From Thinkgeek:
The beard is like a hand knit wool sweater for the face and neck. When winter approaches in Skyrim they just ease up on the trimming. But for those of us that aren’t built to ooze cascading waterfalls of full, thick, unbridled warmth, there’s the Elder Scrolls Online Nord Beard. Made of 100% acrylic, that channeling frost spell won’t have a chance to form those tedious chincicles.