The Heart-Inverted Triangle Face Shape

The Heart/Inverted Triangle

Face Shape

A Heart Shape/Triangular Shaped face is wide at the temples and hairline, narrowing to a small delicate chin.
Chin-length or longer styles work well with a heart shaped face. Also try side-parted hair styles or swept-forward layers around the upper face, with gently wispy bangs. A chin length bob is great on your face shape! This creates a balanced look by giving fullness where you need it. You can wear shorter styles; however, if you are a dramatic heart shape you need to leave weight in the back nape area. This will achieve more balance between your dramatic cheekbones and more narrow chin.

Avoid short, full styles that emphasize the upper face. Stay away from styles with too much height at the crown. Severe, slicked back looks are too harsh for this shape too. If you are a dramatic heart shape, the short, full styles with tapered necklines, which emphasize the upper face will make you look top heavy. Too much height at the crown will give the appearance of a longer and narrower chin. Just remember if you have a dramatic heart shape face, you have great cheekbones to emphasize! Don't miss the boat by getting a cut which is too top heavy.
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The Square Face Shape

The Square

Face Shape

The Square Face Shape has a strong, square jaw line and usually an equally square hairline.
Try a short-to-medium hair length, especially with wave or roundness around the face. Wispy bangs will soften the angular shape. Off-center parts with height at the crown look great on square faces. You want to soften the square look of your face with layers and wispy looks around the face. Height at the crown will elongate your symmetrical shape. If your hair is straight, you may want to consider a body wave, as some curl or wave to the hair will achieve a nice balance to the straight features of your face shape.

Avoid long straight styles that accentuate the square jawbone. "Linear" straight bangs or center parts aren't the best choice. A straight bob ending at the jaw line is the wrong thing to do for your face shape. You can wear a layered bob, however it should end above or below the jaw line, not at the jaw. Make sure in styling that you achieve some roundness to the shape and some height at the crown or bangs, and you will be on the right track.
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The Round Face Shape

The Round

Face Shape

The Round Face shape is a full-looking face with a round chin and hairline. Widest point is at the cheeks and ears.

Try hair styles with fullness and height at the crown. Off center parts help reduce the roundness. Short hair styles with a swept-back direction or hair styles that are longer than chin length. By layering the top to achieve fullness and keeping the rest of the cut relatively close to the face, your round face shape will appear longer and narrower.

Avoid chin length hair with a rounded line that mirrors face's round shape. Center parts tend to accentuate roundness. Also avoid styles with short-short crops, or straight "chopped" bangs. Fullness at side of ears also accentuates the round shape. A rounded haircut ending at the chin will certainly add weight to your already round face shape. Because the widest part of your face is at the cheeks and ears, you need to avoid having the fullness of the cut here, as it will make your face appear wider.
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The Rectangular Face Shape

The Rectangular

Face Shape

A Rectangular face is longer than it is wide. You'll find that the upper, middle and lower zones of your face are approximately the same width. Often, people with this face shape have high cheekbones, a deep forehead and a sharply defined, almost pointed, chin.

Styles with short to medium hair lengths look great. Fullness at the sides of your face and wispy bangs soften the look of longer face shapes. You'll want to balance the look of a long and slender face. Soft wispy bangs will shorten the appearance of the length. Fullness at the sides of your face will add width to the look of your face shape.

By cutting the hair into a short or medium length, the outline of the cut will also shorten the look of the length of the face. Layers work great with your face shape, as they will add softness to the straight lines in your face. Try side parts, and you may be able to wear straight back styles.

Avoid Too much hair length . . . this will make your face will look even longer! Too much height lengthens your face. Center parts look great on people with a rectangular or oblong face shape. When your hair grows past your shoulders, there is a good chance it is doing you more harm than good. The models with rectangular face shapes and long hair get by with it only because they have an "on call" hairdresser. This professional is at the models disposal and can usually be found busily primping and teasing, setting and styling to add fullness to the hair. Since most of us don't have this luxury, my suggestion is keep it above shoulder length.
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The Oval Face Shape

The Oval

Face Shape

The Oval Face Shape is only slightly narrower at the jaw line than at the temples, with a gently rounded hairline.

Just about any hair shape looks good on you. Your "perfect" features allow you to wear a wider range of styles than any other face shape. A majority of models fall into this shape.
You can wear short, medium and long hair styles. Your face shape is well "balanced", or in even proportion. You will look best when styling your off your face. Most oval face shapes can wear slicked-backed looks as well.

Avoid hair styles that cover up your "perfect" features with heavy bangs, or too forward-directed styles.
In wearing your hair style on your face, you'll lose your face shape behind the hair. This may appear to add weight to your face.