You are looking from a males perspective because Drake retained some of his " prettiness". Men can sees prettiness in other men but are lousy judges of pure sex appeal in other males.Every one of those guys raised their sex appeal by at least 2 points with facial hair.
james harden looks better in the beard pic because he looks semi retarded when he smiles and has bad teeth, there have been studies that show women prefer guys when they don't smile, he also got a more trendy hair cut rather than the common short hair cut 90% of black guys have
the next guy is a soccer player? he has a goofy awkward looking forced smile in his beardless pic with an awful hair cut, the head band makes him look gay
the next guy got a more cool hair cut and has more of a "come hiter" facial expression that can be viewed as sexy
the guy with the glasses ditched the glasses, glasses make most guys look dorky not "smart" or whatever positive quality they think, he also covered up his awful hair cut with a beanie which can look cool, it can be 90 degrees outside and guys wear beanies because they look good
steve carell is making a dopey facial expression in the beardless pic, he's making a cool facial expression in the beard pic and is dressed in a cool way too, looks suave with whatever is in his mouth
the last guy has horrible hair and kinda has deer in headlights facial expression, much improved hair style in beard pic and looks cool putting his hand through his hair like a model plus cool leather jacket
it's not the beards that make them look better, everything else looks better from the hair to the clothes to the body language

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