Grow an Equinox Beard!

[RoJoHen]

Okay, I'm going to be pimping a little "project" of mine right now. Some of you will love it. Most of you will probably think it's retarded. I don't really care.

So, you've all probably heard of No Shave November, where during the month of November men stop shaving their faces and grow crazy beards. Well, my friends and I decided that one month just isn't long enough, so we are starting a new thing.

Equinox Beard!

Starting this Saturday on the Autumnal Equinox, the Equinox Beard will grow until March 20, 2013, the Vernal Equinox. It's a full 6-month beard!

It's gonna be awesome and funny and gross, and I don't really want to do it, but it was my idea and I've been talking about it for months, so I've kind of backed myself into a corner, and I pretty much have to participate lest I face unrelenting ridicule. *sigh*

So if anybody wants to grow an Equinox Beard with me, you should visit the facebook page in my sig, "like" it, and take progress pictures over the next 6 months.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I've been growing a beard for the better part of a year now. I only really have it because my girlfriend likes them and I have no strong feelings one way or the other.

Just wanted to let you know I'm way ahead of you, bro.

 

[RoJoHen]

That's cool. I've had a beard myself for the last few years, but I've always kept it trimmed back. With the Equinox Beard, THERE IS NO TRIMMING!

 

[Robert Maxwell]

No trimming? You'll be looking like Brian Blessed by the time this is over!

 

[Delsaber]

Just so happens that this Saturday is my last day on the job, a workplace where even a 5 o'clock shadow will get you a finger wag from The Powers That Be. So count me in. Though knowing how mountain-man my beards have gotten in the past, I may need styling pointers...

Or I could just let it go wild. Really solidify my ongoing Daniel Bryan fandom.

 

[Darth Duck]

Essentially a six-month playoff beard? Good luck to you sir.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I couldn't grow a beard if my life depended on it.

 

[RoJoHen]

I couldn't grow a beard if my life depended on it.

Can you grow anything? You have a whole 6 months to find out!

 

[CorporalClegg]

My awesome hair.

 

[RoJoHen]

Unless it's on your face, it doesn't count.

Doesn't mean you can't support the cause, however!

 

[StolenThunder]

So very itchy.

 

[RoJoHen]

Beards are only itchy for the first few days. You just have to let your skin adjust.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ And then, it may be too late...

I have a goatee which I have had for several years now. If I shave it off (which I have only done once), you can tell where it once was, because my face is all red there. So I might as well keep it for life now.

 

[Holdfast]

Over the past few years, I've gotten into the habit of growing a beard for 2-3 months per year, generally in the depths of winter. I don't know whether I'll do it again this season though as I got quite bored of the last one I grew. To begin with, I like how I look with it and then at some point a couple of months down the line I wake up feeling inexplicably fed up with it and out comes the razor.

 

[iguana_tonante]

I have been sporting a beard since I was 19, but I have always kept it very short.

The longer I've ever had was probably around one inch. It can be pretty comfortable in winter. Just make sure to wash it regularly with shampoo and comb it daily.

 

[Mr Silver]

I hate shaving, but I also hate having a beard. Therefore I'm normally seen in varying stages of stubble growth, depending on factors such as my mood and the temperature!

 

[CorporalClegg]

How does a man hate shaving?

The warm blade cutting trough the soft cream leaving a clean residue behind is one of my favorite sensations. Then splashing the warm water on your face afterwords is just so refreshing.

Admittedly, it can't be easy for women. I sometimes wonder why they even bother.

 

[RoJoHen]

Gah, shaving is awful.

 

[cooleddie74]

I've had several beards in my life, and while I gave each and every one of them love and care I eventually shaved them all off. I have a tendency to get pimples underneath beard hair, plus they get a little too itchy after a while.

If I had a beard right now it'd have a lot of grey and white in it. This pic was taken three years ago and even then the grey was starting to come in pretty thoroughly.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I think it's very dignified.