Face Shape

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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 guide to determining your shape.

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.

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