The chin strap is another classic beard style without a mustache. This style has become very trendy recently and is making a resurgence. It's so popular because it doesn't take long to grow and defines the entire jawline, not just the chin. This style looks fantastic with nice defined and shaped upper and bottom lines.
It's either because the hair follicles in that area haven't become mature hairs yet if you are still under 30, or because your genes didn't put any hair follicles there. Beards are not like lawn grasses that spread by underground root runners. If there is a follicle there, you get a hair.
While it is not traditionally considered attractive, having a beard with no mustache is not necessarily ugly. It can be a matter of personal preference. Some people may find it attractive, while others may not.
Brush your sideburns and mustache down, towards the beard. This could cover up spots where the beard doesn't connect. Use a special beard brush to avoid damaging the hair. If your beard won't stay in place after brushing, try using some beard balm while you brush to stop it from moving.
You can get rid of a mustache gap by letting your mustache grow out, combing your stache to fill in the gap, darkening your hair to make the gap appear less pronounced, and using mustache wax to style it. You can also try to add more depth to your stache by growing it out with beard growth kits and oils.
A beard without a mustache has many styles and variations, but the most popular names are the goatee, chinstrap, mutton chops, and Amish beard. For longer styles, a beard without a mustache is also referred to as a Lion's mane, chin curtain, and the dutch Beard.
The Chinstrap Beard
The chinstrap beard is popular among those who prefer a style with no moustache. This style of facial hair runs along the jawline and connects to the sideburns - resembling a strap around the chin. It typically involves shaving the cheeks and neck, leaving a thin strip of hair along the jawline.
After judging a number of pictures featuring men with varying degrees of facial hair, the vast majority of women found full-bearded men to be the top dogs in the mix. Women saw men with full beards to be the most healthy, and the best suited to parenting.
The Amish beard started as a beard with no mustache or soul patch and branched off into many different styles that you'll see outside of Amish culture today. However, the basic premise is still the same — a thick, long, and healthy beard without a mustache.
A Van Dyke beard consists of a goatee and moustache that are not connected. To style it for patchy beards, trim the goatee and moustache to a similar length, and keep the sides of the beard clean-shaven. This will help draw attention away from any patchy areas and create a sharp and well-groomed look.
Age is a big factor in beard growth. While most men experience some facial hair growth around the age of 16, it doesn't usually turn into a full beard until the mid 20's. Your beard will continue to thicken well into your 30s and 40s, so if your beard is still patchy in your early 20s, try again in a few years.
There is no specific ethnicity that can't grow facial hair, but East Asian individuals, such as Japanese and Chinese, tend to have less facial hair and slower growth rates compared to other ethnicities.
Ethnicity - Different ethnic groups can tend to have larger or smaller gaps. For instance, Asian men don't often have very thick facial hair and thus have quite noticeable gaps on their philtrums. Meanwhile, Middle Eastern or Arabic men tend to have very thick facial hair with less of a gap.
The mustache should partially cover the upper lip, but the hair should not be in your mouth. Use Beard Trimming Scissors to trim longer hairs. Trim the edges of the mustache, so they don't extend lower than the corners of your mouth. Any lower than that, and you'll be entering horseshoe mustache territory.
The Handlebar Mustache - The traditional handlebar mustache curls upward and sometimes back in on itself. The curl can be slight or a full loop a la Rollie Fingers. Famous handlebar mustaches: Greg Berzinsky, Rollie Fingers, William Howard Taft, and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Our Planet Fitness survey found that more than half of women think dad bods are sexy and even prefer the dad bod over muscular men.
The study confirmed that “intermediate” beardedness is what most women find the most attractive in a man. Conversely, a man with a full beard is better perceived to be a father and provide security and protection to their family.
We can talk about kindness and confidence 'til the cows come home, but the fact is it's not just a good personality that makes a guy attractive: a huge number of women are turned on by thin guys with defined features. Whether you're slender but built or straight-up skin and bones, a lot of women prefer a slim partner.
In the 17th century, mustaches were mandatory for anyone serving in the military in most parts of Europe. The military would often harass the poor and the Amish for their different religious beliefs. Since the Amish believe in non-violence, they stopped growing mustaches to set themselves apart from servicemen.
A full, natural beard with groomed edges continues to dominate men's grooming trends in 2025.
According to Prim & Prep and other online surveys, the stubble beard style or five o'clock shadow is considered by women to be the most attractive.
If they thought there were no beard-style ideas left, then they were wrong. This year a new style appeared known as the monkey tail beard which consists of a gap between the beard and moustache on one side only.
Synodontis membranaceus, known as the moustache catfish, is a species of upside-down catfish that is native to northern Africa. It was first described by French naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1809 as Pimelodus membranaceus, from specimens obtained in the Nile River.
The soul patch — that small tuft of hair just below the lower lip — is a nod to the jazz and beatnik scenes of the '50s and '60s, where it was more than just facial hair; it was a symbol of musical and cultural rebellion.