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                                                Cesar G.
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                                                Bearded since: 2007.  I am an occasional or seasonal beard grower. 
 
Comments: 
I grew my beard because of a stupid New Year's resolution that, by two months, was starting to drive me crazy. 
 
How do I feel about my beard?  After two months, it was driving me nuts and it was still too short to start braiding.   So one night, I had some mustache wax and was really bored. The outcome was a spiked beard.  The first photo was the first outcome.  After a while, I turned it into a jaw strap with goatee, continuing the spiking.   The way I get it to hold is to form it with mustache wax by grabbing some hair and twisting it.  Then to, get a tight clean spike, I repeat the process with a dab of hair glue.  The finished product is a tight, hard spike that holds all day.  Since these photos were taken, I also spike the patch under my lip.  The kryptonite for this beard is sweat and getting wet.
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