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  • #1264904
    Lightbrite
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    Are all men’s beards naturally curly?

    Do men with straight hair have straight beards?

    Do men brush their beards? Shampoo and condition them?

    Do fathers teach their sons how to maintain a beard? Like learning how to tie a shoe but a decade or so later?

    Thank you! 🙂

    #1264911
    Lilmod Ulelamaid
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    On a similar note, when men have curly payos is it because they curled them or is it natural?

    I’m just curious because I thought I saw someone curling his peyos at the busstop the other day, and I wasn’t sure if that’s a common thing or just a nervous habit (like the way I play with my hair without thinking about it).

    #1264910
    👑RebYidd23
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    Beard balm.

    #1264926
    Lightbrite
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    I think that we had a thread about this and yes some men do curl their payos.

    #1264932
    Lightbrite
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    YehudaYona shared: “There are barber shops in BP that have “We perm payos” signs.”

    Peyos

    #1265024
    kj chusid
    Participant

    No,Peiyes come unmade and need to be curled

    #1265042
    Nechomah
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    Well, I think curly peyos depends on a couple of things. First, if the man/boy has curly hair, then he will have curly peyos. How curly will depend on how curly his hair is. Now the perfect bottle curl that the chassidim wear is not so easy to come by and most of the time they will have to do what was suggested above and that is to get a “perm” to the peyos hairs.

    As far as what LUL saw with a man curling his peyos, that is very often seen in chassidish neighborhoods since the men go to mikvah daily and will often spend much time doing this curling activity with their peyos to restore the shape and curl to them. If a man goes with “batteriot” as they call it here, the very tightly curled ones that go behind the ear (not to be mistaken with straight litvish peyos that also go behind the ear), then those can be arranged less frequently, twist tightly and put behind the ear. Gerrers often wear their peyos up under their kippahs.

    #1265153
    👑RebYidd23
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    What do you do if your hair is naturally curly? Do you have to straighten it and curl it again?

    #1265184
    Mammele
    Participant

    Styling gel is often used to shape and maintain the curl for boys’ peyos, for those that don’t have natural curls. It’s a lot more common than having it permed. An old school option is to style it with “sugar water” or something similar.

    #1265204
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    Isn’t that beged isha?

    #1265239
    Meno
    Participant

    sugar water

    Yuck

    #1265288
    Mammele
    Participant

    I think so too, but honestly it’s probably healthier to use than styling gel is. And I didn’t mention the other option I heard, IIRC, which is diluted apple juice…

    I personally can’t stand the idea of using edibles in one’s hair, but is commercial junk we’ve been programmed to buy really a better option? And if they could get away using sugar as an ingredient, I’m sure they would.

    #1265337
    The Frumguy
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    I agree 100% that curling peyos is Levush of a woman.

    #1265349
    Lightbrite
    Participant

    Personal thoughts about using sugar water:

    Is no one else scared of hummingbird attacks?

    #1265354
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    It’s far older than hairgel, and more likely to attract insects than birds. Hummingbirds didn’t exist back in Europe.

    #1265414
    Lilmod Ulelamaid
    Participant

    Nechomah – it was a Chassidish man in a Chassidish neighborhood.

    #1265428
    Lightbrite
    Participant

    Rewind & please insert *orange-tufted sunbirds*

    Thank you 🙂

    #1265481
    Lightbrite
    Participant

    Do you drink your coffee black?

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