Grooming 101, via Toot Joslin
Jun 5, 2010 at 2:14PM | By El Beardo 
So, I’m here and my envy is at about a 12 on a scale of 1-10... sure i've seen some massive beards and beardos in my tenure at B-a-B but the effect of seeing them in person delivers a knockout punch to my already fragile psyche.
That being said, everyone has been the nicest people ever, and welcoming at that. The town is great, the people are better, the beards are longer, and the mustaches are curlier.
To kick off the June 5th festivities, I joined a bunch of hairy folks for a much needed Beard styling seminar by the one and only partial beard champ himself, Toot Joslin at the Bond Street Barber Shop in downtown Bend.
Below are three videos that resulted from this enlightening session (apologies that it's indeed HD quality, so it'll take a while to load...). The first is a brief look at Toot, his personal and facial hair history… plus some focus on the products he uses. That is followed by a full styling video and finally a brief Q&A.
I gotta tell you all… one of the most valuable lessons I’ve ever observed… now to just grow out my burns to match Toot’s awesomeness.
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Reader Comments (2)
Wow, this is awesome, and super valuable. I currently have a 8 inch Goatee and I will definitely be using some of his techniques. Currently, I also just use mustache Wax, and it totally doesn't cut it any more. I hope in the next year or two to get to a beard competition. Thanks for the awesome videos, will def be re-posting on People I Meet Through My Beard.com. I love in the last video "And this is what we call... Sideburns"
If you want to see how this whole thing got started in America, then watch this movie.
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/splitting_hairs/
Enjoy! Spread it around.