Well, if I remember correctly Daario Naharis had a three-pronged beard coloured in blue in the books.
In general I think the clothes and such are always too colourful in the books, so I'm not disappointed with the show being more down to earth in that regard. But when I learned that this guy was supposed to be Daario I was like wait, what?
For once I'd like to see a woman in love with a guy that has a huge beard, like Donna and Opie from Sons of Anarchy
That's pretty much the only example I can think of. The media is always glad to give beards to barbarians and uncultured people, and never to any potential love interest, as if it should somehow be impossible to love a bearded dude.
Also, drunken Tyrion ftw. Peter Dinklage is doing a fantastic job as Tyrion.