50 Popular Goatee Styles for Different Face

I’ve been dressing men for over a decade, and I can tell you this: most guys grow goatees for the wrong reasons. They think any facial hair will make them look more masculine, but the truth is simpler — the wrong goatee style can actually make your face look unbalanced. I’ve watched countless clients walk in with goatees that fight against their face shape instead of working with it. The biggest mistake I see is men copying celebrity styles without considering their own bone structure. A goatee that looks incredible on Brad Pitt might make you look like you’re wearing a costume. Your face shape determines everything — from the width of your goatee to whether you need a mustache to balance it out. Get this wrong, and even the most meticulously groomed goatee will work against you instead of for you.

Styling Tips for Goatee Styles

• Start with face shape analysis — Stand in front of a mirror and trace your face outline on the glass with soap. This shows you exactly what shape you’re working with and which goatee styles will complement your natural bone structure. • Match goatee width to jaw width — If you have a narrow jaw, keep your goatee narrow. Wide jaw means you can handle a fuller goatee. The goal is balance, not contrast. • Consider your mustache carefully — Square faces need the mustache-goatee combo to soften angular features. Round faces often look better with goatee-only styles that add length without width. • Trim every three days minimum — Goatees show neglect faster than full beards because the contrast with clean-shaven areas is more obvious. Invest in quality clippers with multiple guard lengths. • Define your neckline properly — The goatee should end where your neck meets your chin, not extend down onto your actual neck. This keeps the look sharp and intentional. • Use beard oil daily — Even small amounts of facial hair need moisture. Dry, wiry goatee hair looks unkempt no matter how precisely you trim it. • Practice symmetry checks — Use your nose as a center line and ensure both sides mirror each other. Asymmetrical goatees immediately signal poor grooming habits.

Dos & Don’ts

How to Choose a Goatee for Your Face Shape

Every guy can rock a goatee if he knows which style goes with his shape and we hope that this guide which help you choose one that matches not just your face shape but also your personal style.

↓ 50 – How to Grow the Perfect Goatee

Here’s a simple tutorial to help you grow the perfect goatee:

1. Start by letting your hair grow. Simply get rid of your razors for some time to allow your beard to grow freely. This way, after about at least a week or two and at most a month or two, you’ll be ready to start. This will also give you a good idea of the type of goatee you should go for, depending on the growth of hair.
   While the beard grows, you can use several different products to help the process. These may include moisturizers, beard oils, and scruff softeners as this help make the beard more soft and well nourished.
2. Now that your beard’s all grown out, take some time to decide what sort of a goatee you want. As you will see in this article, there are several different ways, and types of goatees and only you can decide which one will work best for you. The different factors to consider when choosing the goatee include the thickness of your beard, your face shape, and the color contrast between your skin tone and beard color.
3. Once you feel that you have achieved the desired growth, start with trimming to create a rough outline of the sort of goatee you want.
4. If you’re satisfied with the look, move on to remove all unnecessary hair.
5. Look after your goatee and maintain it by trimming regularly.
6. If you feel like you’re not comfortable with making the right shape, then there are several different beard shaping tools available for your aid.

↓ 49 – What Are the Different Goatee Styles

There are many different types of goatees, and we can never cover all of them, so here are our most favorite and also the most popular ones:

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↓ 48 – Professional Beard

↓ 47 – Style for Hairy Men

↓ 46 – Goatee with Cap

↓ 45 – Style for Selfies

Tired of patchy beards? Here are some ideas on How to Fix Patchy Beard, along with 7 Tips to fix Patchy Facial Hair.

↓ 44 – Messy Goatee

↓ 43 – Black Guy Style

↓ 42 – Swag Goatee for Men with Long Face

A messy goatee makes you look like the ultimate rugged gentleman. If you want a cleaner look, remember that there are many ways to tame your wild and bushy beard. One of the best tips here is to invest in a good quality comb. A comb may not seem like something where quality matters but the truth is that the good combs have especially designed teeth that are gentler on the facial hair. Secondly, invest in moisturizing shampoos and conditioners as they ensure that your beard doesn’t dry out.

↓ 41 – Goatee Style for Businessmen

↓ 40 – Long Wavy Hairstyle

A finely trimmed beard looks great with wavy hair. Do check out these 30 Most Sexiest Actors with Beard.

↓ 39 – Braided Goatee

 

↓ 38 – Trimmed One

↓ 37 – Extended Goatee for Broad Faced Men

Apart from men with broad faces, this is also highly recommended for men with a heart-shaped face. A heart-shaped face is one where the forehead is more prominent as compared to the cheekbones and the jawlines while the chin is pointed in shape.

↓ 36 – Goatee Beard for Asian Guys

For more ideas, here are 20 Best Beard looks for Asian Men.

↓ 35 – Goatee with Pierced Nose

↓ 34 – Soul Patch Goatee

The soul patch goatee simply consists of a small patch of hair just under the chin, and it can easily be incorporated into a goatee. The size of the soul patch can vary based on how long you want it to be. To get this goatee shape, choose the trimmer set to 3 or 5mm. A mini shaver can help you make the shape of the soul patch prominent. With this beard style, remember to keep your cheeks and neck clean as you want the focus to be on your soul patch. You could wear the soul patch beard on its own or combine it with a moustache for some extra swag.

This type of beard has been seen on many musicians such as the famous guitarist Stevie RayVaughan and Billy Ray Cyrus.

↓ 33 – Goatee with Stubble Beard

↓ 32 – How to Grow a Stubble Goatee for Teens

↓ 31 – Should You Have a Goatee With or Without Moustache

If you have a square face, you should go for a goatee and moustache combo. And if not, then you’ll have to give it a try to see if it works for you.

Step by Step Video Tutorial – How to Trim Your Goatee

↓ 30 – Best Face Shape for Balbo Goatee

An inverted triangular face is surely the best one to rock a balbo goatee as it emphasizes the jawline. Here we have Ryan Gosling, and you can see how good he looks in a Balbo goatee. Do check out these 23 Best Tips on Styling Short Beards.

↓ 29 – Long Goatee with Long Hair

↓ 28 – How to Grow a Goatee if You Have Light Facial Hair

↓ 27 – Goatee for Men with Chubby Faces

↓ 26 – Goatee Style for Men Over 40

Mature men look best in short and full beards, even when it comes to goatees. A grey beard can make you look incredibly handsome, but only if you play your cards right.

↓ 25- For a Small and Round Face

If you have a round shaped face, then a goatee is the best facial hair that you should have. It will not only give you the benefit of making your face look slimmer and a little longer, especially if you keep it in Van Dyke fashion. Go a little extra mile with hair fringes. Aa again, it will suit you better.

Another tip for men with round faces is to go for well-trimmed sideburns and triangular goatees as they add length to your face, making it look elongated. Here are 15 Epic Facial Hairs for Men this Year.

↓ 24 – Robert Pattinson’s Goatee

Robert Pattinson has a long angular face with a wide forehead; square jawline mostly preferred in men. So people with a similar face shape should adopt his style. Some stubble and a goatee will look perfect for any day. You can have spiked up hair with the look or just simple; decent boy looks both go well.

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↓ 23- Chin goatee with Light Mustache

A little square but a thin face is difficult to style with decent facial hair fashion, but this celebrity has done it so well that it sets an example for young teenage boys to follow his lead. Soul patch added with the goatee and a sort of pencil mustache is perfectly complementing his look. Hair can be decently cut down or kept a little long but gelled back in pompadour fashion.

↓ 22 – For Oval Face

This beard style is good to give an oval face a bit of triangular look at the chin as the facial hair slightly traces the jaw at both sides, mostly known as chinstrap beard with a horseshoe mustache. You need to have this hairstyle with it as it focuses on the face and the style.

If you’re looking for something cleaner, you could opt for a short goatee with clearly defined lines.

↓ 21- Chin Strip

Oval faces are quite difficult to style in terms of hair and facial hair fashion as some want to have a long face look and some want a thin look.  This goat patch is going to bring the focus on it, making your face look a little thin and long.

↓ 20- Robert Downey Jr.’s Goatee

Another stylish goatee from Hollywood; Robert Downy has a strong chin and wide, medium length face. Also, check out 15 latest beard styling ideas for swag.

↓ 19 -For Larger Face Shapes

Angular but a large face takes some time to find the perfect match. But this guy here is showing an excellent choice in a pencil mustache and a goatee to bring attention on them rather than the size of the face and to cover it up a little more neck length hair will be good.

↓ 18 – Oval Face with Short Hair

A full beard with a goatee and a mustache are men who want to look like professionals. Closed shaved beard with a flat top crew cut is going to make you look dapper. Perfect for any formal gathering.

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↓ 17 – Square Face

Stubble mustache and a goatee with combed back hair are good for a square jawline.

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↓ 16 – Round Face

Having a round face shape means that your jawlines and cheekbones both are comparatively wider while the chin is short. Men with a round face usually like to opt for styles that can make their face look longer. Here’s a perfect style for guys with round faces those, especially those who want a laid-back look. Messed up hair with a shadow of a beard will be good for any casual event and even date night. If you want to make your chin prominent, go for goatees that have an emphasis on chin hair. 

↓ 15 – Goatee without Mustache

The round face looking handsome tricks are rarely known, and this chin strap with a goatee and no mustache is rather looking good. Buzzcut for the hair. If you belong to the R’n’B, then ear studs will be awesome.

↓ 14 -Triangular Face with a Wide Forehead Hidden in Front Swept Bangs

Bangs and fringes for men with wide foreheads and who can easily manage is common. A beard with a soul patch and a mustache is enough for a person as taking care of all this hair is also hard.

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↓ 13- Slim Goatee

A light, chin-strap goatee style for any face shape. Italian guy look. Swept back hair with gel and a pencil mustache and a goatee in the same style.

↓ 12 – Van Dyke Goatee

Chin Facial Hair With Thick Mustache. They can add volume to a weak chin for a triangular face. Handlebar mustache can give a powerful and a dominating look to the person. And a van dyke styled goatee is what is needed to complete this powerful persona. Since suits look great with this look, check out 16 amazing men’s suits combinations to get a sharp look.

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↓ 11 – Messy Triangular Beard

Good for you if you want to make your face look bit longer. As you don’t want to look old-fashioned so the puffed up hair.

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↓ 10 – Diamond Shaped Face

A slim diamond shaped face with a prominent jaw looks fabulous in this beard style. Do have a look at these 20 Best Facial Hairstyles For Indian Men.

↓ 9 – Hugh Jackman’s Messy Goatee

There are just so many lessons that you can learn from Jackman’s facial hair evolution. While we have seen him with a goatee on and off, one of the most spectacular and bold looks of his was back in 2014 when he went for a completely shaved head and paired it with an elaborate goatee. This style was for his movie Pan (2015) in which he played the character of Hook.

In case you’re wondering what Jackman’s face shape is, it’s a wide heart shape.

 ↓ 8 – Oblong Face

If you have an oblong face, you can make the jaws look bit narrower compared to the forehead using a proper beard style. We highly recommended any goatee style that makes the chin appear rounder. This face shape can surely look great with mutton chops. Other than that, you could also go for a heavier mustache paired with a circle goatee beard.

↓ 7 -Triangular Face

A triangular face refers to the shape where the chin is very prominent, and the jawlines are wider in length. Men with this face shape would want to move the attention away from their chin, and this can be achieved by heaving thicker mustaches or going for lesser chin hair. Avoid having a lot of hair on your cheeks as this will add to the triangular effect by making the wide jawline prominent.

↓ 6 – Wolverine-Inspired Beard

Want to go a little crazy? Check out this wolfish hairstyle and beard Hugh Jackman pulled off for his character “Wolverine” in X-Men. This look makes his face look bit smaller by hiding both sides of his jaw into the thick hair.

 ↓ 5 – Leonardo DiCaprio’s Facial Hair

DiCaprio has a rather full and round face which he has often covered with a different kind of beard. This light goatee beard is one of his most stylish looks.

↓ 4 – Johnny Depp’s Goatee

Johnny Depp has also tried many kinds of beards. His famous, strong-jawed face looks amazing in all of those styles. Especially this below-the-chin goatee with a mustache is one great style for this face shape.

↓ 3 -Small Square Faces

A face smaller in length with square jaw looks amazing in a beard, check out the beard style below and see if it feels like the right style for you.

↓ 2 – Brad Pitt’s Grey Goatee

Brad Pitt likes to amaze us with his different goatee styles; this one suits him well with the grey strands that look graceful.

↓ 1 – For a Wider Jaw and Narrower Forehead

Let the facial hair cleanly trace your jaw to balance the width of your jaw and forehead.