That beard will look very nice at 3 months and you will be astonished once you reach that goal. I've just recently hit 3 months for a second time myself, 3 months ago I shaved away my current beard, which at that time was 3 months old. I haven't shaved since, other than a trim of the mustache and higher cheek lines and I'm very happy that I've given it another shot. As far as the red is concerned, I actually have had a very red beard for years but I have shaved it numerous times, it seems now that I've almost shaved the red away as weird as that sounds, because it's pretty brown these days.