I want it.
Actually, I want all of Mike Tomlin’s facial hair. How does he keep everything so neat? I need a black man to teach me proper grooming.
How does one maintain a beard that uniformly short? Does he have a personal barber who shaves him every morning? (and afternoon?)
And even if he does have his own live-in barber, how does the barber get that thing like that? I seriously have no idea – my father never taught me to shave and even if he had I doubt he would have known such advanced techniques.
I asked my stepbrother Chris about Mike Tomlin’s beard. He agreed it’s a very fine beard. I asked Chris who else has a beard of such quality and if it would be possible for me, a white man, to grow one. He wasn’t sure, but did point out that Arnold Schwazzenger had an impossibly short beard in Predator.
But really, it’s not the same; Arnold’s looks more like a grease stain or paint smear than it does facial hair. It’s not like Mike’s.
How does he shave it down to just those thin bars connecting sideburn and beard with such precise symmetry? I tried, failed, and then had to just shave everything off.
Now, just like everyone else, when I first saw Mike Tomlin I thought, "Wow, the new Steelers coach looks exactly like actor Omar Epps." And he does. But you know what’s strange? I’ve never once looked at Omar Epps and thought, "Damn, Omar Epps has a great beard." Curious.
So if any black people or barbers/stylists of any race out there know how Mike does it, please leave a comment letting me know, even if that comment carries the bad news that my genes won’t allow it. I’d rather find out the sad truth now than go on living not knowing. Thanks.
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Deron Williams’ beard destroys Mike Tomlin’s. Check the sideburn fade. I’m pretty sure DWill has a barber on his payroll.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/pl.....ericks%3A1
not a fan of Deron’s – I don’t like the absence of sideburn to connect head hair to beard hair – also, Deron’s looks too black/dark – maybe it’s because he isn’t enough
Here’s hoping you can live the dream some day, Brian!
Hey Brian, didn’t you actually get a beard like that?? Photos please…
Good point – I did actually get Mike Tomlin’s beard, and have since lost it – I’ll need to dig those pics up and briefly relate the story “behind the beard”
He goes to Dave’s barber shop on pittsburgh’s northside…look him up
thanks for the tip – damn I’m so behind – never published the photo follow-up to this thing when I went to a black barbershop got the shape-up – top of the to-do list, top of the to-do list