Oi Baldy!!!! 50 Grades of Bald: A love affair with shaving products

Smooth shave and my head smells glorious!!!!

I have never really been one to pamper my head with specific products for shaving, I never did it when I started shaving my face so it never made sense to me. I take a little more time over razors as I have managed to remove over an inch of skin from my scalp with an own brand razor. However i’d probably just go with a familiar premium brand. I was biased if it was being endorsed by a sports star who enjoys “the closer shave with it’s three blade action…. blah blah blah”. Give me shower gel and a razor that doesn’t bite i’ll be fine.

That all changed, last Christmas my Mother-in-law bought me a Molton Brown shaving soap. It was glamourous, but it sat on the shelf I was always meant to give it a try but never did. That was until I read TheBaldNation.com’s various product reviews. Maybe products do make a difference, perhaps i should care a little more. That day everything changed. My love affair with Molton Brown soap as written for 50 shades of Grey

I was nervous, i had never done this before, a virgin. I felt my hands thumble the curves of Molton Browns exterior. I pinch slightly, Molton unravels and soon we are both naked. I run a hand across the body gently massaging, water cascades between my fingers. Soon we are cheek to cheek, Molton smells so good, a feeling rushes through by body as I feel Molton caressing the stubble across my head. Once Molton finished it was time to go back to my familiar Gillette,  I knew this was the best a man could get. And with small and precise movements Gillette touched me in way’s nothing else had. This triangle of Me, Malton and Gillette was new but exciting. I felt like a new man i touch myself I felt good.

So as you can gather i’m a changed man. As i’m on the road it’ll be hard for me to pick up products to review but if i come across anything whilst in Asia sure i’ll give it a go but for now I shall continue my relationship with Molton Brown

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Oi Baldy!!! You look like Vin Diesel!!!!

Well i’ll take that compliment!!!!

So apparently i look like this guy, or apparently i do to the population of Asia. Since travelling I have worked, lived and met hundreds of Asian friends. Whenever I have my likeness compared to movie stars or celebrities they always come up with Vin Diesel. Thank you very much.  I also hold a broad shouldered stocky frame, more muscle than fat I hope. However compare that to my 5’3″ size I don’t see the likeness. Growing up when I was a little wider it was this guy, Danny DeVito

So short fat and bald

Some young schoolgirls once likened me to Pitbull, which makes sense if I put on a pair of shades, my Bald head turns me into the Superstar

I have even had Bronson britains most violent inmate, but i think that’s a stretch

as for America, Australia, Britain this comparison always seems to amuse you

So thank you Asia i will take to looking like Vin Diesel as a huge compliment as for the Ozzies, Yanks and my fellow countrymen you can all bugger off!!!!!!

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OI Baldy!!!! Where have you been?

Sorry Baldies, been away from the blog

Whilst i like to keep my finger on the pulse and keep you updated on my Baldy toughts i’ve been busy. I am currently travelling the world. Sometimes i just don’t have the internet, what a bugger but in that absence I have decided to write a small book/ Self Help Guide/ My thoughts/ Jargon about being bald. What could be so wrong about being bald you say? Well, nothing! and that is exactly my point. So watch this space and i’ll post a few more blogs your way now i’ve stopped for a bit. If your a taveller or also interested send me a message.

Just for you here is me being bald in places around the world, sometimes I think a hat was called for

Stay tuned guys and stay bald and beautiful

Ayres Rock – Australia

Times Square – New York

London

Rome

Vegas

Whitehaven Beach – Australia

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Oi Baldy!!!! Why does my Grandad still combe his 3 hairs

From Teddy to Bobby

Try to picture my Grandad in his 20’s. An English teddy boy, charmer, ladies man, living for the weekend. More Grease slicked through his jet back hair than a chip shop fryer. For example these two young men

Now lets age him by about 50 years, still holding on to distant youth my Grandad now sports the Sir Bobby Charlton (one of Englands most legendary footballers)…..

….What does that man see in the mirror?.

Still Convinced

As he did all those years ago, he takes his grease and his trusty comb and sweeps the several strands of hair over his chrome dome. His bald head gleaming through what little hair he has left. So what good does he think it does? Is he still convinced no-one will notice the cover up? A few years ago when it was thicker he may well have managed to pass it off at a stretch. Although he is not the only one of this senior generation who does it.

It’s a generation thing

To quote the this article i found http://sciencemags.blogspot.com.au/2010/01/psychology-of-comb-overs.html

Sociological thinkers (and people with a great deal of extra time on their hands) suggest that combover practitioners fall prey to the sorites paradox. Essentially, the sorites paradox describes how small steps that seem sensible on their own can lead to an absurd outcome. In the case of comb-overs, the victim may begin moving the part of his hair by a small amount to add fullness to a region of thinning hair. Only as the process of baldness accelerates does this become a futile attempt to hide a glaring patch of skin under the last few stragglers of hair.

So if this is to be believed then my Grandad is suffering from a complex he started years ago and he probably still believes it’s working. This comes down to a generation of men with thick hair who used it as a fashion statement years ago, yet still holding on as tightly as they can to what hair they have left. My Grandad is obviously still that young Teddy Boy at heart.

Baldy locks and the three hairs

Well my Grandad seems happy even if he’s convincing no-one, even when the wind picks up and turn his 3 hairs into antennas. Bless the old git.

I’ll leave you with this from The Baldy Man

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Oi Baldy! I’m not hiding I just like hats!!!!

Does my head look good in this?

I am an advocate for not hiding my bald head behind a hat I believe it shows a lack of confidence. For me this would be classed as wearing a hat for every occasion. No matter where you go you have a hat to wear and will try damned hard to avoid taking it off. Only what if you actually want to wear a hat?

The Dilemma

It’s a dilemma, hats like any item of clothing can be fashionable, I for one look good in a trilby. Where I get stuck is wearing it without being accused of hiding my baldness. How do I avoid that sort of stigma. What if sometimes I just like wearing a hat?

I get it a lot, Oi Baldy! take that bloody hat off! Why you wearing hat indoors? What you hiding? Bugger all thank you very much!!!! I’m no Calvin Kline model but I work a hat like I’m on the runway. This right here is just another addition to my sexy feel good nature, stop getting jealous.

Take action

My plan of action is simple I wear the hat, but for minutes at a time I’ll remove it so all the world can bask in my baldness. It’s out there I am proving to everyone in the pub, club, bus, café, etc that I love my baldness but like a nice pair of shoes I like to wear a good hat.

Should I care?

No! but i do it’s a statement that says i don’t care not a concern for being bald.I guess for me i worry I don’t come across as confident as i feel. The last thing I would want is to be sympathized on for something that is the making of me.

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OI! Baldy!!! Are you the Bald headed Fonzie!!!!

Being Bald and beautiful is a hard gig.

Lets go back to the early 90’s and 2 dancing skin heads were singing “I’m too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts” back when big hair do’s and shoulder pads were just falling out of fashion. The band Right Said Fred were oozing camp machoism and confidence. This was the start of the chrome dome and it was was making a breakthrough. They weren’t technically bald but were certainly unashamed of having little to no hair what is more they flaunted sex appeal

Where’s my bloody confidence?

I lacked a certain amount of confidence in my first bald year nothing but time wasted feeling sorry for myself. I didn’t realise that I was now a darn sight more attractive than ever and why? Because I stopped worrying, I went out into the world and showed them that I am a baldy and I love it. I got confident and secure about it. Everything in my life got better and better and I became the man I am today.

Bald headed Fonz

Being confident makes it a lot easier to deal with baldness, get cocky with it. What we lack is the inhibition to appreciate just how good a bald head can look. If you can see yourself in the mirror each day and call yourself the bald Fonzie then people will love it. There is nothing more awkward than a man who hides behind a combe over or a permanent hat that only comes off when needed.

Solid bald action heroes

The days of Errol Flynn are over, the full locks and quiffs are out. We are lucky that mainstream media has taken to the bald man. Hollywood will influence the world in fashion and style. What was a hair dominated industry things have changed. Now they are turning to the bald man for confidence. Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Samuel L Jackson are just a couple of sex symbols fronting films. That’s right sex symbols, granted they have impeccable physiques but nobody is complaining about their slapheads and they are dripping in sex appeal.

You da man

To anyone who worries about looking out of place or less than sexy, to those who worry they are less of a man, don’t! Bald is sexy, bald is beautiful and you need to look in the mirror and tell yourself that you da man!!! Go out into the world and rock it.

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OI! Baldy!!! Is it in my genes?

Of course it is, thats the simple answer

Check out this beautiful bunch above,  sat down is my Dad, my uncle (Dads side) standing is me and my other uncle (Mums side) did i stand a chance?

The beauty of it

To me it was no surprise I lost my hair and judging by that picture i’m guessing no-one else was surprised. For me the expectation of going bald was there. Yes I was too young but at least I was half way to understanding how to feel when the time came.

The running joke

I was always raised to see the funny side of things, try to be light hearted even when the situation seems dire. Going bald was no exception. Yes i stressed about going bald so young but with family like this ready to take the piss out of you then it’s easier to see the light hearted side of going bald.

No thick skin

No matter how much fun me and the family would have it still hurt when people would slap my head or comment on my receding hair line. Would those same people ridicule someone with a disability (quite dramatic I know) and think it’s exceptable. There is no thick skin to a man who is distressed about his situation.

So shake it off

Taylor swift may have skipped a line in here single Shake It Off “Baldies gonna Bald, so i’m just gonna Shake it off”. What my genes and family gave me was humour and expectations, i can’t say i was 100% mentally prepared to cope with my earl stages of baldness but I knew what my future held as if looking into a big shiny bald headed crystal ball. “So when the haters gonna i hate, i’m just gonna shake it off, shake it off” (generally down the plug hole).

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OI! Baldy, Check out Jason Statham

OI! Baldy Jason Statham Rocks it!!!!!!

Though technically not as Bald as the rest of us, Statham rocks the receding hairline. It’s probably his chiseled features, his bad ass attitude. Or the fact he is ripped from head to toe, but ladies love him, men admire him and Hollywood can’t get enough of him

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Movies

• Crank/ Crank 2 – A movie that was born of psychedelic video gaming, high octane and just over the top bizarre.
• Snatch – Dirty British Gangster movie from Guy Ritchie, Brad Pitt steals the show but Statham is full of one liners.
• Transporter 1/2/3 – The great thing about Statham is he doesn’t take things too seriously and Transporter is exactly that
• Expendables 1/2/3 – What a line up!!!! Statham holds his own between some action heavyweights.

He’s ripped

An added bonus to rocking the Bald head is often a ripped physique. Mr Statham used to be a competitive swimmer so he has always trained hard but check out this shot from the great Death Race just shows why the ladies love him.

Kick Ass!!!

The man is kick ass, his martial arts skills tend to feature in most films he does. He had pursued  martial arts as a market seller before being cast in Guy Ritchie’s  Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Guess that worked out well.

Kelly Brook

And one of my favourite reasons to love him is he once had a romance with the lovely Kelly Brook. This speaks for itself

Whats Next

If it aint a Baldyfest he will be up against Vin Diesel in the new Fast and Furious 7

OI! Stop worrying

 

 

 

OI! Baldy Stop Bloody Worrying!!!!

When I first noticed my hair receding my world turned 50 shades of grey. I was heartbroken or at least felt the same crushing feeling that comes from such a horrid time. This was Bulls**t i would tell myself in the mirror. Why me?

Anxiety and Paranoia

Everybody is watching!!!!! I used to hesitate in the mirror and give myself pep talks before leaving the house. I would try cover up techniques top avoid the stares of strangers and friends. I felt disfigured, although that sounds dramatic this was the way my perception of myself had changed.

Oldie Baldie

I never felt my age, i didn’t know how old i felt. Only old people are Bald, Right? would I look like my friends older brother? It made me feel sick to the pit of my stomach but like it or lump it I was turning into my Dad

Goodbye Sex Appeal

What a mojo killer!!!! Are the ladies going to look at me again, who likes bald men. How many Bald Calvin Klein Models are there? probably more than I think but all I saw were sexy men with full head of hair. This was what women swooned over not a slaphead.

What i should have thought 

We are in an age where vanity reigns supreme. We read magazines that idolizes the beautiful and handsome. We are made to feel utterly self confident about how we look, so for a teen whose going bald this was a harsh reality that I would beat myself up about. What I should have realized that hair means nothing. Confidence is what is key, embracing the fact that your bald is sexy. It worked for me I was happy to be bald when I realised that women were attracted to me. The day I shaved it off I was telling the world that there is more to me than hair and you know what i’m going to rock this. That was the day I stopped worrying

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Thanks Jack

Oi! Baldy!!! Heres a Poem for Bald men!!!!

Here is a Poem I found here at http://www.postpoems.org, I think the poem sums up the true nature of what women think of thehandsome population of Bald Men

Bald Men By Kat

I love those men with balding heads.
I think they are so hot.
While others are fussing with their hair,
these men worry not.
Please don’t give me helmet hair
with spray to hold it down.
Or even worse the comb-over,
spread precisely about your crown.
I like the brave and bald look
don’t be afraid to have it seen.
Whether a fringe around the bottom
or a chrome dome like Mr. Clean.
Balding men are sexy
at least that’s what I think.

They may be tanned and shiney
or sunburned lightly pink.
I heard it on a video
the line, I believe it said….
Don’t think of it as losing hair
You’re just getting more head!
So give me a man with a little less hair
than someone with alot.
I care not what others think
I still think bald is hot.

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Thanks Jack