Top 5 Beard Styles for Men
In 2025, the beard remains the staple style statement it’s grown to become in recent years. A well-shaped and carefully styled beard can transform your face, adding contrast and dimension, but if you’ve had a beard for a while, it can also be easy to fall into a rut with beard styles. If you’re someone who could shave their current style in their sleep, then maybe it’s time to shake up your routine and try a different beard style.
Here are 5 of the most popular beard styles for 2025:
3-Day Stubble
The 3-day stubble is the simple “in-between” beard style suitable for almost any face shape. Perfect for those of us who don’t want to commit to the full beard, this look adds a rugged edge to your face without appearing unkempt.
The best part about this beard style is how easy it is to maintain. Simply let your facial hair grow out for a few days, then use one of the three comb attachments on the King C. Gillette Beard Trimmer to trim your beard and achieve the desired length. If your hair creeps up over your cheeks, then use your razor to wet shave any visible hairs, being careful to maintain the clean edges with our King C. Gillette Double Edge Safety Razor.
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The Goatee
The ever-popular circle beard (or goatee) is yet again having a moment, being sported by A-listers everywhere and cementing itself as one of the best beard styles. Updated for a modern appeal, the circle beard is less about the perfectly trimmed versions of yesteryear and more about a natural, fuller effect.
A goatee beard style is formed by shaving the hair on the cheeks but leaving the growth on either side of the mouth. This growth connects your moustache to your chin strap, forming a circle. The beard should end just above your Adam’s apple and can be extended to an oval if your face shape suits this better.
Be sure to use your beard trimmer to sharpen up the edges of your beard and leave the beard growth slightly longer than usual for a smart, modern beard style.
Balbo Beard
If you’re looking for a new and different beard style, then why not try the Balbo beard? This beard style is a hybrid between the moustache and the goatee beard. This style is characterised by a trimmed, floating moustache, which is not connected to the rest of the beard (with around ¼ inch gap).
By keeping the sides and edges tidy, but leaving hair fuller on the chin, the Balbo beard style helps to define a round face. The angled shave across the cheekbones and sharp line on the neck creates a chiselled jawline and makes the face appear slimmer. This look can require more upkeep than other styles and requires regular touch-ups to ensure the gap is maintained between the moustache and goatee.
Chevron Moustache
While it might not technically be a beard style, the chevron moustache is a moustache style you should have on your radar. As the name suggests, it’s shaped like a chevron and sits across your top lip.
It is a heavy, full moustache, and looks naturally grown out without covering your lip and getting in the way of eating and drinking. Achieving a perfect chevron is deceptively simple, so this is a great beard style if low maintenance is a priority for you. Simply trim and shave the rest of your facial hair as short as you desire, leaving the chevron-shaped moustache, using our King C. Gillette Transparent Shave Gel to help you avoid nicks, cuts and irritation.
The Short-Boxed Beard
If you’re looking for a sharp and professional beard style, then the short-boxed beard is a great option. The box beard uses sharp lines to accentuate your face shape and jawline, forming a box shape around your jaw.
The length of a box beard can vary, but most people will keep it to a relatively short length between half an inch and an inch. When trimming a short-boxed beard, most people will also cut the neckline cleanly, and closer to the jawline. For a professional and close finish, use a razor from the Gillette Mach3 Range.
