It seems like beards are everywhere lately. While some men just let their facial hair grow out and hope for the best, the lucky ones know that they can change their look by altering their beard style.

Here are the seven best facial-hair styles of late. They include weighted mustaches and beards that play with contrast, a goatee that kind of resembles a beard, a once-creepy pencil ’stache (cool now!

They say the truest test of a man is his ability to grow and maintain facial hair. Admittedly, I have no idea who “they” are in this instance, but its obvious why they’re preoccupied with what happens ...

Olsen is one of the “bearders” behind the World Beard and Mustache Championships, which took place in Portland, Oregon, this weekend. Hundreds competed in categories including “full beard natural,” ...

The fourth annual National Beard and Moustache Championships, sponsored by Just for Men, took place a few weeks ago in New Orleans and one photographer was there to capture all the action. Greg ...

Nobody said growing award-winning facial hair was easy. This year's World Beard and Moustache Championships, in Portland on Saturday afternoon, filled the Keller Auditorium with whimsical facial hair ...

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