Combing Through the Stache

On this segment of "Combing Through the Stache," I was blessed with the opportunity to interview a dear friend with a fabulous mustache, Riley Schilling Moore. For all who have admired from a far this glorious mustache that is located between the upper lip and the two nostrils residing on the nose of Riley, here is your chance to get up close and personal. So, would you please join me as I examine, bristle by bristle, the mustache story of the one and only Riley Schilling Moore.

Q: Name
A: Riley Schilling Moore

Q: Age
A: 19

Q: Hometown
A: Nashville

Q: Other facts about yourself?
A: 70 inches

Q: When did you first realize you could grow a mustache?
A: I worked at Chick fila all through high school. I started cranking out some facial hair junior year or so, I was like 16. I hated so much that we couldn't have a beard at Chick fila (company policy) because I reckon I look heaps better with some hair on my face but one day I found out we could have mustaches, ( I should have known before because everyone in the kitchen is hispanic). So yeah, then I realized I could grow a mustache and wear it at work.

Q: Why do you have a mustache?
A: My current mustache is a costume accessory for my role in a play. Yes, my character is hispanic. Other times my mustaches are because I see them on other people and wonder how they would look on me, so I get them. But most of the time my mustaches are just a piece of the pie on my face that is actually a beard.

Q: Do you think having a mustache attracts the ladies?
A: I think have a mustache attracts bad ladies and hipsters. Sometimes they are one in the same, but sometimes hipsters are good and only look like they smoke many drugs. Beyond that, I reckon it attracts no ladies.

Q: What would you say is your typical maintenance routine with your mustache?
A: I always use shampoo and conditioner on the some of my head, sometimes on my face. But I always use body wash on my face and my mustache. Sometimes, while trimming of removing my beard, i tidy the stache around the edges. Often I will remove some of the length of the stache with clippers, while keeping the size and shape the same. Not too much weird stuff.

Q: What is the biggest challenge you face with your mustache of any facial hair for that matter?
A: Water droplets, discrimination, cereal, mashed potatoes, tickles during vocal warmups and all sauces and jellies are challenges, but the biggest challenge is probably milkshakes.

Q: Are there any people you admire for having a glorious mustache?
A: There is one alone. He is Adam Joly. Facebook him.

How good is that mustache? Well, groomed, good intentions, and a fabulous story. Thank you Riley for you participation.


If you find Riley's clothes to be dapper? well then you should look on his clothing website swaddling apparel.

stylash mustache...

There is a broad range of styles for the humble mustache. According to the World Beard & Moustache Championships there are 6 correct categories of mustaches: natural, hungarian, Dali, English, Imperial, and freestyle.

natural

english

Dali

imperial

hungarian

freestyle

Now weren't those just dashing!! Congratulations to the winners of the World Beard and Moustache Championships of 2007 for the moustache catagories you all deserve it! 

who doesn't love fun facts?

like any good historian, all of these facts come from wikipedia.

the word mustache has roots that trace it back to the hellenistic greek word, mullon, meaning "lip."

a mustache is defined as facial hair grown on the outer surface of the upper lip.

it was possible in neolithic times for men to shave using stone razors.

the oldest picture of a man having a shaved mustache is of an Iranian horsemen from 300 B.C.

 what a beautiful mustache. classy.

please join me next time when i explore the many wonderful and creative mustache styles. 

well hello there...

well hello there people of the world!  i don't know why i decided to start this blog, it may be my fascination with mustaches and other interesting facial hair, but who is to say.

why are mustaches so interesting? is it because it is a random patch of hair in the middle of your face? or could it be because from far away it looks like a caterpillar is crawling across your face? again who is to say. i sometimes wish i could have a mustache, but again that would be very weird because i am a female. don't get me wrong women can grow facial hair, some wish they couldn't, but some actually make good livings off their high levels of testosterone and dark coarse hair at carnivals and circus'.

i guess i should talk about the purpose of this blog…

i am going to interview people with mustaches, talk about famous mustaches, explore the different types of mustaches and facial hair, and finally do a little history.

and here to send you off, here is a delightful quote about burt reynolds…

"what i look for mostly in a man is humor, honesty, and a mustache. burt has all three."
-sally field