22 YEAR OLD, TRIMS UP 12 MONTH BEARD TO STUBBLE! ( 365 DAYS ), 03-08-2019
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Hey guys,
I'm Melvin, also known as bovlap. I am 22 years old and I'm coming from Holland. This is the first time I did grow such a big beard. I think I haven't shaved in like 6 years or something like that. Before I started growing this beard, most of the time I've had a stubble length hollywoodian style. I started growing my beard last year in begin august.
I did not go for the yeard. during growing out my beard, I did go 4 times to the barber to give it a bit more shape and let him take care of the fly-aways.
At the 8 month mark my beard was the same length as it is at this moment.
it is now 12 cm below the under lip and 9 cm below the chin. So I think that this length is terminal for me.
Sometimes I kind of wish that my beard could grow longer, but, i am still happy with who I am and I except how long my beard can grow. Because I can't change it.
Oke so lets start looking into my past.
I have to say that there are some embarrassing photo's of me when I was younger. You all know the fase of when your mustache starts to come in, but its not quite a mustache yet. Yes I was one of them who did just let it grow. After some time it was not really peach fuzz anymore but I couldn't call it a real mustache either.
When I look at old pictures of it now, I wish I had just shaved it off, but on the other side, if i did shaved it off I didn’t think I would have ever grown any facial hair, because that way I learned to not give a shit about what other people think about me and do my own thing. that is who I was, at that time.
When I was 14 I also started shaving for the first time and from 14 to 17 I started experimenting with different beard styles, most of the time it was some sort of a goatee or circle beard. From 17 to 21 I rocked the "hollywoodian" style, because I could not grow much hair on my cheeks.
when I started to learn about beards I was curious to see, what I could grow.
What made grow this beard is that, UA-cam started to put beard related video's into my recommended list. I started watching the beard brand channel, if you want to check them out, the link is in the description. They teach you how to take care of your beard and they also show you tips and tricks!
/ thebeardbrand
I learned how to care for a beard and how to maintain it, so I want to thank them for that. If you have any questions, comment them down below and I will try to answer them to the best of my ability.
When you have a 4 moth old beard, You can notice that people look at you in a different way when they see you on the streets. Most of the time men are staring at the beard and giving you compliments. I think it is because that they know the struggle of growing a beard.
When I got my first compliment for my beard from a complete stranger it was such a nice/ powerful/ awesome feeling!
You could really notice that my cheeks and sideburns are alot denser right now, than it was 1 year ago.
It is so cool that my cheeks has changed, because now I can try all the styles out that I want.
I have to admit than I plucked the hairs out beside my soulpatch in the first coulple of weeks. After that I decided to just grow them out, because I heard if you repeatedly pluck hair´s on the same spot, that you can damage the hair follicles in that area.
These were my goal's:
Find out what I could grow.
Find a style for the big beard.
Reach terminal length ( was terminal at 8 months, mustache at 7/8, 12 CM/ 5.5 Inches ).
Have a beard for one year.
I want to talk a bit about my beard.
I have 4 different colours in my beard, blonde brown, black, and I'm not sure but I think I already start to have grey/white hairs in my beard :0 at age 22. My father turned grey at a young age too so, it could be genetically decided.
The strong points of my beard are my mustache, my goatee area, my neck beard, and jaw line.
The weaker part of my beard are my cheeks and sideburns, I think they will develop just fine. The only thing I need is just time.
And that counts also for you guy's. if you have a patchy beard, some guy's still can pull it off. I would recommend that you will keep it short, stubble for example. And sometimes if you crow your patchy beard out and most of the time the long hairs will cover those patchy area's. some styles also works better than other style ( expiriment ).
If you are discouraged because you can't grow a beard and are in the early twenty's, maybe you are a late bloomer. Some guy's can grow a full beard at age 20 some at age 40. And you don’t always need a big beard, stubble can also look very good too. I would say experiment and just find the style or styles that work the best for you.
And remember you can't change your DNA, but you CAN work with it. If you are in the early twenty's, don’t worry, time is your friend! ;D
If you came all the way down here, I highly appreciate it that you took the time to read this and watch the video.
Until next time…
-bovlap
such a pitty i saw this video 3 years later. you had an amazing stache and a soul patch, which is my aim at the age of 20. really wonder what you are rocking nowadays, if you see this lol
Thank you for your comment and compliments!
Now a days I'm having a short beard. I will keep it around 7 to 10 mm. Unfortunately if I grow it longer than that, my skin will get irritated much even if I use beard oil.
But that is still oke, there are plenty of nice short beard styles aswell!
I hope you will reach your goal soon😊
Have a nice day.
-bovlap
Glorious growth…I’ll be in heaven seeing it come off…lol
You are very handsome and I really liked the long beard. I think you should grow it back. I think you would look good with shorter hair--maybe a flattop.
Thanks for your comment! Last time when i went to the barber i tried a shorter haircut, around 5/6 cm. But i was not that happy about the end result. I am growing my hair out again to my old length.
I appreciate your comment!
-bovlap
@@bovlap ok...well, you must please yourself. But I think short hair with a nice beard is awesome.....but you're handsome any way.
Very nice))
I'm 18 . Have a full beard, but only mustaches is so bad) idk ..
2/12 month now.
very beautiful and well-groomed beard, all respect is yours
Thank you for your comment! Take care ;)
-bovlap
your facial hair is EPIC. im 34 and u grow better than me. honestly i never grew more than 40 days but WOW yours is very nice
Bro you seriously have great mustache
Hey, thank you for the compliment!
I started getting light hairs when I was around the age of 11/12. The left side of my mustache was a bit of a pain to style, because it often would not curl as nice as the right side. Right now the mustache is also gone and at the moment I'm rocking a 7 to 10 mm beard. I want to try out some different short beard styles. Guess, where my mustache is right now😂😂
I did put a frame around it and did hang it on my wall, so I will always remember my first big mustache hahah.
Thank you again for your comment!
-bovlap
looks like a really chilled out version of nietszche..
Hahah, that name did not sound familiar to me. I looked it up and he has a big, beautiful mustache too! But I think, his mustache is still bigger than mine😜
-bovlap
Great beard, great face and great video. You have to do more.
Wow! Geweldige baard en video. Voor mij ben je zeker een inspiratiebron. Ga je het niet ontzettend missen? Een lange baard ?
Hey, thanks voor de comment! Altijd leuk om te horen ;)
hmm... Op het begin, voor de trim, dacht ik echt dat ik spijt zou krijgen. Maar dat is ontzettend meegevallen. Een verandering kan ook leuk zijn, anders word het een beetje saai. Vind de beard-stache best leuk. Ik heb nog niet echt een plan voor de toekomst. Ik denk dat ik wat kleinere populaire baardstijlen ga uit proberen.
Ieder geval, leuk dat je wat van je laat horen ;)
-bovlap
Handsome young brother
That beard n mustache makes you look like your 40.
So handsome at any stage!
Thank you for your comment and watching! 😊
I appreciate it!
-bovlap
wow...You looks good!! Handsome & charming...
Hey! Thanks for your comment. I appreciate the compliments very much!
-bovlap
Amazing beard sir wonderful !
Do you use Instagram?
Hey! Thank you for your message, it's always nice to hear something like that.
It might sound weird, but I don't have any social media except for my private whatsapp😅
This video is uploaded 8/9 months ago. But in the meantime I was not able to grow a beard back again because of some medical issues. In the end, I decided to also get rid of the mustache and start over. And to this day I still have it. I did put a frame around it and it's hanging on my wall, for a reminder that patience is key.
But now it's getting better, and my beard is again at the 3 month mark. Before I started my goal was to have a solo mustache with the stubble beard again. Take care!
-bovlap
@@bovlap please do more videos like this sir you have godly looking beard , we would love to see you giving advice to us and thank you very much for replying
@@metro5729 im planning on making another beard related video in the future. But I don't know when yet ;)
-bovlap
Gave baard bro. Is zeker ook een goal van me om het zo lang(misschien wel langer) te laten groeien. Zit nu helaas pas nog in de 3de week dus ik heb nog een hele lange weg te gaan.
Bedankt voor je comment! Aah super dat je het wilt proberen. Gewoon de baard goed blijven verzorgen, dan kom je er vanzelf. En geduldig zijn is ook goed😜 succes!
Thanks,
-bovlap.
Also at the age of 18 will you have this much long mustache or you grow it after you turn 20-30
At the age of 18 I did not grow out my mustache yet. I always had a stubble beard and kept it short. I was 21 the first time I really let my mustache go😜
I want to have such a mustache again in the future, I think it is fun.
-bovlap
Incredible mustache man! Are you on Instagram?
Thank you very much! No sorry, I don't have instagram.
-bovlap
@@bovlap well do hope you will do another mustache video
Dang you got more facial than I got, only 22 smh wow!!!
Very Great Beard!
Thank you very much ;)
-bovlap
From good
To bad
Baardje hoor nog steeds zo sexy behalve tot je ineens blockte😂
R u really 22 ? 🤤
Gay
Father gay
Shouldn't have shaved ✅