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Title: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TioJorge on October 16, 2019, 09:46:14 AM
Just kidding. We don't find out. That shit is weird, man. Facial hair... So... Okay wait, before I start this, all of this shit is true. 100% true. Every word. Not like a sarcastic "Oh haha this is a true story but not really". No, this fucked up shit happened, but at the same time it's...totally understandable (not really...but maybe?). One of my girlfriend's friends just ended her 5 year relationship because during those 5 years, her boyfriend had a beard, but then he shaved it. A real man's man beard. One of those hipster-big beards, except a real one that was grown before hipster was a term. I still just call it a mountain man beard. He shaved it all off one day and she hated the way his "real" face looked so much that she ended their relationship. Now, I've met this girl and hung out with her more than a couple handful of times, we've gotten tipsy together, we've shared some personal stories. This chick, as far as I can tell, is not super shallow, not a fly-off-the-handle kind of gal, she's not secretly a dominatrix. Nothing weird about her, a cool chick who probably does anal once a year and calls that "freaky". Don't look at me like that, you know what I'm talking about. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. of her friends and my girlfriend included are like "Oh yeah, I get it, she hasn't seen him without a beard and hated his face, cool".

WHAT!?

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?

So I get the sentiment. Some people look like pedo-bears with beards or with just a mustache (I think men looking good with just a mustache is like 1 in 10,000). Some guys look like five year old man children who will murder you in your sleep without a beard, but with one they look like big teddy bears that'll just love you forever and keep you warm. Beards are weird as fuck.

All this is to say, is this a real thing? To the four women (I honestly don't know if we still have any gay men here but y'all my bois too) who are still active on this forum, would this be a thing for you? Maybe not 5 years, but let's say you're digging a dude for a few months and he's hot as hell and then he shaves and all of a sudden he's Mister Rogers. Unless you have a Mister Rogers fetish, are you still digging him and maybe just like "Hey...maybe....grow that beard back" or are you out cause that's his "real" face?

Also, while we're on the topic of beards, No Shave November is coming up! I've had a fairly thick beard for a while but I might go full on Jumanji with it and let that shit go wild. My GM might not like it but I'd love to sue him for beard discrimination. It's a thing. This is 2019, people.

I had coffee for the first time in about two years today. I feel weird. Have a good day, DTF.

VLASTO!  :metal :yarr :metal :yarr :xbones :police: :xbones :police:

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Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 16, 2019, 09:59:05 AM
I shaved my goatee last week.

My girlfriend was happy.

I am growing it back (or maybe a full beard? Hmmmm?)

And my girlfriend is sad.





Women...
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Herrick on October 16, 2019, 10:01:26 AM
Well, I cannot answer your question as I'm not into dudes. But I will say that girl must've dumped that guy for another reason(s) and used the shaving as an excuse. Think about it. Who would dump someone after 5 years over an easily-reversable cosmetic-decision?
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TioJorge on October 16, 2019, 10:04:02 AM
Oh shit, yeah I missed a prime story point. He's done with beards, apparently. Like shaved it for good, kept on shaving, and doesn't want to grow it back. But I mean still, that's his right, right? It's...just a beard. Which, like you said, even if she was that insistent, could be grown back. But he didn't want to. It's like beard rape or something.

Good girlfriend, Jay. Mine is the opposite and most people agree: I have a baby face without a beard and a few people like it but most say I look manlier and better with one. Lucky for me, I like having a beard because I have ginger blood in me (and a bit in my beard) and pasty-ass-white-skin that gets razor burn suuuuuper easy. So yay for me in that regard. Aesthetically, I think I look more button-down without one. I guess that's kinda boring though?
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Stadler on October 16, 2019, 10:08:33 AM
Would you break up with a girl who has flowing blond locks if she shaved her head bald and said "this is my reality, deal with it"?   

I suppose it depends where I am in the relationship, but while there are a couple things with my wife that I'm not keen on, I don't see myself ending the relationship (perhaps having a conversation about it, though).  Maybe, though as the bald look isn't my thing.  I don't know. 

I tend to think there's more though; HOW he did it is a factor.  Has she never seen pictures of him without the beard?  He was born that way?   
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on October 16, 2019, 10:11:54 AM
love this thread

I have a big ol' beard that I don't even trim regularly and I still get compliments on it. If I shaved I'd look 10 years younger but I also have a weak chin so the beard helps me look more like A Real Dude than without. although leaving some stubble is where I probably look 100% best. I just hate shaving and buying shaving supplies so I just grow mine out. I let it grow for almost 3 years before trimming it way down, and instantly regretted it, and I've been letting it grow for over a year again as of last month

All the girls I've been with have dug beards so I have zero reason to get rid of it. My condolences to the brutally murdered beard and the hairless cold chin that no longer has a lady
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on October 16, 2019, 10:14:00 AM
Would you break up with a girl who has flowing blond locks if she shaved her head bald and said "this is my reality, deal with it"? 

I loved a girl to death many years ago and towards the end of the relationship she cut it super short, like G.I. Jane, and I'm not gonna lie, it really had an affect on my level of physical attraction for her. I don't think that's terribly shallow as I still loved her for plenty of other reasons and I wasn't about to end the relationship but that super short buzzcut stuff on women just really doesn't work for me. It was pretty symbolic too actually as she was getting hardcore into other things that didn't jibe with me so well
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TioJorge on October 16, 2019, 10:15:31 AM
God fucking damn it, Stadler. Always with the fantastic questions and answers. ALWAYS.

I might actually end it if my girlfriend did that. I mean..there's an off chance she'd look just as hot and not too different without any hair but...that's like a one in a one billion chance. I guess that really is kinda the same thing. Hair on the head/face. Very different for women since head hair is their thing since most women aren't Fantastic Furry Frangelica of the Franktown Circus.

So he has legit had a beard since he could grow one. Zero exaggeration there. He has never shaved since highschool. I'm not sure if she has seen baby/adolescent/middle school photos. I've known the guy for a decade or so, casually, and have always seen him with a beard. All indications say that his life is that beard and the beard is his life force. So it was a pretty drastic, out of nowhere change. He didn't announce it, didn't discuss it, and didn't ask anyone. He basically pulled a Walter White and shaved that shit and walked into the kitchen like "yeah what".
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: hefdaddy42 on October 16, 2019, 10:18:17 AM
Interesting.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TioJorge on October 16, 2019, 10:23:12 AM
 :lol

But really though, right? I mean he HAD to have known it'd have an impact. A big impact. But I don't think he thought she'd break up with him, or that anything drastic would happen in terms of his relationship. But should he have? I don't think so. But then again, I've heard this a couple times before. My previous GM had a conversation with me a few years back about her soon-to-be-wed man and that she's never seen him without a beard OTHER than photos (so big difference there already), and that she probably wouldn't have gone out with him if she'd seen him without a beard to begin with, but that she loves him and obviously anything regarding breaking it off is ridiculous and laughed it off. But then here's this chick, just totally cuts it off immediately; same month, a few days/weeks (I actually don't know exactly how quick it was, but it was within a month) of fighting, and she just ends it. That to me is insanity, but...I mean I guess it's not too insane if that's his planted foot and she doesn't like it.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Stadler on October 16, 2019, 10:24:54 AM
God fucking damn it, Stadler. Always with the fantastic questions and answers. ALWAYS.

I might actually end it if my girlfriend did that. I mean..there's an off chance she'd look just as hot and not too different without any hair but...that's like a one in a one billion chance. I guess that really is kinda the same thing. Hair on the head/face. Very different for women since head hair is their thing since most women aren't Fantastic Furry Frangelica of the Franktown Circus.

So he has legit had a beard since he could grow one. Zero exaggeration there. He has never shaved since highschool. I'm not sure if she has seen baby/adolescent/middle school photos. I've known the guy for a decade or so, casually, and have always seen him with a beard. All indications say that his life is that beard and the beard is his life force. So it was a pretty drastic, out of nowhere change. He didn't announce it, didn't discuss it, and didn't ask anyone. He basically pulled a Walter White and shaved that shit and walked into the kitchen like "yeah what".

See, I would love to talk to that guy and see where his head is at.   Maybe it was just purely random, but there's a chance it's not.  I don't mean anything major there, but if it meant that much to him and he felt he needed a change, that's worth discussing in my view.   

Here's another question:  did he know she'd leave if he did that? 

EDIT: You must have heard me coming, because you answered before I even aksed the question! :)
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TioJorge on October 16, 2019, 10:28:11 AM
 :P

Yeah as far as I know, it was an on-the-whim thing and he just did it not thinking about it. Which again, I think is totally within his rights. I think to most people that's a normal thing. I've had a beard ever since this most recent job (a year and a half) and came in shaved one day and people were taken aback more than I expected, but no one was like "Uhhh FUCK YOU DUDE"  :lol

But years and years (and years) of a beard and then all of a sudden, a shave? That's a different story. A dark story, apparently.  :lol (I shouldn't laugh, but this whole thing has literally made my year, like I don't need TV anymore as long as this is going on).
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: gmillerdrake on October 16, 2019, 10:32:33 AM
My wife likes the 'look' of my beard or goatee but hates the 'feel' of it.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Herrick on October 16, 2019, 10:33:34 AM
love this thread

I have a big ol' beard that I don't even trim regularly and I still get compliments on it. If I shaved I'd look 10 years younger but I also have a weak chin so the beard helps me look more like A Real Dude than without.

Well if you ever develop the old-man saggy face, that beard will come in handy. I have a beard about half the year but when (if) I develop old-man saggy face then I'm going to have the beard full time, methinks.

Would you break up with a girl who has flowing blond locks if she shaved her head bald and said "this is my reality, deal with it"?   

I suppose it depends where I am in the relationship, but while there are a couple things with my wife that I'm not keen on, I don't see myself ending the relationship (perhaps having a conversation about it, though).  Maybe, though as the bald look isn't my thing.  I don't know. 

I tend to think there's more though; HOW he did it is a factor.  Has she never seen pictures of him without the beard?  He was born that way?

A woman shaving her head completely bald is different though. We're not used to that look even though it's more prevalent these days. I don't think I'd mind some stubble but shaved completely bald would be weird.

Yeah I get the typical comments when I shave my beard but after a week, no one cares or remembers what I looked like with the beard. My step-kids don't even say anything when I shave.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: El Barto on October 16, 2019, 10:36:09 AM
love this thread

I have a big ol' beard that I don't even trim regularly and I still get compliments on it. If I shaved I'd look 10 years younger but I also have a weak chin so the beard helps me look more like A Real Dude than without. although leaving some stubble is where I probably look 100% best. I just having shaving and buying shaving supplies so I just grow mine out. I let it grow for almost 3 years before trimming it way down, and instantly regretted it, and I've been letting it grow for over a year again as of last month
This is me. I get compliments all the time. Sadly, most of the female compliments aren't from gals I'd be interested in, though. Yet it is encouraging that plenty of women do seem to dig giant beards.

And physical attraction is an important part of a relationship. I'm pretty turned off by women with super short hair. Not a choice I make or something I can alter. It simply is what it is. We all have our interests and attractions. I don't think that's shallow, personally. I mean, why should be entirely about one person? It's bad to dump somebody for drastically changing their appearance, but it's OK to change yourself into something you know your SO finds unattractive? The simple answer to Stadler's question is that no, I wouldn't break up with a woman for shaving her head. I'd dump her in a heartbeat for the "deal with it" thing.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 16, 2019, 10:39:17 AM
I hope he sat her down and had a good conversation about it. Even if it seems like a small matter, it's big if she has never seen him without it. Which is even more concerning if she hasn't seen any younger pictures of him without a beard.

If he didn't, he's just as much in fault as her not even seeing any pictures of him without the beard.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TioJorge on October 16, 2019, 10:45:12 AM
That's a good point, it's more about the principal of the act than the act itself or the aesthetics of it.

But I'm not going to pretend like it'd be principal on my part, I just wouldn't have any of it if she shaved her head and said it was that way for good (or for the foreseeable future; but if the foreseeable future is longer than a year, maybe even less, I'm still like hmmmm).

I hope he sat her down and had a good conversation about it. Even if it seems like a small matter, it's big if she has never seen him without it. Which is even more concerning if she hasn't seen any younger pictures of him without a beard.

If he didn't, he's just as much in fault as her not even seeing any pictures of him without the beard.

I mean that's true, he knew she hadn't seen him without a beard and apparently didn't give any thought to that. I don't know their relationship super well (I've talked more with her about it than I have with him), but it seems like it was a shock to him that she did that so I'm assuming they were...well, about as close as a 5 year relationship would be for most committed people. He comes from the same kind of family that I do (and the same area, which is the backwoods of Louisiana) and they aren't picture-takers and certainly not picture-keepers. I might be talking out my memory-faltered ass here but I'm pretty sure he was there when Katrina hit too, so there's a good chance he has no choice in the no-photos situation.

I was in Houston when Harvey hit so if for whatever reason I end up with another woman, she's going to have literally no pictures of me before my adulthood.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on October 16, 2019, 10:49:12 AM
love this thread

I have a big ol' beard that I don't even trim regularly and I still get compliments on it. If I shaved I'd look 10 years younger but I also have a weak chin so the beard helps me look more like A Real Dude than without. although leaving some stubble is where I probably look 100% best. I just having shaving and buying shaving supplies so I just grow mine out. I let it grow for almost 3 years before trimming it way down, and instantly regretted it, and I've been letting it grow for over a year again as of last month
This is me. I get compliments all the time. Sadly, most of the female compliments aren't from gals I'd be interested in, though. Yet it is encouraging that plenty of women do seem to dig giant beards.

And physical attraction is an important part of a relationship. I'm pretty turned off by women with super short hair. Not a choice I make or something I can alter. It simply is what it is. We all have our interests and attractions. I don't think that's shallow, personally. I mean, why should be entirely about one person? It's bad to dump somebody for drastically changing their appearance, but it's OK to change yourself into something you know your SO finds unattractive? The simple answer to Stadler's question is that no, I wouldn't break up with a woman for shaving her head. I'd dump her in a heartbeat for the "deal with it" thing.

yeah exactly this 100%
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Herrick on October 16, 2019, 10:50:18 AM
Well, he may be better off if he's no longer with someone who would dump him for such a silly thing as shaving his beard.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Stadler on October 16, 2019, 10:51:46 AM
Him: "Honey, I have some news.  I have ball cancer and I'll be sterile and impotent for the rest of my life."
Her: "Later!"
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Lonk on October 16, 2019, 10:57:24 AM
I shaved my goatee last week.

My girlfriend was happy.

I am growing it back (or maybe a full beard? Hmmmm?)

And my girlfriend is sad.





Women...

Mine is the opposite. I always let her know before I shave it off and she hates it when I'm without it. I usually only cut it for a few weeks just to get a different look though.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Stadler on October 16, 2019, 10:59:38 AM
Me: Clean shaven.
My wife's ex: you know the look:  bald (because when you shave that ring around and over the ears, it's bald by CHOICE!) and goatee.

My wife, after I haven't shaved in a couple days: "You gonna do anything with that?"
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on April 18, 2020, 07:43:28 PM
Big ol' bump. Let's talk beards.

So, I love the world of beard grooming products. Much like I have months' worth of shampoo and conditioner in my bathroom at any given moment, I have multiple products for my beard, with backups for when I run out. For the last few months I've been using this brand of products by The Beard Guyz, because I can buy it all a couple minutes away at Walgreen's. This is everything in my bathroom cabinet right now.

- The balm 'softens and conditions beard, moisturizes skin'
- The butter 'hydrates and softens, relieves itchy beard'
- The oil 'moisturizes and conditions'
- The serum 'helps with a thicker and fuller look'
- The beard wash is the shampoo/conditioner

Now, if you had told me a few years ago I'd be spending all this money on seemingly redundant products, I'd have laughed and said no way. But over time it went from just using beard oil to then using real beard wash; then the balm came in. Then I had to try the butter because it's similar but ever so slightly different. And the serum, well, everybody wants a full beard; I already have one, but I have noticed after regular usage in spots I'd like to fill out more, it actually has worked for me, especially when combined with using the other products.

They all work, so I'm happy having them. It's gotten to the point where I like grooming my beard more than all the hair on my head, strangely. I use the wash 6 days a week, and the oil every 2-3 days. The oil gets rubbed in around the skin; if I'm using balm or butter, I'll work it in through the rest of the beard. Generally, I'll use the balm in the morning, and the butter at night; the balm is heavier and 'stickier' and gives the beard more hold, while the butter is lighter and leaves the beard softer.

So, yeah. Beards are fun. At least I know whenever I start to lose my hair, I can shave my head and still hold on to the beard.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: King Postwhore on April 18, 2020, 08:23:45 PM
I haven't shaved my mustache in 2 month. I'm going for handlebars.  Never tried before. 
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on April 18, 2020, 08:30:03 PM
I haven't shaved my mustache in 2 month. I'm going for handlebars.  Never tried before.

That's awesome. Once it starts getting in the way it's such a pain in the ass but it's really cool. At some point I should just suck it up and buy mustache wax. I've gotten to the point where if I had the wax I could totally pull off those old time styles.
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Post by: King Postwhore on April 18, 2020, 08:37:33 PM
I bought the wax. It's close.
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Post by: TAC on April 18, 2020, 08:38:32 PM
What in the fuck?
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Post by: The Walrus on April 18, 2020, 08:41:20 PM
What in the fuck?

Get outta here, babyface.  :biggrin:
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Post by: King Postwhore on April 18, 2020, 08:41:45 PM
You hate cats and handlebar mustaches?
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Post by: TAC on April 18, 2020, 08:51:37 PM
What in the fuck?

Get outta here, babyface.  :biggrin:

 :lol
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Post by: MoraWintersoul on April 19, 2020, 03:41:04 AM
Beards are a full face of makeup for men. There's dudes who break up with women when they see ~their real face~ so no reason why the opposite wouldn't happen sometimes.

I'm annoyed every time my husband shaves because I love him with a full beard, and it's the easiest thing in the world to maintain: just don't shave, and every now and then wash it! It's much more difficult for me to maintain my hair and yet somehow I have resisted the impulse to shave my head  ::) but he can do whatever he wants and I only bitch about the sandpaper hugs and kisses as it grows back, not the way he looks without it. I'm not afraid he's gonna say he's done with it forever, because I know one single Millennial who actually shaves every day, it's not something we really do anymore.
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Post by: wolfking on April 19, 2020, 04:38:39 AM
Well, he may be better off if he's no longer with someone who would dump him for such a silly thing as shaving his beard.

This.
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Post by: RoeDent on April 19, 2020, 04:41:31 AM
I'm disappointed. I thought someone had declared Vlasto Day.
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Post by: wolfking on April 19, 2020, 04:53:53 AM
I haven't shaved my mustache in 2 month. I'm going for handlebars.  Never tried before.

That's awesome. Once it starts getting in the way it's such a pain in the ass but it's really cool. At some point I should just suck it up and buy mustache wax. I've gotten to the point where if I had the wax I could totally pull off those old time styles.

I don't have a really long beard but I've got a pretty nice full one and had a decent enough length that I started using oil and balm.  I only started that about 2 years ago and I'm not sure why.  Beard balm is nice and beard oil is just amazing.  Keeps everything soft, neat, in place, beautiful.  I'm never used full on wax though.
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Post by: jingle.boy on April 19, 2020, 05:22:42 AM
I shave my head (entire head - face and dome) 1-2 times a week - either with a blade or with my 'beard' trimmer.  Sometimes the blade is just too much of a PITA.
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Post by: DragonAttack on April 19, 2020, 07:32:28 AM
Anal once a year or more is worth the daily discomfort of the beard.....

(My apologies...my mind skipped over all of the other responses)
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Post by: Podaar on April 19, 2020, 07:57:05 AM
Anal once a year or more is worth the daily discomfort of the beard.....

I just... uum... I don't know how to feel about this post.
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Post by: jingle.boy on April 19, 2020, 07:59:47 AM
Anal once a year or more is worth the daily discomfort of the beard.....

I just... uum... I don't know how to feel about this post.

Butthurt?
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Post by: TAC on April 19, 2020, 08:19:15 AM
You guys are weird.
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Post by: King Postwhore on April 19, 2020, 08:19:59 AM
I'm like Vemon. Infecting everyone's grammar.
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Post by: The Walrus on April 19, 2020, 08:22:21 AM
The beard butter is my new favorite thing. Wash, a little oil, finish with a little butter, you got a ridiculously soft, wonderfully scented beard.
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Post by: TAC on April 19, 2020, 08:25:37 AM
I'm like Vemon. Infecting everyone's grammar.

You don't say...
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Indiscipline on April 19, 2020, 10:31:24 AM
Liberation from shaving may be one of the few enjoyable outcomes about this work stoppage for me, but I'm a bit baffled by this beard care products thing.

Not judging anyone, but isn't not having to care for your face the whole point of letting a beard grow?  :D
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Podaar on April 19, 2020, 10:40:06 AM
Not judging anyone, but isn't not having to care for your face the whole point of letting a beard grow?  :D

Nope. The whole point is having your beard smell like a pine forest dipped in patchouli.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: T-ski on April 19, 2020, 10:57:32 AM
I haven't shaved my face since my last day of work, which was March 18th.

It has now been established that I cannot grow a manly beard. 
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on April 19, 2020, 11:00:53 AM
Not judging anyone, but isn't not having to care for your face the whole point of letting a beard grow?  :D

I get the joke, but I can't help myself: your beard feels better, it won't itch, it smells better, whoever you're kissing won't feel like they're macking on steel wool, and it even looks better. :) I work in a super dusty environment, though. Until I started taking actual care of my beard, it would get so itchy, and the difference has been like night and day.

At least, for me. My beard hairs are longer than the hair on the heads of most men. No EB level beard, certainly no Leland Sklar, but on its way. Goals, baby.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Indiscipline on April 19, 2020, 11:02:47 AM
Fair enough. I'm very uncivilised at heart  :lol
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: MirrorMask on April 19, 2020, 02:53:23 PM
I haven't shaved my face since my last day of work, which was March 18th.

It has now been established that I cannot grow a manly beard.

I shaved mine 2 weeks and a day ago, it was the first time in 5 years. It's grown by now, but it's all messy and it's not thick at all. I have a lot of hair (not in length, but in volume), and my beard is so scarce - but I'm pretty sure many men at 40 who are in my inverted position (bald with a big beard) would gladly make the chance (or maybe not, who knows). I'm more than happy to completely have all of my hair now that I'm 40, without even the slightest hint of a thinning, but it sucks a bit that my beard is so scarce. Actually the goatee area is just fine, it's on the jaws and the on the cheeks that it grows way more scarcely, and it's also white-ish - the goatee and most of my hair are still dark, sure you can spot the grey here and there but I'm most definitively a dark haired man, you just can't call me gray.

I'll let it grow out for the third week at least, then I'll consider trimming it maybe.

I'd post pics clean shaven / with a full beard two weeks apart but the growth doesn't really look clear on pictures. Or maybe I can't take selfies and I'm not bothered enough to put the effort into making a decent pic of me anyway  ;D

Feels good however to start out completely and totally shaven, and day by day feeling it grow longer.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: wolfking on April 19, 2020, 11:42:27 PM
Not judging anyone, but isn't not having to care for your face the whole point of letting a beard grow?  :D

I thought that for a long time, but when I started taking care of it and grooming it and adding all the products, it just looks 100 times better, and more professional.  If you are serious about your beard, it's actually more work caring for it then shaving IMO.  Becuase you still need to trim it also every week. 
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: jingle.boy on April 20, 2020, 04:48:26 AM
Not judging anyone, but isn't not having to care for your face the whole point of letting a beard grow?  :D

I thought that for a long time, but when I started taking care of it and grooming it and adding all the products, it just looks 100 times better, and more professional.  If you are serious about your beard, it's actually more work caring for it then shaving IMO.  Becuase you still need to trim it also every week.

Not Katt.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on April 20, 2020, 05:01:17 AM
I occasionally trim the very ends of mine but yeah mostly I just let it do its thing.  :lol although, honestly, even that is way more enjoyable than shaving.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: wolfking on April 20, 2020, 05:16:19 AM
I occasionally trim the very ends of mine but yeah mostly I just let it do its thing.  :lol although, honestly, even that is way more enjoyable than shaving.

That's all I mean.  Any wild whispy hairs just take them back and make it all look tidy.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 20, 2020, 03:18:33 PM
I've got the full beard going. Had a short one for a few months before all this, but now I've gone full blown "fuck it". Not going to trim it until either I go back to working, or my other half starts complaining about it :lol
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: T-ski on April 20, 2020, 06:33:08 PM
Anyone else brave enough to post a pic? Five weeks with no shaving....

(https://i.imgur.com/fjDrn7v.jpg)
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: King Postwhore on April 20, 2020, 07:25:47 PM
I'm hoping in a few weeks my handlebar moustache will be ready to debut.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 20, 2020, 10:22:28 PM
Not an amazing photo lol

Last time I trimmed (pretty damn short) was a few days before I was laid off for the first time on March 20th.

(https://i.imgur.com/T7noOPw.jpg)
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TheSilentHam on April 21, 2020, 10:56:08 AM
Never thought about the moral situations created by facial hair or the lack thereof.  Now that I think about it, I might consider a trial separation if my wife grows a beard.  It took me long enough to get used to the mustache.  (j.k.. somewhat)
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: MirrorMask on April 21, 2020, 11:54:51 AM
So, just for comparison.... me with a clean face for the first time in 5 years, versus me with 16 days of completely untamed and unkept beard growth

(https://i.imgur.com/1DTEnv4.jpg)  (https://i.imgur.com/kbZb9a6.jpg)

I hope you'll agree with me that with the bard it's slightly less horrible  ;D

I was planning to refine it a bit after 2 weeks, but now I'm kinda curious to see how far it's going, since as you can see it's not exactly thick on the cheeks...
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Northern Lion on April 21, 2020, 12:46:15 PM
I have been wearing a beard for about 7-9 years now.  7 without shaving.  I absolutely love it.  I think I look better and I can grow a pretty darn good one, so that helps me want to keep it.  Also, I wear it on the longer side most of the time.

On the subject of beard products, I've tried oil, balm and wax, I only kept using oil, although I do buy balm every once in a while.  I don't really care about the rest and wax too easily pulls my mustache hairs out.

I've been making my own beard oil for the past 4 years.  It saves me a ton of money.

For those of you who wonder about the utility of beard products, here is my story.  In my first few bearding years, my wife nicknamed me "Mr. Broom" because of my mustache.  I began to learn about beard oil and its benefits, and thought I'd give it a try.  After about a week after using it my wife stopped calling me Mr. Broom.  I am a believer in beard oil.

Over the last 2 years I've kept my sides shorter and my goatee long.  But since everything is locked down now, I thought I'd grow it all out again, so that's what I'm in the middle of doing.  I think I might go full on epic this time around.

I'll post a picture as soon as I get a chance.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: wolfking on April 21, 2020, 06:24:42 PM
I have been wearing a beard for about 7-9 years now.  7 without shaving.  I absolutely love it.  I think I look better and I can grow a pretty darn good one, so that helps me want to keep it.  Also, I wear it on the longer side most of the time.

On the subject of beard products, I've tried oil, balm and wax, I only kept using oil, although I do buy balm every once in a while.  I don't really care about the rest and wax too easily pulls my mustache hairs out.

I've been making my own beard oil for the past 4 years.  It saves me a ton of money.

For those of you who wonder about the utility of beard products, here is my story.  In my first few bearding years, my wife nicknamed me "Mr. Broom" because of my mustache.  I began to learn about beard oil and its benefits, and thought I'd give it a try.  After about a week after using it my wife stopped calling me Mr. Broom.  I am a believer in beard oil.

Over the last 2 years I've kept my sides shorter and my goatee long.  But since everything is locked down now, I thought I'd grow it all out again, so that's what I'm in the middle of doing.  I think I might go full on epic this time around.

I'll post a picture as soon as I get a chance.

So....you are an actual lion then?
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Northern Lion on April 22, 2020, 08:15:07 AM
I have been wearing a beard for about 7-9 years now.  7 without shaving.  I absolutely love it.  I think I look better and I can grow a pretty darn good one, so that helps me want to keep it.  Also, I wear it on the longer side most of the time.

On the subject of beard products, I've tried oil, balm and wax, I only kept using oil, although I do buy balm every once in a while.  I don't really care about the rest and wax too easily pulls my mustache hairs out.

I've been making my own beard oil for the past 4 years.  It saves me a ton of money.

For those of you who wonder about the utility of beard products, here is my story.  In my first few bearding years, my wife nicknamed me "Mr. Broom" because of my mustache.  I began to learn about beard oil and its benefits, and thought I'd give it a try.  After about a week after using it my wife stopped calling me Mr. Broom.  I am a believer in beard oil.

Over the last 2 years I've kept my sides shorter and my goatee long.  But since everything is locked down now, I thought I'd grow it all out again, so that's what I'm in the middle of doing.  I think I might go full on epic this time around.

I'll post a picture as soon as I get a chance.

So....you are an actual lion then?

:lol, I look like one, that's for sure.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: wolfking on April 22, 2020, 09:43:24 PM
 :metal
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Northern Lion on May 04, 2020, 10:33:15 PM
Alright, sorry it took me so long, here you go.

(https://i.imgur.com/W62wY1x.jpg?1)

The sides are still a little bit on the short side and that's how I've worn it the past 2 years.  But I need a change and am going full epic again  :)

I want to shave my head as well, but my wife won't let me, for some reason she really likes the little hair I have left.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: wolfking on May 04, 2020, 10:43:42 PM
Yeah, that's a nice looking beard mate.  When I grow mine, I also try and keep the sides shorter.  I just don't like the 'boofiness' when the sides are too long, it looks silly IMO.  Yours has great shape and makes a long beard look tamed and looked after.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TAC on May 05, 2020, 06:32:42 AM
What is that wire coming out of it? Does it light up?
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Northern Lion on May 05, 2020, 07:28:26 AM
What is that wire coming out of it? Does it light up?

 :lol, no that's my headphones wire.  I took this picture right before I was going to go into my workshop and build something.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: King Postwhore on May 05, 2020, 07:43:06 AM
What is that wire coming out of it? Does it light up?

Only at Christmas Tim.  NL is one of those guys that leaves the lights up yearly.  :lol
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Northern Lion on May 05, 2020, 07:50:48 AM
What is that wire coming out of it? Does it light up?

Only at Christmas Tim.  NL is one of those guys that leaves the lights up yearly.  :lol

 :lol
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TAC on May 05, 2020, 09:36:00 AM
From Northern Lion's Christmas card last year:

(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/4b/6f/59/4b6f59bd050a08aebc3cf33df45a352e.jpg)
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on May 05, 2020, 09:37:55 AM
 :lol

Here's a twofer, one of my face masks feat. kattbeard. I know I need to clean the sides up and trim the bottom, I'm just really fucking lazy, don't @ me.  :lol

(https://i.imgur.com/cJ4lwZq.jpg)
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TAC on May 05, 2020, 09:40:58 AM
Oh, now I'm having trouble breathing.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on May 05, 2020, 09:45:24 AM
I'm breathtaking, I know.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TAC on May 05, 2020, 09:48:45 AM
Oh yeah!

*grabs Vapors CD*
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on May 05, 2020, 09:49:55 AM
One of my friends just said "you like a vagina tryna eat its way out some shorts" and I'm fucking dead  :rollin
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TAC on May 05, 2020, 09:50:38 AM
Well that mask does look like a bikini bottom.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on May 05, 2020, 09:52:05 AM
Well that mask does look like a bikini bottom.

It's an improvement over my actual face which is hideous. :neverusethis:
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TAC on May 05, 2020, 09:53:12 AM
Well that mask does look like a bikini bottom.

It's an improvement over my actual face which is hideous. :neverusethis:

The whole idea of wearing a bikini bottom is that it covers an ass. So..yeah.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on May 05, 2020, 09:55:45 AM
Don't most bikini bottoms ride up the ass though?  :lol
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Indiscipline on May 05, 2020, 09:56:26 AM
Ok, I come from where I come from, but I've never seen that amount of hair exceeding a bikini bottom.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: TAC on May 05, 2020, 09:57:31 AM
You ain't in Chicago though!
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Indiscipline on May 05, 2020, 09:58:36 AM
Ah. Now I get why they're called da bears.
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: The Walrus on May 05, 2020, 09:59:04 AM
Jesus  :lol :lol
Title: Re: FACIAL HAIR. What is it? How? Why? Tonight, We Find Out. AKA VLAST0O0O0O!
Post by: Northern Lion on May 08, 2020, 08:44:34 AM
From Northern Lion's Christmas card last year:

(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/4b/6f/59/4b6f59bd050a08aebc3cf33df45a352e.jpg)

 :lol

:lol

Here's a twofer, one of my face masks feat. kattbeard. I know I need to clean the sides up and trim the bottom, I'm just really fucking lazy, don't @ me.  :lol

(https://i.imgur.com/cJ4lwZq.jpg)

 :omg:

Try Mick Thompson's mask. :)