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title: "Beard styles for round faces: 10 Options, With Diagrams"
date: 2026-08-13
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# Beard styles for round faces: 10 Options, With Diagrams

## Beard styles for round faces

A round face is widest at the cheeks and short through the chin. The styles that work add length at the bottom and keep the sides tight, so the eye travels down rather than across.

## 10 styles in this list

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

**Goatee** Chin hair with or without a moustache, cheeks bare. ShortMedium upkeep

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

**Van Dyke** Pointed chin beard with a disconnected moustache. ShortHigh upkeep

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

**Boxed beard** A short full beard with every edge squared off. ShortHigh upkeepshort boxed beard

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

**Chin strap** A narrow band following the jaw, cheeks bare. ShortHigh upkeepchinstrap beard

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

**Balbo** Moustache, soul patch and chin beard, never joined. ShortHigh upkeepinverted T

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

**Circle beard** Moustache joined to a rounded chin beard. ShortMedium upkeepdoor knocker

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

**Ducktail beard** Full beard tapered to a point at the chin. LongMedium upkeep

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

**Extended goatee** A goatee widened along the jaw. ShortHigh upkeeptailback

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

**Rideau à menton** Beard along the jaw and chin, moustache shaved. MediumMedium upkeeplincoln beardshenandoah

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

**Petite goatee** A small, tightly trimmed goatee. ShortMedium upkeepchin pufflanding strip

](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/fr/beard-styles/petite-goatee/)

## Other ways to narrow it down

[### Barbe courte

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

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

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

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

Width at the cheeks, short at the chin, to shorten the face.](https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/fr/beard-styles/beard-styles-oblong-face/)

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