You should not have shaved; the beard at least covered some of the changes in your face.

A big brown beard covered the lower half of his thin, pale, serious face.

His face, where the beard didn't cover it, was pale in the darkness.

A beard of the same color and luster covered his face.

He had to shave often or his beard would cover the tattoo.

A thick red beard covered half his face, but I recognized him in an instant.

He had a day's growth of beard covering a weak chin.

His beard grew down from the right but only covered three quarters of his face.

A full, thick beard covered two-thirds of his face.

But I won't be able to shave there anyhow, and by the time they get here my beard may cover it.