Welcome to Movember—get ready for a collection of dodgy-looking moustaches, weak lines of upper lip fuzz, and thick strips of fur to take over men’s faces for the next few weeks.
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Some men can emulate Tom Selleck and grow fantastic, thick moustaches, while others end up looking like a patchy-haired 15-year-old kid. Dominic Gibbons’ moustache mirrored a look resembling much more the latter.
So he decided to take matters into his own hands, and dye it, despite his mother’s warning to take a patch test:
My mum advised me to [take a patch test] because I had had a bad reaction to a henna tattoo when I was a kid.
What’s the one thing we all learn growing up? That mum is always right. However, Dominic went on to dye his moustache. He details the allergic reaction: “I went to work the next day and it started going red, and by the time Saturday came, it really was starting to show."
It also didn’t help that Dominic made a bet about football, lost, and had to jump into the canal, which helped to propel his reaction. He claims he ended up looking like a “Tweenie.” Want to see what Dominic looked like before and after dyeing his moustache? Take a look at our video.
