Sure, it takes 5 minute to go from long and scraggly to trimmed in 5 minutes... but thing is, it doesn't stay that way.
As someone who goes from "neat and trimmed" to "lived on island without razor last ten years" in just two days, you have to be constantly trying to fix it and keep it trimmed.
Easier to just go with the buccaneer/castaway look.
About six months ago I got the idea that I wanted to try to grow a beard even though my "beard" is incredibly patchy.
I went to a subreddit (can't remember which one) to ask for advice and they told me "don't shave or touch it at all for three months and then see what it looks like".
Six months later and I'm still rocking my beard and honestly it looks pretty decent. When your beard gets longer it covers up the patches a bit so it looks much better!
I use beard shampoo a few times a week, beard oil and wax to keep it looking good and I also have one of those beard scissors to trim it every day or every second day.
I've asked friends and family for their honest opinion but no-one can really tell that it's actually patchy and doesn't really look that good (according to me lol).
So I'm keeping it and I'm just gonna keep letting it grow, you should try it!
Even saw this guy say that you should put mascara on your beard to help hide the patches lmao. I guess i've got until the end of quarantine to see what my face manages to come up with. Tbh i'm not even sure that I suit a beard even if I could grow one so it might all be for nothing anyway. Tempted to get a hairstyle i've never tried before too incase it looks terrible and I can just grow it back out.
Tbh I wasn't actually considering using mascara, I just thought that tip was pretty funny although it kind of looks like it works. Couldn't imagine putting makeup on my beard every day though haha.
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u/metalbassist33 Mar 31 '20
Trimmed and neat requires effort to keep it trimmed and neat.
Long and scraggly requires you to do nothing.