The Great Wax off for Comic Relief

Comic Relief: It’s a British Institution. Each Year, Businesses and individuals try and outdo each other in creating the most hilarious event or amusing activity – to Do Something Funny, For Money. The Money raised by these activities goes to help disadvantaged communities around the world as well as bringing support and aid at home in the UK.

This year the challenge fell to SEO Junkies to raise at least £200 for charity by taking the hairiest of our Search Engine Optimisation Account Managers – Richard Bardsley and trying to reduce his resemblance to a Wookiee with liberal use of hot wax and paper strips. A member of the unfortunate group of human beings cursed with Gingeritis, Richard is also one of two staff members to sport a rather natty beard and spends time not dedicated to SEO Training and working with clients to further their internet marketing campaigns, racing around on motorbikes. A perfect candidate for the humiliation of a pair of pasty, white, perfectly waxed legs, then!

The carnage was orchestrated by Kayleigh Smith, PPC expert and SEO who also happens to be a qualified beauty technician. The initial strips of wax failed to raise a squeak from the Ginger Haired Victim and so what began as a largely relaxed affair devolved into a free for all with all staff at SEO Junkies UK office invited to try and cause a shout of pain, culminating in a four at once tearing of hair in as many sensitive spots as could be found without breaching the public decency act.

The event was a great success, not least as it resulted in Richard tottering out of the office with legs that bore a remarkable resemblance to raw chicken drumsticks, but also because as a company we raised a good solid amount for Comic Relief. The donation page is still open so if you feel like celebrating good Comedy and Good Causes then visit just giving now!