I still get a few zits here and there.  If I have a few zits, I just don’t bother to shave for a few days until they go away.  The times that I do shave when I have acne, I run into a few problems.  First, my skin is less smooth, so I run the risk of cutting myself while shaving.  Second, you can really see the blemishes a whole lot better after you shave.  I feel like they are really accented right after I shave.

The moral of the story is to let your facial hair grow out to hide your acne.

Facial hair is something that defines men. Women can never really take this away from us. We are the only ones that are capable of growing a good amount of facial hair, and we are the only ones that will look good sporting it. Well, some styles look a little better than others. Let’s go over the major different types of facial hair, from the least amount of hair to the most amount.

Clean shaven: This is for the men who either can’t grow much facial hair, don’t like the look, don’t like the feel or simply look like a goof sporting any sort of style. It is pretty simple to maintain, but requires daily full shaves.

Mustache: Just a strip of hair on the upper lip. This style has been slowly going out of style, and younger men are sporting the mustache less and less as the trend is slowing down. There are some awkward stages in trying to grow the mustache, but once you have it going it looks pretty normal. You still need to shave every day; there is just a little less area to shave.

Goatee: This is basically a mustache that goes down and around the mouth. Your cheeks are still clean shaven, but you leave the spot around your mouth still grown out. This style looks good on some men but just terrible on others. You really need to have the ability to grow some good upper-lip hair to pull this off. Again, daily shaving is still needed but even less surface to shave than the mustache.

Neard: I think this is more of a joke. It stands for Neck-Beard. You shave everything except for your neck. This is only done when people are trying to look like a goof.

Chin strap: This is basically a strip that goes down your jaw line and connects at your chin. I have found it is difficult to keep the strip even without taking too much off.

The 5 o’clock shadow: This is my personal favorite. Just do a clean shave every other day. Or every three days. I typically go 5 days.

The Jesus Beard: Simply don’t shave, ever. If you want bum status, don’t cut your hair or shower either. The only time I can see this style acceptable is if you are getting ready for a role in a movie or Halloween.

Regardless of your typical style, be sure to experiment and enjoy your facial hair.

1. Keep everything else well groomed.  Keep your hair cut short, take a shower every day and wear clean clothes.
2. Wear nice clothes.  If you are trying not to scare people, put on some snazzy clothes to compensate for your scraggly beard.  Don’t just throw on a blazer… Maybe a nice collard shirt (no holes or stains) or a good button-down.
3. Iron your clothes.  Wrinkled clothes make you look more homeless.
4. After eating, check to see that half your lunch isn’t still in your beard.  This is a dead give-away that proves you are clearly a bum.

The general idea is to do anything a bum wouldn’t do.  Drive a fancy car, wear nice clothes and don’t walk around with a shopping cart full of all your possessions.  Stay aware of your appearance and you won’t be scaring away all the girls.

Shaggy hair + scruffy beard = homeless:

Long hair + no beard = normal:

Short hair + beard = normal:

So in conclusion, you can’t have your cake and eat it too.  If you want to save time + money by not cutting your hair, you will have to make up for it by shaving more.  If you want to save time by not shaving, you will have to get haircuts!  Bummer!

There are some people that you always see with a clean-shaved face.  That is probably because they don’t have very good hair-growing features on their face.  Some people can grow thick manly beards, whereas other people might have a few whiskers growing out.  Some might be able to grow mad goatees, but not be able to grow any burns or chops.  Some people might have solid chin straps, but not be able to grow a mustache for the life of them.  Everyone is different!

I know that a lot of retired people watch daytime TV.  The situation room is on all day it seems.  Wolf Blitzer has a full gray (almost white) beard.  I think it makes him look a lot older than he really is…  I wonder how old he would look if he just shaved the darn thing.  Probably at least 5 years younger!  The only problem is that the demographic of people watching his program would feel like they could relate to him less than before.

Do you think he looked better with no beard?  Why is it that whenever someone gains weight, they also throw on a beard?

You decide… Again…

It really does make you look a lot older if you have a pretty grayish beard.

I was watching the world series and noticed probably every other player had some sort of beard going. Maybe it was their rally beards?