kashmir Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 What is your (women) personal preference? Clean Cut meaning short and neat hair and well shaven. Not clean cut meaning facial hair and longer hair. Facial hair doesn't need to be an all-out beard, but just enough so a guy's face looks rough. Stubble is the word, I think. Right now I have about 3 weeks of facial hair and I haven't gotten a haircut in 5 months or so. I think I wanna grow my hair long like I used to have it. I don't want to become completely repulsive to girls though.
zhsoj Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 I don't want to become completely repulsive to girls though. Are you sure you're not already?
norajane Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Clean cut all the way! Hate all forms of facial hair (not fun during sex!!!). And long hair on men turns me off.
Author kashmir Posted November 20, 2008 Author Posted November 20, 2008 Are you sure you're not already? Let me rephrase that - MORE repulsive.
quankanne Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 as long as you're up on hygiene and grooming, either way works fine. I love short haircuts on my husband (you know, "little boy" haircuts) because they suit his face AND his hair, with only the mustache, but I've got a nephew who'd let his hair grow out shoulder-length and he had close cropped facial hair and looked really really handsome – the kid has gorgeous hair. Over the summer he cut it all off and now he looks like a 15 yoa, not 21!
2sure Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 For me personally, I like very clean cut and shaven. It gives me the impression that you are probably cleaned and well groomed everywhere. And that you probably smell nice too. Which would be the bext thing I check out. Long hair and not shaven men , to me, is the equivilant of an "au naturelle"(sp?!) woman - meaning she doesnt shave her legs , get pedicures, etc. If thats who you want to attract, nothing at all wrong with it. A Shadow is ok and even sexy as long as it doesnt hurt. If you CAN grow facial hair (enough to look groomed) - I dont think its a deal breaker. I dont think women prefer it so much as look past at. Oh and that thing? You know that little strip of hair guys grow below their bottom lip?? We are so DONE with that.
norajane Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Oh and that thing? You know that little strip of hair guys grow below their bottom lip?? We are so DONE with that. Oh, we were never into that in the first place!! You really can't go wrong with clean cut. You can, however, go very, very wrong otherwise.
2sure Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Kashmir - You ask so many good questions. You are reflective without being ponderous and want self improvement while not coming off as insecure. I know its impossible, but there is a good mix of ladies here and with a picture I bet we could give you a makeover or put you at ease.
Shygirl15 Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 I really like facial hair. I hear most women do.. not sure about that though. I recently asked my BF to grow back his beard; he doesn't like it (says makes him look old) but agreed anyway. Interesting when he told me the was rejected twice by women he spoke with online, because he had put old pictures when he had facial hair, then somewhere during conversation he mentioned that he no longer grow facial hair, after which they cut him loose almost immediately.
SerenityX2 Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 stubble or the shadow is sooooo sexy. Not crazy about long hair on the guy though. My husband has short hair, thin moustache that he keeps well groomed and an on-going shadow b/c I find it so damn sexy on him. He wears this drop-me-to-my-knees scent by Armani, so I don't think you can generalize that men w/shadows may not have good hygeine. It could appear that way look at Willie Nelson! That dude totally looks like he needs a bath. and yeah, the stubble can be rough sometimes, but it's mostly my chin that takes the hit, wish I could find a solution for that b/c I'm not willing to give up the shadow. He's gentle everywhere else;) That's another of those things...do what's right for you, the right one will appreciate it, the wrong ones will be weeded out.
konfuzd Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 I personally love the rugged, unkept look. I think it's a lot more masculin, and I am repulsed by metro sexual guys who look like they take more time to get ready than I do. I love my logger bf who wouldn't know what to do with the kind of mousse that you don't eat.
Katherineos123 Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Not. 100% Not. I like manly men. Stubble is sexy. Beards? Not so much... there's a very fine line there. But Im not a fan of the "manscapers" Any dude who spends more time looking at himself than I do, is too high maintenance for my taste!
MusicChick24 Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 I like clean shaven and and cut hair. My boyfriend has the displeasure of not getting stubbly he grows long hairs on his face (ick) so he shaves ATLEAST every two weeks. But I'm not totally repulsed by the polar opposite. In my opinion as long as your take care of yourself you'll be ok. <3
tanbark813 Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Since you post a lot of these types of questions I'm going to save you some time. This answer will be applicable to them all: Some chicks dig it, some don't.
Adamagnet Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Here's an interesting abstract: Male faces displaying a full beard were considered the most masculine, aggressive, socially mature, and older. Males with a light beard were considered the most dominant. Males with light stubble were considered to be the most attractive, light stubble was also preferred for both short- and long-term relationships. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V9F-4SV0SMC-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=03784d606c7c30e1d48d577c4f0b6b59
Lizzie60 Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 If you're young then longer hair are nice.. as long as they are well kept (style and clean)... I also like short short hair... or even a shaved (not bic) head. Clean shaven is nice.. but I am weak in the knees for a 2-day beard.. I hate beard or a moustache alone.. but I like a clean, nicely shaped goatee. What I hate, most of all, is a man, over 40s, gray hair, with a long, thin, gray poneytail in his back... ewwww that grosses me out. I HATE long hair for a man with gray hair.. it is sooo old-fashioned.. and it looks too 'hillbilly'.
Jake Barnes Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 If you're young then longer hair are nice.. as long as they are well kept (style and clean)... I also like short short hair... or even a shaved (not bic) head. Clean shaven is nice.. but I am weak in the knees for a 2-day beard.. I hate beard or a moustache alone.. but I like a clean, nicely shaped goatee. What I hate, most of all, is a man, over 40s, gray hair, with a long, thin, gray poneytail in his back... ewwww that grosses me out. I HATE long hair for a man with gray hair.. it is sooo old-fashioned.. and it looks too 'hillbilly'. what about a fyedor dostoevsky beard?
amaysngrace Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 I like the two day stubble best like Lizzie. I hate when my BF grows it into a goatee because he shaves some of his face but not the rest and then it looks like he's trying to look like that. I like it better when he looks natural. His hair is always cut short. He tries to grow it out sometimes but it gets on his nerves so he goes and gets it all short again. I think he would look cute with long hair but I don't think he will ever be able to do it. That in-between stage bothers him.
Author kashmir Posted November 21, 2008 Author Posted November 21, 2008 Since you post a lot of these types of questions I'm going to save you some time. This answer will be applicable to them all: Some chicks dig it, some don't. I pretty much expected answers to be like that...1/2 like it and 1/2 don't. I like to hear specifics though. It gives me some insight. I HATE long hair for a man with gray hair.. it is sooo old-fashioned.. and it looks too 'hillbilly'. As someone mentioned before - Willie Nelson.
I Luv the Chariot OH Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 Submitting to "clean cut and shaven" is basically one of the physical effects of submitting to the middle-aged lifestyle. I suppose it works for some. It's just kind of boring. Agreed about the strip of hair beneath the chin, though. That's never okay.
Author kashmir Posted November 29, 2008 Author Posted November 29, 2008 Ok, so I've reached a point where I'm not sure what to do. I'm definitely not gonna cut my hair until January at the very least (since I have all winter break and training to look grungy, whoo!), but I'm not sure about my beard. This is the first time I've ever grown it out this much. It's at about a month now. I kinda wanna feel smooth skin again, or at least just a bit of scruffiness instead of a rug. So I'm taking 2sure's suggestion from a while ago and posting some pictures. 3 of them were taken here and there and posted on face facebook over the past 2 weeks or so. The last one is from several months ago, when I had shorter hair and was clean shaven. I cropped all of them down to just my weird head. Now, I realize that my problems lie with my mental blocks, not with whether I shave or not, but I feel like a look I'm comfortable with can give me a boost of confidence to improve in other ways. Here they are - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/Sheo/Photo13.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/Sheo/Photo1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/Sheo/n8826842_42975440_1849.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/Sheo/n1330590025_30024054_8470.jpg
Isolde Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 Since you post a lot of these types of questions I'm going to save you some time. This answer will be applicable to them all: Some chicks dig it, some don't. Thank you! There's no way to generalize 50% of the human population!
berrieh Posted November 30, 2008 Posted November 30, 2008 I like clean cut. But different girls like different things.
spookie Posted November 30, 2008 Posted November 30, 2008 I think you're cute and your features are well-suited for "scruffy". Not much more scruffy than now, though; you want to look laid-back, not unemployed.
Ruby Slippers Posted November 30, 2008 Posted November 30, 2008 I strongly prefer NO facial hair, and I think you look way better without it and better with shorter hair.
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