If You Wish Upon a Beard...

If you know anything about us here at B-a-B is that we love to give back... like a good beard or mustache giving back is a feel good and frankly easy action that we should all do/grow whenever possible, especially since it means so much to others.

Facial hair growth and charity go together like beer and beards, like staches and wax, like chops and aviators, or like goatees and crumbs.

That said, we got approached on Facebook to support a campaign that's looking to raise money for Make A Wish Foundation, which is our favorite wish making organization, via a 3 month competition to grow facial hair!

Not innovative, but still something to commend and indeed support. So if you beardos and stache-mates have a few dollars to spare, think about giving it to any one of these three gents participating in the 2011 Commonwealth Beard Competition to make a wish happen for someone needy of that out there.

- Dan Haas

- Jason Febo

- Justin Unton

ATL's Best Local Celebrity: THE BEARD of Kevin Gillespie

It's been brought to BaB's attention by the fabulous Dr. Zachary (PhD in scruff & duck fat) that Kevin Gillespie's beard won Atlanta's "Best Local Celebrity" by Creative Loafing Magazine. Forget that Kevin is a James Beard finalist, and not to mention a favorite on Top Chef, it's his red, flaming facial hair (and his eerily similarity to Yukon Cornelius) that has the country in total awe of him.

Oh and impart to his nearly 8,000 Facebook fans, which is exactly why I called the good Doctor (co-founder of Fans of Kevin Gillespie's Beard on Facebook) to ask him his thoughts on this tremendous accomplishment. 

Here's our exclusive interview:

Bab: What does this award mean to you?
Scruffmaster:  It means a lot to me, but it means a lot more for all of us.  It means a lot for freedom.  If anyone had beaten Kevin's Beard, it would have been explicit proof that the terrorists had won, that God doesn't exist, and that Good never triumphs over Evil.

How do you feel that your FB fan page helped to propel Kevin into the national spotlight?
The Facebook page "Fans of Kevin Gillespie's Beard" certainly helped propel Kevin into the spotlight, but you're looking at it all wrong.  We simply provided the conduit for the message of the Beard.  Truth be told, the Beard is what propelled Kevin Gillespie into the zeitgeist.

Do you think Kevin should compete in a beard tournament?
Kevin owes it to his Beard to physically bring it before the eyes of a wider audience, so yes!

Has Kevin contacted you directly to say thanks for the beard support?  Have you even touched his beard?
I spoke with Kevin briefly at the Party for the Fans of Kevin Gillespie's Beard at the W Hotel.  As for touching his beard: are you completely insane?  Didn't you see what happened to the Nazis at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark when they opened the Ark of the Covenant?  Everyone at the party was (gratefully and reverently) averting their eyes.

Anything you'd like to add, Dr. Z?
A parting message: Kevin's Beard loves you and wants you to be happy.  Even more so, it wants you to be bearded.  Grow, grow, grow! 

Today's Word: Stache

Oh, the wonders of our online communities! Every day it's something new, hairy  (and at times blue) that we borrow from our legion of hairy fans. Today, it's an inside look at how the next generation of beardos is learning about facial hair. As always, Sesame Street is quite enlightening...

We stumbled on this awesome piece by way of our good friend Eric Harvey Brown (shown in his full BTUSU glory) none other than the 2nd place winner of the Partial Beard category at the first ever National Beard and Moustache Championships... and, he even makes a cameo in this stache filled segment (check him out at around the 4:50 mark).

Build-A-Beard on Tumblr

Many of you are wondering whether the Tumblr site we created will take over B-A-B.com... the answer is a resounding and forceful : NO, it will not. This will forever (and always) be our long form home... but as you know, we love Social Media and community engagement, as such we must tap into the various opportunities out there to promote awesome facial fuzz goodness... as such, we have been building out our bearded site on Tumblr.

If you haven't yet seen, you can find it here: http://buildabeard.tumblr.com/

Look forward to many Q&As and longer features on this site, but if you need a quick bearded fix throughout the day, check out our Tumblr or Facebook and Twitter pages (all linked up of course... so look at all if you like double up).

All the best and bearded,

El Beardo and Riss

Our Bra Color is HAIR

By now you have likely seen the trend on Facebook today about girls posting colors as their status update... like you, bearded friends, Build-a-Beard also wondered what the hell is going on, and why are colors so hot right now?!

Well, the answer is BRAs, yes, bras... women have been posting the color bra they have on today, cool right? What's cooler is that they are using their Facebook status updates for a cause (Breast Cancer Awareness, duh, save the boobs!), new media FTW!

Noble? Sure. Sexy? YES, perhaps the sexiest thing facebook ever did... though, i think men felt left out (read: "Why are women posting their bra color on Facebook? Men want to know" -- LAsnark.com).

This is precisely why we want to make sure you know... a REAL man's bra color is (not blue) hair... see below, and thank you @hokiebill for alerting us to this. So, ya'll beardos make sure to post the word "HAIR" in your status (and maybe this link too, to explain).

Now go... do it... stop starring!

Update on Jan 7, 2010 at 9:17PM by El Beardo

Oh, and don't forget this FINE example of a skimpy Beard/Hair Bra... (you may recall it from this post)