Beards

[Thumpalumpacus]

It's fantastic! I love it! The grey is the best part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    

C'mere, hon. That many exclamation points deserves something.

Seriously, I look at that pic and think, "golly, I'm turning into Whatevs, is a garden that far down the line?"

But if you love it, it's all good.

I was trying to go for the Muslim convert/Viking God style long beard, even if it took years.

But I just can't handle it.

My facial hair is extremely hard and spikey, I know some men have hair that's soft and grows easy but that's just not the case for me, it's like having a hedgehog strapped to my head 24 7.

Funny you mention that. One reason I haven't grown a full beard in so long was the discomfort. But it feels a hell of a lot softer and less itchy so far -- matter of fact, the itchiest parts are the edges where I trim. The beard itself is laying down nicely and I'm thinking I'll keep it for a while. No Viking-fro, though.

Is there not something you can do about that? Surely there's some products, maybe conditioners, and some styling techniques you could use to train your beard to be softer. If people can do it for their head hair then surely they can for facial hair too.

I use my hair conditioner on my beard a few times a week. As my hair gets longer on my head, I'll soon be shifting to Mane-and-Tail for the topside, which isn't so great on beards, so I might have to act like a gal and have a couple of different conditioners in my shower.

Oh, the horrors!

...and yes I did carve that shit out of the stump of a 130ft tree that I took down....with my bear hands.

They look pretty human to me, brotha ... just sayin'.