A soul patch is small, carefully shaped bit of facial hair just below the lip. That which does not kill us makes us dumber the american. You yearn to be free, and god help the razor that tries to tame you. The fu manchu, van dyke, and mutton chops did not win the cdcs seal of approval. The obsolete term for a mans patch or tuft of hair which grows directly under his bottom lip, and can be any length at all. Moustache and soul patch if youre wondering what a soul patch is its a type of beard that requires a cluster of hair under your chin. A soul patch is grown just below the lower lip, but does not grow past the chin i. Here is a final example, probably the most badass variey, and one that i may only hope to grow in my childish dreams of pure evilness. Beard and moustache, soul patch and cho chos, mutton chops and a mohawk one style of facial hair could never hold you, man. Though tom waits wore one and frank zappas family ed his mustachesoul patch combo, in the early years a number of soul patch sobriquets grew from the. A soul patch is a single small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin.
A soul patch is grown just below the lower lip, but does not grow past the chin. It came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was a style. A full beard without a moustache or neck hair, sometimes called a lions mane. It gave its medical imprimatur to the soul patch and hitler mustache, which it called the toothbrush mustache. Back during the early days of jazz and blues and soul, when cool. A soul patch is a small, sharplytrimmed beard that sits just below the lips, above the chin. These days, soul patches are often paired with mustaches, goatees, chin straps, and sideburns. It literally took it a year or so to grow less thanthen an inch. The wild card of the facial hair world, the combination comes in many forms. Rather than having patches of missing hair, the van dyke beard is a combination of a soul patch, mustache, and chin goatee, without these parts being connected. The soul patch should not be confused with the goatee, which features the hair of a soul patch in addition hair on the chin and a mustache. The fact that its even called a soul patch, speaks to how big of a tool you have to be to actually grow. The soul patch dates back to the 1940s and 1950s and was under hibernation for a decade or so until it came back during the late 20th century. A soul patch also known as a mouche, a flavour saver, a lady pleaser, a jazz dot, or a nollsey is a single small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin.
It came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was a style of facial hair common among africanamerican men, most notably jazzmen. Whether its just a chin patch, a mustache and soul. Whether its just a chin patch, a mustache and soul patch combo, or soul patch goatee, this. The person responsible for its popularization was the one and only dizzy gillespie, famous jazz musician and trumpeter. Its a small, tidy nest of hair below the lower lip, and thats it. A mouche in combination with a goatee or long sideburn may be innovative, but for our purposes, it is not a soul patch. The true soul patchthe one that deserves the monikerisnt compromised by the presence of distracting sideburns, mustaches, or other facial hair. A soul patch beard is a small square or triangle of facial hair that sits in the centre of your chin, directly beneath your lower lip. Soul patch styles can be pointed also known as a soul point or square. Also known as a mouche, jazz dab, or jazz dot, the soul patch is a tiny strip of hair placed just below the lower lip on a face that is otherwise clean shaven. This position assumes that the soul resides in the mouth or chin, and that air. This facial hair style was sported mainly by the african american musicians and hipsters, and that is why it is also known as the jazz dab beard style. Toothbrush moustache this is a narrow but tall moustache which generally does not extend beyond the sides of the nose, and extends to the upper lip.
The soul patch often takes the form of a small patch of facial hair below the lower lip. See more ideas about soul patch, beard no mustache and patches. Howie mandel pictured is a notable modernday man known for sporting a soul patch. Gillespie referred to it, instead, as his jazz dab and others called it the the dizzy gillespie beard.
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