6 Beard Styles for Round Faces

You can thank a painter named Sir Anthony van Dyck (who lived over 300 years ago) for this look. The “Van Dyke” is basically a full goatee with a detached mustache.

For this style, your beard should wrap around your face. Use a beard trimmer to create a solid beard line under your jaw and keep the sides of your face trimmed thin and neat. That’s the Short Boxed Beard.

Think Short Boxed Beard but without sideburns. A Balbo Beard has a floating moustache with facial hair that’s more full on the chin. An angled shave along the cheekbones completes the look.

Combine a mustache with some facial hair along the jawline, and you’ve got an Anchor Beard. Define the shape of the beard before you shave the rest of your face clean.

A pointed “ducktail” beard looks like it sounds. This style is shaped in a way that looks like a ducktail from your chin: long and pointy, with short sides, and a neat mustache. You’ll need thick beard hair to pull off this style.

This style may have started in France, but it’s popular everywhere; probably because it’s low maintenance and looks great. Start growing a full beard, then use your razor to shave your cheeks and jawline clean. Only leave facial hair around your mouth.

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