HOW TO - CHOOSE A HAIR STYLE FOR YOUR FACE SHAPE

HERE'S THE FACTS ON FACE SHAPES AND HAIR STYLES

OVAL Shape Face
Ovals are considered the ideal face shape as this face shape has no defining features everything is in proportion. This shape can wear any design quite well! Bobbed, layered, close / full / long or short, just about any style will suit.. However, you must take into consideration your facial features. Do you want to play up your eyes or your lips. Try to avoid heavy fringes and face coverage as you want to show off your great shape. If natural curly hair, wavy or straight, make it part of your style. Your facial shape is only the starting point.

HEART Shaped Face
This shape is opposite to the pear shape face and has a soft pointy chin and then widens at the hairline temples and cheekbones. Any style that brings fullness to your jaw line will look fabulous. Heart shape faces need a softer, curlier style and a chin length look is Perfect. The objective....to create width around your narrow chin. If you incorporate a feathery fringe, layers and a side part it will slim your forehead and take attention away from the jaw line. Best look, full curly / wavy bouncy. However, you must take into consideration your facial features. Avoid styles that have too much height at the crown and fullness around the upper part of your face.

RECTANGLE/OBLONG Shaped Face
This shape face is narrow and long and tends to have the same width just below the cheekbones as it does at the temple. The chin is often narrow with a high forehead. Go for width and volume. You need a style that will highlight your features as well as adding dimension and shortening the length of your face. Volume at the side of the face, side parted fringes and whispy layers are your best options. Avoid long styles that will drag your features down, above the shoulder is best.

DIAMOND Shape Face
This face is a cross between an oval and a heart. It has the narrow curved hairline and the balance of an oval shape but then widens and the cheekbones and has a more pointed chin like the heart. To balance a narrow chin, your best look is a rounded shape with fullness at the bottom. Wide wispy fringes help to create an oval look. The classic look for diamonds is a graduated bob that falls to the chin. Styles that suit a heart shape face will do amazing things for your cheek bones. Avoid adding too much height as it might make your narrow forehead more elongated

PEAR Shape Face
This face is a bit like a triangle and has a dominant jaw line but unlike the square shape face it narrows at the temples and the cheekbones and comes to a point at the narrow forehead. Go for short styles and focus on a full crown at top to create symmetry with the wide jaw. The classic Shag and the layered look with off centre parts make the Pear shape face look fantastic. Tuck hair behind your ear so as to not draw attention to your cheeks. Short hair should not pass the neckline. While long looks should be kept tight at the nape. Avoid anything that will bring added volume as this will only add weight to your face.

SQUARE Shape Face
This face has a square hairline a broad forehead and a strong jaw line. To soften the features move the edges of a square shaped face by directing soft wavy bangs down over your temples and curls waves and whispy layers around the edges of the face. Long hair should fall to, or past shoulders. For a short style, keep hair style round and soft with height at the crown. If pulled up, play with wisps of hair around the face. Be sure to keep away from anything to linear or square

ROUND Shape Face
This shape can be identified by its rounded chin and curved wide hair line. It is a fuller face with its widest point being at the cheeks and ears. The goal is to create an oval appearance that is narrower and longer by keeping the sides close to the face and promote height at the crown. As your cheekbones are the widest point avoid chin length styles. Looking for a classic modern style, a layered Shag is the perfect shape for a round face also try a whispy or curled fringe but don’t part in the middle you don’t want to look like a moon face.