Perfect Beard For Your Face Shape

Someone with a round face will have wide cheekbones and jawline and tend to have a smaller forehead. Also, the side of their face curves outwards, giving an overall round shape with a small chin. To reduce roundness, people with round face shape will require more hair volume at the bottom to end length to the face. It should be shorter on the cheeks to prevent further width. The facial hair on the chin and jawline should be trimmed to give them proper shape, creating an illusion of angular shape. People with round faces should avoid a beard style that adds width to the face, like a short beard. A thick and long beard will also add more roundness to the face.

People with square faces have a strong jawline with angular foreheads, having a length equal to mandibles (no offence). Protruding mandibles shape the face into a square. The short chin gives a more angular look. The main focus should be to flaunt the jawline, not to hide it with a thick beard. A long, narrow beard will decrease the wideness of the face. The purpose here is not to hide the angular lines but to soften them a bit. To highlight the jawline, the hair on the cheeks should be minimized by trimming. The lengthy beard with trimmed sides will perfectly suit the square face.

Having an oval-shaped face is a win-win situation because you can choose from a variety of beard styles, contrary to the other face shapes. The oval face has features of both round and square faces, meaning the focus should be on the appearance of the beard without worrying to balance anything. The forehead and jawline are equal in length and the side of the face is as tall as the horizontal width of the jaw and forehead. No feature is dominating the other feature. People with an oval face can experiment with any beard style. However, professionals recommend a square beard on the jaw, with short hair on the sides and a clean cheek line to get the most from the ideal face shape.

Triangle-faced people have wide foreheads, narrow cheekbones, and pointed chin to form a triangle shape. The jaw is narrower than the cheekbones. A full beard is not recommended on a narrow jaw because it will alter the face shape for the bad. Two options can be considered; the first one is to keep short and the other is to grow a long beard, but cropped and trimmed on the sides. The sides must be kept short to prevent any wideness to cheekbones, as they are wider than the jaw already. Avoid such a beard style that makes pointed chin sharper.

The forehead of the heart-shaped face is wide and the width of cheekbones is narrower than the forehead and is not highlighted, which gives the illusion of heart shape. The width of jaw decreases as they go down however the chin is fairly round, not pointed. Opt for that beard style that adds volume to the bottom of the face to hide the rounded chin. Keep the sideburn short to maintain the narrow cheekbones. Avoid width on the sides, pointed chin, and hairless jawline. A full, heavy beard, like a classic full beard, will be the best in making the features prominent and balanced.

The diamond-shaped face features a narrow forehead, which means cheekbones are wider than a forehead, the jaw is pointed and is narrower than both forehead and cheekbones. The cheekbones are at their focal point, making them the most prominent feature of diamond-faced shape. Cheekbones dominate the jawline and forehead because of their width. The goal should be to keep the hair short on the sides and growing the hair on the bottom of the face. If you want to highlight the cheekbones, then opt for short beard styles such as designer stubble or 5 o'clock shadow.

The oblong or rectangular faces are long, with equal lengths of jaw and forehead. The width of cheekbones is equal to or more or less equal to the width of the jaw. The oblong face is long horizontally, with mixed soft and defined features. More facial hair on the sides and short bottom will widen the narrow features. Avoid a long beard with a pointy end and achieve fuller sides to make an impression of a wider jaw. This will take away the attention from the long face.