3 small shaves in... so 1 shave

[gomez]

OK so my beard is/was quite full, and I keep it trimmed with electric clippers, setting 1, avoid the "lost in the woods look". Anyhow I started with the upper cheeks and slowly brought them down to chin straps over the course of 3 little shaves last week. Now starting with the cheeks was a good idea, and then I thought hey, the neck is a big flat area, easy to see, etc. maybe that's the next place to go. Well it turns out it's quite easy to do, so the neck got cleaned out and I gotta say things were going really well.

Then yesterday I thought hey lets loose the stash and do the solo chinstrap. BAD IDEA. The upper lip was a . But you know I figured hey you just gotta work through it, not to mention I looked like a blast from the 1700's (see photo). I knew drastic measures had to be taken, so I pondered the chin.

Anyhow, today I went for the chin with the intention of a 3000Mi from Graceland look,(see imdb for the DVD cover, check out the burns on Kevin). BAD IDEA #2. The chin made the upper lip look like child's play. So many curves, such stiff stiff hair, I had a 5pm shadow after 2 hours, lol. Oh well, I'm gonna give it another crack tomorrow.


Take home messages,
1. cheeks easy
2. don't be afraid of the neck, it's just like a cheek, flat and smooth
3. upper lip = terror
4. chin = just really hard
5. shaving your cheeks for a week is not enough time under my belt to attack lip/chin

Just my experiences, T.