Facial Hair for Halloween
September 24, 2013 10:03 AM Subscribe
Last year I was Walter White, the year before I was Ned Flanders, and before that I was Magnum PI. I'd like to keep up the tradition of using my beard/moustache in a Halloween costume, but I don't really have any ideas this year.
My beard is reddish-blond and I'd really prefer not to have to dye it, so ideas that involve lighter hair would be appreciated. I'm also pretty lazy and would have a preference for a costume that mostly uses my existing clothes. Ned Flanders was a great costume for just this reason. I don't have any particular opposition to chopping off some of what I've got, so in a world where I had dark hair and owned a stovepipe hat, Lincoln would be a fine suggestion. Finally, I'm a pretty scrawny dude, so William Howard Taft is a suboptimal suggestion.
My beard is reddish-blond and I'd really prefer not to have to dye it, so ideas that involve lighter hair would be appreciated. I'm also pretty lazy and would have a preference for a costume that mostly uses my existing clothes. Ned Flanders was a great costume for just this reason. I don't have any particular opposition to chopping off some of what I've got, so in a world where I had dark hair and owned a stovepipe hat, Lincoln would be a fine suggestion. Finally, I'm a pretty scrawny dude, so William Howard Taft is a suboptimal suggestion.
Beat poet, just need a black turtleneck and a poetry anthology
Bob Villa, with flannel shirt, jeans and a tool belt
posted by slogger at 10:09 AM on September 24, 2013 [3 favorites]
Bob Villa, with flannel shirt, jeans and a tool belt
posted by slogger at 10:09 AM on September 24, 2013 [3 favorites]
Technoviking?
Although you would be very very cold.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:10 AM on September 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
Although you would be very very cold.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:10 AM on September 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
Lumberjack? Just need a (flannel) plaid shirt, jeans, and work boots. I'm sure there were skinny lumberjacks.
posted by heavenstobetsy at 10:19 AM on September 24, 2013
posted by heavenstobetsy at 10:19 AM on September 24, 2013
Freddie Mercury
Starburns from Community
Borat
Gomez Adams
(I frankly think that Bob Vila is genius and that you should do that)
posted by PuppetMcSockerson at 10:20 AM on September 24, 2013
Starburns from Community
Borat
Gomez Adams
(I frankly think that Bob Vila is genius and that you should do that)
posted by PuppetMcSockerson at 10:20 AM on September 24, 2013
My beard is reddish-blond and I'd really prefer not to have to dye it, so ideas that involve lighter hair would be appreciated. I'm also pretty lazy and would have a preference for a costume that mostly uses my existing clothes.
Sounds like you want to go as yourself in your own clothes. ;)
What about playing off that idea, e.g. Zombie Copronymus?
posted by Celsius1414 at 10:23 AM on September 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
Sounds like you want to go as yourself in your own clothes. ;)
What about playing off that idea, e.g. Zombie Copronymus?
posted by Celsius1414 at 10:23 AM on September 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
Harry Reems? Ron Jeremy?
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 10:25 AM on September 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 10:25 AM on September 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
Yukon Cornelius!
posted by scody at 10:29 AM on September 24, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by scody at 10:29 AM on September 24, 2013 [5 favorites]
A reddish-blond beard would also let you be Thor, or "generic Celtic Warrior Guy".
Actually, "Celtic Warrior Guy" would be kind of awesome - make a "kilt" out of a flannel sheet, use another flannel sheet for a cloak, put on beat-up boots and slap on some bright blue face paint and get a fake sword and look mean. This site is a guide to a DIY costume for women, but some of the tips (flannel sheet for cloak, where to source fake tatoos) would work for men as well.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:33 AM on September 24, 2013
Actually, "Celtic Warrior Guy" would be kind of awesome - make a "kilt" out of a flannel sheet, use another flannel sheet for a cloak, put on beat-up boots and slap on some bright blue face paint and get a fake sword and look mean. This site is a guide to a DIY costume for women, but some of the tips (flannel sheet for cloak, where to source fake tatoos) would work for men as well.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:33 AM on September 24, 2013
Bob Ross - Tree Painter Extraordinaire!
posted by tafetta, darling! at 10:49 AM on September 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by tafetta, darling! at 10:49 AM on September 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
Adam Savage!
posted by jozxyqk at 11:04 AM on September 24, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by jozxyqk at 11:04 AM on September 24, 2013 [4 favorites]
I was Commander William T Riker for Halloween last year and I got so many hi-fives from strangers that my hand hurt for days. It was surprisingly easy to make a TNG-era Starfleet shirt out of a black Goodwill turtleneck and some red fabric, too.
posted by ltisz at 11:05 AM on September 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by ltisz at 11:05 AM on September 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
A bearded lady :)
posted by sleepykitties at 12:11 PM on September 24, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by sleepykitties at 12:11 PM on September 24, 2013 [5 favorites]
Walter Sobchak.
(Yes, you said you're a scrawny dude, but you can totally pull this one off.)
posted by chicxulub at 12:27 PM on September 24, 2013
(Yes, you said you're a scrawny dude, but you can totally pull this one off.)
posted by chicxulub at 12:27 PM on September 24, 2013
Shaun. (Shaun of the Dead) white shirt with some red on it.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 12:52 PM on September 24, 2013
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 12:52 PM on September 24, 2013
Whatever you do, don't be Finn from the Adventure Time episode 'Puhoy', because I've got dibs.
posted by FatherDagon at 1:26 PM on September 24, 2013
posted by FatherDagon at 1:26 PM on September 24, 2013
Even if you're beard isn't super long, all it will take is a bandana and some camo and you'll look like one of the guys from Duck Dynasty.
posted by kbar1 at 9:34 PM on September 24, 2013
posted by kbar1 at 9:34 PM on September 24, 2013
If you do want to darken your beard without dyeing it - just get a tube of mascara and tint it for the night
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 10:30 PM on September 24, 2013
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 10:30 PM on September 24, 2013
I had a similar problem. Three years ago I went as Colonel Sanders. (I had a older white tux I used as his "white suit". I also carried about an empty bucket of chicken from Kentucky Fried Chicken.) Mrs. Sun went as Ronald McDonald. We won second place in the costume competition.
Last year, I went as Sigmund Freud. (tweed jacket plus notepad. I carried inkblots and asked people what they saw. Received some VERY disturbing answers.)
This year, Mrs. Sun and I are going as Uncle Sam (myself) and Death. "Death and Taxes" theme.
Guy who won last year went as Fidel Castro. Had an old army uniform, big cigar, army boots and lit his cigar by burning dollar bills. Called everyone "Gringo". Sounds stupid, but it worked!
posted by Colonel Sun at 5:27 AM on September 25, 2013
Last year, I went as Sigmund Freud. (tweed jacket plus notepad. I carried inkblots and asked people what they saw. Received some VERY disturbing answers.)
This year, Mrs. Sun and I are going as Uncle Sam (myself) and Death. "Death and Taxes" theme.
Guy who won last year went as Fidel Castro. Had an old army uniform, big cigar, army boots and lit his cigar by burning dollar bills. Called everyone "Gringo". Sounds stupid, but it worked!
posted by Colonel Sun at 5:27 AM on September 25, 2013
Three years ago I went as Colonel Sanders. (I had a older white tux I used as his "white suit". I also carried about an empty bucket of chicken from Kentucky Fried Chicken.)
And you've just reminded me of a bartender I knew who grayed his own beard and moustache and hair a bit and put on a suit, and whenever anyone asked what he was, he'd hold up a can of Dos Equis.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:41 AM on September 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
And you've just reminded me of a bartender I knew who grayed his own beard and moustache and hair a bit and put on a suit, and whenever anyone asked what he was, he'd hold up a can of Dos Equis.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:41 AM on September 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
Three years ago I went as Colonel Sanders....Guy who won last year went as Fidel Castro
Why not both?
posted by jquinby at 5:55 AM on September 25, 2013
Why not both?
posted by jquinby at 5:55 AM on September 25, 2013
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posted by Etrigan at 10:06 AM on September 24, 2013 [7 favorites]