We have 18 brands of dandruff shampoo. :p

[Yoda]

What, like with a hair dryer? Or something more elaborate like those giant circles they put over you? I've done the former.

I think it's mostly about hair type/length. It'd make sense to wet my hair before it was cut if it naturally laid flat or was long enough, but given that it's thick and short, if it's cut wet it'll look totally different once it dries.

I discovered this after years and years of getting my hair cut at cheap places and just assuming I'd never be happy with it. Then we went to some place nicer, I explained the weird quirks of my head, and the guy said he'd cut it dry. Boom. Better ever since.

[Stirchley]

⬆️ What I meant was if most men get their hair cut dry, should I assume that most men have not had their hair blow-dried with a hair dryer?

[The Rodent]

I discovered this after years and years of getting my hair cut at cheap places and just assuming I'd never be happy with it. Then we went to some place nicer, I explained the weird quirks of my head, and the guy said he'd cut it dry. Boom. Better ever since.




It's those huge green ears that get in the way.

[7thson]

As far as wet or dry, blow dried or otherwise I have done it all. When my hair is longer I use a blow dryer occasionally, but I almost always get my hair cut slightly damp. It really depends on type of hair and length from what I am told by a barber friend. When I was in the military it was pretty straight forward - I got a flat top usually and it was never long enough to matter either way.

[Yoda]

⬆️ What I meant was if most men get their hair cut dry, should I assume that most men have not had their hair blow-dried with a hair dryer?
I wouldn't think so. Doesn't most hair dryer use happen at home, anyway? We have one. Wife probably uses it a lot more than I do, but I've used it occasionally.

[Stirchley]

Women always get their hair blown dry at the salon with a hair dryer. Obviously I’m only talking about white women. Black hair is a whole other thing. :)

[Captain Steel]

I got another male hair question that I just now realized. When women go to the hair salon for a haircut, we get our hair washed there first. Would I be right in saying that men do not get their hair washed at a barber shop? They just get a haircut?

That's the difference between a "stylist" and a "barber."
Yes, men don't get their hair washed at a barbershop, but if you go to any unisex stylist they wash your hair and blowdry it.

[ynwtf]

like a puppy dawg.

[Stirchley]

I think also that most men don’t make an appointment at the barber shop. Guessing one can’t even make an appointment. Women have “walk-in” salons too, but am guessing most women make an appointment to get their hair done.

[The Rodent]

I let it grow stupidly long, then shaved completely apart from the 'stash... spent the past two weeks growing it out again.

Just gave it a shallow gradient to a goatee with 'stash :D

https://i.imgur.com/X4Hx6Xk.jpg

[Holden Pike]

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More and more white whiskers in my beard by the day, it seems. And I am still super OK with it.

[The Rodent]

Mine's getting the same, in my recent pic ^^ you can see couple catching the light just on the left side of my chin :D

[Yoda]

I've got the opposite problem, my hair's increasingly gray but my beard's a lot darker (my dad's got the same thing going). Looks kinda weird if I grow them both out but if I keep the beard really short it works out pretty well.

Just one of those things you figure out about yourself a decade or two into adulthood, I guess.

[The Rodent]

Talking of family, I'm looking forward to a greybeard as hopefully it goes like my grandfather's with a white stripe through the middle :D

[Yoda]

Embrace your inner Pepe Le Pew.

[Indada]

I don't have a beard

[The Rodent]

Don't know what's worse, the grainy pic my camera takes, or the greys in the 'tash making it look thin at the sides and poofy in the middle like Hitler.

https://i.imgur.com/us64oqF.jpg

[The Rodent]

Shaved, took 2 blades to get through it...
Not sure if this beard wax actually works though.

https://i.imgur.com/PoqPucJ.jpg

[John-Connor]

Old pic, from 2015 :D;
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[The Rodent]

Tidied it more...
Beard wax is pretty useless.
https://i.imgur.com/Ur18KNl.jpg

[matt72582]

"Beard"


If I could, I'd dye a few more hairs white...

"Matthew got old since last month!"


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3f4LKCrPeMTreCKHcS1N0d7WkMLy-2PFqW-bERKyYJzzL8msd96gYlsPBNwcA0TJ2joYAMLhOCDRXLS_0IOFyCVR3Yge2UQhYxJHsx0AWCgTgz5J9KuOSYZqIeDba6zcLJeFPNi E8uAYloN1OVMLS-t=w569-h758-no?authuser=0

[Yoda]

Growing mine out a little because it's colder, but not too much. It gets scratchy pretty easily. That, and for whatever reason my beard has stayed darker than the hair on the top of my head, and the difference is more pronounced when the beard's longer. I found it all looks better together shorter. :shrug:

Hair's pretty weird.

[matt72582]

Growing mine out a little because it's colder, but not too much. It gets scratchy pretty easily. That, and for whatever reason my beard has stayed darker than the hair on the top of my head, and the difference is more pronounced when the beard's longer. I found it all looks better together shorter. :shrug:

Hair's pretty weird.


It's only itchy at first. When mine is full grown, it's very comfortable. There are times I'll go to my porch with scissors just to do a 2-second trim.


I never grew out my hair until a couple of years ago. I shaved it two years ago during the hot summer, and I was freezing with chills. Long hair/beard makes such a big difference in these freezing winters.

[Yoda]

Yeah, I did grow it out over an entire winter (maybe 3+ months) a few years ago. The itch did get better (I also used this stuff on it that helped). But it was awful for a bit. :laugh: And it really did/does look weird, with the color difference. My old man had the same thing, his hair on top was basically white and his beard was close to black.

[Sedai]

I am one of those weirdos that never misses a day shaving, like, ever. Always totally clean shaven, even on the weekends!

[Hey Fredrick]

I also like to keep my beard neatly trimmed. This is a few years ago. I have much more grey now.

https://i.imgur.com/Ef2CAFf.jpg?1

I was unfortunately one of those guys who could grow a beard in 9th grade. I remember the first time I had to shave. Freshman wrestling tourney. After weigh ins the coach gave me a disposable razor and said to go get rid of the whiskers. Had no idea what I was doing, so I dry shaved then proceeded to wrestle all day. At the end of the day it felt like I had shoved my face into a fire pit.

[Stirchley]

I am one of those weirdos that never misses a day shaving, like, ever. Always totally clean shaven, even on the weekends!

My husband is the same way. He’s not particularly fastidious in any way, but he says it doesn’t feel right if he doesn’t shave daily. Go figure. :rolleyes:

[The Rodent]

Seds isn't talking about his face though :whistle:

[The Rodent]

Growing mine out a little because it's colder, but not too much. It gets scratchy pretty easily. That, and for whatever reason my beard has stayed darker than the hair on the top of my head, and the difference is more pronounced when the beard's longer. I found it all looks better together shorter. :shrug:

Hair's pretty weird.



It's only itchy at first. When mine is full grown, it's very comfortable. There are times I'll go to my porch with scissors just to do a 2-second trim.


I never grew out my hair until a couple of years ago. I shaved it two years ago during the hot summer, and I was freezing with chills. Long hair/beard makes such a big difference in these freezing winters.



Yeah, I did grow it out over an entire winter (maybe 3+ months) a few years ago. The itch did get better (I also used this stuff on it that helped). But it was awful for a bit. :laugh: And it really did/does look weird, with the color difference. My old man had the same thing, his hair on top was basically white and his beard was close to black.

Yeah it's strange...
Mine goes through 2 stages of itchiness.
So like, chop it back... and around the 19 day mark it's still fine, then at the 20 day mark it gets almost unbearably itchy.
Push through that, by day 25 it's fine.

Then completely out of nowhere, around day 40 it does it again, then goes away :D

Beard's thinking "I tried but he ain't cutting me, I give up"

[The Rodent]

Going aight...

https://i.imgur.com/41e2B9b.jpg