I had a nice full beard until I bought a straight razor and now it's hard to keep it. I miss the look of a beard but I really like to shave now. I've tried all kinds of beard styles. The aforementioned hollywoodian is probably the best between having a beard and straight razor shaving. I lost mine because I kept taking the sides to low and then I had a goatee that was real nice, thick and long (I know, "that's what she said"). Then what happened to the sides of my hollywoodian started happening to my goatee. Now it's gone and I'm starting over with just shaving the neck.