How to trim and shave a hipster goatee?

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dstranathandstranathan
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
How do actors and atheletes get this crazy goatees? I see dudes with really thin, sculpted goatees that look perfectly symeterical and even. I try and shave/trim my goatee and end with a crooked mess. I am tring to grow just the part on my chin (not the sides or the upper lip), but I can't seem to make it even on the front.

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    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Well you have to bear in mind that nSync and the Backstreet Boys have stylists with all kinds of cool tools to do that. It's hard to cut/trim something yourself (while working with one hand while looking in a mirror), so they probably have people do it for them.



    That's my guess on it because, to be honest, I've never really seen a "real" person (a non-famous, joe-on-the-street type) with such a perfectly formed/trimmed goatee, sideburns or other facial hair display. It's only celebrities that seem to have that razor-sharp, precision goatee/sideburn thing going.







    There's a HUGE difference in appearance/quality when I trim my sideburns, holding some piece-of-shit scissors and balancing a mirror in one hand and cutting "backwards" (viewing in a mirror) than there is when I get it done while getting a haircut by a trained professional who actually has a clue.



    Just get rich and famous and you can hire some cutie-pie to keep you all trimmed up (no pun intended).
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    jeffyboyjeffyboy Posts: 1,055member
    dstranathan-



    What are you using? When first grew a beard I was using the pop-up thing on a regular electric razor to hilarious results. I bought a $30 trimming set with attachments for different lengths and it helped a lot.



    Jeff
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    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    Look, before you go and shave your facial hair, you should consider the metaphor that opened my eyes. Since a Dutch guy (with whom I share, if you didn't know, a language) named a goatee a 'sprekende kut' or, (if you're not 18, maybe close your eyes, I don't know if this world is 'acceptable' in the US) 'talking vagina', I kind of decided never to have one. And I cannot loose the image everytime I see someone with one. Ugh.
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    trick falltrick fall Posts: 1,271member
    der kopf, I prefer the term prison pussy. Anyway have you thought about going to a barber? It's ten bucks to get a haircut or a shave here in New York, I would think an old school barber would do the trick.
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