Beard styles
Every beard and moustache worth knowing, drawn from the front and in profile so you can see exactly where the hair starts and stops.
47 styles. Filter by length, upkeep or face shape, or take one of the shortcuts further down. Each style has its own page with growing time, trimming steps and the mistakes worth avoiding.
Type
Length
Upkeep
Face shape
Goatee
Chin hair with or without a moustache, cheeks bare.
ShortMedium upkeep
Mutton chops
Sideburns grown wide down the cheeks, chin shaved.
MediumHigh upkeepmuttonchopsmutton chop sideburns
Van Dyke
Pointed chin beard with a disconnected moustache.
ShortHigh upkeep
Soul patch
A tuft under the lower lip. Nothing else.
ShortMedium upkeepjazz dabflavour saver
Beard fade
A full beard graded from the cheek down to the jaw.
ShortHigh upkeepfaded beardbeard fade styles
Neckbeard
Growth on the neck with the face shaved. Documented, not recommended.
ShortLow upkeep
Viking beard
Long, full and deliberately untamed.
LongMedium upkeepnorse beard
Sideburns
Hair down the side of the face, in front of the ear.
ShortLow upkeepsideboards
Handlebar moustache
Long moustache trained upward at the ends.
LongHigh upkeephungarian moustache
Boxed beard
A short full beard with every edge squared off.
ShortHigh upkeepshort boxed beard
Chin strap
A narrow band following the jaw, cheeks bare.
ShortHigh upkeepchinstrap beard
Guide coming soon
Monkey tail beard
A single line from sideburn round the mouth to the chin.
ShortHigh upkeep
Stubble
Two to ten days of growth, kept even.
StubbleHigh upkeepdesigner stubbleheavy stubble
Balbo
Moustache, soul patch and chin beard, never joined.
ShortHigh upkeepinverted T
Circle beard
Moustache joined to a rounded chin beard.
ShortMedium upkeepdoor knocker
Beardstache
A heavy moustache over light stubble.
ShortMedium upkeep
Pencil moustache
A thin line above the lip.
ShortHigh upkeepmouth brow
Chevron moustache
Thick and wide, covering the top lip.
ShortLow upkeep
Ducktail beard
Full beard tapered to a point at the chin.
LongMedium upkeep
Amish beard
A chin curtain with no moustache, worn for religious reasons.
LongLow upkeepquaker beard
Anchor beard
Pointed chin beard traced along the jaw, with a moustache.
ShortHigh upkeep
Full beard
Cheeks, jaw, chin and moustache, all connected.
MediumLow upkeepnatural full beard
Fu Manchu
Moustache grown long past the jaw, cheeks bare.
LongHigh upkeep
Walrus moustache
Thick and overhanging the top lip.
LongMedium upkeep
Wolverine
Chops joined to a moustache, chin shaved.
MediumHigh upkeepfriendly mutton chops
Horseshoe moustache
Moustache with the ends run down to the jaw.
MediumHigh upkeepbiker moustache
Guide coming soon
Extended goatee
A goatee widened along the jaw.
ShortHigh upkeeptailback
Chin curtain
Beard along the jaw and chin, moustache shaved.
MediumMedium upkeeplincoln beardshenandoah
Hipster beard
Long and full with a styled moustache.
LongMedium upkeep
Guide coming soon
Toothbrush moustache
A narrow square under the nose.
ShortHigh upkeep
Guide coming soon
Garibaldi beard
Wide, rounded and full, with a natural edge.
LongLow upkeep
Guide coming soon
Royale beard
Moustache joined to a narrow chin strip.
ShortHigh upkeepnapoleon III
Guide coming soon
Corporate beard
A short full beard, edges tidy, nothing showy.
ShortHigh upkeep
Guide coming soon
Verdi beard
Rounded full beard with a separately styled moustache.
MediumHigh upkeep
Guide coming soon
Hollywoodian
Beard and moustache with the sideburns cut away.
ShortHigh upkeep
Guide coming soon
Imperial moustache
Moustache with the ends swept dramatically upward.
LongHigh upkeepkaiser moustache
Guide coming soon
Dali moustache
Narrow, waxed and pointed straight up.
LongHigh upkeep
Guide coming soon
English moustache
Long, narrow, parted at the centre.
MediumHigh upkeep
Guide coming soon
Bandholz beard
A full beard left to grow with no shaping.
LongLow upkeepyeardterminal beard
Guide coming soon
Lampshade moustache
Trapezoid shape, wider at the bottom.
ShortMedium upkeep
Guide coming soon
Dutch beard
Wide chin beard flaring outward, no moustache.
LongMedium upkeepold dutch
Guide coming soon
Zappa moustache
Thick moustache with a soul patch beneath.
MediumMedium upkeep
Guide coming soon
Petite goatee
A small, tightly trimmed goatee.
ShortMedium upkeepchin pufflanding strip
Guide coming soon
French fork
Long beard split into two points.
LongHigh upkeep
Guide coming soon
Hulihee
Huge curved chops with a shaved chin.
MediumHigh upkeep
Guide coming soon
Klingon
Sharp angular goatee with a hard moustache line.
MediumHigh upkeep
Guide coming soon
Clean shaven
No facial hair at all. The daily baseline.
High upkeep
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Collections
The same styles regrouped four ways. If you know your face shape, or how much time you are willing to give it, start here rather than scrolling the whole list.
By length
18 styles
Short beard styles
Under an inch. Office safe, quick to trim, slow to go wrong.
7 stylesMedium beard styles
One to three inches. The point where shaping starts to matter.
8 stylesLong beard styles
Three inches and up. Months of growing, and daily oil.
By face shape
10 styles
Beard styles for round faces
Length at the chin, kept tight at the cheeks, to lengthen the face.
12 stylesBeard styles for square faces
Softer, rounder edges so the jaw is not doubled up.
16 stylesBeard styles for oval faces
The shape most styles are drawn for. Nearly anything works.
3 stylesBeard styles for long faces
Width at the cheeks, short at the chin, to shorten the face.
By effort
7 styles
Low maintenance beard styles
Grow, tidy the neckline, leave it alone.
13 stylesMoustache styles
Everything above the lip, from a pencil line to a handlebar.
11 stylesGoatee styles
Chin beards, with and without a moustache joined on.