Halloween Bearding Done Right - Female Edition

Women should definitely consider incorporating a beard into their Halloween costume as long as you go about it the right way, so you don't end up looking like someone who glued trimmed hairs onto their face!

Photo: ideath/Flickr

This gal looks amazing in her beard, because she applied her beard the hard way, one clump at a time, and paid attention to details so the whole thing looks uniform and realistic. Any sideshows missing a bearded lady? I think I just found her....

Photo: kshilcutt/Flickr

The bearded lady in this picture has taken the beard a bit too far, so she has a young Santa thing going on. It helps sell the realism if people can see your mouth, although she did a good job of matching the beard with the wig!

Photo: SanFranAnnie/Flickr

Female bearding- she's doing it all wrong! I'm sure she meant for her beard to look gross, but the whole thing looks very thrown together- the beard color doesn't match her hair, and you should always go for long, straight hairs and avoid using short and curly ones for obvious reasons...

Photo: Clover_1/Flickr

Parents are encouraged to put a beard on their little girl because, let's face it, kids in beards are adorably awesome.

Just make sure you don't go gluing anything to their face, and use a material that's not going to irritate their skin or you might end up with an unhappy trick-or-treater and a serious rash!