Not really sure what the rest of the male world is doing with their facial hair at the moment. In Vancouver there are some interesting things going on. Just to clarify, all of the below is purely observational and completely subjective.
Bill gently strokes his cheeks. His skin is smooth, his face is clean. His hair is casually styled. Just the slightest touch of hair gel. His thick dark hair is neatly arrange to frame is face. Bill is part of an (on the north American west coast) in population shrinking minority of clean shaven men. Bill is complementing his (facial) hair style with a sleek dress shirt, neatly tucked into dark jeans topped off with a brown pair of desert boots. Bill is feeling good about himself.
Jeff is standing just opposite of Bill on the bus. Upon seeing Bill, he immediately thinks ’Who is that dude? He is so 00s. Has he not arrived in the 10s yet?’ Jeff is scratching his Dreitagebart (I wasn’t happy with the English translation to designer stubble so I am using the German term which literary translates to “three-day-beard”). Shaving every day is a waste of his already limited time. His dark blond hair is just drying off from his daily seven and a half minutes wake-up-shower. He is wearing a one coloured dark green T-shirt, slightly washed out jeans and chucks. He trims his beard once or sometimes twice a week, he gets a hair cut about once every two months. He is looking good and he knows it. He gets his phone out and starts playing Angry Birds. Yeah, he certainly needs the time for more important things in life.
Andrew has different problems. He is participating in Movember. Ever since a bunch of humorous Australians decided to grow a moustache throughout November men around the world grow themselves a moustache (or something that is supposed to resemble it) during November. Some do it to support different kinds of charity, others, just because they can. Andrew is heading into week 3. He is having trouble preventing his facial decoration from going wild. Little spikes of hair are starting to stick in random directions. Everything apart from the upper lip is more or less clean shaven. Will he be able to curl the ends of his moustache in week 4? Andrew, like many others, really can’t pull off a moustache. But what does he care? Moustaches are cool and hip and at the same time he is doing the world some good. He is practically wearing a superman cape.
For Paul it’s all about the neck line. It took weeks of research and practice to find the right neck/chin-covered-by-hair to neck-clean-shaven ratio. By now Paul has mastered trimming his beard close to perfection. The beard line looks neat and even, almost like drawn with a compass. Paul can only shake his head about the moustache guy. He is all about the face frame. An upper lip beard goes is in the same category as a goatee: so yesterday. Paul’s beard is a statement. He ain’t wearing no popular brands, no washed out jeans or fancy shirts. He ain’t following any commercialism. Paul will always go his own way, always remain true to himself. Pleased by this observation, he takes a refreshing zip of his Starbucks coffee and gets off the bus.
Charles is not aware of any of this. He couldn’t care less about beard lines, Movember or designer stubbles. He is just trying to grow something. On good days the fine layer of black hair on his upper lip might pass as the beginning of a moustache or beard. On bad days it just looks like a young man’s face before his first shave. He has tried eating protein rich meals, he even supplemented his food with special vitamins. There are a few patches of black stubbles now. No uniformity though. Charles sighs and dreamily stares at all the different kind of facial hair styles around him. Maybe one day…
If there is one thing that Seamus is proud of, it is his full beard. It took him 218 days to get to this point. He has watched several different youtube how-to-grow/maintain/clean/awesomize-your-beard videos, has spent over $300 on beard accessories (a beard comb, scissors, three different kind of trimmers, beard balm, oil, wax, pomade, itchy beard wash, hair loss prevention shampoo as well as beard conditioner) and has invested at least eight hours a week into extensive beard care. He also had to get new glasses to match the new uber beardy look. He wears shirts with catchy punchlines, witty jokes or designs by local artists printed across the chest. The colour of his pants range from dark red to bright blue. He has a pair of sneakers matching all of them. His appearance is an art, Seamus the artist. Can’t a man just live his creativity?
Jeff is standing just opposite of Bill on the bus. Upon seeing Bill, he immediately thinks ’Who is that dude? He is so 00s. Has he not arrived in the 10s yet?’ Jeff is scratching his Dreitagebart (I wasn’t happy with the English translation to designer stubble so I am using the German term which literary translates to “three-day-beard”). Shaving every day is a waste of his already limited time. His dark blond hair is just drying off from his daily seven and a half minutes wake-up-shower. He is wearing a one coloured dark green T-shirt, slightly washed out jeans and chucks. He trims his beard once or sometimes twice a week, he gets a hair cut about once every two months. He is looking good and he knows it. He gets his phone out and starts playing Angry Birds. Yeah, he certainly needs the time for more important things in life.
Andrew has different problems. He is participating in Movember. Ever since a bunch of humorous Australians decided to grow a moustache throughout November men around the world grow themselves a moustache (or something that is supposed to resemble it) during November. Some do it to support different kinds of charity, others, just because they can. Andrew is heading into week 3. He is having trouble preventing his facial decoration from going wild. Little spikes of hair are starting to stick in random directions. Everything apart from the upper lip is more or less clean shaven. Will he be able to curl the ends of his moustache in week 4? Andrew, like many others, really can’t pull off a moustache. But what does he care? Moustaches are cool and hip and at the same time he is doing the world some good. He is practically wearing a superman cape.
For Paul it’s all about the neck line. It took weeks of research and practice to find the right neck/chin-covered-by-hair to neck-clean-shaven ratio. By now Paul has mastered trimming his beard close to perfection. The beard line looks neat and even, almost like drawn with a compass. Paul can only shake his head about the moustache guy. He is all about the face frame. An upper lip beard goes is in the same category as a goatee: so yesterday. Paul’s beard is a statement. He ain’t wearing no popular brands, no washed out jeans or fancy shirts. He ain’t following any commercialism. Paul will always go his own way, always remain true to himself. Pleased by this observation, he takes a refreshing zip of his Starbucks coffee and gets off the bus.
Charles is not aware of any of this. He couldn’t care less about beard lines, Movember or designer stubbles. He is just trying to grow something. On good days the fine layer of black hair on his upper lip might pass as the beginning of a moustache or beard. On bad days it just looks like a young man’s face before his first shave. He has tried eating protein rich meals, he even supplemented his food with special vitamins. There are a few patches of black stubbles now. No uniformity though. Charles sighs and dreamily stares at all the different kind of facial hair styles around him. Maybe one day…
If there is one thing that Seamus is proud of, it is his full beard. It took him 218 days to get to this point. He has watched several different youtube how-to-grow/maintain/clean/awesomize-your-beard videos, has spent over $300 on beard accessories (a beard comb, scissors, three different kind of trimmers, beard balm, oil, wax, pomade, itchy beard wash, hair loss prevention shampoo as well as beard conditioner) and has invested at least eight hours a week into extensive beard care. He also had to get new glasses to match the new uber beardy look. He wears shirts with catchy punchlines, witty jokes or designs by local artists printed across the chest. The colour of his pants range from dark red to bright blue. He has a pair of sneakers matching all of them. His appearance is an art, Seamus the artist. Can’t a man just live his creativity?
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