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
Goatee
Chin hair with or without a moustache, cheeks bare.
ShortMedium upkeep
Van Dyke
Pointed chin beard with a disconnected moustache.
ShortHigh upkeep
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
Balbo
Moustache, soul patch and chin beard, never joined.
ShortHigh upkeepinverted T
Circle beard
Moustache joined to a rounded chin beard.
ShortMedium upkeepdoor knocker
Ducktail beard
Full beard tapered to a point at the chin.
LongMedium upkeep
Guide coming soon
Extended goatee
A goatee widened along the jaw.
ShortHigh upkeeptailback
Kin gordijn
Beard along the jaw and chin, moustache shaved.
MediumMedium upkeeplincoln beardshenandoah
Guide coming soon
Petite goatee
A small, tightly trimmed goatee.
ShortMedium upkeepchin pufflanding strip
Other ways to narrow it down
Korte baardstijlen
Under an inch. Office safe, quick to trim, slow to go wrong.
Medium beard styles
One to three inches. The point where shaping starts to matter.
Long beard styles
Three inches and up. Months of growing, and daily oil.
Beard styles for square faces
Softer, rounder edges so the jaw is not doubled up.
Beard styles for oval faces
The shape most styles are drawn for. Nearly anything works.
Beard styles for long faces
Width at the cheeks, short at the chin, to shorten the face.