I have friends with pretty stellar senses of humor.
Some in particular are going to get a kick out of this particular blog. Once you’ve stopped chuckling at the headline my friends, check out how we ended up here.
I recently turned 40. While I’m not one to make that into as big of a milestone as it is, many friends are all too ready to remind me how “old” I am now.
The truth is, I wasn’t feeling old, until this all went down. Or, at least I was doing a good job of ignoring it.
A blogger friend of mine referred me, recently to Smiley360.com. Great, I thought after looking at some of the products their writers reviewed. That is totally something I can do, and many of those products are things I can use. EmergenC, for example, is a family staple during the winter.
So I hooked up with Nate, my guy, and he sent me my first product.
Just for Men (R) Touch of Gray.
“Really?” I thought. I mean, c’mon. Samara must’ve set this up.
Truth was, it was fitting.
Extreme closeup, yes. But notice the patchy look and the gray in the chin. Not cool.
Goatees were all the rage in the 2000s. Remember? Guys who made that a part of their signature look still don them, while many of us who couldn’t pull them off shaved them away the minute they got a little bit itchy.
Or, in my case, a little bit gray.
I was just entering my 30s when I grew my first one. And there it was, down on the corner – a big old patch of gray hair.
At 30.
Not acceptable.
My facial hair was solid. The goatee
filled in well and I looked, for a while, my age. I kind of had a baby face back then.
But that gray? No way. Wasn’t having it.
Just for Men actually got me to grow another goatee earlier this year, just so I could try it again. And you know what? It’s pretty solid. Had I had this back then, I might have stuck with some facial hair as part of my look. It fills in the gray you have, and doesn’t turn the rest of your hair a “fake” black color if you’ve got dark hair like I do.
So yeah, I tried it out. You can watch the process in this “not ready for TV” video right here.
And laugh all you want. I think it looked pretty good. Even if facial hair isn’t part of my “signature look.”
And yes, Samara, I’ll be getting you back very soon.
After trying the Touch of Gray product. Looks pretty uniform.
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