Thought they would be played out by now but I guess with all the beard products women are still into them. If I could grow one I would dable.
Stealing this from a Jerry Seinfeld bit, but men often stop updating their style the year they get married. So I had a beard when I got married, and still do. No plans to change that anytime soon. Could not possibly care less if it's in fashion now or not.
I rarely go clean shaven. It's all about the 5 o'clock shadow. I can do that with clippers and I think it's the best aesthetic for me.
Five years ago I wore my beard so thick I was getting annoying ass Harden jokes now its a even clipper 1. I went baby face for a while but my hair grows too fast and I'm too lazy to shave everyday
Beards are for guys that wear gray socks with Birkenstocks. Facial hair interferes with my wife's enjoyment of life. I shave frequently.
I shave with a 9mm blade all over and then fade the neckline and the top where the sideburns are to look more professional
I think it's a lot like the hair on your head. If you can grow it, women love a well groomed beard. If it doesn't grow in nicely, it will look better shaved and women will prefer that. I'm not passionate enough about fashion to bother doing anything other than what women like looking at.
If you shave the sides of your head, gel up the top, and have a perfectly sculpted beard, it makes you look like a d-bag. If you have a perfectly sculpted beard, spend hours a day triming it to a perfect angle, and use mustache wax to twirl the little corners of your mustache, you are clearly a d-bag. If you have a homeless guy beard and it looks like there might be a rat's nest in there, and people cross to the other side of the street when they see you coming because they are afraid of what your beard might smell like, then we're cool.