14 DAY TRIAL // It's November, so that means a lot of moustaches will start to grow this month. For 10 years now, Global Men's Health Organization has been encouraging men and women to grow or show support for the 30-day moustache in order to raise awareness and funds for men's health.
Registering on Movember.com, you are contributing to the fight against prostate and testicular cancer. According to Movember Rated Barbers, stylists and barbers around the globe are participating and sharing their passion for moustachery and grooming while supporting the trend.
Movember started in a bar in Australia when a couple of guys enjoying a beer thought that it would be fun to bring back the moustache trend of the '80s. They joked about it for a while, until they saw the possibility of connecting the Mos (Australian slang for moustache) to a prostate cancer research.
Who would have thought facial hair could lead to a global movement? Not only did the idea of Movember start a new trend, but it has become the leading global men's health charity.
This year, Movember is celebrating ten years of raising awareness and helping men's health initiatives all over the world. In these ten years, Movember had over 3 million participants and raised $446 million (€330 million).
Those who take part in the campaign are known as Mo Bros and Mo Sistas. The Mo Sistas support the men in their lives and their hairy ribbons, while the Mo Bros are walking billboards that promote the campaign.
If you’re thinking of joining, the Movember rules are simple. Rule number one: you have to start with a clean save on November 1st. Rule number two: For the entire month you have to grow and groom your moustache.
Movember's third and fourth rule refer to how your moustache should be: it can’t join your sideburns, because that’s technically a beard, and it can’t join the handlebars to your chin, or it's considered a goatee.
The last and most important rule is that each man participating must conduct himself like a true gentleman.
