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title: "Low maintenance beard styles: 8 Options, With Diagrams"
date: 2026-08-13
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# Low maintenance beard styles: 8 Options, With Diagrams

## Low maintenance beard styles

Some styles need you at the mirror every morning. These do not. Grow them, set the neckline, and come back in a week or two.

## 7 styles in this list

[![Diagram of a neckbeard shown on a oval face](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_lossy+ret_img+to_auto/beardedcolonel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/beard-styles/neckbeard-style-diagram-front.jpg)

**Neckbeard** Growth on the neck with the face shaved. Documented, not recommended. ShortLow upkeep

](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/neckbeard/) [![Diagram of a sideburns shown on a oval face](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_lossy+ret_img+to_auto/beardedcolonel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/beard-styles/sideburns-beard-style-diagram-front.jpg)

**Sideburns** Hair down the side of the face, in front of the ear. ShortLow upkeepsideboards

](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/sideburns/) [![Diagram of a chevron moustache shown on a oval face](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_lossy+ret_img+to_auto/beardedcolonel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/beard-styles/chevron-moustache-style-diagram-front.jpg)

**Chevron moustache** Thick and wide, covering the top lip. ShortLow upkeep

](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/chevron-moustache/) [![Diagram of a amish beard shown on a oval face](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_lossy+ret_img+to_auto/beardedcolonel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/beard-styles/amish-beard-style-diagram-front.jpg)

**Amish beard** A chin curtain with no moustache, worn for religious reasons. LongLow upkeepquaker beard

](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/amish-beard/) [![Diagram of a full beard shown on a oval face](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_lossy+ret_img+to_auto/beardedcolonel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/beard-styles/full-beard-style-diagram-front.jpg)

**Full beard** Cheeks, jaw, chin and moustache, all connected. MediumLow upkeepnatural full beard

](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/full-beard/) [Guide coming soon![Diagram of a garibaldi beard shown on a oval face](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_lossy+ret_img+to_auto/beardedcolonel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/beard-styles/garibaldi-beard-style-diagram-front.jpg)

**Garibaldi beard** Wide, rounded and full, with a natural edge. LongLow upkeep

](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/garibaldi-beard/) [Guide coming soon![Diagram of a bandholz beard shown on a oval face](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_lossy+ret_img+to_auto/beardedcolonel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/beard-styles/bandholz-beard-style-diagram-front.jpg)

**Bandholz beard** A full beard left to grow with no shaping. LongLow upkeepyeardterminal beard

](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/bandholz-beard/)

## Other ways to narrow it down

[### Short beard styles

Under an inch. Office safe, quick to trim, slow to go wrong.](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/short-beard-styles/) [### Medium beard styles

One to three inches. The point where shaping starts to matter.](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/medium-beard-styles/) [### Long beard styles

Three inches and up. Months of growing, and daily oil.](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/long-beard-styles/) [### Beard styles for round faces

Length at the chin, kept tight at the cheeks, to lengthen the face.](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/beard-styles-round-face/) [### Beard styles for square faces

Softer, rounder edges so the jaw is not doubled up.](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/beard-styles-square-face/) [### Beard styles for oval faces

The shape most styles are drawn for. Nearly anything works.](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/beard-styles-oval-face/)

[All 47 styles in the directory](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/beard-styles/)