Grown and groomed
Beards, moustaches and brows, grown and shaped. 33 face guides on EveryFaceShape so far.
Grown and groomed features are those people cultivate: beards, moustaches, sideburns and eyebrows. How hair grows is inherited, but what is done with it is choice, faith, rule or fashion. Barbers, brow shapers and threading parlours turn growth into style, and some styles take years: a championship handlebar or a Rajasthani moustache may be decades in the making.
Facial hair
Beard growth starts at puberty and often keeps filling in into the late twenties. Density and pattern vary widely. Styles from stubble to the full beard are shaped with clippers, scissors and razors, and kept with oils, balms and waxes. Faith traditions shape many beards, from the Sikh kesh to the beards of Muslim, Jewish, Amish and Orthodox Christian men.
Brows
Brows are shaped by threading, waxing and tweezing, and filled with pencil or powder. Fashions in brows have changed from the high painted brows of Heian Japan to the thin plucked brows of the 1920s and 1990s and the full brows of the 2010s. Over-plucked brows may not fully grow back, which brow shapers warn about.
Famous grown and groomed face guides
Further reading
WorldSideburns
Facial hair grown on the sides of the face from the hairline.Beard · Most faces
WorldEyelid
A thin fold of skin that covers the eye and keeps it moist.Eyes · Most faces
WorldFacial hair
Hair grown on the human face, primarily a male secondary sex characteristic.Beard · Most faces
🇦🇺 AustraliaNed Kelly beard
Full beard and moustache style named after an Australian outlaw.Beard · Most faces
WorldVellus hair
Fine, short body hair present from childhood.Skin · Most faces
WorldPencil moustache
A thin, neat line of hair above the lip.Moustache · Most faces
WorldMoustache
Facial hair grown above the upper lip and under the nose.Moustache · Most faces
WorldChinstrap beard
A narrow line of hair tracing the jaw from ear to ear.Beard · Most faces
WorldHandlebar moustache
A moustache with long ends curled upwards like bicycle bars.Moustache · Most faces
WorldUnibrow
A single eyebrow formed by hair meeting above the nose bridge.Brows · Most faces
WorldVan Dyke beard
A moustache and goatee with shaved cheeks.Beard · Most faces
WorldDesigner stubble
Short beard growth trimmed to 1–3 mm for a rugged look.Beard · Most faces
🇵🇱 Poland and 1 moreWalrus moustache
Thick, bushy facial hair that covers the upper lip.Moustache · Most faces
🇮🇹 ItalyVerdi beard
A full beard paired with a distinct moustache.Beard · Most faces
🇮🇳 IndiaRajasthani moustache
A curled upper-lip style linked to Indian heritage.Moustache · Most faces
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Facial hair: image modified by User:Nordelch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Eyebrow: Film screenshot, Public domain, source
- Sideburns: Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, clipped by ABX, Public domain, source
- Eyelid: Micky Zlimen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Moustache: VAZHAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chinstrap beard: B. D. Maxham, Public domain, source
- Beard: @nazanin, CC0, source
- Handlebar moustache: unattributed, Public domain, source
- Goatee: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, source
- Unibrow: Z11o22, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Van Dyke beard: Didier Descouens, Public domain, source
- Designer stubble: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Walrus moustache: Friedrich Hermann Hartmann, Public domain, source
- Vellus hair: Kubek15/Slave, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pencil moustache: Roland Godefroy, CC BY 2.5, source