Decoding the Glitter Beard Trend

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Every once in a while something catches me totally by surprise. You would think that after more than three decades on earth and with a culture driven by social media this would seize to happen and nothing would surprise me anymore. But yet again something has. My latest surprise is the new glitter beard trend. Even after seeing the name I couldn’t conceive what this trend could possibly be about. I was sure it wasn’t supposed to be a literal description. But it is. Men with beards full of glitter and not just beards but eyebrows and moustaches and side burns. Perhaps it was the fact that I’ve always associated glitter with arts and crafts projects, the occasional eyeshadow, nail polish or little girls room but I was not prepared for this trend. If you’ve not seen these images all over Instagram or elsewhere online, then you can take a peek here. Now in this day and age everyone wants a piece of the pie. Not to …show more content…

Particularly if your curls and coils are super tight. Do not despair. There are simple glitter removal techniques great for getting glitter out of your hair, off your clothes and wherever else glitter might boldly go. Having not tried these techniques I can’t say for sure that they will work and with curly hair types in particular removal is unlikely to be easy but hey, if there’s ever a time to sparkle, that New Year’s Eve party you’re planning to attend is just that time. Hair: To removal glitter from hair, apply hair spray on to a sheet of paper towel until paper towel is damp. Press the wet paper towel onto the glitter so that glitter sticks to the hair spray. The hair spray acts as adhesive for attracting the glitter to the paper towel and away from the hair. When trying to remove glitter from everything else such as clothes and furniture, a piece of tape or a lint roller generally work

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