Types of Faces: Know your Types

Now you may be wondering why you should even be thinking about the shape of your face, but it’s something that is very important when deciding the type of haircut, beard shape, and even the glasses you opt to wear!

Any sort of cut will get to compliment the form of your face if you would like to seem your best. One of the foremost important rules for deciding the design you select should be to balance out the features of your face shape. For example, if you've got a really long and angular face (such as a rectangular-shaped face), you wouldn’t need a long and narrow beard or long hair that creates your face look even longer.

And besides, we all know there are endless ways to style yourself to the point where it can be overwhelming. Once you recognize the form of your face, it narrows down the kinds of hair and facial styles you ought to use to really compliment how you look.

The 6 Types Of Face Shapes

• Oval Face

• Square Face

• Round Face

• Rectangle/Oblong Face

• Diamond Face

• Heart-Shaped/Triangle Face

Oval Face

Oval faces are the foremost proportional out of all the shapes so almost any sort of haircut and facial hairdo is often achieved (as long because the style doesn’t overly change the shape of your face). The Oval face shape is slightly longer than it's wide, with the jaw being slightly narrower than the cheekbones and having more rounded curves to the edges of your face.

Square Face

With a square face, the edges of your face are straight and your jawline is more angled with a rather rounded chin. Your face is almost as wide because it is long (hence the square shape) with a square forehead.

When working with a square face, the key's to melt the angles of the face. Try going with an extended cut at the highest to melt the sharper angles. Don’t try haircuts with center parting or fringing because they throw off the balance of your face.

Round Face

Round faces are very almost like square-shaped faces, just with softer more rounded angles. The sides of your face curve outward slightly rather than straight. The chin is rounded and your cheekbones are slightly wider than the opposite features of your face.

When working with a round face, you would like to feature volume and texture. Doing this will add more dimension to your face and give you more angles to work with. Going with hair that's shorter on the edges and longer on the highest also will compliment your face. Try to avoid going too long on your hair as this will overly accentuate the width on your face.

Rectangular/Oblong Face

Rectangular faces are characterized by a way longer and narrower face structure. Your chin features a very slight curve, together with your forehead, cheeks, and jawline being about an equivalent width.

With a narrow face, you don’t want to chop the edges too short because it will elongate your already narrow face even more. You will need a haircut that adds more width to your face.

Diamond Face

Diamond-shaped faces are characterized by having much higher and wider cheekbones with a more pointed and narrow chin. You would even have a narrower hairline (which is that the main difference in comparison to the guts shaped face).

Because of the strong cheekbones and narrow forehead and chin, you ought to choose more volume and texture on the highest to balance it out. Adding width at the forehead and chin are good choices. Longer hair also will look good on this face shape because it will give the illusion of more width to your face.

Heart-Shaped Face

Heart-shaped faces are very almost like the diamond face with one main difference, the hairline (forehead) is far wider. The cheekbones are still the widest feature of the face, with the chin having to be more pointed and narrow.

Mid-length and longer styles can work well with the guts shaped face. You want to avoid cuts that are very tight and short as this may accentuate the narrowness of your chin and therefore the width of your forehead.