deevolution

I had given the razor a rest while out on the West Coast. But all things come to and end, so... why not take the opportunity to experiment with facial hair sculpting styles?

A blank canvas





The soulpatch meets the friendly mutton chops




Friendly mutton chops (so named because they meet (shake hands) in a friendly way above the lip



The Fu Manchu - I'm pretty sure that I can't pull this one off for real.

Was tempted to walk around for a day or so with it, just for the heck of it.



And... my most hated of them all (but inevitable result of The Fu), the boring stupid Tom Selleck 80's caterpillar lip.




And for the navel-gazers out there who like analysis of such things, have a gander at Impressions of the male personality as a function of beardedness.