How to Determine Your Face Shape

Almost everything you read in a magazine or anywhere else, asks you to determine your face shape in order to determine which hair style looks good on you, which colors, etc. For the longest time, I couldn’t figure out myface shape no matter how hard I tried! I wasn’t sure if it was oval or diamond shaped, so I decided to figure out exactly what each face shape entitled. So here is a little glossary on the different type of face shapes. Hope it helps!

Oval Face Shape

Curvilinear shape. Length is equal to one and a half times width, with forehead and jaw the same width. So think of the oval face shape as an egg.

Round face shapeCircular shaped. Length is approx equal to width.

Oblong face shapeFace is longer than it is wide with a long straight cheek line.

Square face shape
Strong and broad forehead with angular jaw.

Heart face shape
Wide at the forehead and cheekbones, narrow at the jawline.

Diamond face shapeForehead and jawline are narrow with wide and high cheekbones.

Triangular face shapeForehead and cheekbones are narrow with a wide jawline.

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Common Face Shapes

"How to Dress and Flatter Your Face Shape"

On this page you'll find descriptions of common face shapes -- and flattering styling tips and tricks for each facial shape.

Now, with the answers to the step-by-step guide to finding your face shape, you'll be able to identify what yours is.

You can just scroll further down and find yours, or click on an icon of a celebrity that matches your face shape!

List of Face Shapes -- What's Yours?

Heart/Diamond

Oval

Round

Oblong

Square

Triangular

Remember that this is an approximate guide.

You may not be able to squeeze (you don't even have to) yourself into a category because there are other points that also play a role in what suits you best. You might even fit into 2 categories. For example you might have square shape with a pointy chin. What's important here, is that you analyze what looks out of proportion. Basically if your upper part of your face is wider and appears to dominate your whole face you might want to consider balancing it out by wearing a pair of teardrop dangle earrings.

A general thumb of rule is to avoid repeating the same shape of your body!

Important factors to consider: Your facial features (strong or soft) like nose, chin, lips, eyes and jawline, length and shape of your neck.

I recommend experiementing with different shapes, motifs and lengths and see what looks good, or you can have a friend set the conclusion.

Tip: One fool-proof way to style your face is to enhance your best parts. Like for example, the color of your eyes, the shape of your eyes, your nose, lips, etc.

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