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Best beard styles for a diamond face
A diamond face is widest at the cheekbones and narrow at both the forehead and the jaw. The beard that suits it adds width at the jaw and chin. Check your own face with one photo below: the test measures your jaw and chin against 73 men.
CostFree
TimeUnder 1 min
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DataStays on device
Jaw, chin + length map
Step 1 of 2 · your photo
Add a front photo, mouth closed
Face the camera straight on, camera at eye level, chin level, mouth closed and relaxed. Even light from the front. A beard is fine: comb it down flat.
How it works
Add your photo
Camera or upload, either works.
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Your face length, jaw and chin measured against 73 men, and your beard plan drawn on your photo, entirely on your device.
Your measured result
Numbers and lines drawn on your photo.
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478 landmarks
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The science
Why these beards work on a diamond face
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On a diamond face the cheekbones stand out because the jaw below them is narrow. Full sides bring the jaw out toward the cheekbones, so the face reads less pointed at the bottom. The chin can stay a little longer than the sides, the natural shape of most full beards.
02
A rounded full beard, a full boxed beard and a short boxed beard all add that width. The styles to avoid put length at the chin without width: a ducktail, and a Van Dyke with shaved cheeks, which leaves the narrow jaw as it is.
03
Keep the beard below the cheekbones. A cheek line grown up high adds width at the widest part of the face; the natural line, cleaned of strays, keeps the width at the jaw where it helps. The photo test reads your jaw and chin and sets the plan from them.
The 3 best beards for a diamond face, and 2 to avoid
Best: a rounded full beard, a full boxed beard and a short boxed beard. Works against it: a ducktail and a Van Dyke. The same rules choose for the photo test, so a face that measures diamond gets these picks; yours may differ where your numbers do.
Pick 1
Rounded full beard
Fills out the sides of a narrow jaw.
Pick 2
Full boxed beard
Fills out the sides of a narrow jaw.
Pick 3
Short boxed beard
Fills out the sides of a narrow jaw.
Works against it
Ducktail
Its long chin pulls the face longer than the rest of the plan needs.
Works against it
Van Dyke
Shaved cheeks leave a narrow jaw with no width added.
Is your face really diamond?
Face shape by eye is a guess: hair hides the outline and a mirror flips it. The photo test at the top of this page reads the three measurements a beard works on and compares them with 73 men, so it picks your beard without needing the shape name. To name the shape, the face shape detector measures it from one photo, and the beard style finder has the full method and all 11 styles.
FAQ
Common questions
What beard suits a diamond face?+
A full beard with width at the jaw: a rounded full beard, a full boxed beard or a short boxed beard. They widen the narrow jaw and chin under the cheekbones.
Should a diamond face avoid a goatee?+
A goatee or a Van Dyke adds length at the chin with shaved cheeks, so the narrow jaw stays narrow. A beard that covers the sides does more for this shape.
Diamond or heart face: does the beard change?+
Both have a narrow jaw, so both take full sides. A heart face also has a narrow, pointed chin, so its beard is squared off at the bottom; a diamond face can keep the bottom following the jaw.