Experimenting with your facial hair is a great way to express your individuality. Much like the clothes you wear, your facial expressions and your body language, you can tell a lot about a person from their facial hair and how often it changes:

• Men with Adventurous beards or Stand Out Moustaches are often perceived as rebellious and creative – guys who want to stand out from the crowd.
• Guys with Sideburns are considered to be diligent, dependable, & hard working.
• Men who take time to craft Highly Intricate Styles such as the circle beard are often considered to be very particular and meticulous.
• Clean-shaven men can come across as being open and honest, as they're not hiding behind any facial hair growth - what you see is what you get.

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• Square: An all-over beard that's clipped close to the face works well, as it makes the face appear more slender and less box-like.
• Rectangular / Oblong: A 'chin strap' or a full beard will visibly shorten the length of the face.
• Round: Carefully maintained moustaches flatter very round faces and help give the face a narrower, oval appearance.
• Triangular / Diamond: A full beard often works well to visually bulk up the face and to detract from the narrow jaw and small chin, as do long and thick sideburns.

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The less groomed approach is definitely 'in' at the moment. In fact at the latest Milan fashion week, the male models were being asked to leave their stubble to grow so that they stylists could have 'fun' with this new blank canvas.

To be more specific, one of the latest trends is the 'Buccaneer' style of heavy stubble, or a moustache and goatee surrounded by a tighter clipped beard. And then there's the 'Redneck' look which features a pencil moustache, coupled with heavy sideburns that graze the top of the jaw. This precise and defined look has hit the catwalk already, and will undoubtedly filter down to the high street very soon. So get practising now - it's quite a difficult one to achieve unless you have a very accurate shaving tool at your disposal.

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Here's some quick recommendation on what styles balance out certain strong facial features:

• Receding chin – a full beard or a carefully clipped goatee
• Protruding chin – a short beard and a moustache cropped close to the face
• A large nose, narrow lip, or high forehead – a moustache paired with a soul patch
• Receding hairlines and bald heads - a close clipped full beard, or circle beard
• Double chin or Weak jaw line - a dark-colored beard or stubble will add definition or hide extra chins
• Ruddy complexion / blemishes or scars – full beard

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Too many men are put off experimenting with their facial hair as they don't think they grow enough of it. But light hair growth does not mean you need to remain clean-shaven, as there are options for you too. If you have trouble growing hair on your cheeks but not on your chin, a goatee style may work well for you. If you can't grow a moustache but can grow hair along your chin, you might consider some variation of a jawline beard. The main thing is not to be afraid to experiment, and you'll soon find a style that looks good, and that you're comfortable with.

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It's really difficult to know what looks good and what flatters different face styles - the best way to find out is to do a bit of experimenting. A good place to start is to find a picture of the style you like (from a magazine or the internet). Then don't shave one weekend, so you have some growth to experiment with on the Sunday evening. If you don't like what you've designed, you can always shave it off before work the next day.

If you'd rather change your look little by little, you can start trimming and edging away as your hair grows to reflect your new chosen style. A good place to start is your sideburns, which you can either grow longer, or shape them a little to frame your face, making quite a subtle change.

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