Yeah he wasn't just some guy mentioned in Happy Gilmore, Grizzly Adams was a real wild man of the woods who was also an amazing showman. This guy was known to get up close and personal with his wild game, including California grizzly bears, known to fight "paw to hand" with a knife at times. When he wasn't hunting them he was making them into pets and wrestling them for paying audiences. PT Barnum admired the heck out of the guy.
Anyway there is so much to learn about old Grizzly Adams he is worth a wiki check, but an interesting thing we found, other than his amazing beard, was that the California state flag is directly related to him.
That big beauty of a bear you see there was modeled after one of John's own pet grizzlies. See Charles C Nahl, was an illustrator who had done a bunch of illustrations of Grizzly Adams and his pet bear Sampson and when it came time to come up with a flag, an illustration of Sampson was used.
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]]>It’s March, and you know what that means, right?
It’s the month of Mars, the Roman god of war. And I know what you’re thinking: the Romans were shavers, unlike the Greeks. But so was yourdad, and he was probably pretty badass, too. But there’s kind of a misconception about the Romans and shaving. The Romans history of shaving had a whole weird religious thing about it, where they’d dedicate their first shavings to a god, and they’d let their beards grow in mourning for the dead. And they weren’t always beardless. The Emperor Hadrian brought beards back in force and several later emperor’s wore beards as signs of philosophical wisdom.
But Roman culture was big on law and order, maintaining peace, and doing business. It was against the law to carry a weapon inside the city limits, and citizens wore togas like bankers wear suits. They couldn’t fight wrapped up in all that wool, and they even had their one arms restricted by the wrapping as a sign that they weren’t armed or acting with any hostile intent.
Shaving went along with that for the Romans. But why was shaving a sign of peace? It may have been a symbol that they had the leisure and the money to pay someone to shave them, and that they felt secure enough in Rome to trust someone else with a blade.
So what does this have to do with March and the god Mars?
Mars has two forms in Roman art: young and beardless, based on artistic depictions of the Greek pretty-boy god of war Ares, or the native and ancient Roman form of Mars, fully mature with a great curly beard.
At first it seems like an odd reversal, that the famously bearded Greeks had a clean-shaven god and the famously shaved Romans had a bearded god. But Greek culture loved youth and poetry, and idealized youthful beauty. The Romans, however, were more practical, and in times of war they actually let their beards grow (even if they generally kept them short).
So the god Mars is a symbol of the Roman on the warpath. He’s a Roman who isn’t spending a lazy afternoon at the barber shop or sitting in the Senate house debating the trade laws. He’s out stomping his enemies into the dirt. You see a Roman with a beard, you better be afraid, because you know he means more than business.
I bet they’d have kept those wartime beards if they could beat the itch with a little Bluebeards Original.
]]>The beard, in summer, defends the face from the burning rays of the sun.
— Pierio Valeriano Bolzani (1477–1558), Pro sacerdotum barbis
The title of that work translates as, In Favor of the Beards of the Priests. It was written at a time when the idea was controversial, and not because Big Razor had an investment to protect. Bolzani argued that nature gave men beards, and it was unnatural to take them away. And he provided a litany of other arguments in their favor. This wasn't one of them, but here's a great example of a Renaissance beard in Bolzani's time:
Now, you might be inclined to think that Bolzani was grasping when he made the claim that beards protect your face from the sun, but it's supported by modern science.
The facial hair reduced the exposure ratios (ERs) to approximately one-third of those to the sites with no hair. The variation in the ERs over the different sites was reduced compared with the cases with no beard. The ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) provided by the facial hair ranged from 2 to 21.
That's right: depending on how long you grow it, your beard can reduce your chance of a sunburn from 50 to 95 percent. You should still wear sunblock on your exposed skin, but in addition to the money you save already by not buying into the culture of shaving, you'll save on sunscreen, too:
"Provided the beard is of reasonable thickness, I do not think there is a need to slather sunscreen over the beard due to the protection it provides," says Parisi. "However, it is necessary to use sunscreen over the parts of the face not covered by a beard."
And since your beard it helping you, it only seems right to return the favor and treat it right with the best beard products on the market.
]]>You know, as far as we’ve come as a society, you’d think we’d see more dad TV characters with beards. And as Father’s Day approaches, we thought we’d take a look at some of our favorite TV fathers with facial hair — from mustaches to beards.
And don’t worry. We’re not going to mention that guy from My Two Dads.
First up: those old-fashioned dads who keep a stiff upper lip.
When he wasn’t playing a police officer on TV, he was playing a police officer in movies, from Ghostbusters to Die Hard to Turner and Hooch (alright, we’ll forget the last one). We don’t know how he became type cast so often, but he always just felt right in the role.
Here’s a little trivia for you: did you know that Family Matters was a spinoff of Perfect Strangers? Mrs. Winslow had her start there, and was popular enough to warrant her own show. No one anticipated Urkel-mania sweeping the nation.
Is this the greatest supporting character in sitcom history? How often does a so-called minor character steal a show? But that’s what George’s father does, every time he takes the screen, and that’s saying something on one of the greatest sitcoms of all time.
Forget what Dos Equis says: Frank Costanza is the most interesting man in the world. A master chef who’s also fluent in Korean, Frank invented his own holiday that’s actually caught on in the real world.
Next up: more than a mustache, less than a beard. Dads who want the world to know they’re bald but stil pretty badass.
Definitely not the best dad on the list, Walter White started out trying to be, till the need to win led him to neglect the family he professed so much devotion for. In happier times, he would have landed in the mustache bracket, but in his transition to the dark side, to his alter ego Heisenberg, he went with the goatee.
And yeah, we’re not going to lie: it did make him look way more badass. SAY HIS NAME.
Now here’s another dad who transitioned to a goatee as his character grew, but he wasn’t a bad guy. Sisko was a single dad who commanded a Starfleet space station near a newly discovered wormhole, changing the usual Star Trek storyline from seeking out new life to letting it come find you.
It seems he needed a tougher look once those new life forms did come and find them. Fans overwhelmingly prefer his later look, when he added a shaved head to his goatee and eventually took a captain’s chair.
Finall, the full monty. The wise, bearded patriarch. The father who knows it all and stays in control (or tries to).
Best known as Uncle Phil, Banks wasn’t just the patriarch of wealthy family: he was a judge, and that’s a job that demands gravitas. What better than a beard to give him the authority a guy like that commands? Of course, that just set him up for conflict with Will, his offbeat nephew from Philly who tries his patience but ultimately grounds the family.
Even when Will got the best of him, fans still had a lot of love and respect for his wise uncle Phil. We’re not sure how Carlton turned out the way he did, though.
Now here’s a different kind of patriarch: the patient, soft-spoken ex-hippie who runs the local PBS affiliate because of course he does. His trim beard was more a symbol of his radical past pared back for a more modest suburban setting. But his graying whiskers also gave him an air of wisdom.
Believe it or not, the show was originally pitched as “hip parents, square kids.” While that didn’t quite pan out, a lot of the comedy here came from the contrast between the ex-hippie parents and their conservative son, Alex, who was about as opposite as you can get.
So what do you say, TV execs? Give us more of these bearded and mustachioed dads, would you?
Who’s your favorite, and who did we miss? Speaking of, don’t miss our Father’s Day sale. We’ve got everything dad needs, whatever style of facial hair he has. From those first growing pains, to keeping fuller growth manageable and smelling great, we’ve been making the products you need since 2005.
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]]>Check out this collection of 10 fictional creatures with pretty awesome facial hair, from Disney to Tolkien. Maybe you’ll get inspired.
With his white beard and read hat, he looks like Jacques Cousteau. But he was no aquatic explorer. Standing only three apples high, his beard made him unique in a sea of tiny blue faces and gave him the gravitas to lead the troupe. Add to that mastery of magic and alchemy, and you have the ultimate alpha male in a fantasy cartoon woodland setting.
The strange little creature with the gigantic mustache was Dr. Seuss’s angry answer to environmental and economic issues. He was the “voice of the trees,” but it’s a wonder any sound got past his prodigious lip curtain. ironically, the pro-environment/anti-industy book eventually spawned a #1 box office hit and partnered in an ad campaign with Mazda. But that mustache, though …
The Lorax would like this guy. “Do not be hasty,” says Treebeard. Though not technically a tree, let’s not kid ourselves. Tolkien’s Ents in Lord of the Rings are big, talking trees. Since they live so long, they attain great wisdom and see the long tail of history. The best way to convey that visually is with a long beard, hanging like a weeping willow. Which leads us to the next character.
Even if he was a “scaredy cat,” Snarf had a beard for a very important reason: he was the trusted older advisor. Forget how whiny he could be. He saved the day when he needed to, and he was the right cat for the job. White beards have always conveyed wisdom, going back as far as literature in figures like Nestor in Homer’s Iliad. Never underestimate the old ones.
A burly mouse with a ginger ‘stache, Monty’s face fuzz is more reasonable than the Lorax’s but still very robust and would make any human’s upper lip proud. The oldest member of the Rescue Rangers, he’s a tough, fun-loving Aussie with a bit of a temper but a deadly fear of cats. Typical tough guy.
Jerry’s uncle, a singing cowboy (cowmouse?) with the second-most impressive mustache on the list. Like any great cowboy, he’s as cool as they come, with his drawn down over his eyes. Unlike Monterey Jack, Uncle Pecos is decidedly not afraid of cats. In fact, any time a guitar string snaps, he just plucks one of Tom’s whiskers, restrings his guitar, and gets back to the music.
This born entertainer will sing you a thousand songs and grant a thousand wishes. Played by the late, great Robin Williams, he has a variation on a chinstrap beard, with a magical, improbable curl that no human could pull off convincingly. Prove us wrong and send pictures, and bonus points for that shaved-head-with-tiny-topknot, too.
Voiced by Parks and Recreation’s Nick Offerman, this pirate from the Oscar-snubbed blockbuster the Lego Movie doesn’t actually have facial hair, but we’ll cheat since he has a beard—made of metal. His large, almost robotic body was rebuilt from random parts following a failed attempt to defeat Lord Business. He’s a classic example of the tough, wary warrior who’s seen the monster and can prove to you just how dangerous the mission is.
It isn’t always clear when other people draw him, but when the legendary Carl Barks, AKA “the good duck artist,” drew Scrooge McDuck, he had a healthy set of mutton chops. His nemesis Flintheart Glomgold, however, had a full beard (sans mustache) and that was even exaggerated by other artists. These ducks only care about precious metals, and mainly gold. But we’re betting they’d still fight over the blue.
You want facial hair that’ll make you as memorable as these characters? Well, that’s up to you. But we’ve got everything you need to help you along the way, from beard washes and conditioners that are better than shampoo, to Beard Saver, the original beard oil alternative. From those first growing pains, to keeping fuller growth manageable and smelling great, we’ve been making the products you need since 2005.
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]]>Independence Day is fast approaching, so we thought we’d take a look at some of the founding fathers and what facial hair they might have had if beards had been in in 1776. They run the gamut of great beards of history.
Here Alexander Hamilton, the father of American banking and the architect of Washington’s economic policy, looks more like the bass player in a prog rock band with long sideburns and a thick soul patch. He’s just missing a pair of tinted glasses. He’d probably want you to call him Zander or Hambone or something and talk a lot about being in the groove.
Benjamin Franklin is rocking a full, natural beard, which seems appropriate for a scientist, scholar, and inventor who’d probably want to spend more time making things than scraping razors against his face. But come on, Ben. Who are you kidding? You should be totally gray by now.
George Washingon is still recognizable and looking a bit professorial in a trim beard. Imagine how much less often your mother would have complained about your beard if she’d grown up learning about a bearded Washington. “I can not tell a lie, but I can grow a beard.” My beard is as American as apple pie, ma!
John Adams plays against type with a sort of Doc Holiday western-inspired look. But he ends up looking more like that guy who lives in your uncle’s basement for some reason and has a ridiculously large collection of classic rock records on vinyl. He pretends he’s shy, but he’s really dying to corner you at the barbecue and impress you with how much he knows about Moby Grape.
John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, looks like an old monk with his long, well-combed beard. He secretly wants to form it into a French fork but he’s a little too insecure. What will the other founding fathers think? You’re the Chief Justice! You can do what you want. Like that time William Rehnquist had gold stripes sewn onto his robes because he thought it looked cool in a Gilbert & Sullivan musical.
Here’s Sam Adams with the kind of broad goatee that’s practically a reverse mutton chop. It’s a look that suits a guy who could say badass stuff like this, addressing people who might not support independence from the UK: “Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” Oh, snap!
Thomas Paine just looks dashing in a classic handlebar, like a character from a picaresque adventure novel or swashbuckling film from the silent era. Your great grandmother would have had a crush on him. Come to think of it, he has a little bit of a Lando Calrissian vibe here.
Speaking of founding fathers, we founded this business in 2005, before the other guys were old enough to grow beards. We specialize in high quality, natural beard care accessories that will tame the wildest and most unruly facial hair growths. We take pride in our products and use them ourselves. Follow us on Twitter at @BluebeardsUSA or check out the Bluebeards Original Facebook page for more beard grooming ideas and advice. And check out the Beard Shop while you’re here.
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]]>Check out these unbelievable facts about Ernest Hemingway and his awesome beard.
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Ernest Hemingway used to go bar hopping with James Joyce, and when Joyce got into a fight, he’d call Ernest to finish it, crying out, ‘Deal with him, Hemingway! Deal with him!’ One time the other guy managed to land a shot right in the kisser, and Hemingway’s mustache shattered the poor guy’s hand in 17 places.
The only reason Ernest Hemingway’s beard isn’t in the Guinness Book of World Records for its many accomplishments is that they’d have to rename it The List of Things Hemingway’s Beard Is Better At Than You. And that’s a book you could never finish writing.
When he was 3 years old, Hemingway killed and ate a porcupine. It turns out the death was accidental. When he saw the little thing he thought it looked cuddly, and squeezed it tight. It would’ve been alright, except that his beard came in exceptionally early, and the porcupine bled to death when the toddler’s stubble pressed clean through its quills.
Hemingway broke several records as a fisherman, including setting the world record for most marlins caught in one day when he landed seven on his little boat. As it happens, he never even used a rod, instead tying a hook to one beard hair and making it grow and retract by sheer force of will.
While serving as a war correspondent during WWII, Hemingway impersonated a French colonel and took a small army into the city the day before Allied forces officially liberated Paris. He seized control of the Ritz hotel and set up camp at the bar. It turns out the French forces huddled up behind Hemingway’s mustache while he single-handedly punched out every Nazi in sight.
While president Harry Truman was vacationing at his place in Key West he visited Hemingway and stayed for lunch. One of Hemingway’s beard hairs accidentally fell in the soup and as soon as the president took a taste, he slumped over in his seat. He woke up the next day with a nasty hangover, and the Secret Service determined Hemingway’s beard had a hair alcohol content 300 times the legal limit.
Hemingway’s beard naturally killed 99.9% of germs. The other 0.1% it just toyed with.
After the Germans began sinking American ships in the Atlantic, the US enlisted private captains to be on the lookout for U-boats and report back to the Navy. Hemingway outfitted his boat with sophisticated sensors and patrolled the waters off Cuba, armed with a tommy gun, some grenades, a gang of bullfighters and athletes, and one wicked beard.
Hemingway famously said, “my writing is nothing. My boxing is all.” Champion fighter Jack Dempsey toured Paris while Hemingway was living there as a young writer. He obliged many people who were keen to do a little friendly sparring, but, as he said, “there was one fellow I wouldn’t mix it with. That was Ernest Hemingway.” Some say Dempsey didn’t want to hurt him, but others say it was widely known that when you jabbed Hemingway, his beard jabbed back.
Contrary to popular opinion, Hemingway didn’t kill himself. His beard warned him to put the damned razor down.
So how are you going to make your beard amazing? The first step is to keep it clean and fresh with Bluebeards Original. We’ve been in this business since 2005, before the other guys were old enough to grow beards. We specialize in high quality, natural beard care accessories that will tame the wildest and most unruly facial hair growths.
We take pride in our products and use them ourselves. Follow us on Twitter at @BluebeardsUSA or check out the Bluebeards Original Facebook page for more beard grooming ideas and advice. And check out the Beard Shop while you’re here.
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]]>Three times a year the Romans — and not just the ones in Rome, but in cities all over the region — would roll back a stone opening a hole to the underworld. And what would they do? Dump food in there. You know, for the dead.
Today would have been one of those days. October 5 was one of the three days when the priests would declare that MVNDVS PATET, or "the sky lies open."
"Mundus" meant "the world, the universe, or the heavens," and in this case means something like the sky, and that's because they thought of our world as being the sky of the underworld. And in the underworld live both the dead and the "infernal gods," the gods below.
In fact, one Roman author wrote, Mundus cum patet, deorum tristium atque inferum quasi ianua patet: "When the mundus lies open, it's as if the door of gloomy and infernal gods lies open."
The king of the infernal gods was Dis Pater, which, if you translate it literally would sound like the first half of those "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" books. And he had to be rich because we have to get into his realm to find stuff like gold and silver.
Ancient writers disagreed about mythology and names, like whether Dis was the same as Pluto, or Pluto was the same as Hades. Was Hades the god or the underworld itself, or both? But one thing the art, at least, seemed to agree about was that the king of the infernal gods had a beard.
That guy could have at least been a contender at our recent facial hair contest at Las Vegas Bikefest.
But it's kind of weird that the Romans opened up a doorway to the land of the dead in October, and dropped in the first fruits of the harvest. It sounds a bit like Halloween. So consider Dis/Pluto/Hades the first (unofficial) entry in this year's recommendations for Halloween costumes for the bearded man.
Keep your eyes open for this year's official list coming soon, and in the meantime checkout our 2015 costume list and our 2014 costume list.
]]>Touching a beard has had a lot of different meanings throughout history. At various times people have believed that if a child touched a man’s beard, he would be the child’s godfather. Touching a beard could be a good thing, protecting you from ever incurring the beard owner’s wrath. In the middle ages it could even be a bad thing and a pretext to a duel.
People today are split on beard touching, but the stakes really aren’t as high as they were in the past. We can move past the superstition and the violence and look at the three main ways your beard is touched.
First up: Touching Your Own Beard
The beard is a sign of wisdom, and by stroking it or smoothing your mustache you draw even more attention to that mark of manhood and maturity. It sends a signal that you’re thoughtful and deliberate, and probably even sends signals to your brain to keep yourself cool and rational in tense situations.
Still, there are right and wrong ways to touch your beard.
There’s the Jedi way, which is to use your beard for non-verbal communication. Even that bare-faced baby Vader knows what Obi Wan means when he strokes his mustache suggestively. “You ready to do this?”
There’s the Kill Bill way, stroking a long beard to punctuate an icy stare. Never mind that the beard is fake here. This says, “I’m as badass as my beard is long and you know it.”
You can also just touch your beard to keep it looking fresh when you know you look good. It doesn’t take much. You don’t need to be a tough guy all the time. You’re allowed to enjoy your beard in all its glory.
Just, uh, don’t get carried away with yourself.
Now when it comes to other people touching your beard, you can break it down into two categories: admiration or jealousy. This makes sense, because scientists think we have facial hair for the same reason some other primates do, which is to attract mates and demonstrate supremacy to competitors.
Second: A Touch of Jealousy
Now, when a beardless guy tugs at your face fuzz, he may be trying to assert himself by literally taking possession of that threat to his masculinity. But he may just be insecure about his own difficulty to grow facial hair or the social pressures that keep him shaved. You see this kind of behavior commonly when celebrities grow beards and interviewers run short on genuine questions.
Poor Zach Galifianakis has probably endured this more than anyone, though in fairness he’s been known to mess with people by shaving and wearing a false beard. To his credit, he grows a glorious beard pretty quickly.
A guy like Jon Hamm grows a beard and some guys don’t know what to do. The insecurity on Matt Lauer’s bald face is pretty uncomfortable, and Jon certainly seems less than thrilled, but has a pretty respectable reaction that gives him the win in an awkward situation. Anyone watching knows which one of these guys is more natural and comfortable with himself.
Third: A Touch of Affection
Sometimes touching a beard is like hugging an old friend. Some people just plain love beards and the guys who have them. And really, what’s not to love? They like the warmth, the texture, the general sense that they’re with a guy who’s at the head of the pack. This is especially true if you don’t take yourself too seriously and stomp around letting everyone know how macho you think you are. Be you. Be cool. Be bearded. And the love will just come to you. And trust us: if you’re a man, people know it. You don’t need to remind them.
You might even see the good luck touch or the congratulatory touch, especially in sports, like this strange one from David Ortiz. (Is he looking for fleas?)
Sometimes a person will touch your beard to tell the rest of the world, “this bearded man is mine, and damn if my life isn’t good.” Like the captain here. You know he knows how to sail that ship right. And that’s all we’re going to say about that.
Sometimes a touch of the beard is an overt come on. It’s tactile. It’s a way to touch someone suggestively in a way that isn’t technically sexual, but everybody knows there’s something else there.
Watch out, though, when someone in a relationship starts giving you those vibes. Save the headache. The world is your oyster, and this is one more piece of evidence that you have what they want. Get out there.
We don’t really need to tell you what to do to get a more touchable beard, do we? Head on over to the beard shop for the best in beard care from the original beard brand, Bluebeards Original.
]]>We look at 10 songs about beards (and other kinds of facial hair). Sing the praises of awesome whiskers or help us decipher the weirdness of the more esoteric songs.
Let’s kick things off with a band we’re sponsoring on the Evil Dumb tour, Psychostick. They’re now 3/4 bearded. They say the drummer is genetically incapable of growing a beard, but maybe the rest of that beardness will encourage his follicles to try harder. Like comedy, metal, and beards? Check ’em out.
“Five, six, seven, man I’m in heaven / And I’m growing my beard.” That’s not all he’s doing. Let’s just say he’s taking a little trip. But you know, Super Furry Animals may have finally grown into their name as they’re currently all sporting facial hair ranging from scruff to full beards. We’ve got perfect products for all facial hair lengths.
Let us know if you can figure out what this song has to do with beards besides the title. But Dvendra has a beard, so maybe he’s just talking about his beard independent of the song.
What can you say about the Mustache Man? If he had any more hair on his face, he’d probably rule the world.
“My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors.” That sounds like way more than a yeard, but don’t be jealous. We’re not sure what it means, but it’s a nice image.
“Look at my facial hair / (Oh man, hot damn! It’s everywhere!)”
They say they shampoo their beard, but they’d better off with an Original Beard Wash.
This country outlaw got himself booted from a church just because he had a beard, long hair, and blue jeans. And he wrote this little response.
Good luck making sense of this one. But it does have the word beard in it, and the band is pretty beard heavy. Just please don’t ever burn your beard, okay? That’s definitely missing the point of our old adage, “don’t shave it, maintain it.”
“Remember when you were 14 / Your dad taught you to shave / That wasn’t a very fatherly way / For him to behave.” We literally could have picked any song by these guys. It comes down pretty hard on the tradition of teaching your son to shave. A little harsh, guys.
We’ve already heard about beard lust, so let’s close with goatee envy. Classic Tim and Eric.
Got any beard songs we missed? If you want facial hair worth singing about, we’ve got everything you need. We’ve got beard washes and conditioners that are better than shampoo, and Beard Saver, the original beard oil alternative. From those first growing pains, to keeping fuller growth manageable and smelling great, we’ve been making the products you need since 2005.
Follow us on Twitter at @BluebeardsUSA or check out the Bluebeards Original Facebook page for more beard grooming ideas and advice. And check out the Beard Shop while you’re here!
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Growing up as a child, I remember waking up on Saturday mornings and rushing to the couch to watch cartoons. Traditionally, a cartoon character with a beard was either infinitely wise or inherently evil, but modern cartoons have thrown this to the wind, adding facial fuzz wherever they see the need. Here are Bluebeards Originals top 5 cartoon characters with facial hair:
Yosemite Sam
The wild cowboy was famous for his rootin, tootin, double pistol shooting and screaming some gibberish about catching Bugs Bunny. The most distinguishing feature of good old Sam has to be his wild fire engine red beard which although quite long, always seemed to be well groomed. Wonder what beard care products ACME was supplying at the time.
6 of the 7 Dwarves
If there is one takeaway from Snow White, it has to be that it’s important to keep friends with beards in your life. The 7 dwarves proved that beards are for any man regardless of temperament and beard grooming should be taken seriously if you are going to have any chance with a princess. Interesting note is that the one dwarf without a beard was Dopey — goes to show you what Disney thought of men without beards.
Peter Griffin
The lovable patriarch of the Griffin family usually is seen without a beard, but when he decided to grow it out, it was nothing short of epic. While Peter’s beard became home to 3 little birds (take about some serious beard itch), it also touched on something that all men with full beards experience – the unintentional leftovers. A serious beard wash is necessary for anyone who has experienced the remnants of dinner being caught in their facial locks – or a nest!
Super Mario Bros.
Mario and Luigi were some of the hardest working plumbers in the 80s. While they didn’t have beards, their full moustaches were always well-groomed and had a radiant shine. Whether seen in arcades or on television, it was obvious that these two used some type of beard lotion to keep their lip-warmers soft.
Ned Flanders
It is interesting that the iconic TV show “The Simpsons” depicted the ideal father as a man with a moustache. Although Ned might not have been the most courageous or flamboyant character, he was often envied by Homer for being a good parent with a great family. I have to believe Homer was also jealous of his full moustache and male grooming techniques.
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]]>Celebrate Mustache Monday right and check out our top 20 list of mustache nicknames for your mustache.
20. ‘stache (or ‘tache)
19. cookie duster
18. flavor saver
17. lip curtain
16. soup strainer
15. the ol’ push broom
14. caterpillar
13. crumb catcher
12. mouth mane
11. lady tickler
10. snot catcher
9. tea strainer
8. womb broom
7. mouth brow
6. lip strip
5. muzzle fuzz
4. lip locks
3. dental drapes
2. the reverse Amish
1. fake ID
Whether you stick with the ‘stache or go full beardo, we have what you need. From those first growing pains, to keeping fuller growth manageable and smelling great, we’ve been making the products you need since 2005.
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