Wildly popular among men from all walks of life (perhaps because it’s the easiest to cultivate), the full beard is exactly what it sounds like, i.e. a facial hair style that retains a uniform profile and includes a moustache. While a full beard might sound like less maintenance, you’re still expected to groom and condition, lest you come off as some dude just looking for an excuse not to shave. Read on for some of the best full beard styles you can deploy.

A good looking full beard style if you can pull it off properly, the Verdi involves pairing a well-groomed beard with a shorter, trimmed moustache. The beard should grow just beyond the jawline, while the neckline usually stays clean.

Another cool beard style that’s somewhat tricky to pull off (perhaps due to its perennial association with 70s porn stars), the beardstache entails growing the moustache slightly longer than the full beard. This style–which goes best with beards of short length–tells others that you’re a man who’s not afraid to distinguish himself.

Contrary to the full beard–which runs ear to ear and consists of a moustache–a partial beard plays freely with space. Also, the stache is optional. Here’s a list of some good looking partial beard styles.

Now more popular than ever, the sideburn beard style has facial hair running exclusively down the back of the jaw on either side. In other words, you grow out the sideburns while keeping everything else clean-shaven (with the moustache being optional). Think Robert Shaw in the original Jaws movie and you’re heading in the right direction, which might help explain why this particular beard style is frequently employed by blue collar types. Grow those chops out even more and you end up with a Wolverine beard, which is commonly viewed as the quintessence of side beard style. Just remember to keep any lingering hairs out of those earlobes.

Not to be confused with a goatee, the Van Dyke beard style involves a pointy moustache and then a pointy patch of hair at the chin. It’s a cool beard style if you’re say Johnny Depp, but odds are you’re not Johnny Depp, which makes this style a risky bet at best. If you ask us, you should grow the hair out a little more and trim the moustache, achieving what’s known as the “Balbo”.

If someone ever says the words “horseshoe moustache” and you’re struggling to conjure a visual, just remember the name: Hulk Hogan. The Hulkster usually paired his with a sideburn beard, and odds are he’s still rocking the look to this day. The horseshoe moustache is also popular among bikers, so if you have plans to join the local gang, consider growing one of these babies first. According to the experts, the easiest way to achieve a horseshoe moustache is to grow out a full beard and then shave away the excess hair on your chin and jaw. Next, let the moustache grow for about two months, making no adjustments to it, lest you risk disturbing its balance. When that time is up, visit your favourite barber and let him (or her) take care of the rest.

Perfect for all the gents out there who simply love to fiddle with moustache hair, the handlebar moustache is achieved when a thick moustache curls upward at both ends. If this is the look you’re going for, then a holding product like moustache wax is mandatory. Apply the wax to both ends of the moustache, twisting each end until it holds in the upright position. Voila! You now look like Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York. If you want to sustain this aesthetic, daily maintenance is required.

“I am the walrus”, John Lennon once sang. Ironically, his own late 60s moustache was usually too thin to qualify as a bona fide walrus moustache. Had he wanted to go full walrus, he would have grown those follicles out to a thick, full bush that drooped over his lips. Should you have the DNA for it, you can pick up where the great Beatle once left off, growing a voluminous walrus moustache of your own. The best part is that you probably won’t need a holding product to keep those thick whiskers in place unless of course, you want to enhance that stache by way of extra styling.