Corporate beard

A short full beard, edges tidy, nothing showy.

MoustacheNo sideburnsHigh upkeep3 to 4 weeks

At a glance

Difficulty4 / 5

How easy it is to get wrong.

Upkeep5 / 5

How often you are back at the mirror.

Growing time2 / 5

How long before you can shape it.

Tidy is the entire point of a corporate beard, and tidy comes from the edges. Cheeks and neck, every other morning.

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The same shape, worn differently. What changes is length, density and how much you take off at the edges.

Standard corporate Short Short, connected, edges tidy.

Faded corporate Short Graded into the hairline at the sideburn.

Where a style puts weight, and where it takes it away, is what decides whether it suits you. The table below is the short version.

Oval	Ideal	Takes almost any length and shape without fighting the proportions.
Rund	Avoid	Adds width where there is already width. A chin-led style suits better.
Platz	Works	Round the corners off or it doubles up on a jaw that is already strong.
Länglich	Ideal	Width at the cheeks shortens the face. Keep the chin short, not pointed.
Heart	Works	Weight low balances a wide forehead, so long as the cheeks stay tidy.
Diamant	Ideal	Fills the narrow jaw and squares off the lower face.

Grow it out3 to 4 weeks. Cutting into a beard that has not filled in leaves holes you then have to grow out again.
Set the lengthStart on a longer guard than you think you need and work down. You cannot put it back.
Set the necklineTwo fingers above the Adam's apple, curving up to behind the jaw. Higher than that and you lose the jawline.
Tidy the cheeksFollow your natural cheek line rather than inventing a straight one. Take off anything above it.

Full detail, tools and the common mistakes are in the guide below.

Same shape, different length or moustache.

Same idea, less of your morning.

The same directory, cut a different way.