{"id":16999,"date":"2014-05-07T10:35:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T10:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=16999"},"modified":"2014-05-07T10:39:24","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T10:39:24","slug":"facial-hair-styles-every-man-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/facial-hair-styles-every-man-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Facial hair styles every man should know"},"content":{"rendered":"
Think you know the difference between a mo-beard and mutton chops? From the utterly groomed to the outright lazy, there\u2019s a veritable feast of facial hair styles out there. Welcome to your crash course on what\u2019s what in the world of face-scaping.<\/p>\n
Five o\u2019clock shadow<\/strong><\/p>\n After a day or two of rolling out of bed and not shaving, this is the result. If you happen to get a handle on it, the five o\u2019clock shadow can easily transition into manicured scruff and, perhaps later on, a short beard.<\/p>\n Short beard<\/strong><\/p>\n Everyone from investment bankers to boho artists rocks this beard these days. It\u2019s one part gruff and one part groomed, which is precisely why it has such wide appeal.<\/p>\n Jesus Beard<\/strong><\/p>\n An overgrown version of a basic beard that bares resemblance to the most common depictions of a beard-blessed Jesus. Religious renderings of this style first appeared during the 6th century and probably should have stayed there.<\/p>\n Circle beard<\/strong><\/p>\n This identical trio is commonly credited as the singular goatee, but, in fact, it\u2019s in a category of cut all its own. Whatever you choose to call this one, the facial formation is much the same. It\u2019s a moustache meeting up with a goatee and a soul patch \u2014 like the Balbo (see below) with all the components connected in holy hair harmony.<\/p>\n Goatee<\/strong><\/p>\n The most often misdiagnosed facial hair condition, a goatee is a tuft on the chin similar to the one sported by its barnyard namesake. There\u2019s no moustache or soul patch connecting to it like you may have thought.<\/p>\n Balbo<\/strong><\/p>\n The Balbo is basically a goatee and soul patch sharing the same property next door to a lone moustache. It owes its name to the Fascist Italian leader Italo Balbo, who wore the unique style as early as the 1920s.<\/p>\n Soul patch<\/strong><\/p>\n A small patch of hair just below the lower lip. It rose to fame during the 1950s among African-American men on the jazz circuit and later spread to artists, beatniks and Howie Mandel.<\/p>\n M<\/span><\/strong>utton chops<\/strong><\/p>\n This is hair that extends down the sides of the face but does not form a complete beard. They\u2019re essentially sideburns on steroids that vaguely resemble the shape of the cut of meat for which they are named.<\/p>\n