Terence Eden’s Blog

Review: Heated Beard Straightener

@edentASMR beard review · 7 comments · 300 words

Me dragging a heated brush through my hair.

I am not a fashion blogger. The last time I did anything interesting to my hair, I did not enjoy it. But lockdown has meant my beard hasn't been shorn in three months. So when I was offered a beard styling product to review, how could I refuse?! It's around £16 on Amazon. I've no idea whether that's a reasonable price or not. There are two heat settings, a poorly translated user manual, and a UK plug - sadly not USB-C. It gets plenty warm which, if it were winter, would be deeply pleasant. …

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The Hirsute Pursuit

@edentbeard hair me · 4 comments · 500 words · read ~668 times.

I've never been good at growing facial hair. When I was at university, I tried growing a beard for a play I was in. The play was a resounding success - my beard was not. Thin, straggly, patchy, and itchy. At the aftershow party, I put the beard's fate to a vote. All the men in the cast voted to keep my rugged pursuit of manliness. All the women voted to destroy the womp-rat nestling on my face - preferably with fire. So the beard went. I drunkenly staggered to the bathroom, drunkenly…

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