After it’s all done, though, I think Phill should grow that full beard back again!

Here is Phill’s message:

I hail from London, England and, as happens to many of us, I’ve decided that it’s time for the beard to go, but not before one last hurrah!

In a nutshell, I’m shaving off more than a year’s worth of hair and four month’s of beard for charity, a homeless charity, Centrepoint – partly on the basis that I look like a homeless person, if I’m honest…

But there’s a twist.

I have to go through an intermediate stage that will look ridiculous/spectacular – and I don’t get to choose what that is, Joe Public does.

I’ve had a website/blog up and running for a couple of weeks now http://phillsface.wordpress.com/

And I’ve invited almost everyone I know and everyone they know to submit ideas for how to shape/shave my beard and hair – anything goes (that I’m actually capable of.)

More than 80 ideas from nearly 1,000 people have been shortlisted to five and these are now online for people to vote and donate as of today.  The one that gets the most donations is the one I have to sport for a week, at work from October 1st.

So, whatever they vote for, I have to go through with… and every vote is by way of a donation.

It would be great if you wanted to share this with your readers, Facebook, Twitter – anything to get some expert opinion involved.

This is what it’s all about: http://phillsface.wordpress.com/about/

And this is the Final Five:

http://phillsface.wordpress.com/the-gallery/

I hope you enjoy it and would love it if you could share it!

Cheers

Phill

P.S.  This isn’t a corporate thing in any way.  I’m doing this all of my own back,  so there are no endorsements or anything except me having chosen a designated charity.

Following up on their Super Bowl “Man’s Last Stand” commercial, Dodge is sponsoring a “Super Beard Bowl” competition: the Super Beard Contest!  Beards of all ages, shapes, and sizes will face off to find a true champion.  The prize for winner is a trip for two to the Dodge Motorsports Race of the winner’s choice.  Other prizes include Dodge SRT track experiences and Dodge prize packs.

To compete, click on the image above to go to the Super Beard Contest page and enter.  Participants must upload a clean shaven photo at the start.  Contestants must also upload a final beard-growth photo by the end date of the contest, which is March 21st, 2010.

Registered competitors are welcome to submit photos here to help rally supporters in their bid for the win.

Enter the contest today and start growing!  Go to http://www.facebook.com/dodge to get started!

The Seattle Beard and Stache Fest just concluded  yesterday, March 1st.  Go take a look at some photos of the finale: Seattle Beard and Stache Fest photos!

Photo above by Jenny Jimenez, courtesy of Seattle Weekly.  Used with permission.