When I first read this task, I pondered how I could execute an epic additon to my mustache. Sure, I could draw one on, make one out of paper, or make a very large and obnoxious mustache out of some equally obnoxious material, but I decided that making a mustache from my own hair would be most epic. After all, how else would I get a purple mustache to match my purple hair?

Despite having quite an abundance of hair, I'm not particularly keen on the idea of lopping off random chunks here and there. I decided to obtain hair the slow way: I began collecting hair whenever I could, as it came out naturally. My main collection points were my shower and my hair brush. I stored the clumps of hair in a safe place until I had enough raw material to work with.



Okay, so that looks pretty gross, but it's what I had to work with.

I began to separate the hairs, one by one, sticking them to a piece of tape as I went along in order to keep all of it together. This was a lenghty process; it took about an hour to separate all the hairs and straighten them out. I really wish I had been able to take photographs of this process, but this procedure was so delicate and involved such intense manual labor that I couldn't snap any pictures. Just breathing on the hairs the wrong way was enough to move them from the postition I had strategically placed them in.

Once I had all the hairs gathered up, I had to figure out how to actually make a mustache out of them. I ended up doubling them over and tying a knot in the middle, forming a sort of figure 8 of hair. Again, I wish I had been able to take a photo of the mustache in this stage, but I was concerned that it might fall apart if I did not quickly secure the knot.

After securing the knot and pulling out loose hairs, I got a pair of scissors and cut the loops so that all the hairs were straight.



After some more trimming, I dabbed some hair gel onto the 'stache and gave it a quick spritz with hair spray in order to smooth it out and keep it from falling apart.

After letting the hair gel dry, I gave the ends a few delicate snips. Then it was time to put it on.

I grabbed a roll of tape, cut off a small piece, folded it onto itself, and stuck it onto the mustache. Then I stuck the mustache onto my face.



Bam. Epic addition executed!