Nothing can reshape a face or add a dramatic look like whiskers. All facial
hair styles, “Sideburns, Mustaches, Goatees and Full Beards" are
determined by the natural growth pattern and density of our facial hair.
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 a mature look to a young face.
Wearing facial hair can give you a mature, stylish, artsy, rugged, dashing,
sexy, intelligent, friendly, decisive, bold, aristocratic and distinguished
look. What
more can I say about man's best friend___ whiskers?
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 a thin "mustache"
to complement his angular features and a stylist 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 frame his large ears.
A Goatee is a “stylish way” to cover a double chin or widen a narrow
or weak chin and add a mature or artistic look. To
give his boyish good looks a mature look Leonardo DiCaprio sometimes
wears a mustache and goatee. When Johnny
Depp added a mustache and goatee for his roll as
the swashbuckling pirate young men begin sporting his “style pirate look”.
Wearing facial hair is a quick way to add
a mature look and balance facial features. To accent his angular chin Sean Penn often 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 to accent the shape.
For a Wild West Style Sam
Elliott let his thick whiskers grow and shaped into a classic handlebar mustache. And Viggo Mortenson sports a full mustache with wide lip goatee both popular western styles. 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.
The Mustache in all sizes and shapes has
always been a popular facial style. When the Beatles showed up sporting mustache's in the 70's
the mustache was introduced to the next generation. Most would agree that Tom Selleck’s trade
mark mustache is widely considered the gold standard among mustached
celebrities. Jack Black
puts on a happy face and gives his round features a slimmer and stylish look
with a mustache. Sporting a Stache’
can be a "stylish way” to cover a wide or narrow upper lip and
also balance both large and small facial featured.
For those with thick breads and large and
angular facial features wearing a Mustache and Goatee can add interest and make
it less note worthy. To balance his large nose and add an artistic look Adrian
Brody often sports a stylish Anchor shaped Mustache and Goatee.
For those receding hairlines and thick
beards shaving or clipping hair super short with a (close clipped beard) is
a stylish masculine look and helps make hair loss less note worthy.
Action hero’s Bruce Willis and Jason Statham keep their hair and whiskers clipped
close for their rugged tuff-guy image. Because the beard grows quickly you’ll
need to use a styling clipper every other day for this ruff and tumbled look.
Wearing a shapely (full or close clipped)
beard can be a handsome look for both young and older men. When a movie roll
calls for a distinguished look Anthony
Hopkins wears a full brushed beard. George Clooney’s close clipped beard
(5 day growth) adds a rugged look and plays up his strong chin and jaw
line. Blessed with movie star good looks and a thick
beard to boot Mel Gibson
often uses his whiskers for the 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 (use the same shade as your natural
color) with a make-up brush to temporally cover over the gray spots 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.
Are Whiskers Sexy?
When asked, women for the most
part say they like the look of
men with facial hair as long as it was clean and well groomed. To keep
those whisker's clean and soft to the touch avoid bar soap. Instead use a "shampoo and conditioner after to soften and
moisturize the skin under it. If whisker's look or feel a bit dry or frizzy a
dab of moisturizing styling cream or lotion will tame it.
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 shadow 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 you’re up for totally
new look grow your beard out for week or so and visit a salon
/ barber hair stylist to find the
best style for your unique face
shape, facial features and personality.
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