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| − | You've probably heard reference to face shape in discussions concerning choice of glasses, hair cuts, and/or beard styles. Below is a brief description of the different face shapes and a | + | You've probably heard reference to face shape in discussions concerning choice of glasses, hair cuts, and/or beard styles. Below is a brief description of the different face shapes and a guide to determining your shape. |
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| + | == The Many Shapes of Faces == | ||
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| + | === Diamond === | ||
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| + | <li>Your face is slightly longer than wide | ||
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| + | <li>Your jaw-line is long and pointed | ||
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| + | <li>Your cheekbones are the widest part of your face. They are often high and pointed | ||
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| + | <li>Your forehead and jaw-line are tapered | ||
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| + | <li>Your eyes, nose and mouth are well balanced vertically | ||
| + | </ul> | ||
| + | === Heart/Inverted Triangle === | ||
| + | <ul> | ||
| + | <li>Your face is slightly longer than wide | ||
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| + | <li>Your jaw-line is long and pointed | ||
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| + | <li>The sides of your face taper from your forehead to your jaw | ||
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| + | <li>Your forehead is the widest part of your face, or the same width as your cheekbones | ||
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| + | <li>Your jaw is the narrowest part of your face | ||
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| + | </ul> | ||
| + | Note: heart and inverted triangle only differ by the presence of a widow's peak on the former. | ||
| + | === Oblong === | ||
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| + | === Oval === | ||
| + | <ul> | ||
| + | <li>Your face is slightly longer than wide | ||
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| + | <li>Your jaw-line is slightly rounded | ||
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| + | <li>The outline of your face is an inverted egg-shape -- your face is widest at the cheekbones. Your forehead is fairly broad (broader than you jaw) | ||
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| + | <li>Your face can be divided into 3 equal horizontal sections between the hairline, eyebrows, end of nose and chin | ||
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| + | <li>Your eyes are evenly spaced, with one eye width distance between them | ||
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| + | <li>Your face has no extreme characteristics. For example you do not have very small or very large eyes, mouth or nose. | ||
| + | </ul> | ||
| + | === Round === | ||
| + | <ul> | ||
| + | <li>Your face is almost as wide as it is long | ||
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| + | <li>Your jaw-line is round and full | ||
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| + | <li>Your cheekbones are the widest part of your face and round | ||
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| + | <li>Your hairline is most probably round | ||
| + | </ul> | ||
| + | === Square === | ||
| + | <ul> | ||
| + | <li>Your face is almost as wide as it is long | ||
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| + | <li>Your jaw is broad and your jaw-line is square | ||
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| + | <li>The sides of your face are straight -- your forehead, cheekbones and jaw are the same width | ||
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| + | <li>Your hairline is most probably straight | ||
| + | </ul> | ||
| + | === Triangle === | ||
| + | <ul> | ||
| + | <li>Your face is slightly longer than wide | ||
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| + | <li>Your jaw is broad | ||
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| + | <li>The side of your face tapers from your jaw to your forehead | ||
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| + | <li>Your jaw is the widest part of your face and your forehead is narrow | ||
| + | </ul> | ||
| + | == So What's My Face Shape? == | ||
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| + | Use the following infographic to determine your shape. | ||
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| + | [[File:TBDfaceshapes1.jpg]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:02, 6 May 2018
You've probably heard reference to face shape in discussions concerning choice of glasses, hair cuts, and/or beard styles. Below is a brief description of the different face shapes and a guide to determining your shape.
Contents
The Many Shapes of Faces
Diamond
- Your face is slightly longer than wide
- Your jaw-line is long and pointed
- Your cheekbones are the widest part of your face. They are often high and pointed
- Your forehead and jaw-line are tapered
- Your eyes, nose and mouth are well balanced vertically
Heart/Inverted Triangle
- Your face is slightly longer than wide
- Your jaw-line is long and pointed
- The sides of your face taper from your forehead to your jaw
- Your forehead is the widest part of your face, or the same width as your cheekbones
- Your jaw is the narrowest part of your face
Note: heart and inverted triangle only differ by the presence of a widow's peak on the former.
Oblong
Oval
- Your face is slightly longer than wide
- Your jaw-line is slightly rounded
- The outline of your face is an inverted egg-shape -- your face is widest at the cheekbones. Your forehead is fairly broad (broader than you jaw)
- Your face can be divided into 3 equal horizontal sections between the hairline, eyebrows, end of nose and chin
- Your eyes are evenly spaced, with one eye width distance between them
- Your face has no extreme characteristics. For example you do not have very small or very large eyes, mouth or nose.
Round
- Your face is almost as wide as it is long
- Your jaw-line is round and full
- Your cheekbones are the widest part of your face and round
- Your hairline is most probably round
Square
- Your face is almost as wide as it is long
- Your jaw is broad and your jaw-line is square
- The sides of your face are straight -- your forehead, cheekbones and jaw are the same width
- Your hairline is most probably straight
Triangle
- Your face is slightly longer than wide
- Your jaw is broad
- The side of your face tapers from your jaw to your forehead
- Your jaw is the widest part of your face and your forehead is narrow
So What's My Face Shape?
Use the following infographic to determine your shape.
