15 months of growing

Gym and sauna done. Ready for the rest of the day.

I always end up with this bit of waviness in my beard because of the straps from my CPAP mask and it's really bugging me. Has anyone figured out a good way to deal with this?

It was a long day at work. Treated the beard to some oil and balm afterwards. Feels good, looks good.

How’d my barber do? 4 months of growth

Keep it growing or trim it

First time growing, really surprised how good it's going. Obviously thinner on the uppder cheek, but does not bother me at the moment. Gonna let it grow some more, trying to keep it looking clean by trimming flyaways and keeping a good line. Figuring a style out for myself in some time 👍🏻

A couple of weeks ago, I made this post. I appreciated everyone’s kind comments and really thought about what to do with this beard.

I kept my appointment today with my barber. He brought down the fluff at the sideburns, and cleaned up the corners below the ears. He also leveled it out underneath my chin. I feel like it looks cleaned up, which is great for work. My thought was to keep it squared off on the sides as it rounds in toward my chin. There’s not a ton of difference from before, but that’s OK. I also had him leave the mustache alone as I’m very happy with the length right now.

As far as care goes, I’ve been oiling at night and using balm in the morning, but the softness from the balm wasn’t maintaining softness all day. This morning, I oiled, then balmed, and I liked the softness I had all day, but it was a little too oily by the time I was expecting it to be dry.

By thanks giving I will be at 2 years of beard growth! 🤘🤘

In the spirit of no shave November, I decided to grow out my beard for the first time in a while to prepare for the month to come

Was honestly shocked at how much different it looks than the one I had in my teens (seems obvious in retrospect😂). Not growing faster necessarily, but definitely looks and feels denser compared to before.

Let me know what yall think! Cheers.

Figured it is worth an update to my previous post. Over the weekend my wife and I attended the Geaux Bearded 3rd Annual Beard and Mustache competition. It was held at Rally Cap Brewing in Baton Rouge. Proceeds from the event went to a local animal shelter, The Companion Animal Alliance. Good beer, good times, and a good cause.  

Thankfully, my beard came in under 6". The 6" - 12" had some mighty beards. This experience gave me some ideas for what to work on next.  The beard itself isn't quite terminal, but I am not sure my showing in the 6" - 12" would be as strong. I am thinking of letting the mustache grow so I could have more flexibility with  mustache / freestyle categories.