My Story Was Featured In One Of URMAKER's Videos


Well guys, I'm pretty excited! My story was featured in one of URMAKER's videos!





Here is URMAKER's Video

 
 
Here is the transcript of my story.  
I grew up in this very small Midwestern community out in the middle of the country. It was really an awesome area to grow up in because of the environment. Woods and creeks surrounded the whole area, and growing up there I spent a lot of time out in these woods. This area I grew up in was rumored to be haunted because of the old cemetery that was at the edge of this town, but this is not what this story is about…


It was around 2001, I was about 16 at this time. It was the right around the beginning of October and my next door neighbor, who was around 10 or so at the time was having a Halloween / birthday party and he had several other kids over from his grade. As part of the festivities, they were planning on taking a hayride through the woods. I thought it would be fun to try and scare them while they were on this ride, so as they were about to leave, I slipped away and went down to the woods. It was about 9:30 PM at this time and it was very dark outside. I made my way into the woods and decided I was going to hide under the side of the large bridge that crossed the creek, so I climbed down the railing and stood on the cement platform below to wait. Now I had been waiting in this spot for around 10 minutes. I was watching for the truck’s headlights to come down the road so I could get into position. As I am watching down the road, I see a man walk out of the woods and onto the side of the road. I could not tell exactly what he was doing as he was probably about 75 feet of so away from me and it was really dark in the woods that night. I found it odd that the guy did not have a flashlight or anything, but then again neither did I… After about 20 seconds or so, the guy turned around and walked back into the woods… I didn’t think he had seen me because I had been in my location for a good 10 minutes before I ever saw him, I didn’t feel too threaten either because in order to get to me he would have had to cross the bridge or the water to sneak up on me. I stayed in my spot for another couple of minutes and watched the area where the guy went back into the woods. I never did see any light and he soon disappeared deeper into the woods.


After a few minutes, I decided it would probably be best to get out of there. I quietly climbed out from under the bridge and made my way out of the woods and back to the party. I didn’t think anyone else had gone out there to scare the kids besides me. I clearly saw the silhouette of this man, and his appearance was much different than anyone's at the party, tall and decently built. When I got back I asked my neighbor’s parents if anyone else was out in the woods to scare the kids during the hay ride and they said no. When the kids returned, I asked the guy driving the truck about it, and they saw no such person… So I just saw a man walk out of a dark woods only to re-enter it… It was creepy, but I never felt I was in much danger as I’m pretty sure he never saw me.


So a couple days later I am out in the woods with my buddy from down the street, during the daytime though this time. We were near the area where I saw this guy and we find this post that has been buried in the ground and on top of it are three animal skulls. The are pretty large skulls too, appearing to be that of a dog or possible a deer. The post was in the center of a star with a circle around it made from animal bones.  Clearly someone had spent some time building this. But it gets even scarier, a short ways away from this post was a dead goat. It had a rope tied around it’s neck and its throat had been cut. My friend and I knocked down the post and left. While it was obviously a very disturbing thing to find, I guess we didn’t think too much of it, because this area has had its fair share of oddities because of the rumors about it being haunted and we assumed it was just some people trying scare people and create a good story.


Now jump ahead a few weeks. I was usually out at night a fair amount, my friend and I like to ride our bikes around the streets at night and talk, and on this particular night we noticed a group of four  people walking around the streets. They were wearing all black. We acknowledged them, but they didn’t say anything back. It was odd, but whatever. We saw them a couple of other times that week too, just being creepers.


Now here is the scariest part of all, and I need to be completely honest, I can’t remember if this event happened this same week or it was a couple of weeks later after we saw these people on the streets, but I know it was around this time because my friend moved away shortly after this happened and I know it was closely related to this time period. My friend as the oldest of 6 kids and he had a sister who was 12 at the time who shared a bedroom with her 3 year old sister. One night around 2 or 3 in the morning she heard a noise by the doorway of her bedroom. She rolled over to look and standing in the doorway was a guy wearing all black. She started screaming and the guy immediately took off. Her parents bedroom would directly across the hall from hers and they came. When they went into the living room, the front door was wide open. Someone had definitely been in their house… They looked outside but couldn’t find anyone. I assume they slipped into a nearby house or the woods which was a short distance away.


I don’t know their intent, but I have a pretty good idea… I know there was occult activity that went on out there in those woods...


This story happen in 2002.

How To Build a Deadfall Trap


 
 
I had a lot of fun building my snare trap, I decided to return to the woods and show you how to build a deadfall trap. This video is only for  demonstration purposes. I did not leave this trap up, nor did I try to catch an animal with it. In the event of a survival situation, you could use a trap similar to this one to help procure food if needed. Thanks for watching guys!

The Closest I Have Come To Dying


 
The closest I ever came to dying was on June 12, 1998. I was 12 years old at the time and my parents and I were returning home from town when the weather turned ugly. Here in Indiana, the weather can turn ugly very quick. We were in the middle of the country as sky got incredibly dark. Several clouds started dropping closer to the ground. At the beginning, it was pretty exciting, this would be the first time any of us had ever seen a tornado in real life. Soon though, three clouds touched the ground and formed three small tornadoes that seemed to dance around each other for about 5 seconds. At this point we are probably about 2 or 3 miles away from these tornados and had an incredible view of the events that were unfolding. Soon however the 3 tornados formed into one giant super tornado and begin moving in our direction. The tornado looked to be about half a mile wide now. My dad was driving, and by this time we were going pretty fast as we were trying to make it to my grandparents house about 5 miles away. I was in the back seat and had turned to watch as the tornado was getting closer and closer. I could see the tornado tearing apart a small woods we had recently passed. We were very close to my grandparents house now, about a mile, but the tornado was even closer to our car now, less at half a mile. All of a sudden, we could hear the sound of the tornado you always hear people talk about. It was kind of like a train and a tea kettle going at the same time. I remember my dad asking yelling "where is it?", and I yelled "it's right behind us!" As we went around a 90 degree bend in the road, I watched as the tornado entered into the subdivision that was parallel  to our car. I will always remember seeing the full roof of a house being ripped off and flying in the air. We wound up behind a police car that was driving slowly through town with it's sirens on, we went around it and continue to my grandparents house. We slid into their driveway and headed to their storm shelter in the back yard. My grandparents were already the shelter and we basically jumped into the 8 foot deep cement bunker and pulled the door closed. Within 10 seconds you could hear the destruction taking place outside. It seemed to only last for 15 seconds or less and then it was quiet. When we came out of the shelter we were happy to see my grandparents house was still there. Their neighbors were not as lucky though and many had significant damage. My grandparents had this huge tree in there found yard, it had a trunk that was at least 3 feet in diameter. It had fallen towards our car and missed it by mere inches. I remember how quiet it was after that, but soon the quietness was filled with the sound of chainsaws as people began trying to clear the streets and help their neighbors. The power was out for a few days, and I remember generators were sold out everywhere. The subdivision I saw the tornado hit was devastated as was a local school and many parts of the town. The tornado was rated as an F3 and was measured at 800 meters wide.  Had we been 30 seconds slower, I don’t think we would have made it... It was probably one of the scariest most exhilarating moments of my life.

Make Your Beard Grow Faster


 
So I have been growing my beard back for one week now, and I want to grow it back as fast as possible. I remember when I tested out peppermint essential oil, it had been shown to help a beard grow fuller, thicker, faster. I thought what better time to test it than now? Since I had pictures from the time lapse when I was growing it before, I thought I would start applying it to my face and compare the pictures from my last growth cycle to this ones to see if it really does work.

So I have been applying it for one week now and here are the results.


 
Now, I have grown my beard out to one week several times in my life and I certainly notice a difference. My beard already seems to be darks and longer than where it normally is at this point.
 
 
So the science behind this is when you apply peppermint oil to your face, it gives you this nice refreshing tingling feeling. That tingling feeling is actually increasing the blood flow to your face, and getting more nutrients to your hair follicles. It also helps to awaken dormant follicles. That is why you produce a fuller, thicker, faster growing beard. Scientific studies have also shown that it is more effect than 3% Minoxidil. Now I haven't used Minoxidil, but I know several others of you have, and if you have before and it didn't work for you, peppermint essential oil may.
 
Well I am excited and encouraged by what I have seen so far and will continue testing it to see if it will help me to grow my beard back faster. Stay tuned for future updates!
 
DoTerra Essential Oil - http://amzn.to/2lC0PS3
 
 
 

How To Build A Ground Snare




I thought it would be fun to learn how to make a ground snare trap, just in case I were to ever find myself in a survival situation, I would have a bit of knowledge on how to. Here is the tutorial on the trap I made. I hope you enjoy it. Don't worry, no animals were harmed in this video and the trap was torn apart after I finished film. This was just for fun.


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Fiskars Hatchet - http://amzn.to/2mAJ2Mz

Trilene Fishing Line - http://amzn.to/2mAJ86T


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How To Remove A Broken Headphone Jack


 
 
 
Okay, today I'm just going to show you the quickest way I've ever found to remove a headphone jack from an iPad. So if you look right here, you can see I have a headphone jack in there. I found one of the easiest things to do is to get an old BIC pen and tear it apart so look similar to the ink part right here. Then you can get some of this sticky tack for like hanging posters and whatnot.
Also if you don't have this you can try chewing gum,  I've done that as well but basically you take that tack and you stick it into the hole of this pen. This is that the ink portion from the pen so you have to tear the pen apart. Sometimes you can use coffee straws too. They  work pretty good.
 
Then you're just going to tear the excess off of this straw so all the sticky tack is in the hole and the outside is clean. Next thing you'll do is you'll take the pen and you'll stick it in to the hole where the jack is and you pull out quickly.  There you have it, it is now clear so I pulled that out pretty quick that time. They're not always that quick sometimes you have to do a little extra work. So if you have either a tiny pair of needle nose pliers or some tweezers or even a small little flathead screwdriver, those headphone jacks have a casing around the outside here.

What you want to try to do is stick that in there but you need to be careful not to damage it. There's a little plastic casing around here so you don't wanna scrape
that too much. What you want do it to get in there and you want to try to scrape against this headphone jack get that casing off. Every headphone jack I've ever taken apart, it kind of has a casing that goes up and then there's a smaller part. That smaller part is what fits right into that pen and that's what you trying to get out. So if you can get in there you can clear that that the cable casing off around that portion, usually you can then stick that pen in there and it pops right out.
 
So if it doesn't work that quick for you to begin with that's what I'd start with first. Just take something and just clean around in there try to get that casing out the best you can. Once you get that cleared out a little bit, put that pen in there, sometimes it takes up to 20 times of sticking it in there. Sometimes you just want to push it in there as hard as you can and then pull as quick as you can. Don't pull  slow, just a quick jerk.
 
So I hope it helps.

How Much Do Small YouTubers Make?


 
 

So, is it possible for a small time YouTuber to make any money? I put together some information from my channels that I thought I would share with you all to answer that question.

Before we start, in order to make money, you first need to make sure you have an AdSense account linked to your channel and your videos are enabled for monetization.

How much money you make can really depend on your channel niche.

And it really depends on your audiences engagement with your ads on how much you make.

So lets look at my channels. Here is the channel I enjoy the most, my Simple Man channel. It's more of a personal vlog type channel and I don't do this channel to make a lot of money, I just have fun doing it and that's why I do it. But I have monetization enabled on it because who doesn't like to make money doing what you enjoy right?

I started this channel in November of 2016 for reference. Also feel free to subscribe if you haven't already!

So far I have only got 8140 views on this channel and my revenue totals $6.36. Which comes out to about 1 penny for every 13 views I get.

Now let's take a look at one I do for my profession, educational technology. I started this channel in December of 2016.

Here is a breakdown of this channel for the last 90 days.
In that time, I've gotten 8842 views and a total revenue of $18.81.
Most of my views come from one video which really took off. It has 6286 views so far.
And it has made me $12.83. So for me channel I've made a total of $18.81 over 8842 views, or in other words I make 1 penny for every 5 views, better than on my vlog channel of 1 penny for every 13 views.

The one video that took off has very similar numbers, I make about 1 penny for every 5 views.
Now I have a secret channel, and I am going to keep it a secret because it's a simple channel, that's easy to create content for, requires little work and has a good payout per views. In other words, I don't want someone to copy it. I started it 10 days ago.

It has several videos on it, but here is one of them.

In 10 days it got 393 views and made $1.33 or about 1 penny for every 3 views. Much better than my vlog channel and my technology channel. I think the reason is because the ads that run on this channel are actually really engaging and entertaining.

Well guys that's all I have to show you on my channel, but if you are curious about other YouTubers, check out socailblade.com. This will allow you to see how other channels are doing, though the earnings can't be 100% true because of other factors. But for my channels, they are right in line.

Well there you have it guys. You can make some money all while having fun. But the most important thing is to have fun!

Growing A Beard - Back To Day One


 
 
A little trim turned into a lot of trim and well I'm back to day one again... But I am excited to get back to growing my epic beard. I learn some things, and hope to apply that knowledge on my next attempt.

Beard Guyz Beard Wash 35 Review



Review of the Beard Guyz Beard Wash 35 Beard wash. I purchased this product with my own money at no discount.

Your can buy the Beard Guyz Wash here - http://amzn.to/2kukwar

10 Week Beard Update


 
 
Hey guys, here is my 10 week beard update! Thanks for watching!

Beard And The Bible




Beards where an important part of the men's lives in the Bible. Today, I wanted to talk a little about what the Bible has to say about them...

How Not To Dye Your Hair




This is a story the clerk at Walgreens told me about how someone stole hair dye and then went to dye their hair in the bathroom. It's Hilarious!

The Cold Steel Talwar Review


 
 
Here is my review for the Cold Steel Talwar. I use this knife as an everyday carry for self defense, and it is one sweet knife!

5.5" Serrated Talwar (As seen Above) - http://amzn.to/2liO4vw
5.5" Plain Edge Talwar - http://amzn.to/2kwZWGb
4" Serrated Talwar - http://amzn.to/2liWSlj
4" Plain Edge Talwar - http://amzn.to/2kJ627y


Best Beard Brush - The Smooth Viking


 
 
Hey if your looking for a beard brush, I would like to recommend the Smooth Viking Beard Brush. This is one of the top rated beard brushes on amazon.com and for good reason. I have had this beard brush for about 6 weeks now and it is fantastic. I have not had any bristle loss with it and it is high quality!

Smooth Viking Beard Brush - http://amzn.to/2lgKbqU

Cobra Big Bore Derringer 9MM Review



Review of my Cobra Big Bore Derringer 9MM which I have owned for nearly a decade.

Pocket  Holster Link - http://amzn.to/2kQ2ine
Hip Holster Link - http://amzn.to/2lgRoYi
Snap Cap Links - http://amzn.to/2kwulbq
Talon Grips Link - http://amzn.to/2ldMb3y

5 Worst Foods To Eat With A Beard


 
 

These are the five hardest foods I have found to eat with a beard. Let me know what you think!

The Best DIY Beard Oil Known To Man


 
 

Looking to save a few buck and start making your own beard oil? Want to smell like a man and less like a pansy? That's why I created my own beard oil, I call it Lumberstache and it will make your beard smell like it belongs to a lumberjack. Its super easy to make, it only requires 3 fairly inexpensive ingredients. The links are below if you want to make your own beard oil at a fraction of the price of store bought brands.

Cedarwood Essential Oil - http://amzn.to/2kHmKnx

Cypress Essential Oil - http://amzn.to/2lMJxzf

Jojoba Oil - http://amzn.to/2kuexlN

Dropper Bottle - http://amzn.to/2l5qW1H

2 Month Beard Time Lapse


 
 
Hey guys, here is my 2 month beard time lapse!

Why I Carry A Gun - Part 3


 
 
While out on a walk one evening with our two small kids, two very aggressive dogs began charging us. Having to make a split second decision, I draw my gun for the first time ever.

Why I Carry A Gun - Part 2


 
 

While out fishing one day I came in contact with a fisherman that had been drinking a little too much and he wanted to get into a confrontation. Lucky I was concealed carrying my gun, and before he got to close I lifted my shirt so it was showing. As he got closer he was I was carrying a gun and I guess he decided talking was all he wanted to do that day and he left. This is part 2 in my series Why I Cary A Gun.

Why I Carry A Gun - Part 1




One morning while out early fishing, a man with a shotgun came out of the tall grass behind me point it at me. At this point in my life, I did not carry a gun on me. After this encounter, you can sure bet that changed. I now always carry a gun on me when I go out fishing and out in public for that matter. This is part one in my series why I carry a gun.

Beard Trim and A Shout Out


 
 
 
Well I jumped on the beard trimming bandwagon. Here are my results.
 
Also is shoutout Saturday!
 

8 Week Beard Update


 
 
Here is my 8 week beard update on my quest to grow an epic beard!

Getting An Awesome Beard


 
 
Are you looking to grow an awesome beard, ones that will make people take notice? I'm here to help. On my journey to grow an epic beard, I will be offering you tips along the way so you can grow that epic beard you have always wanted.

When A Beard Trim Goes Bad




So you made a mistake while trimming your beard, now what do you do? Should you leave it as it is or should you shave and just start over. I have plenty of experience in these areas and here is my advice on common mistakes that happen when trimming your beard. You put a lot of time into growing your beard and I want to help you keep it and correct these mistakes.

A Tribute To All Beard Growers




Have you ever stopped to think, that your beard really is an accomplishment? Think about it, you have done what a lot of other men couldn't. A lot of men want to grow their beards out, but because of the society norms they may have bowed down to the pressure and shaved it off. Or maybe they had the best intentions, but the itchiness of it, the time it would take or the few bad remarks they got because of it was more than they could handle. But not you! You showed patience, you showed determination, you showed endurance! You knew what some out there in the corporate world would think and you grew anyways. Now look at you, you were rewarded with a glorious beard. You have that inner satisfaction, because you know when other men see your beard, they wish they had your confidence to grow a rocking beard just like yours. Wear it proudly guys, you earned it! And when you see a bearded brother you can appreciate his dedication. Well done fellas... Well done.

Crimson Trace Saved One Of My Viewers


Another home invasion stopped by the presence of a gun with a Crimson Trace Laser!

This is the original post from my viewer: Thankful your wife and child were not harmed and that you had shown her how to use it if needed. My hubby has done the same thing. Taught me all about it and I have my own 40 cal Glock with Crimson Trace Laser on it as well, actually on all 3 of the handguns I own. I feel so much safer with the lasers on them, I shoot more accurately as well while target practicing. I was in almost an identical situation but only with no child, just me at home, we had a salesperson drive up selling Omaha steaks from a van one day in the middle of the day a year ago. Hubby had just left for his 2nd shift job. I had locked the doors and returned to my desk upstairs to work (self-employed work from home) I heard someone ring the doorbell, and like your wife, peaked out did not know them so was clearly not opening the door. The guy proceeded to jiggle the doorknob and then the last straw was when I peaked out again and saw him pushing his body against the door while jiggling the doorknob. I promptly had Lucy in my hand (My 40 cal glock) enabled the red dot laser and had it aimed and ready too at my door, which has a glass inset in it, and suddenly he gave up. I had the phone in my pocket ready to call to report the home invasion as I was about to shoot me an intruder. he must have seen the red dot laser through the glass window as well. I sure did not want to have to go that far, and thank God I did not have to shoot him. Later that month he was caught robbing an elderly lady in our neighborhood. I detest thieves!! Thanks for sharing your story. I pray I am never faced with that situation again or any other for that matter, but thankful I know how to use the gun and that the red dot has a huge affect in deterring thieves!

The laser seen in this video can be purchased on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2kQ4GKE

Channel Shoutout #2



Wanted to give a channel shout out to one of our bearded brothers, the bearded pastor, Tommy Smith. I've been following Tommy for most of the time I've been growing my beard and he's done a great job of documenting his progress. You can check him out at his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvusrWZFSdJ84iabWHPpXA

Don't Be To Hard On Your Beard


 

Lately, I've been seeing everything that's wrong with my beard... It seems like I am the only one that notices though... This is a pep talk to help you guys get through those stages where your beard looks bad to you.

Crimson Trace and a Scary Situation



Guns are so often portrayed as the problem, but in the hands of a legally armed citizen, they can stop the real problem, the people that mean you harm. This is part of my series, "Why I Carry A Gun". Having a Gun can save your life. It could have saved the lives of my family!

I purchased my Crimson Trace laser grip for my Springfield XD 40 subcompact off of Amazon: http://amzn.to/2lgUb3J
The gun in this video is a Springfield XD 40 subcompact. It has proven itself to be reliable in every way and I highly recommend it and it is a pleasure to shoot.

I carry this gun with Hornady Critical Defense Ammo

Joining A Bearded YouTube Community


 
 
Wanting to grow a beard, just starting your beard or had a beard for a long time? There is a lot to learn about growing a beard believe it or not. If you want it to look good, its more than just not shaving. Following other bearded guys and getting tips will help you get your beard looking its best and keep you motivated. If you have a bearded youtube channel I would love to hear from you! I'd also appreciated you subscribing to mine. We can grow our beards and our channels together. Here are a few other great bearded Youtubers if you are looking to find a community.

Channel Shoutout


 
 

Shoutout to a fellow YouTube beardsman just starting out his channel! Won't You check it out?

Danny Coleman - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQL3dVA7kJfctFU9q7OrUag

The 5 Reason Why You Need To Grow A Beard


 

Beards look cool, we already know that. But what reasons are there for growing a beard. Let me give you the top five reason why I think your should be growing a beard.

Does Hair Grow Faster On One Side Than The Other?


 
 
Does hair grow faster on one side of your beard than it does on the other side? I used to think that the right side of my beard grow faster than the left side of my beard, but after letting it grow out, I have found that it actually does not grow any fast, rather, my face is not exactly symmetrical. As time went on, the weight of the beard hairs caused them to grow more downward and now my beard has a nice even appearance.


Peppermint Essential Oil For Your Beard





Looking to increase the thickness of your beard? Wanted to strengthen the hair you already have? want to make your beard come alive? Look no further than Peppermint Essential Oil. Peppermint essential oil has scientifically been shown to work better than some commercial beard products at thickening your hair, and waking up dormant hair follicles.

I user 2 drops of peppermint essential oil and 5 drops of fractionated coconut oil.

Both can be purchased relatively cheap on Amazon.

Peppermint Essential Oil - http://amzn.to/2kwMSk8
Fractionated Coconut Oil - http://amzn.to/2kJ6DpO

6 Week Beard Update


 
 
On my quest to grow an epic beard, this is my 6 week beard update. Eating has gotten a bit more difficult with the beard, but not too bad. This is probably the longest I have ever had my beard.

My Guide For Trimming Your Beard


 
 

Looking for the best way to trim your beard? I was nervous about trimming my beard, but after looking at a lot of videos and figuring out how I wanted mine to look like, I went for it. These were the steps I took in trimming mine including:
Trimming your neckline
Trimming your mustache
Trimming your beard
Trimming your sideburns.

How I Stopped My Loud Annoying Neighbors



Looking for a way to deal with those loud annoying neighbors? I was in the same boat once. My neighbors were constantly being annoying playing the music and movies way to loud on their TV and surround sound. After talking to them about it and them doing nothing, it was time for me to deal with these annoying neighbors. So I bought the Ninja Remote.

From my back yard I could see there TV through their window, and with this remote I could control their TV from up to 300 feet away.


You can buy the Ninja Remote here - http://amzn.to/2kQaKCL

Funny Story Why I'm Not A Police Man


 
 

With New Years upon us, I started thinking about getting into better shape. As I thought about during pushups and sit up, it brought to mind my brief stint in becoming a police officer. I training and trained for the physical test. I had passed the written police officer test, and was at my physical police officers test. The very first test was sit ups and I could do sit ups all day long at this time in my life. But right when I went to go do my test the funniest thing happened that caused me to fail the test miserably. Happy New Years guys!

5 Week Beard Update


 
 

Here at my beard at 5 weeks. This is my weekly update for my series, Quest For An Epic Beard.

Lavender Essential Oil For Your Beard




I've been testing with Lavender Essential oil for my primary beard oil, and have had some pretty good results. My beard seems fuller and thicker. My Beard smells good, repairs damaged hair, promotes hair growth and reduces hair loss on your beard.

Use 5 drops fractionated coconut oil and one to two drops of Lavender oil . Rub on your hands and fingertips and apply to your beard.

Lavender Essential Oil - http://amzn.to/2kwLeiI
Fractionated Coconut Oil - http://amzn.to/2kJ6DpO

Beard Guyz Beard Oil 25 Review


 
Well, here is my review for the Beard Guyz Beard Oil 25. I really like the Beard Guyz products, and I think they smell great! Check out the video for my full review. The short version though, I love this beard oil, it's awesome!
 
The ingredients are:
 
Ingredients
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape Seed) Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil and Lactobacillus Bulgaricus/White Willow Bark Extract Ferment Filtrate, Solanum Tuberosum (Potato) Extract, Ulmus Fulva (Slippery Elm) Bark Extract, Fragrance, d-Alpha-Tocopheryl (Vitamin E) Acetate, Rosa Moschata (Rosehip) Seed Oil, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Camellia Oleifera (Camellia) Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Macadamia Ternifolia (Macadamia) Seed Oil, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Seed Oil, Cucurbita Pepo (Pumpkin) Seed Oil, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Seed Oil, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed Oil, Oenocarpus Bataua (Ungurahui) Oil, Camellia Japonica (Tsubaki) Seed Oil, Mauritia Flexuosa (Buriti) Fruit Oil, Ribes Nigrum (Blackcurrant) Seed Oil, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Berry Oil, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Seed Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Salvia Hispanica (Chia) Seed Oil
 
 
Directions
After washing and towel drying your beard, apply several drops of Beard Oil 25 to your fingertips and massage into your beard. Work from the tips of the hair to the skin. Repeat as needed.

Purchase from Amazon - http://amzn.to/2kufdaR
 


One Month Beard Time Lapse

 
 
Well fellas, here is my one month beard time lapse!
 
 


My Best Tips For Starting Your Beard


 
 
Hey guys, here is my video for the best tips for starting your beard.
 
 
1. Let it grow. Give your beard some time to grow out a bit before you decide to trim your neckline so you can have a good reference point.
 
2. Don't over trim it. You want to make sure you aren't right on your jawline which some people have a tendency to do. It can also limit the fullness of your beard.
 
3. Don't get caught up in make each side exactly identical, this will cause you to over trim and could lead to a complete shave off.
 
4. Don't over wash it. Over washing your beard can lead to over drying out your skin and your beard. This will cause more itchiness. Twice a week should be go so long as you are now getting overly dirty each day.
 
5. Use beard oil. Not only does beard oil smell great, it help protect your beard hair and your skin. 

4 Week Beard Update


 
 
Hey guys, I am at the 4 week point now with my beard from being clean shaven. Thing are coming along great. Some of the spot that were a bit bare are now starting to fill in real nice. Even some of the spots that were not growing in as well are starting to fill in so I am excited to see were that goes!

Cedarwood Essential Oil For Your Beard



Looking for a manly,  beard oil that smells like the forest? Check out Cedarwood! I have been using it on my beard for the last few weeks and it has never looked better and it smells fantastic! It promotes hair growth, clears up acne, shrinks pores, repels bugs and is a natural sedative to help you relax.  I used DoTerra brand and you can find it on Amazon.

Cedarwood Oil - http://amzn.to/2lgNa32
Fractionated Coconut Oil - http://amzn.to/2kSeHab

Setting Your Beard Goals


 
 
When growing out your beard, it's best to have a goal in mind. Look around and find other guys with beard that you want yours to look like, and work towards that goal. It's really easy to have a down day that will make you want to shave it all off. If you have a goal in mind however, it can help you get past those days and prevail on your way to growing a epic beard!

Trimming Your Beard - The Neck Line





Alright guys, so I'm got an award work which means I have to go up in front of the board. I’m in the process of growing my beard out though and it’s just getting a little scraggly. So I am going to go ahead and clean it up just a little bit here under my neck line. But the nice thing about letting it grow out this far, it that it will give me a little better idea of where I should create my neckline. I put a diagram together on where I am going to shave to show you a little better about how to plan for your neckline.

Basically you will want to start right around your Adam’s apple and give it a slight curve around. Be careful not to go to too close to your jawline, as this may make your neck look really long and may make your chin look fat.

 

The Beard As A Discipline Tool


The Beard As A Discipline Tool

 

Ok, so this video out there is for you dads who I need some help disciplining your sons.  My son's three and he really likes my beard.  Every time he's starts acting up, one of the number one ways I can always get him to stop as I say, “Son if you don't stop it you're not going to be able to grow moustache…” It works every time!

How I Healed My Trigger Finger

How I Healed My Trigger Finger

If you are suffering with trigger finger and are looking for a way to stop it without surgery, well you have came to the right place. I was in your shoes 5 short months ago, but today, my trigger finger is gone. So today, I want to tell you exactly how I was able to avoid surgery, and heal my trigger finger.
 


Before I tell you what I did, I want to be as thorough as possible and give you as much information about this process as I can. You may be thinking, well I am sure my trigger finger is a lot worse than what yours was. I doubt mine will be able to be healed without surgery. And if you thought that, I wouldn’t blame you, I thought the same thing about mine. Now I have had trigger finger twice in my life now, the first time I was 20, and I had surgery to correct it. When I turned 31 though, I got it in my other hand. This time I just told myself I would tough it out and deal with it. And I did for a good while. But then things started to get more difficult and painful. Every morning my finger would be stuck in the bent position and I would have to use my other hand to manually straighten in out. Sometimes it would take 20 minutes or so of bending and unbending it with my other hand before I could get it to function properly. Then, it would ache throughout the day. I was unable to use that hand to tie my shoes. Playing with my kids became difficult because I couldn’t hold things. On a scale from 1 to 10 on how much pain it was causing me, especially in the mornings, it was a 10. It would bring tears to my eye when I had to straighten my finger and that nodule went through that tendon sheath. The bad thing is I have a family history of trigger finger. How many more times in my life would I have to deal with it?



So I decided it was time to have surgery after letting it go on for well over a year and letting it get to the point it was almost unbearable. I hated the idea of getting the surgery because I knew from before it would take a good while before my hand was back to normal and you have to stretch your finger every hour which was quite painful, similar to what I had to do in the morning, though now it was every hour. I called to schedule an appointment and I asked about the cost of the procedure, it was $5000! It was only $2000 when I had it done 10 years ago so I was a bit shocked. And now with insurance the way it is and high deductibles I knew I was going to have to pay most of that out of pocket. So at this point, I started searching for ways to deal with it myself.



Now I had tried the stretches I had seen from Youtube videos to help with trigger finger and they never worked for me. Actually my trigger finger seem to get worse after trying them. So I knew that those would not work. I began doing some research, and I happened to come across an article that featured an excerpt from the book, The Doctor Who Looked At Hands, by John Ellis MD.



Dr. Ellis said that the condition could be treated with vitamin B6, specifically in the form P5P, not only could trigger finger be healed with P5P, so could carpal tunnel and arthritis. Dr. Ellis said that in his 30 years of working with hands, of all the patients he saw with trigger finger, every one of them had been healed after taking P5P for 6 months. So I decided to find out if it was true and I purchased this bottle of Now Foods P5P 50 mg vitamins from my local health foods store and began taking them.



So now it’s been nearly 5 months since I began taking them, and the verdict is in, it worked! As you can see I no longer have trigger finger, when I wake up in the morning, it is no longer locked and it doesn’t ache during the day.



I took 3 of these pills a day, in fact I am still taking them because I want to finish out the 6 months. My schedule for taking them looked like this:

I took one 50mg pill in the morning, around 6:30am,

I took one 50 mg pill in the evening, around 4 pm,

And I took one 50 mg pill right before bed, about 11pm.

I have done this every day. I started seeing improvements pretty quick too. Within 2 weeks, it was noticeably better and just continued to improve. Also I experienced no bad side effects from taking these vitamins. The only thing I have noticed was my urine is brighter yellow shortly after taking a pill, but after researching it’s just because of the extra riboflavin in your body from the bills, but it’s completely harmless.



Now I started this in September, and saw continuous improvements, but I wanted to mention this just for reference for the others who do this, when November or December came around I started having a bit of soreness in my trigger finger, I had a week or so that my finger actually seemed to start hurting more, not as much as before I started taking the vitamins, just a little bit more than I was used to, because I had really not had much pain from it at all any more except for the minor stiffness when I first took off the splint first thing in the morning. I think it may have been because it got pretty cold outside at this time and I was outside a good deal and the weather bothered it, but it seemed to get better within a week or so and no longer was an issue after that like it had been before.



Now there are a couple of other things I can recommend that will help even further. After all you want to get rid of it for good, but you also don’t want to live with the pain until 6 months is up. The first is to wear a finger splint when you sleep. This is the type that I wear. I actually have worn this one until about 2 weeks ago. Now your finger may lock in the straight position when you wear this at night, but it was so much less painful bending it in the morning. Without it, before when I started this program the pain was a 10/10, but once I started taking the pills and wearing the splint at night the pain was maybe 4/10 in the morning by the 3rd day. It continued to get less and less. It was only slightly stiff after removing the splint in the morning at 4 months. Now I just stopped wearing this splint while I slept a couple week ago. Now my finger was still a bit sore when I took it off in the morning, not a lot just a little, and I think it was due to my finger being immobile all night. I probably could have taken it off a lot sooner, I was just hesitant my finger would be locked in the bent position in the morning, and I would much rather have the slight stiffness than the terrible pain I had before it. So if you do decide to wear a finger splint, you probably won’t need to wear it as long as I did, but you will find it's not really that much of an inconvenience to wear it at night so your tendon rest. I just happened to fall asleep without it one night and woke up the next day without any pain and not locked, that's why I ceased using it and it’s been fine ever since.



Another thing that I did for about a week at the beginning, just to give my trigger finger some more rest, I wanted to keep it from bending during the day as much as possible, but I obviously didn’t want to wear this big thing, so I taped my knuckle with band-aids like this to keep it from bending. This did help quite a bit in reducing my pain. Again I only wore it like this for a week or so. If it doesn’t bother you much to do this, I would try wearing it longer. The longer you let the tendon rest, the better off you will be.



Finally, if you feel like your finger is getting stiff, get a large bowl of hot water and soak your hand in it. At first just place your hand in there and don’t bend your fingers for about 5 minutes, but after about 5 minutes slowly open and close your hand for another 5 minutes, maybe even ten. Just slowly though. I did this each night for about the first month, and occasionally during the day time depending on if I had any aches in there. Some days I would use my hand a lot like after I shoveled or raked and put some stress on my trigger finger, and this really helped.

So now I no longer need surgery, my trigger finger has been healed. I know this was a little lengthy, but I really wanted to try and give you all of the information I could. I am sure there may have been some minor things I may have missed, but please feel free to drop me a comment, I would be glad to answer any questions you have. These steps worked great for me, and I think they will work for you too. I know how painful trigger finger can be, that's why I really wanted to share this information because I hope that it helps others too. And if it’s not too much to ask, would you mind liking the video and even subscribing? It helps the video rank better in the search results by doing so and makes it easier for others to find this information. I hope you find relief for your trigger finger friend,  God Bless!


Here are the P5P Vitamins I purchased: http://amzn.to/2l5u7Gx

The finger splint I used was similar to this one: http://amzn.to/2kHiTqG

My Quest To Grow An Epic Beard – 3 Weeks


My Quest To Grow An Epic Beard – 3 Weeks

 

Ok this is at my three-week beard update. Actually three weeks and two days, but as you can see, I think it's coming along pretty well. It’s kind of that weird stage, where some days it looks alright and some days it kind of looks like crap. But I think it's going to pretty good growth wise. I got a couple areas like right here by my mouth right here under my lip I want to fill in a little more, but there is three weeks.  I'll see you all next week.  Thanks for watching!

My Quest To Grow An Epic Beard – 2 Weeks


My Quest To Grow An Epic Beard – 2 Weeks

 

So this is my first video on growing a beard. Now my quest to grow awesome beard started about eight weeks ago and it was pretty far along but when I was trimming, I made a mistake.  I kind of didn't like the way they look because I shaved my neck. So I just went ahead and started all over and I decided that I would take picture time lapses along the way.

So right now I’m at two weeks and here's the time-lapse if you want to see it.

So anyway this time I decided to grow my beard underneath and I'm just going to let the whole thing grow out and see how it looks.

Here you can see what my beard look like before when I had shaved my neck. So I know people are probably interested in just kind of what your beard growth looks like over time. So here you can see, my lights not that great, but from the pictures hopefully you can kind of see where we are. So this is two weeks of growth from being shaved. So I invite you to follow along as I’m trying to grow a fairly big beard. I’ll take another update here and another week and I just keep you up about my progress. Also one thing I want to mention at this time, I did something a little different than before. I had beard oil from before when my beard started to get a little longer and about a week into growing my new beard, I start putting that on there. It does get itchy on your neck at first, and that really did help a lot. I do notice that it is a lot softer than before. So alright, if you want to keep updated on my progress, won’t you please s subscribes to my channel?  Thanks for watching