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photofabix 
Brings up another topic, checking for evenness, I had a stylist once put a finger at the end of each sideburn and look in the mirror to see how close she was. I've also used that method several times, and it seems to help.
I do this also, but that only assures that each side are of equal length at one point, not that the lines are in fact parallel.
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rapdancin if you shave in a bathroom that has a mirror/medicine cabinet kind of thing you can usually get a better view by shaving with the mirror angled out. the one i shave with has a mirrored inside too so i shave hard to see places with my head inside the cabinet so i can see as much as possible
Yep. I have one of those cabinets with mirrors on both sides of the doors, so I can open the doors and see the sides of my face. It does help.
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Berticus Wow, how narrow is your view? Shouldn't people have a viewing angle of a little less than pi? I've never had issues shaping my side burns both while using those horrid multi blade cartridge razors (fusion) or a straight razor. I've done a couple of styles, of course both sides need to be even. I used to have them straight, but now I angle them.
I have reduced vision, which makes it harder a bit harder to focus when I have to move my eyes sideways to see. I think maybe getting an extra mirror to hold in my hand would help, but I have not been able to find any that is not made for ladies and make-up (i.e. pink or round or otherwise very feminine).
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Berticus People will have different facial features, so asking how others do it may not work out as well for you. If I want to do a straight line I use the bottom of my earlobe and a little higher than the top of my nostrils (a little lower for the right side since my right nostril is slightly larger than my left one). For angled sideburns, I run it parallel with my jaw.
What I have been doing is what you are describing with running a imaginary line from the end of the earlobe to the nose when shaving. Maybe I should also try following the jaw and see how it turns out. I guess it's easier to make something look right when following the features of the face, even if the lines are not technically straight or parallel (after all, a human face is not exactly symmetrical either).
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MCsommerreid Get massive ones. No one will be able to tell if they're uneven.
Hehe. Good one.
Just to make something clear. I am quite positive that I do manage to get even sideburns the way I do it today, but being somewhat of a perfectionist I feel the need for some way to verify it or to make the process easier. Finding something difficult does not mean I am not able to do it.
