Beards...

[duranman]

GQ magazine reckon 55% of guys between 25 and 55 now have them. In London it's a must have. True, this has been the case for 3 or 4 years now. But what do you girls think of them? And is it as ubiquitous in the States? I'm talking full beards by the way, not wanky dated goatie...

 

[spacekowboy]

So you have a thing for facial hair and Duran Duran...
Are you sure you don't smoke man pole?

 

[duranman]

So you have a thing for facial hair and Duran Duran...
Are you sure you don't smoke man pole?

Agh! The wanky goatie! Man, you would never have been accepted as a Duranie....

 

[Bob_Bytchin]

So you have a thing for facial hair and Duran Duran...
Are you sure you don't smoke man pole?

Facial hair and Duran Duran don't go together unless Billy Gibbons joined the band.

 

[CandiCame]

I hate that hipster shit.

I can't wait for my fucking face to heal so I can get rid of this mess.

 

[oggbashan]

Beards are like Marmite.

People either like them or hate them. If you have been beardless and grow a beard you are likely to get critical comments as it grows (and it will be itchy!).

But if, like me, you have had a beard for several decades it is accepted as part of you.

 

[JohnnySavage]

The Goatee is the GED of facial hair.

 

[ryan8558]

Beards are like Marmite.

People either like them or hate them. If you have been beardless and grow a beard you are likely to get critical comments as it grows (and it will be itchy!).

But if, like me, you have had a beard for several decades it is accepted as part of you.

This.

 

[NorthernGinger]

Not a fan.

 

[Bob_Bytchin]

The Goatee is the GED of facial hair.

HAH!

It's a non-commital beard. Women are best avoiding guys with goatees.

 

[Garnate]

I've always liked a clean-cut man. I'll even go for stubble, but I've never liked beards and probably never will. Just not mah thang.

 

[duranman]

I have to say I get more shags these days with the hairy attire, but maybe it's just 'cos it's hip in London? When you're fairly square jawed and reasonably tall/ well built it's a no brainer a full beard, when looked after, will look good. With shortish groomed hair it can look awesome to women...

 

[Wrong Element]

I'm just too damn busy to shave.

 

[duranman]

Check this guy out- it's THE look in London. The car's total shite though...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzd8n0FqVDU

 

[spacekowboy]

I've always liked a clean-cut man. I'll even go for stubble, but I've never liked beards and probably never will. Just not mah thang.

What are your thoughts on the Highway Patrol mustache?

 

[duranman]

I've always liked a clean-cut man. I'll even go for stubble, but I've never liked beards and probably never will. Just not mah thang.

Would you turn down the bearded George Clooney or Ben Affleck then sexy?...

 

[Bob_Bytchin]

What are your thoughts on the Highway Patrol mustache?

http://daylifeimages.newscred.com/imageserve/efddcdf6f4fe1a878fef0577d4bfe664/361x543.jpg

 

[butters]

Check this guy out- it's THE look in London. The car's total shite though...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzd8n0FqVDU

when i'm out and about in town, there's a lot of beards on youngsters but mostly from the regions of india/pakistan/palestine etc..., some grown for cultural/religious observation. on other nationalities, not nearly so much. looking around i'd say not even a third are beardies - still lots of stubblies and goatees, but plenty of clean-shaven too. i'm all for the diversity.

 

[parodyluvr75]

I'm not attracted to facial hair, I'm attracted to the man.

 

[oggbashan]

When my brother was doing his National Service in the Royal Navy on a destroyer in the Mediterranean he sought official permission 'to stop shaving', which is the RN's procedure for attempting to grow a beard. After a certain period the growth is inspected by an officer. If it is acceptable, the sailor is allowed to keep it. If not - off it comes.

But he didn't tell his UK girlfriend. When he returned home at the end of his service she took one look and said "No way am I going anywhere with that beard."

He shaved it off that afternoon.

But - there was a problem. His upper face was suntanned. His now beardless face was pasty white. His girlfriend solved it for their evening out with coloured make-up from her cosmetics bag.

He tried using 1950s fake tan. That was worse. He had a tanned upper face and a yellowy-orange lower face. It took him months to get a face that was the same colour all over.

 

[gravyrug]

Beards are like Marmite.

People either like them or hate them. If you have been beardless and grow a beard you are likely to get critical comments as it grows (and it will be itchy!).

But if, like me, you have had a beard for several decades it is accepted as part of you.

My daughters can't remember me without one. It's pretty much here to stay.

 

[doowdniw]

I quit shaving about 8 months ago. I saw that Gillette had once again raised its disposable blade prices and decided I'd had enough. So I bought a small electric trimmer called a "Peanut" and just keep it trimmed down to about five-day's growth. Wife likes it, and that's good enough for me.

 

[about_average]

I had a beard from '79 to around '02. Now I usually have one in the winter and not in the summer. Unless I can't be bothered to shave for a week or so.
My wife always gives me grief when I shave.

 

[rosco rathbone]

<<<goatee....90s revival starts here

in all seriousness, it has always interested me how blue collar/lower middle class/working class styles lag 10-15 years behind the SWPLs who set the trends. In the early 80s, your mechanic and plumber looked like the Summer of Love. Now they're all tatted up with shaved heads and devil man goats like Jim Rose sideshow circus, 1995.

 

[Skiddles2014]

So you have a thing for facial hair and Duran Duran...
Are you sure you don't smoke man pole?

He's a brit, of course he does.