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Beard Maintenance

#4
Grave Before Shave is what I have now. It's decent, albeit a little more artificial smelling than I would like. Just know that a little goes a long way. Over oiling your beard will just make it look greasy.
 
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Fleebag said:
Whaaaat!? No maintenance is precisely why I have a beard.
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Exactly.

I use caution when doing anything to mine because I don't want to overstep my self-imposed boundaries and start looking like I haven't completely given up. I took 4" off of it a couple of weeks ago and it was the biggest mistake I've made all year. Even got a compliment or two.
 
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#16
Fussing over your beard defeats the main purpose of a beard, which is to not be fussed over. For a 1000 years men have quietly (sometimes not quietly) chuckled at the way women go to town on themselves with make ups and powders and face creams etc. Please don't be a part of the generation currently falling for Old Spice re-branding (that stuff smells like a 5 dollar hooker crapped out the contents of a gym bag), and beard/stache waxing. These were VERY brief fads of fashion for very good reason, that were either done out of necessity (your beard was rank because people did not bath like we do now), or for taming a rats nest (see previous cause). To willfully spend hard earned money on such products is to erode the product-free status of the entire gender.

I had physical therapy this morning and spent an hour face down sweating in the massage table donut. When I got up my beard was mashed out wider than Grizzly Adams. I looked a bit like a Nick Nolte mug shot. Did I trade in my man card for some unguent to tame it? No, I rocked that burly beeyotch all day long, and straight through my birthday party.

While you are at it, please hang the skinny pants back on the rack and step away. ;)
 
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On topic and actually being serious now, as a man who has carried a full beard for 27 years, a little gentle conditioner in the shower can go a long way to keeping my very coarse beard in check all day. I try to use scent-free stuff because no matter how good it smells, nobody wants that under their nose all day. I've had good luck with this Jason brand stuff, it seems easy to find, and a little goes a long way for me. A bottle lasts me like a year. JASON Fragrance Free Daily Conditioner: For All Hair Types | drugstore.com
 
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For facial hair "beginners" I guess, would anyone go to a barber? I got a situation where the mustache has come in gloriously, but the rest... I don't know what to do with it. I trim at the edge of my mouth to avoid irritation, and I gave up on the cheeks/sides so I shaved them off. I mostly shaved clean for all these years because the sides are not up to par, but I'm sure I can get up to Eugene Hutz status with the 'stache in a couple weeks. It finally curls up!

I'm considering a three musketeers type thing, but it'd be nice to have someone who knows what they're doing do the initial trim, and from there I can easily keep the lines clean with some clippers. Or is that dumb? The tricky/amusing part is that the thing comes in red, even though the top is brown, light brown. This makes it tough to use a mirror for under the chin, or certain angles or lighting. Some whiskers are almost blonde. Weird.

So, should I just man up and risk having to remove it all if things get crooked? Or should I just get some one off help next hair cut? Or is this full beard only and I should take my pansy butt elsewhere? All advice greatly appreciated. My face thanks you in advance.
 
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TOOL460002 said:
For facial hair "beginners" I guess, would anyone go to a barber? I got a situation where the mustache has come in gloriously, but the rest... I don't know what to do with it. I trim at the edge of my mouth to avoid irritation, and I gave up on the cheeks/sides so I shaved them off. I mostly shaved clean for all these years because the sides are not up to par, but I'm sure I can get up to Eugene Hutz status with the 'stache in a couple weeks. It finally curls up!

I'm considering a three musketeers type thing, but it'd be nice to have someone who knows what they're doing do the initial trim, and from there I can easily keep the lines clean with some clippers. Or is that dumb? The tricky/amusing part is that the thing comes in red, even though the top is brown, light brown. This makes it tough to use a mirror for under the chin, or certain angles or lighting. Some whiskers are almost blonde. Weird.

So, should I just man up and risk having to remove it all if things get crooked? Or should I just get some one off help next hair cut? Or is this full beard only and I should take my pansy butt elsewhere? All advice greatly appreciated. My face thanks you in advance.
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Evn thought he majority posting here are on the "minimal care but yes" bus, I've seen enough guys do ridiculous things with beards that a question like yours should get some responses. Just not from me. I don't go for that whole "Jack of Hearts" look and have no idea how to maintain that type of monstrosity.

Use the Google. There are loads of hipsters and guys with "look at me" syndrome that will have decent advice, or better than what I can provide.
 

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