[Closed] January Beard

too late already got a 'matt'

Started a wee while back and even trimmed it, much to my better halfs delight. Yes I looked better, but hairs everywhere.

I'm about 10 days into my xmas beard already - convinced the wife that if its ok for Prince William its good enough for me. Ive got a week before work to "develop it". Does baby-bio encourage growth I wonder - lol

Salt - rub it in yer face, hair gets thirsty and comes out for a drink, no really!

Shaved mine off xmas eve they are so last year!

On its way back for SSUK09 just started again.

I have 17-year-old students who can grow a better beard than me. It's genetic; apparently my dad tried to grow a soup strainer but gave up after three weeks when there was virtually no sign of a tache.

Mine'll be only 5 days old when I go back to work, so will just look like a scruffy git. But I look like that every Friday, so it shouldn't make much difference.

Trim and shape or leave it be?

Count me in. Pics of freshly shaven face on Jan 1st then weekly updates. Then on 31st Jan final pics and judging.

Mrs is threatening no sex thing is she is 6 months pregnant and I dont get a look in anyway so its a bit of an empty threat.

Oh and leave it be. It has to be impressive.

Whose in?

I'm in.

I'm in too, despite getting some blades and shaving soap for Xmas!

I'll shave tonight and post a pic then let the stubble begin! Anyone else wanting to join in should do the same and we'll have a beard-off each week (friday?) to chart the (lack of) progress.

SSP

I like the sound of this ...

Friday evening/Saturday morning are probably when people are most likely to have time to take and upload photos, or is that just me? The last day of the month is a Saturday too.

To be fair I think this should have 2 classes - one for men, and one for women

I'll kick in a prize for the lady with the best pant beard by the end of January. Maybe a Gillette Venus?

Add this thread to your favourites so there will be no need to start a new thread every week I will take a pic as soon as possible. I will either shave tonight or tomorrow.

epicyclo I think there is the need for two classes, if women join hoping to win a prize for worst beard knowing they wont even have stubble thats wrong.

Thats face beard mike!

Post your pic at anytime over the weekend a day or two isnt really going to make much difference is it?

i like beards but cant have one at work ;-( bugger

In case it catches fire?

I already have a month's growth going on... don't want to shave it off to join in, but I look forward to welcoming you all to the beard club by the end of the month 🙂 Beards are the future!

I'm 41 and still can't grow anything like a good one.

Would love to have a good one for SSUK09 but I can't rep to my customers with patches of bum fluff in patches over my chin. I've even got grey ones coming through 🙁

i like the sund of this game too.
had a shave this morning, so count me in.

i look like geoff capes when i have a beard.

Shaved this morning and just got my eldest to take a photo of me. I'll get it uploaded and post it here in a minute or two. I look bloody old in it; in my defence, I've been ill.

I'll enjoy watching this play out.
However, I'm not shaving my beard to join in... I've already resolved to see how long I can grow the goatee part. Not trimmed the bit on my chin since I started. I keep telling the kids I teach that I'm going to platt (sp?) it when it gets longer 😮
I can't do the full beard as nothing will grow on my sides, so I'm just going for a big mustache/goatee as unkempt as I can get away with.

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I got the Christmas tree in for added festivity.

No ladies will admit to having any - that's why beauty salons were invented 🙄

Good grief I look pasty and scrawny in that photo.

cinnamon_girl - Member

No ladies will admit to having any - that's why beauty salons were invented

There was a lady competitor in the beard competition at SSWC 07.

She outbeared half of the male competitors aswel. 😯 😯

Im 3 weeks into beard growth but will definitely keep it going now 🙂

yup very much an 08 thing, mine came off a week ago.

Webcam in the dark (kids are going to sleep) so a bit grainy.
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Not cutting it off to start again, but will keep growing it for the duration to see how long it will get...

Woah! How long did that take?

I have just had a shave; Merkur HD razor with Feather blades and Taylor's soap...damn near bled to death! 3 pass shave (with, across and against the grain) so now I am baby-butt smooth and ready to start growing my face-warmer.

Only spanner in the works is the Mrs demanding that I shave it off if I start to look like a tramp!

Photo tomorrow, too much beer tonight 🙂

SSP

Beards and who's got the nichest singlespeed....

Only spanner in the works is the Mrs demanding that I shave it off if I start to look like a tramp!

Of course you'll look like a tramp, you'll have a beard!

Woah! How long did that take?

Day 1 - first bladed shave in months
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The race is on!

I was disappointed not to wake up to a full busy beard this morning.

I was disappointed not to wake up to a full busy beard this morning

I was just disapointed to wake up! Damn that Becks beer! Not much stubble let alone beard to show!

Picture here:

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SSP

Im off to have a shave in a min will take a pic today but cant post until monday because I left my wires at work 🙁

But the race is on. And trevorx already looks like something to be reckoned with!

Just shaved photo will be up asap.

The wife keeps moaning about it and its only just started.

Had a shave this morning, just got round to taking a pic! Will probably have to shave in 9 days time though, won a seat in executive box at Wolves on 10th Jan 😀
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Shouldnt have to shave for that. Not at wolves anyhow.

I'm on paternity leave from the 5th, so I was going to do this anyway...

Cheeky sod I_ache 🙂

Sorry couldn't resist.

I_Ache, they don't like people with beards when they are waiting on tables... 😆

Were you in Sutton Park today?

need to trim mine, not shaving until weather gets a bit warmer!
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neilb57 you know i have a real job 🙄

Thats why I dont travel on trains Chris

No not today neil you? First ride of the year will be next Thursday night. Hopefully my back wheel will see the ride through. I really buggered it at the chase last week.

Yes mate. Had a power cut at home so went up for a few hours. Lovely and frozen, no mud and lots of fun. Only downside was full of walkers.

Hokay, I'm in too.

:o)

Did a goatee thing for 3 weeks before xmas and it was a mix of grey, black, ginger but mostly white white !

My missus reckoned it made me look 60 and it was bloody itchy.

Also amazes me how certain people who look baby faced when clean shaven can grow one in days eg. Ewan MacGregor became grizzly biker almost overnight !

[b]Day Two[/b]
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Too early for an update really, but it's Friday. I hope to have progressed to bumfluff by next Friday. I have a very big nose.

wow, is that george michael? 😉

Day two
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mike i cant have a beard as it will let air out of my facemask ;-( buggers i couldnt have a beard in the army and now cant have one in the fire brigade . at least i get free clothes lol

I thought it must be something like that. I don't need to wear facemasks for teaching, so I can get away with it 🙂

i thought you had one on in the pix

Anyone else doing update photos this week? Otherwise, it's just me and trevorx showing each other photos of our chins on the internet, and that's just weird.

mike, here you are mate.

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I'll do mine tonight as I am at work today 🙁

SSP

That's good, because four of us showing each other our chins on the internet isn't weird in any way 🙂

3days worth...sad isn't it!
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Sorry for the bad photo, PS2 has died and I can't be @55ed to keep taking them as the Mrs thinks I'm odd.

SSP

Got my daughter to help with the day 3 close up but I'm keeping my daily photo log on my picasa site with the regulated weekly version on here.

[url= http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/trevsterx/BeardProgress# ]Beard log[/url]

Wife thinks I'm crazy and threatens sanctions should I keep it up. Nearly fell of her chair when she saw me looking at other blokes faces !

Got my daughter to help with the day 3 close up but I'm keeping my daily photo log on my picasa site with the regulated weekly version on here.

I'm back at work on Monday, where I have a webcam so can more easily snap a pic and stick it up on the web.

Wife thinks I'm crazy and threatens sanctions should I keep it up.

I often go a week or two without shaving and the wife's always a bit disappointed when I shave, so she's quite excited that I'm going to leave it for a month.

Ton how many days worth is that???

I will take a photo later and post day 1 and day 3 on monday morning.

Singlespeedpunk.

Put some cream on that and a stray cat'll lick it off. 😛

I last shaved on Xmas day. Ken Bates would be proud

woohoo I'm in! (got my password...)

I'm gonna claim the initiative for January King of Beards under my old username (sore_tint), however I have also had a headstart as an expected shave over christmas didn't occur and I'm now 3 weeks into my biggest beard ever, albeit not that big. I still have January as a target, though and will post pics soon.

Good work, men.

jimmy, you enjoy the inners thing.
was nice to meet you mate.

my beard is starting to annoy me now, specially round the wif... err my lips.

😈

I knew someone else had the idea jimmy/sore_tint.

My *ahem* "beard" has been catching on the zip of my top all day, quite annoyingly.

Ton. You are Chris Moyles and I claim my £5.

Coyote

moyles is a mere lad compaired to me.

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OK, I'll try again, the URL wasn't obvious...

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back to work tomorrow so my 10days of growth is gone. Don't know if I'm 🙂 or 🙁

I.m winning fact!

Ok so time for my missing photos.

Day 1

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Day 5

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Im not confident in winning anything.

First day back at work for me today. I don't look any worse than I look every Friday anyway 🙂