In general, a beard is a symbol of masculinity, confidence, and wisdom. Ever heard of a “pogonophile”? According to the urban dictionary, this is a person who loves beards and everything related to them! And if you ever considered growing a beard, this is the time to do it! We prepared 100+ beard styles by face shape ideas!
Styling suggestions are provided for 7 different facial shapes: oval, round, heart-shaped, square, oblong, triangular (also called “pear-shaped”), and diamond.
I. Beard Shapes for Oval Face Shape
Being considered one of the most “aesthetically pleasing” shapes, the oval face shape has high compatibility with any type of beard shape. If the length of your face is greater than the width, your face is oval.
1. Long Full Beard Styles For Oval Face
What to ask your barber
With this white-gray medium-long beard, that reaches 2 inches from the chin line downwards you are sure to get noticed and you need to also learn from your barber how to keep the messy hairs from getting frizzy, besides how to trim it.
2. Extra-long Goatee Beard For Oval Face
What to ask your barber
If your face has a lot of rings, wiry hair, this overgrown Goatee-style beard will absolutely attract attention and it has a pattern that fits both triangular faces and oval ones. After giving it time and patience to grow, ask your barber to give you a Van Dyke pattern.
3. Ginger Yeard Beard For Oval Face
What to ask your barber
A “yeard” is what you can accomplish in one year’s worth of patiently growing and grooming your facial hair. It’s a good alternative if you go for a bald hairstyle for your head. You can increase its full, bushy look by adding a cool handlebar mustache and leaving it to grow until it becomes one with the sides.
4. Full Beard With Mustache and Little Anchor
What to ask your barber
This look is another great alternative to achieving more volume for your beard. Ask for round sidelines that reach halfway to your cheeks and a clean trimming so that you can get a clear separation between the parts. As for the mustache, ask your barber to keep the small, central line beneath your lower lip that will make your whole ensemble resemble an “anchor”.
5. Long Full Silver Beard Styles
What to ask your barber
Why avoid silver-grey hairs, when you can embrace them? This long, bushy, rectangular-shaped beard is best to be kept in check by a professional barber since it can require special beard care products to look well-groomed.
6. Short Trimmed Mutton Chops Beard
What to ask your barber
Ask for a fierce-looking, although short trimmed mutton-chops, a look that was sported by many artists throughout the time, including the emblematic character of Wolverine. Similar to the clean style, this facial hair is commonly wide and thick in density and it can be left to grow as much as you wish.
7. Ginger Colored Beard With Mustache
What to ask your barber
Ask for a clean shaved beard that has an angled cut at the top and that will look even cooler with a mustache that matches the length of the beard so that you get a very smooth, neat look overall.
8. Gangsta Style Horseshoe Beard With Bald Fade
What to ask your barber
To get this horseshoe-shaped mustache you can opt to perfectly clean the cheeks and the chin while leaving a thin stripe of hair long enough to reach the jawline and cover the upper lip.
9. 5 O’clock Shadow Beard For Oval Face
What to ask your barber
If you happen to have a generous amount of hair, rocking this faint stubble will balance the look by creating the impression of a more elongated face. The important thing is to trim it every day to keep the same length.
10. Goatee Beard Styles for Men with Longer Hair
What to ask your barber
A typical combination of goatee beardy style and a long, free falling hairstyle create a cool frame for your oval face. The goatee has the advantage of being very easy to shape since it follows the natural contours of the face.
11. Long Silver Gray Beard With Handlebar Mustache
What to ask your barber
Moving on to our next famous type of mustache, the handlebar mustache! It was called so because of its resemblance to the steering bar of a bicycle and it can grow to look spectacular, especially if you pair it with a long, patriarchal silver-gray beard.
12. Classic Chin Strap Beard Style For Oval Face
What to ask your barber
We couldn’t find a more illustrative picture for this fun beard style! The chin-strap shape carefully follows the contour of your jawline and keeps the rest zero trimmed.
II. Beard Shapes for Round Face Shape
If the length and the width are approximately equal, your face is round. Here are some types of beards styles for this face shape.
13. Van Dyke Style Beard For Round Face
What to ask your barber
Very similar to the goatee beard, the Van Dyke Beard borrows its name from the famous painter and is popular enough that you won’t need any other explanations offered to your barber.
14. Silver Gray Beard With Mustache
What to ask your barber
Ask for a 1-inch overall length for your beard and keep the chin area messy and ruffled to make a contrast with the short trimmed sides.
15. Stubby Beard Styles With Silver Gray Strands
What to ask your barber
Longer than a 5 o’clock shadow, the stubby beard is easy to get and maintain the type of beard that you can trim yourself at home with a razor machine.
16. Curly Curtain Beard With Dali Mustache
What to ask your barber
If you want a distinctive, original look, this curtain beard has a unique shape and features a cool way of covering the neck part, and leaves the cheeks looking clean. With or without the Dali Moustache it looks equally stunning with a bald fade!
17. Long Beard With Handle Bar Moustache
What to ask your barber
Ask for a neatly trimmed, square-shaped beard that reaches the base of your neck and makes the face look less round while the mustache is kept long enough to reach the sides of your cheeks.
18. Long Trimmed Beard With Mustache
What to ask your barber
Ask for clean contours that clearly differentiate the side part beard’s shape and an equally long mustache. The overall length should be approximately 1/3 inches.
19. Stubby Beard With Short Mustache
What to ask your barber
Somewhere between a stubby chin strap and a suave style of beard grooming, this clean, ultra-short, and subtle beard is really easy to grow and maintain clean in-between visits to the barbershop.
20. Short Chin Level Beard Hairstyle
What to ask your barber
What looks like an overgrown chin strap beard is a short beard with a carefully defined mustache and a soul patch that are blended together and not separated as expected.
21. Long Curtain Beard With Short Mustache
What to ask your barber
This beard style is perfect for creating a more angular shaped contour for your round face and you need to ask for a short trimmed mustache and equally short sideburns that are kept very thin looking.
22. Aussie Style Beard With Long Mustache
What to ask your barber
For the ultimate contrasting look, you can give this zero head and long beard a try so that you can still rock long hair! Keep it moisturized with special oils.
23. Full Bushy Beard With Mustache
What to ask your barber
If you have a coarse, thick facial hair, this bushy beard with an overgrown mustache will do wonders in contouring your round-shaped face. You can keep it in check by cutting it with a #4 blades razor machine.
24. Movember Style Bushy Beard With Slick Back
What to ask your barber
A “Mo” or “Movember” as it generally runs by, has a natural shape that will pretty much complement your facial features and make your hair look astonishing.
25. Long Full Beard With Mustache
What to ask your barber
Ask for a bushy, free grown beard with a blended C-shaped mustache that covers the upper lip which will make you look like a modern lumberjack!
III. Beard Shapes for Heart-Shaped Face
If the width of your forehead and the cheeks is much larger than that of your jaw (and perhaps your chin is pointy), your face is a heart.
26. Red Colored Short Beard
What to ask your barber
This 1/2 inches long beard features a thin soul patch and a very fine contoured beard with a slight fade around the cheeks and an overall even length.
27. Stubble Beard For Heart-shaped Face
What to ask your barber
Either you go to a barbershop for a proper grooming session or you want to achieve this look yourself, this stubby beard is an easy way to accentuate your facial features.
28. Gray Colored Beard For Heart Shaped Face
What to ask your barber
Keep it all-natural with this gray colored beard that will give you an instant boost of masculinity. Gray hair is super trendy and you should ask your barber for a sufficient length to expose those hairs!
29. Short Beard With Stubby Texture
What to ask your barber
Request a short trimmed beard, somewhere between a stubble and a 5 o’clock shadow that continues all the way down the neck and reveals your super cool jawline.
30. Thick Chin Strap Beard Styles With Wavy Top
What to ask your barber
It’s all about the well-traced contours of your beard that match the straight temple points and blend with the overall style of your wavy hair! Keep the mustache short trimmed and a super-thin central line to highlight the symmetry of your face.
31. Extra Long Wavy Beard With Mustache
What to ask your barber
If you have a hair color that you take pride in, this long, wavy beard is worth waiting to grow and you can simply match a short, spiky haircut to contrast with the wavy, fluid texture of it.
32. Clean Full Beard With Cool Contour
What to ask your barber
A well-groomed beard with a carefully chiseled contour will always look good paired with a bald fade haircut thanks to the contrasting lengths. You can comb it to create the perfect neat finishing look.
33. Short Beard With Cat Scratches Hairstyle
What to ask your barber
If you rock a faded hairstyle with spiky bangs you can opt to wear a cool beard with a thin trimmed mustache and a full, 1-inch overall length. Use a #1 blade clippers to get the exact look.
34. Long Spiky Ginger Colored Beard
What to ask your barber
This look is a combination of a curtain beard and a classic hipster beard that has a super spiky texture and a thin small mustache to contrast with the big voluminous dimension.
35. Blurry Chin Strap Beard Styles With Short Hairstyle
What to ask your barber
A blurry chin strap beard is an overgrown chin strap beard or a normal type where you leave a couple of strands around to create a blurry contour. For a uniform aspect, you can do the same with the mustache.
36. Ducktail Beard For White Hair
What to ask your barber
Ask for a twist of the classic full beard, a.k.a. a ducktail where the upper part is trimmed shorter while the hair on the chin area is allowed to grow as long as the man wants it to grow, revealing all your hair’s colors.
37. Circle Beard With Shaved Sides
What to ask your barber
Ask for a small, perfectly trimmed beard that circles your mouth and chin, resembling the horseshoe beard. It also has a soul patch, trimmed in a quite irregular shape so as not to look too polished!
IV. Beard Shapes for Square Face
If the width of your forehead, cheeks, and jaw are approximately equal, your face is square. You have two options: embrace the angular points or opt for beard styles that round the edges.
38. 5 O’clock Shadow Beard For Silver Gray Hair
What to ask your barber
To achieve this look, ask for a 1/8 inches overall length and do the same with your mustache so that the overall texture is spiky and short in contrast with the long top.
39. Chin Curtain Beard Styles For Afro Curly Hair
What to ask your barber
Ask for a 1/2 inches overall length for your curtain beard that will allow the kinky curly texture of your facial hair to create a full, bushy look without having to wait for months.
40. Goatee and Stubby Beard Styles
What to ask your barber
This modern look is very masculine looking and you need to ask for a goatee contour with a maximum length of 1/8 inches to achieve the stubby texture.
41. Scruffy Ducktail Beard With Short Side-swept Hairstyle
What to ask your barber
The ducktail shaped beard suits those with a square-shaped face since it can fill in the chin and mouth area to bring the focus towards the eyes. Ask for a trim using #0 blade clippers to achieve the scruffy texture.
42. Faded Chin Strap Beard Hairstyle
What to ask your barber
If you aim to get a modern, edgy look, this chin strap beard with super-thin sideburns and straight angled temple point is best looking on a square-shaped face and you shouldn’t hesitate to give it a go at your local barbershop.
43. Horseshoe Beard Styles With Soul Patch
What to ask your barber
Ask your barber to completely shave off the sides of your beard and the neck, leaving a 1/2 inches wide part that will stop at the chin edges. Leave the mustache long enough to cover the lip and match the side in width.
44. Short Mutton Chops Beard With Mustache
What to ask your barber
This classic beard style has a particular shape known as ” mutton chops” and it is the mirror-image of a “horseshoe mustache”. Any skilled barber should know how to execute this exact look.
45. Long Beard Styles for Men with Long Mustaches
What to ask your barber
After patiently waiting to grow a 5 inches long beard you should ask for a cool contour for your face and a long mustache that will cover the upper lip and fall over the beard strands.
46. Long Mustache with Curtain Beard
What to ask your barber
This curtain beard sure looks fluffier and longer than a typical example and the extra long-winged mustache allows the volume to be even bigger and generously cover the mouth. You can use a hair comb to keep it nice and fluffy.
47. Long Beard With Curvy Mustache
What to ask your barber
It’s all about the incredible volume and natural dimension that this long beard has and the contrast with the perfectly twisted and curved upwards mustache that you can keep in check with a high-resistance hair pomade or wax.
48. White Colored Beard With Mustache Hairstyle
What to ask your barber
With a straight contour line that follows the mustache line, this short, square-shaped beard has an overall length of 3 inches and is completely white to match the short hairstyle!
49. Long Hipster Full Beard Shapes
What to ask your barber
Very popular during the 2013-2018 era, the hipster beard is a neck-level long beard with an unpolished edge and medium-short mustache that you can match with a cool hat and hipster glasses.
50. Shaggy Beard Styles With Long Mustache
What to ask your barber
This thin, wizard-like beard has long trimmed side strands and a super-long chin part that reaches the neck level while the mustache blends naturally with the beard.
51. Big Long Beard Styles With Silver Gray Strands
What to ask your barber
This long venerable beard sure requires a huge amount of patience to grow and you can trim the ends to create a rectangular shape while curving to a full circle the mustache wings.
52. Extra Long Beard With Round Contour
What to ask your barber
After growing this beard for a long enough time to reach its massive length, you can take a razor machine or a clipper and round-off the ends a little bit. Keep the mustache reaching approximately 3 inches on each wing and stretched on the horizontal.
V. Beard Shapes for Oblong(Rectangular) Face Shape
If the length of your face is approximately 1.5 times the width, your face is rectangular or oblong. The cheekbones and jawline ( which are usually rounded off) are also equal in width. Although it sounds weird, there are many celebrities with an “oblong” face including Tom Ford and Barack Obama.
53. Medium Long Beard Styles For Rectangular Face Shape
What to ask your barber
If your face is rectangular, this 3 inches long beard with a round short mustache will create the impression of a pointy chin and take a bit of the side weight by creating “straight walls” with a clipper.
54. Pointy Beard Shape For Square Face
What to ask your barber
Ask your barber for clean corners and straight-edged lines that will help you achieve a pointy tip so that the overall aspect is a very rough, geometrical one.
55. Long Natural Garibaldi Beard Styles with Silver Strands
What to ask your barber
Ask for a classic groomed hairstyle with a 5 inches overall length and blurry contours. The “Garibaldi beard” is a timeless option that you can easily maintain at home yourself.
56. Straight Beard Shape With Mustache
What to ask your barber
Keep the sides short trimmed to achieve a contrast with the 4 inches long chin part that should end in a straight line and add a long mustache that completely covers the upper lip.
57. Yeard Beard With Trimmed Moustache
What to ask your barber
A year’s worth of growing your beard can be matched with a shaved mustache so that your face doesn’t look so heavy covered in hair. Keep it fluffy using a hair comb.
58. White Colored Beard With Short Mustache
What to ask your barber
Ask for a bulky even-length for your 4 inches long white beard with ginger side patches where the length should be no longer than 1/2 inch.
59. Extra Long Beard With Silver Gray Strands
What to ask your barber
This super long beard will surely look cool if you opt to let it grow for several months until it reaches the chest and comb it really well to make it blend with the mustache.
60. Overgrown Van-dyke Beard Styles
What to ask your barber
This undone Van-dyke beard has a thin curvy mustache with the wings facing upwards and a 4 inches long central part that covers the neck area giving your appearance a fierce look.
61. Long Pointy Beard With Falling Curly Strands
What to ask your barber
Ask your barber to create a pointy shape for your beard with a perfectly trimmed mustache that stops right at the lips’ corners and clean shaved contour.
62. Long Viking Beard With Man Bun
What to ask your barber
Make sure to keep a bit of length at the central part while cutting the sides strands at a diagonal angle for this medium-long, Viking-style beard.
63. Patriarchal White Beard with Mustache
What to ask your barber
A good way of embracing the aging process is to grow a medium-long beard with a slightly curvy shape that will fully cover your jawline and attract attention towards the eyes and mustache.
64. Full Short Beard With Curly Top
What to ask your barber
This compact, short trimmed beard has an overall length of 1 inch and can be combined with a cool mustache of the same length.
VI. Beard Shapes for Triangular Face Shape
If the width of your jaw is much larger than your forehead and cheeks, your face is triangular. This is the exact opposite of the heart shape, with a slight forehead and supersize jawline. Singers Keith Urban and Justin Timberlake have a triangular face shape.
65. Van Dyke Beard Styles With Handlebar Mustache
What to ask your barber
You can ask for a super short, minimalistic Van Dyke beard or even for an anchor, the look above is very similar to both beard styles and you only need to grow a mustache.
66. White Gray Long Pointy Beard
What to ask your barber
While the mustache is kept short and brushes the upper lip, the sides have long strands, carefully combed to create straight walls. The central part is the longest and reaches approximately 3 inches.
67. Long Soft Beard With Long Mustache
What to ask your barber
This look will totally give you that cool, intellectual allure but it’s surely a high-maintenance one. It has a very silky smooth texture and a long-winged mustache that covers the mouth completely creating a shaggy appearance.
68. Long Wavy Beard Styles With Mustache
What to ask your barber
The longer the beard, the bigger the sex-appeal! This wavy natural beard with a short trimmed mustache that blends with the sides looks fantastic and will give your blonde hairstyle a big contrast.
69. Two-colored Beard Styles With Handlebar Moustache
What to ask your barber
This mix of old and modern elements in the same beard is obtained by carefully dyeing two different sides in a grey color to match the handlebar mustache. For more ideas on awesome hairstyles for silver-gray hair check 100+ Hairstyles for Older Men.
70. 5 O Clock Shadow Beard Styles For Rectangular Face
What to ask your barber
No better way to flaunt a perfect stubby beard than by pairing it with a spiky short haircut. Get a cool, even short trim for the whole surface of your beard.
71. Extra Long Full Ginger Beard with Mustache and Falling Strands On The Sides
What to ask your barber
Ask your barber for a short, blunt cut mustache and keep the beard-growing to reach chest length and round-off the edges in order to create a natural shape that still keeps the volume.
72. Octopus Shaped Beard Styles With Handlebar Mustache
What to ask your barber
This list wouldn’t have been complete without this wicked example that will surely need a lot of your barber’s attention and skills to shape. And of course, a lot of care when walking around not to ruin the “beard circles”.
73. Full Bushy Beard Styles With Long Wispy Mustache
What to ask your barber
In order to regulate the pointy angle of your chin you can go for this wide straight line at the base and an overall length of 4 inches that will make your jawline look wider than it actually is.
74. Long Freestyle Beard With Mustache
What to ask your barber
Simply choose to grow your beard for a couple of months and leave it untrimmed to achieve this freestyle shaped beard and pair it with a medium-long haircut.
75. Ultra-long Beard Styles With Mustache
What to ask your barber
Ask your barber to give you a break! Really! This long super bushy, full beard only needs a good cleaning routine and a good trim to achieve this voluminous, incredible length!
76. Full Beard Styles With Dreadlocks
What to ask your barber
This combination is what usually makes a complete manly appearance and you can save time in the morning by choosing to braid your hair and keep the beard carefully trimmed and short enough to stay sleek.
77. Unusual Long Split Beard
What to ask your barber
After carefully growing your beard for a couple of days, ask your barber to comb and separate your beard and shave the chin portion. This way you can do this wicked trick where you part your facial hair and expose your skin.
78. Metal Beard Styles With Long Hair
What to ask your barber
Medium-long, natural-looking beards are a great way to complete a metal fashion style and look perfect with neck accessories that will be made even more visible that way.
79. Power Beard Styles With Long Mustache
What to ask your barber
Any massive, bulky beard can also be called a “power-beard”. This term does not designate a specific beard trim but the experience, and confidence that comes with rocking cool, long facial hair.
80. Chiseled Horseshoe Beard Styles For Rectangular Face
What to ask your barber
Go for a full-shave except for the sides that surround the chin and you got yourself a classic “horseshoe” beard! It suits those with a rectangular face shape since it will make their chin appear slimmer.
81. Tweard Beard Styles With Short Mustache
What to ask your barber
Start by shaving the sides to create a straight wall and keep a length of approximately 6 inches from the chin level down. Trim the mustache so that it has a spiky, rough texture.
82. Full Beard Styles With Long Mustache
What to ask your barber
To obtain this round, full beard, you should ask to remove hair from the sides and opt to keep the weight at the neck, while trimming the mustache short and keep a soul patch as well.
83. Exquisite Handlebar Beard Styles
What to ask your barber
Ask for a “wave-shape” for your beard with a rough, 1-inch length and a clean shave for the lower part of your face.
84. Curly Beard Shape For Oblong Face
What to ask your barber
The best way to hide a rectangular chin is to grow a 2 inches long beard and if you are lucky to have thick hair you are sure to rock a slight curly textured beard in no time!
85. Stubby Ginger Colored Beard Styles With Mustache
What to ask your barber
Ask for a minimalistic styled beard that only chips at the length of your strands and follows the natural contour of the face, exposing your entire jaw.
86. Pointy Silver Gray Beard Styles For Triangle Face Shape
What to ask your barber
A clean, smooth silver gray hairstyle deserves a beard to match. Keep it in check by taking frequent trips to the barbershop to preserve the overall even length!
87. Dark Short Full Beard Styles With Short Trimmed Mustache
What to ask your barber
This look is special thanks to the connection with the cool hairstyle, which gives a compact overall look, framing your diamond face in a cool manner. You can keep it in shape yourself, just make sure to keep the neck clean in order to highlight your beard’s perfect shape!
88. Short Circle Beard Styles For Guys
What to ask your barber
Sometimes you can count on your facial proportions to help in shaping your beard! This mix between a circle beard and full walls will accentuate the triangle shape of your face, making you look slender!
89. Dark Van Dyke Beard Shape For Triangle Face
What to ask your barber
When sporting a layered, undercut hairstyle, opting for a Van Dyke style beard and mustache that is connected with the sideburns and goes under the lower lip will help you achieve more weight to counterbalance the hairstyle!
VII. Beard Shapes for Diamond Face Shape
If the width of your cheeks is much larger than your forehead and jaw, your face is a diamond. This rare face shape is really advantaged by the growing process of a beard since it allows you to put some weight underneath.
90. Bushy Beard Styles With Handlebar Mustache
What to ask your barber
You can play with volumes and dimensions with this short, full beard with a thin mustache that will complete your short haircut for men in a beautiful manner.
91. Ginger Beard Styles For Diamond Face
What to ask your barber
This full, round beard with a curvy mustache makes for a cool match for your diamond-shaped face. Ask for a short, even length and complete with a crop cut.
92. Curtain Beard Styles With Mustache for Diamond Face Shape
What to ask your barber
Opting for a curtain beard, that starts under the level of the upper lip will shape your face in an incredible way and you can easily take care of it at home after asking your barber to give it a contour.
93. Dragon Beard With Long Mustache
What to ask your barber
If you want to balance the wide forehead you can ask for a rectangular-shaped beard with an overall length of 5 inches and grow your mustache long enough to blend with the strands around.
94. Medium Long Beard For Diamond Face
What to ask your barber
Keep your beard long enough to cover the chin and surpass it by an inch, maximum, and only trim the longer strands enough to keep the undone, bushy look.
95. Bushy Scruffy Beard Styles For Diamond Shaped Face
What to ask your barber
To get this sexy appearance you will need to draw a blurry contour around the cheeks and keep the chin and cheeks areas full and bushy. The mustache should be trimmed to reach approximately 1/2 inches.
96. Stubby Beard Styles For Diamond Shaped Face
What to ask your barber
Especially recommended if you are at the beginning of your beard growing journey, this stubby beard is easy to maintain using #0 blades for the electric razor machine at home.
97. Long Flowy Beard Styles For Diamond Shaped Face
What to ask your barber
Ask your barber to accentuate the jawline by keeping a low beard line with a well-defined contour helping the blonde strands better show up against the white skin and leave it to grow naturally.
98. Rounded Beard Styles With Short Mustache For Diamond Face
What to ask your barber
While the walls are kept straight, the beard is trimmed in a straight line at a 1-inch distance from the jaw, creating the impression of a wider face. The mustache is really short and.
99. Full Beard Styles with Mustache Hairstyle
What to ask your barber
This well-defined beard will give you that sharp, confident look when freshly cut! Ask your barber to give you a slightly curvy contour and do the same for the mustache while leaving the central part long enough to surpass the chin level.
100. Bushy Beard Styles for Men with Undone Edges Hairstyles
What to ask your barber
Request that you keep a clean shaved profile while keeping the central part reaching approximately 1 inch and a half. The contrast between the two lengths will give your face a distinctive note.
101. Preppy Beard Styles With Short Mustache For Diamond Face
What to ask your barber
Short and very well trimmed to expose the natural lines of your face, this preppy beard suits those with a diamond face shape and is easy to take care of given the short overall length of 1/2 inches.
Conclusion
Like anything else, beards can vary according to your hair type and growth rhythm and can be as unique as your appearance. Must-have accessories when starting a beard growing process are a wide-tooth comb, dry towel, almond oils, and plenty of patience with the growing process. Which one of these beard styles by face shape would you give a try?
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