While most men make the effort every day to get rid of that 5-o'clock shadow, there are a few who groom their facial hair and mold it into a work of art.
A handful of those mustache aficionados (including some women) went head to head at the Federal on Saturday in a competition put on by the Los Angeles Facial Hair Society.
Click here to view a quirky photo gallery on LAist of the participats of the inaugural contest.
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