Beard And Mustache Posts

  1. Beard Champion Jack Passion on Growing a Healthy Beard Fast

    Whether you’re gearing up for Movember, preparing to be Gandalf for Halloween, or just testing the limits of your own physiology, it pays to know how to grow a beard in a hurry. Two-time World Beard and Mustache Champion Jack Passion knows how to do this better than anyone. We tapped him for some tips on growing a healthy beard as quickly as possible.

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  2. Advice From a Bearded Man: Naturalist John Muir

    We recently stumbled upon some stellar advice from the great farmer, inventor, sheepherder, explorer, and writer, John Muir. "Wander all summer," says Muir. It's hard not to listen carefully to a guy with a wilderness beard like his.

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  3. Video: Taming the Neck Beard

    Want to pull off the three-day designer stubble look? The key is defining the beard line on your neck. Use this step-by-step guide to help you eradicate the dreaded neck beard.

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  4. Advice From a Bearded Man: Walt Whitman

    The father of free verse offers some wonderful guidance in the preface to Leaves of Grass. As this photo attests, he practiced what he preached: “Take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men.”

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  5. Combating Movember Beard Burn

    Amid the excitement of Movember, it’s easy to forget that our significant others are sacrificing in support of the cause too. After all, they’re cheering us on even as our upper lips leave painful redness and irritation in their bristly wake. If a gentleman’s mustache deserves the best care and attention, so does the delicate skin of the lady he's lucky enough to smooch.

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  6. My Movember Secret Weapon: VitaBeard

    Movember is all about the solidarity of growing ‘staches as a team. But beneath the surface of all the camaraderie runs an unmistakable vein of cutthroat competition. We all want to one-up the other guy’s ‘stache with a twizzler that’s thicker and fuller, right? To gain an edge this month, I turned to VitaBeard.

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  7. A “Just for Men” Movember

    Our correspondent explains how a simple packaged mustache dye helped him live up to the mantle of his own father’s facial hair.

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  8. Mr. Natty’s Guide to Mustache Wax

    Proud owner of his own hefty handlebar, Mr. Natty knows a thing or two about mustache styling tricks. Here our favorite English barber uses his signature Twizzle Wax to demonstrate the technique behind a natural look, a classic handlebar, and what he calls "The Ace Fighter Pilot."

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  9. A Classic British Cut Throat Shave With Mr. Natty

    Our favorite English barber took a break from his own floating barbershop on the canals of London to join Birchbox Man at Tommy Guns Salon in Brooklyn. Watch as he explains the difference between American and British straight razor shaves and breaks down, once and for all, the true definition of “bing bong.”

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  10. Why Your Beard Needs a Good Elixir

    After a few weeks of growing out your scruff, you’re likely to experience a touch of beard itch (and possibly a bit of flaking). The solution? A gentle, conditioning beard oil.

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  11. Everything You Need to Know about Growing and Grooming Your Winter Beard

    When it comes to winter scruff, just letting it “do its thing” for three months is a surefire way to wind up looking like a freight-hopping ragamuffin. Here’s what you need to know to grow it right, care for it lovingly, and (eventually) shave it with respect.

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  12. Advice from a Bearded Man: Luciano Pavarotti

    Sage wisdom courtesy of one of the world’s greatest opera stars.

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  13. Advice from a Bearded Coach: P.J. Carlesimo

    The list of history’s greatest NCAA basketball coaches are a largely clean-shaven bunch. Sure, there’s a smattering of mustaches in there—Clem Haskins, Fran Dunphy, Nolan Richardson—but there’s just one full-fledged beard: P.J. Carlesimo’s.

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