[Closed] Beardy types

So, at her request, I've dyed it

I hope, as part of the deal, she gave you your balls back out the drawer.

...fwiw, just let it go salt+pepper. Makes one look distinguished.

...and pretty badass:

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just let it grow for another couple of weeks - 10mm of luxuriant youthful beard on top of 10mm of greying roots is totally on trend.

[quote=TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR ]Anyone dye theirs?
I'm full on salt and pepper and the Mrs says it makes me look old....

It may come off tomorrow - it's only a couple of weeks growth, around 10mm

Interesting topic, as I'm currently growing my first ever proper beard, and describing it as salt and pepper would be being polite (next door suggested I was being Santa!) I had wondered about dye, but doubt I will (will probably just get rid soon). In my case it has possibly an even greater aging effect as I have a fairly full head of dark hair. I did know it would be like this, as that's the colour my stubble is.

Though despite quickly growing stubble, I don't seem to grow a beard that quick. Mine's about that length after a month.

[i]...fwiw, just let it go salt+pepper. Makes one look distinguished.

...and pretty badass:[/i]

You mean 'like my Uncle Harry' I think. He's losing it a bit and sometimes gets lost coming back from the shops but yeah, it's a great look. Beards are way cool nowadays. Nobody has them.

I'm my own man. No comment as dont trend nor hipster either

Why the **** would I have a beard?

I was sat in a coffee shop in leads today where lots of young chaps came in with beards and Brill combed hair. They look like sad little clones.

Shave it off then runaway and join a circus 😀

Why the **** would I have a beard?

I was sat in a coffee shop in leads today where lots of young chaps came in with beards and Brill combed hair. They look like sad little clones.

People in following fashion shocker!

Unfortunately/fortunately, the option for Brylcreem escaped me many years ago.

That aside, sometimes I have a beard, sometimes I have stubble - depends on my mood. Never clean shaven though, that just doesn't suit me

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i'd mock, but i can't grow one.

sure you can. Every single man on the planet can grow a beard, it's dead easy. Just stop shaving. A week or so later and there you go, a beard.

Sorry, apart from de Caprio. But every other man can.

i would like to dye my beard blonde. my hair is blonde but my beard is mainly dark.

i wont though, the whole point of a beard is you don't have to do things to it

I can't grow one either

Stubble looks fine, but leave it any longer and I look like I live on a park bench

I've had a beard of varying lengths for the last 14 years, I first grew it when I was at uni and I left my razor at home and being a student a razor wasn't at the top of my list of things to purchase.

At my OH's Christmas party a couple of weeks ago I got complimented on mine and told it was "totally on trend", I'd had quite a large quantity of gin by this time so I ended up berating them a little bit more than necessary and gave them a potted history of the beard as well. They were confused.

I now have more than 20 grey whiskers that weren't there last Christmas!I've just shaved mine off.
There's a bloke at work who "just for men's" his beard ,eyebrows and hair.I can't help but s**** as I pass him. He looks like a cartoon baddy.Sorry. 🙂

When I first grew my beard it came through ginger, I'm over the moon it's going white now! In all honesty we age, it's what happens, enjoy it.

I now have more than 20 grey whiskers that weren't there last Christmas!I

I'm going the opposite way. Most of my beard hair is almost invisibly pale. A few years ago on rogue jet black appeared on the side of my chin and now he's got a few dozen mates around him. Not that noticeable if I let my beard grow, but when I shave I look like I've got a dirty thumbprint on my face.

People in following fashion shocker!

No, they looked like clones. Fashion is one thing yes but they all looked identical.

Mine's got plenty of grey in it but there's no way I could be bothered with dyes. Just trim it short if grey bothers you!

Mines red. Embrace the white hairs. Of which I have one or two. Funny thing is, the other hair is still red.

my mate did his tash to darken it as it was a bit lighter - almost ginger when he has dark hair.

Didn't look as fake as we thought it would. Didn't stop us ripping him...

OP
With all those side glances in mirrors and shop windows,you need to be wary of potential neck injuries.
Vanity,it's a curse init 😀

My beard is red, yellow, brown and grey. Nowt wrong with being a mongrel

what's with this ginger, silver crap?
everyone knows blokes are like old computers and only have 16 colours
😉

Well look, I know that apart from being a slowoldman I'm probably a miserable old git, but I wouldn't dream of dying my beard (which is pure as the driven snow) or my hair, on grounds of vanity - "the Mrs says it makes me look old...."

By all means dye it bright red or powder blue "as a statement".

Currently sporting my winter beard (stop shaving when the clocks go back, start again when we start BST). The last couple of years have been a lot greyer than before. The MASSIVE bonus is that it appears it's the rogue ginger chin pubes than have gone grey first. I don't have a ginger hair on my head - what's with the ginger chin growth?

Age with grace. Dye is ungraceful as a 'cover-up'. Being shamed into dyeing because of your age even more so. Of course - doing what you really wish to do is more important than any advice.

I have a shaved (read bald) head btw.

Why not go the whole hog and get a toupee to match your beard? Or perhaps sir would prefer a comb-over?

Good god man, shave it off and start again! And this time tell your missus to do one if she starts suggesting modifications to your appearance, clearly she's deranged. Bloody hell what's the world coming to, dying one's beard? I ask you, thin end of the wedge, hell in a handbasket grumble grumble...

Have you seen the state of TAFKASTR? 😯

If he were my boyf, I'd change him. For the better. 😀

We have a salt and pepper miniature Schnauzer.

My beard is a little like Roy's which is a good match for the hound. Unfortunately my eyebrows also match those of the hound. If you know what a nicely groomed Schnauzer looks like you will understand that this is perhaps not a good look for a human.....

Dying a beard just strikes me as odd. Despite it currently being fashion I've had a beard for years. 10mm is not really a beard, just unshaven. Everyone claiming it's easy to grow a beard, I'd counter with its much easier to keep your feminine shaved look.

To keep a proper manly beard requires maintenance. I'll end with some shocking news for the offspring of any of you beardless lot. If your dad hasn't got a beard, you've got two mums.

I shaved mine in October. My riding chums starting making Brian Blessed references.

*sob*

FWIW you shouldn't have dyed it. Trimming for neatness only IMO.

Only those that haven't grown a beard think it's easier than shaving. It isn't.

[quote=slowoldman ]By all means dye it bright red or powder blue "as a statement".

Now we're talking - the clear advantage of doing that with a beard rather than my normal hair is that I don't need to worry about whether it will wash out if I don't like it.

It appears we just have to place threads about drill drivers and hair dye in close proximity flushes DD out of hiding. 🙂

Happy christmas!

Only those that haven't grown a beard think it's easier than shaving. It isn't.

Yes it is. What the hell are you doing with yours that's so complicated? Mine gets a trim every couple of weeks tops, and that's it. Shaving involves faffing about with razors and goop every few days, it's a right ballache in comparison to not shaving. Even if you just buzz off the stubble (which isn't really shaving) then you still have to do it more frequently than if you leave it.

My beard is a big curly bastard of ginger black and blonde.

Shaving is easier than keeping it tidy but i like it so its stays.

No grey in it yet but it wouldn't bother me.

So - trimming? I'm on my 2nd ever beard, grown in order to keep my chin warm (and it works). The question is, should I be tidying it up or just letting it grow au naturel? We're on about 9 weeks now and my plan is to leave it on until the end of March.

Clippers round the neckline and any strays on the upper cheek.

I tend to keep the sides shorter thant the chin and tache area as my beard grows outwards in all directions

This is what mine does and is the route cause of my comments in respect of beards being harder than shaving.

I've spent nearly 40 years trying to think of a reason why I should shave.
I'm not going start trying to think of a reason why I should dye it now.

As the saying goes;
"Never get upset about being beaten by an old man with a grey beard. Keep training and one day that will be you"

Mine is trimmed to stubble, I can't be arsed to shave it, but if I let it grow out more it's very uneven, and starts to irritate. Easy just to run a trimmer over it, only takes a minute or two. And there's some grey in there as well, which is only right and proper as I'm 60...

A quick whizz now and again with the Remington trimmer. Takes all of 5 mins.

I considered it as mine has loads of white in it, but it grows so damn fast I'd be constantly dyeing it. Currently at an Oxley length for winter

deadlydarcy - Member
Have you seen the state of TAFKASTR?
If he were my boyf, I'd change him. For the better.

**** 😉

Went out last night and received positive comments. No-one I knew actually sussed I'd dyed it, just thought I'd grown a beard

And as for maintenance - I never shave, just use trimmers. Keeping a beard neat is a must though and far from low maintenance.

I've always had dark sides/white chin beard since I was in my early 20's, never saw the need to worry about it, though some people have suggested I dye it. Don't really trim my beard (except around my mouth for ease of access) but have to admit I do look like I eat out of bins...
I suppose it does annoy me that beards are "cool" now, but only because it means hipsters now think I want to talk to them about my beard, which I don't.
Also, women love a beard. 😉

I suppose it does annoy me that beards are "cool" now, but only because it means hipsters now think I want to talk to them about my beard, which I don't.

Why would it bother you if it's become fashionable?

gayest thread ever

gayest thread ever

Well it is now.

Well it is now.

+1 😆

are you honestly gonna laugh at that pathetic wit..?

jeez, you guys are going downhill

Do men really dye their hair to make them look younger

Really!!?

So, at her request, I've dyed it

Do men really dye their hair to make them look younger

Only if they are gay.

Like this guy:

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he's hot.. be hotter if he didn't paint his beard though.. makes him look plasticky like a legoman

maybe I'm just old fashioned

[quote=Jamie ]
Like this guy:
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That's not a beard! That's not much more than a shadow!

I like him. I imagine he's gay if he paints his beard, and to be honest, I don't want any ambiguity when I finally track him down and seduce him.

He's not as cute as Jamie though.

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Well, Mrs STR likes it. That's all that matters

I do too. I'm just looking at you on the webcam now.

That's not a beard! That's not much more than a shadow!

He's dyed it invisible. The bit you see is what has grown since this morning.

I do too. I'm just looking at you on the webcam now.

I do three. I'm just looking at you, via the webcam I have on Darcy, which he is using to watch you.

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[quote=Jamie ]

That's not a beard! That's not much more than a shadow!

If I'd known Jamie, I'd have worn that outfit you always ask for.

I think you're lying to me. If that were true there would be random bits of food "floating" under his chin.

I photoshopped them out, but here is the unedited version:

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Stick a sausage in there as well Jamie.

(Yes, in both senses that you're thinking right now.)

Why would it bother you if it's become fashionable?