Haircuts and Face Shapes – The Ultimate Guide to Flattering Haircuts for Every Face Shape!

A particular face shape can be enhanced or disguised by the right hairstyle; You may ask, “What hairstyle suits my face shape?” Unfortunately, Just because you fell for Rehana’s haircut doesn’t necessarily guarantee it will look great on you. The way a haircut looks depends on a few aspects: your hair texture, hair pattern of growth and, the shape of your face.

The answer to a flattering hairstyle is getting one that creates the illusion that you have an oval face. Think of cuts that help make your round face appear longer, your long face appear wider, your large forehead and double chin disappear, your square jaw appear softer.

No matter your face shape, there will be haircuts that look best on you than others.  You simply have to find the right haircut that complements/balances your individual features.

There are three things to keep in mind when determining your face shape. Compare your hairline, width and length of your face, and jawline. Knowing your exact face shape can help you pick a flattering hairstyle and enhance your looks.


Hairstyles That Enhance Oval Face Shapes

An oval face shape has long been regarded as the ideal face shape because it is usually quite well-balanced and evenly proportioned so you can wear almost any haircut. This shape is considered to be most versatile for haircuts because you are not trying to enhance or minimize anything.

Since an oval face shape has no prominent points, it affords you to go extra shorter lengths, even super short. The coolest haircuts for oval shaped faces include those that expose your facial features keeping your hair away from your face

Hairstyles That Disguise Heart Face Shapes

A heart-shaped face is an inverted triangle meaning you have a significantly wide forehead and temples (cheeks) which gets thinner to a narrow small sharp (pointed) chin.

A tapered hair cut that’s bulky at the front and swept over on your forehead would suit a heart-shaped face as it softens the forehead. Another trick is, shoulder length hair (bob) that will add volume around the bottom of your face, creating the illusion of a wider jawline. This will create a balance with your facial features.

Hairstyles That Disguise Round Face Shapes (Video)

Round-faced beauties have the measurements of their faces all pretty close together, fullness at and below their cheekbones and usually short neck. They need something to make their faces appear longer. Create volume and height at the crown by cutting your hair in multiple layers for a pixie cut or a long thin bob Just above the shoulders.

Hairstyles That Disguise Long Shaped Face Shapes

A long face is usually lean with defined jawline. The most flattering haircut on a long face shape is shoulder-length. Avoid styles that increase height at the crown of your head, and straight long hair past the shoulders as these may simply increase the length of your face. Keep everything between your chin and shoulders. Capitalize on styles that give body on the sides, so waves and curls are a great choice. Consider adding bangs if you feel your hairline is too high. This will help shorten your face and highlight your eyes. Any thing that widens your face, making it look shorter is great.

Hairstyles That Disguise Square Face Shapes

Note: Before I go further, take note that most white people have angular face shapes as opposed to colored or black people. So the examples that I have used under square face shapes are more on the whites.

A square face shape is more like a round face shape but the difference comes on the jawline. A square face shape has a more pronounced, wide jawline or, a strong, angular jawline. So we could simply say that in a square face shape, your forehead, cheekbones and jaw will be the same width, with your jaw having sharp angles to it, forming an imaginary square.

While rounder faces do well with blunt cuts, sharp fringes and all-one-length cuts, square faced shapes go for rounded layers, soft fringing and, ideally, lots of texture to soften that jaw line. Aim for long, soft, textured/layered bobs, high textured updos since your face is short and has minimal curves. Avoid blunt bobs that stop right at your chin because it will accentuate your jaw, creating a box. Go for shoulder-length bobs that elongate and flatter your cute face. Side swept bangs and longer, tousled pixies are great at balancing out a square face.

Hairstyles That Disguise Diamond Face shapes

If you have a diamond face shape then your face is longer than it is wider. Your forehead and jawline are similar in width. Your chin is noticeably pointed, your cheeks are high and pointed, narrow forehead and wide face at your cheekbones. Hairstyles to disguise a diamond face shape need to balance the narrow chin, minimize wider cheek bones and shorten the overall length of the face.

Hairstyles with straight across bangs will work well to shorten long faces, as will side parts. Hairstyles that add width at the chin area such as chin length bob cuts are perfect.

Soft face-framing layers as won by Halley Berry may also help balance out your look.

However try to avoid height created on top middle of your face as this will only emphasizes a diamond shape.

Hairstyles That Disguise Rectangle Face Shapes

A rectangle face shape is similar to square face shapes, that is, a wider forehead and strong angular jawline, but is slightly longer and narrower vertically. So if you have a rectangular face shape you want to soften the appearance of the sharp jaw and forehead without further elongating your face.

Soft fringes (bangs), that is to say rounded fringes and curtain bangs full to your eyebrows would be perfect since this helps shorten your face shape while minimizing the angles. Avoid blunt cut bangs as these may make you look masculine, Unless you are going for that look.

Layers, waves or curls are your friends because they help soften the strong angular jawline.

A-line cut: Just like with a square jaw, the corners of the jawline can be diffused by an a-line haircut. The longer length in front will weigh the hair down and lay closer to your cheeks, minimizing squareness. Then pair it with a long side bang to break up the usual “elongating lines” of a long bob. Try it with a little bend on the ends, too!

Am sure by now you understand what your face shape is and you can comfortably pick a suitable hairstyle that can balance your facial features perfectly. A simple request … lets try as a team to describe fine hairstyles to suit a pear face shape. Am sure this will be helpful for our friends with pear face shape. It does not matter whether white or black. Your comments, descriptions critics right below here