Handlebar Mustache at 1 year

Has it really been a year?  Well, if you look at all the things that have happened in my life, it is hard to believe that it has only been one year.

As I consider May 10, 2013 the day that the hairs under my nose would have emerged had I started from a clean shaven face, then May 10, 2014 is my mustache birthday.  And here is how it looks:

Please forgive my hot tired appearance and the mustache's lopsided grooming - it was a long hot day

Compare this to how I looked at the end of May last year

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It's been a great year and I plan to continue handlebaring.

Seven-month Handlebar Mustache

Handlebar Mustache at 7 months

As I consider May 10 to be my mustache emergence day so that would make today its seven month anniversary. 

6 month mustache

My 6 month handlebar mustache

Tomorrow I consider to be my 6 month anniversary of the beginning of my mustache which I am celebrating with this photograph.  As I have mentioned before, I started from a closely cropped goatee so I can only guess as to how old the mustache really is and I did not attempt to convert it into a handlebar until the end of May, 2013.

Shaved the Goatee - 5th Month

Today is what I consider to be the five month birthday of my mustache and I decided to make a change.

Here is my last picture with my goatee

Before the goatectomy

4 month mustache

My mustache at 4 months

Today marks what I believe to be the four month anniversary of my mustache.  Since I started my handlebar from an existing mustache/goatee combination, I can't say that it started on May 10, 2013.  But, if I had started from a clean shave on that date, I think that it would look like it does today.

My Three Monthstache

My mustache at three months

If May 10 is the day that I consider to be the start of my mustache, this is how it looks at three months of age. 

Today I used clubman on the center and Firehouse Wacky Tacky on the tips.  When I couldn't get the tips exactly how I wanted, I used glue stick.

Many searches online say that somewhere between three and four months are needed to grow a full handlebar.  If that is the case, I have arrived.

For comparison purposes, here are is how it looked one and two months ago:

One month ago at two months of age

Two months ago at one month of age.

Two Month Checkup

Unwaxed at two months.

I consider May 10, my mustache birthday. Based upon whisker length, that is when I believe that the tips of my hairs would have emerged, had I been starting from a clean-shaven face.  So that makes today its two-month birthday and here is how two months of growth looks on me - without any product.

First Waxing - Clubman Mustache Wax

Mustache after my first waxing.  

A visit to a larger city today allowed me to finally purchase and apply some mustache wax.  As you can see in this picture, using wax really controls the hairs and starts developing points (though too short for curls yet).