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Nothing
can reshape a face or add a dramatic look like facial hair
styles. All facial styles, “Sideburns,
Mustaches, Goatees and Beards are governed by the natural growth
pattern and density of your beard. This
simple yet dramatic addition can "accent
facial features", "mask its irregularities" and defiantly
adds an "artsy stylish
look".
Whiskers can be shaped and
styled to cover a ruddy complexion, shorten a wide upper lip,
add width to a narrow face, balance a large nose, soften or accent sharp features,
cover a scare, strengthen a weak chin or cover a double chin, make receding hairlines less noticeable and add years to a young
face to name a few. Depending on the style you chose whiskers can give you a mature,
stylish, artsy, rugged, dashing, sexy, intelligent, friendly, decisive, bold,
aristocratic and distinguished look. What more can I
say about the style power of whiskers?
Because whiskers
grow quickly it only takes 7-10 days of growth to get started.
Shaving around the edge will keep looking clean while growing out. If you
like the look of a close beard use a clipper on the closest setting twice
a week for a 5 o'clock shadowed look. At this point you
can begin experimenting by removing the sides and keep a mustache or include the chin whiskers for an artsy goatee.
If your up for a totally
new look, before you start “sprouting whiskers”
take a
look at how many notable Hollywood actors use
facial hair styles for the rolls they play and to enhance their
personal appearance.
Throughout his career Errol
Fynn used his thin "mustache" to complement is
angular features and a small goatee for rolls as a dashing buccaneer.
The handsome Clark Gable sported a shapely “chevron
style” mustache to shorten his wide upper lip and full sideburns to
mask his large ears.
To give his boyish good looks
a
mature look Leonardo DiCaprio sometimes wears
a mustache and goatee. When Johnny Depp grew
out his thin mustache and goatee for his roll as the swashbuckling pirate of the
Caribbean
young men begin sporting his “style pirate
look”.
Each style is based on the growth direction, coverage and density of a
beard. A goatee is a “stylish way” to
cover a double chin or widen a narrow one.
To accent his angular
chin Sean Penn wears a stylish
thin mustache and small goatee. Ashton
Kutcher's baby face gets a mature rugged look with a close clipped
beard. To keep it up use a clipper on the closest setting
twice a week and shave around the edge. Wearing facial hair is a quick way
to add a mature look and balance facial features.
For a classic Wild West
look Sam Elliott let his thick whiskers
grow out for a long full handlebar mustache. For his roll as a gun slinger
Viggo Mortenson wear a full mustache
with wide lip goatee. Both of these styles were considered stylish for the
time. If you’re the urban cowboy type or the real deal either of these
stylish looks would be an excellent choice.
Tom Selleck’s trade
mark mustache is widely considered the gold standard among
mustached celebrities. He recently shave it off for a film but grew it
back proving that you can't keep a great looking stache’ off for
long. Jack Black
puts on a happy face and gives his round features a slimmer look with a
mustache. Sporting a stache’ is a "stylish
way” cover a wide or narrow upper lip and balance both large and
small facial features.
For a bad ass image Bruce
Willis shaved his head and added a 5 o’clock shadow. Bruce occasionally
sports a shapely goatee to fill out his chin and color his beard. For
those with hair loss shaving or clipping your hair super short and
wearing a (beard, mustache or goatee) is a stylish option.
When a movie roll calls for a distinguished look
Anthony Hopkins wears a full brushed beard. For a rugged look George
Clooney’s close clipped beard plays up his strong chin
and jaw line. Wearing a shapely (full or close cut) beard can be a
handsome look for both young and older men.
If you’re one of those
dudes with a thick dark beard that looks like a
5 o’clock
shadow by
noon
you may want to consider using
those whiskers. Because facial hair styles are limited by the growth
pattern and density, men with thick beards can wear any style
imaginable. Blessed with movie star good looks and a thick beard to boot Mel
Gibson often uses his whiskers for many characters he
portrays.
Vote the sexiest
man alive. The handsome Sean Connery is
well known for his stylish whiskers. To define the shape Sean has always
colored his mustache and eye brows and wears full sideburns to mask his
large ears. This secret agent is loaded with panache'.
If this is your first time
growing whiskers you may be surprised to see
it has grayed in spots. For some this can add a distinguished
look. If you don't like the look you can use a eye
brow pencil (the same shade as your natural color) and
make-up brush to temporally cover over
the gray or
darken the edge to accent the shape. Because facial hair is course
and resistant
to hair dye its best to visit a salon colorist if you chose to use a permanent hair color. They
can guide you through the process and select the best shade to match you
natural color.
When
asked, women for the most part said they love the look of men with
facial hair as long as it was well groomed. Care
and shaping play
a major roll if you want your whiskers to
be a "turn
on" not a "turn off".
To
keep your whiskers clean and soft to the touch use a "shampoo
instead of bar soap" and
hair conditioner after to soften it. If the whiskers
look a bit dry or frizzy a dab of styling cream will tame it.
If you’re up for
totally new look grow your beard out
for week or so and visit a salon hair stylist to
find the best style for your unique face shape and features.
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