You probably know that there are many different beard styles. Have you heard that each type has its own name? Below are some of the most popular beard styles.
Van Dyke
It's really a standard combo that includes a neat little beard and mustache that mature men often prefer to wear. On the one hand, it is a simple style, on the other hand, it is traditional and timeless. Such a beard was recently shown to the world by the American actor Christian Bale, although it was named after the 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck.
Bandholz
Bandholz is currently the most requested beard type. This masculine, testosterone-filled style is one of those beard types that automatically asserts masculinity. This type is distinguished by an exquisite beard, which must be properly cared for in order to maintain its ideal shape. It is currently one of the most popular beard styles with hipsters, musicians, and fashion-conscious tough guys. This style is also complemented by a neat and at the same time unusual shape of the mustache.
Hollywood beard (Hollywood beard)
One of the most popular varieties of beard is sometimes called "winged", but it has gained popularity under another name - Hollywood. This particular style can be worn by men of all ages and requires minimal maintenance by shaving the hair off the cheeks in a straight line all the way to the ear. Currently, such a beard is quite popular with athletes, musicians and young guys.
Stubble beard
The Stubble beard is one of the beard styles often sported by many celebrities, namely George Clooney. And although this is certainly not the only look that has come into fashion, it can be called a timeless classic that makes men brutal. Such a beard does not need much care. The style is considered simple also for the reason that you can grow an “accessory” in a short period of time. Moreover, such a beard often gives a man an unusual appearance, which cannot be said about a clean-shaven face.
Chinstrap (Chinstrap beard)
If you have some skill, try making a thin strip of hair cut with a razor or trimmer. It looks exactly like a helmet strap on the face, only in the form of hair. A thin line of vegetation will, as it were, encircle the face from one temple to another. This beard style is worn by popular actors such as Gerard Butler and Ben Affleck.
Dear Gentleman (Respectable Gent)
This short, neat and well trimmed square beard is perfect for men who like to be in control. You need to be able to properly care for her, and this sometimes takes a very long time. But, despite all the difficulties, young guys also prefer such a cute beard.
Viking beard (Viking)
You don't have to be a member of some swag to grow your chin hair into a V shape. Not only is it high style and fashionable, the tapered shape flatters the facial features, elongating it and making it seem more chiseled. This is a kind of small facelift, only without any surgical interventions. This shape is great for men who are trying to hide the signs of aging, and for this reason, the length of the beard can reach unpredictable lengths. Plus, nothing says masculine like a giant beard on your face.
Honest Abe
This is one of the most classic beard styles and was created by, you guessed it, American President Abraham Lincoln. This is a complete and just the right balance between a rural, earthy masculinity and an intelligent city guy. Most notable here is the complete absence of a mustache. Abraham tried not to shave off his facial hair, and his beard was proof of that. Although beards began to fall out of fashion among high-profile politicians after his election, few presidents since 1913 have had no facial hair at all.
Butcher's beard (Butcher's Delight)
This is a short vegetation at the tip of the chin and around it with severed sideburns. This style is complemented by a long mustache, smeared with wax, with rounded ends up.
Soul Patch
By law, only Billy Bob Thornton is allowed to wear the Soul Patch beard. Of course, this is a joke. But seriously, it's a tiny patch of hair in the center of the chin, surrounded by clean-shaven skin. We do not know how such a name appeared, but we are sure that it has nothing to do with souls.
A man's beard is not so easy to grow, and even more difficult to choose the right type of beard and give it the right shape. In general, it is better to set the form in a specialized institution - a barbershop, where the stylist will give all the necessary recommendations on how to shave, cut and style your beard. The fact is that a neat beard requires daily care, regardless of its length, splendor and shape.
Van Dyck's beard, whose name was given by the Flemish artist Anthony Van Dyck, is very popular. Since then, the beard style has been actively used by men all over the world, including famous Hollywood stars and Russian show business showmen. The advantages of this style of facial hair are ease of modeling and cutting, as well as the ability to correct the shape of the face.
To get an idea of what a Van Dyke beard looks like, you can look at photos of famous people who prefer this style of beard and mustache. In the people, this beard is called a goat, since the vegetation is left only in the chin area, and the cheeks and the lower jaw area are shaved bald.
A mustache looks perfect with such a beard, but at the same time they are not associated with a beard in any way.
For reference! The Van Dyke beard was originally worn with a mustache, but modern fashion accepts another variation in which there is no mustache at all.
Who will suit?
It is a well-known fact that a man's beard is not just an accessory and an element of the general image, but also a great opportunity to hide any flaws in appearance and adjust the shape of the face. If you choose the wrong beard, you can make your appearance comical and awkward, exacerbate existing flaws in appearance. So, for example, for men with an oval head shape, all types of beards are suitable, including Van Dyke.
For men with a round face, such a beard is not at all suitable, as experts advise wearing a trapezoidal beard, starting with sideburns from one temple and along the entire face to the second temple. But for a face with a triangular shape, Van Dyke is perfect, emphasizing the pronounced chin of a man. A beard will help a man achieve several results:
- give the appearance of some secrecy and deep knowledge;
- emphasize the refined nature;
- give it a professional look.
Important! Prominent representatives of Van Dyke's beard were Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and Johnny Depp.
How to do?
Barbers and stylists can consult on how to make a Van Dyke beard, they already set the initial shape and give recommendations for caring for a beard. But the advantage of Van Dyke is the simplicity in modeling, that is, many men can make such a beard at home without skills and abilities.
How to make a Van Dyke beard:
- First, the face must be completely shaved, wait 1-2 weeks for even facial hair growth.
- If the length of the bristles is 2 cm or more, you can start modeling the beard.
- Shaving cream is applied to the face in the area of the sideburns, mustache and the entire beard.
- Using a razor, make a round beard around the mouth area, connected to the mustache. First, the sides and cheeks are shaved so that the vegetation remains at a distance of 5 cm from the corners of the mouth.
- Next, you need to shave the hair on the neck to the Adam's apple, leaving the hair in the mustache area and under the lower lip.
- The face is washed with warm water, washing off the cream and hairs.
- From the resulting beard, you need to make a goatee, that is, a goatee should remain on the chin area so that the tip of the beard has a pointed shape.
- Now you need to separate the mustache line from the beard, and in the area of \u200b\u200bthe tuft of hair under the lower lip, you need to carefully shave the skin without touching the tuft itself.
- With the help of scissors and a razor, the mustache is shortened, but so that they have the same pointed shape as the beard.
- In the end, you need to wash your face again and comb your beard hairs.
Everything, Van Dyke's beard is ready and the man was able to get as close as possible to the image of Johnny Depp. It remains only to take care of your property daily, keeping the vegetation clean and tidy.
Basic care
Despite the fact that many consider the beard an opportunity to avoid shaving and grooming, in fact, facial hair requires even more maintenance than a beard.
Caring for Van Dyke's beard is as follows:
- comb with a special small beard comb;
- the boundaries of the beard should be as clear as possible;
- you can extend the “life” of the beard with a trimmer, clipper and scissors, adjusting the length and volume of the beard and mustache;
- the beard should have a sharp end, like a mustache, wax should be used for styling.
It is also important to wash your beard 1-2 times a day with warm water and soap or shampoo. With the appearance of bristles and protruding hairs, the beard will immediately lose its individuality and visual appeal. Therefore, as the hair grows, you need to trim unnecessary areas, and shorten the mustache and beard with scissors.
Conclusion
Fans of Johnny Depp at the sight of his Van Dyke beard have made this type of beard one of the most popular. Today, this type of beard is worn by men of different social status, professional activities and worldview. Everyone can shave and model Van Dyke's beard with a great desire and a careful approach. Only under the condition of constant care, a beard will give a man a special charm and masculinity.
The beard has recently become very popular again. Memes even began to appear on social networks, making fun of the two main fashion fetishes - these are beards for men and eyebrows for girls. Sarcastic ridicule appears not at all because it is not beautiful, but because literally everyone is passionate about it. Yes, and in pursuit of perfection, fashionistas and fashionistas often overdo it. For example, some girls are so fond of eyebrow makeup that they become like Marfushenka-darling from the fairy tale “Morozko”. Well, okay, we’ll talk about eyebrows in another article, today’s post is, after all, about beard haircuts.
Unlike young ladies, men are unlikely to spoil their image with a beard. The main thing here is to choose the right haircut for her. Take at least, for example, hair color: 3-day stubble is enough for brunettes to look brutal, but it is more difficult for blondes - short stubble does not look very good, so it will take longer and more difficult to grow a beard.
Types of beard haircuts and their names
- Russian beard or full. The stubble covers the neck, chin, cheeks and upper lip.
- Anchor . The name speaks for itself: a small beard in the shape of an anchor + a thin mustache, separated by a strip in the middle.
- Balbo. In contrast to the anchor, the strip along the edge of the lower jaw is wider.
- Brett or Hollywood beard. The main feature and difference is that the beard covers the chin and lower jaw, but does not connect with sideburns.
- Goatee. Its more popular name, but less euphonious, is goatee. Represents the vegetation around the mouth with a long tuft of hair on the chin.
- Chinstrap (Chinstrap) Literally, a chin strap. A thin border of hair edging the face from one temple to another.
- burnsides (burnsides) - only thick sideburns with a clean-shaven chin.
- Captain Jack, or Van Dyck. It got its first name in honor of Jack "Sparrow". Third - in honor of the artistAnthony Van Dyke. Its other names areFrench beard or "Chekhovian".
Trendy beard haircuts: Top 10
We figured out the main types of beards. Now let's look at which options will be especially relevant.
- Victorian. In 1854-56, during the Crimean War, there was a shortage of soap in the British army, as a result of which the soldiers simply could not shave. And after the end of the war, the returning warriors with powerful facial hair became the personification of masculinity and honor.
- Hollywood beard or bretta, which was discussed above, the main emphasis on the length - no more than 2-3 ml.
- Three day stubble. If you are the owner of dark hair, then a light unshaven may suit you. The length of the bristles should not exceed 0.5 - 1 mm.
- - beard like the hero of the movie "Iron Man" ( Iron Man ).
- Spartan. full beard optionwith a slight trim on the cheeks and an emphasis on the jaw and chin.
- Biker beard. Mustache like a walrus and long hair on the lower jaw.
- Van Dyke or Captain Jack. The beard may be oval, and the mustache slightly curled outward.
- . Another beard haircut following the example of the hero of the movie of the same name.
- Chinstrap. Beard number 6 in the first photo. It is proposed to wear such a beard without a mustache.
Chinstrap - beard encircling the face - The goatee completes the top 10 most popular haircuts. A shortened version of this beard is in fashion, i.e. the hair on the chin should not be too long.
That's all in conclusion, I suggest looking at a few more inspiring examples. By the way, have you noticed that not every beard is suitable for a particular haircut? So that's it about trendy men's haircuts will be discussed in the next article. In order not to miss it, I suggest subscribing to blog news (on the page “About the blog/About the author”).
Here it is - a fashionable image of a modern man 
For many people, the goatee is a symbol of protest, even though it's just a convenient decoration for facial hair. While facial hair has dwindled over the centuries, the current fashion for mustaches and beards looks pretty amazing. At all times, celebrities wore a goatee, which is now back again and has become an element of style and fashion for young guys.
A goat's beard is considered to be when part of the face is clean-shaven, with the exception of the chin. A short beard is called "van Dyck style", while a longer and more pointed beard is called "imperial".
The history of the goatee is quite interesting. The name apparently comes from the long tuft of fur under the goat's chin. As a result, the half-man, half-goat Greek god Pan is usually depicted with such a beard. Pan was the god of the shepherds and the symbol of the wild. After initiation to Christianity, the beard from the goat-like Pan passed to Satan, and therefore for a long time people did not wear it.
The goat beard took root in Europe in the 17th century thanks to the Flemish painter Antonis van Dyck (Antoon van Dyck). Van Dyck was an extremely successful painter commissioned for portraits by dukes, princesses, kings and queens.
He also painted many self-portraits, in which the author has a small, pointed beard and a gracefully curved mustache. King Charles I of England wore the same beard. Van Dyck's paintings and portraits of Charles quickly spread throughout Europe, and the two's beard style became very popular.
Despite its popularity, the goatee almost disappeared from high society in the 18th and 19th centuries, and became strongly associated with soldiers, in particular the famous French musketeers. In those years, it was believed that the beard is associated with a very strong, assertive person.
Facial hair fashion has been changing in waves throughout the 20th century. The 1920s and 1930s were the years of beardless men. Jazz musicians of the 1940s have a goatee, including a goatee. 1950s were clean-shaven, and the protest 1960s became a decade of diversity and beard freedom. In the 1970s, the mustache trend was replaced by the popular stubble of the 1980s. In the 1990s, a neat goatee and an “island” under the lower lip were fashionable.
Why is the goat beard so popular? Already in late adolescence, when you want to decorate your face with manly hair, they grow most densely above the upper lip and chin. And often this is not enough for a full beard.
And if a hundred years ago a man had a beard, he kept it for life, it was an integral part of him. Nowadays, with rare exceptions, the beard is a fashionable element, it is grown or shaved without regret in the name of beauty and masculinity, depending on the season or simply at the request of the girlfriend.
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