Medium beard styles
One to three inches is the point where a beard stops being a length and starts being a shape. Your growth pattern shows, the neckline starts to matter, and the difference between tidy and unkempt becomes a weekly job.
7 styles in this list
Mutton chops
Sideburns grown wide down the cheeks, chin shaved.
MediumHigh upkeepmuttonchopsmutton chop sideburns
Full beard
Cheeks, jaw, chin and moustache, all connected.
MediumLow upkeepnatural full beard
Wolverine
Chops joined to a moustache, chin shaved.
MediumHigh upkeepfriendly mutton chops
Kin gordijn
Beard along the jaw and chin, moustache shaved.
MediumMedium upkeeplincoln beardshenandoah
Guide coming soon
Verdi beard
Rounded full beard with a separately styled moustache.
MediumHigh 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
Other ways to narrow it down
Korte baardstijlen
Under an inch. Office safe, quick to trim, slow to go wrong.
Long beard styles
Three inches and up. Months of growing, and daily oil.
Beard styles for round faces
Length at the chin, kept tight at the cheeks, to lengthen the face.
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.