More advice, for the gents, from my Victorian fashion book, on the style of facial hair:
"Men wore their hair moderately long, usually parted on the side, and curled forward in front of the ears. From 1852 onward they greased it with Rowland's macassar oil, hence the need for antimacassars on the backs of chairs. A moustache and whiskers, and even a thin fringe beard under the chin were not uncommon, but practically no beards were to be seen on the chin."
And there was this picture too, which I love:
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