Heart face shape: what suits you

How to recognize a heart face: Wider forehead and cheekbones tapering to a narrower jaw and a defined or pointed chin. The styling goal: Balance a wider forehead by adding fullness around the jaw and chin.

Best haircuts for a heart face

• Chin-length or collarbone lob — Width at the jaw balances the forehead.
• Side-swept or curtain bangs — Narrows the forehead.
• Waves starting below the cheekbones — Adds volume where the face is narrowest.

Skip: Height and volume at the crown, slicked-back styles, and short choppy layers at the top.

How to style your hair

• Side-swept bangs — Blow-dry bangs across the forehead to one side to soften its width.
• Waves from the chin down — Start curls at chin level so the volume fills in around the narrower jaw.
• Low textured ponytail — Low at the nape with soft pieces out at the jaw — skip slicked-back crowns.
• Curls with fullness at the bottom — Define curls and let the ends puff out around the jaw.

Best eyebrow shape

Soft rounded arch. A low, rounded arch softens a wide forehead; avoid sharp high peaks. For exact placement, use brow mapping.

Where to contour and highlight

Shade the temples and the sides of the forehead; highlight the chin lightly.

Glasses and sunglasses

Cat-eye, oval or butterfly frames, or rimless and bottom-heavy styles.

Necklines, earrings and hats

• Best necklines: Scoop neck, Sweetheart, V-neck, Off-the-shoulder
• Skip: Wide boat necks and heavy shoulder details that widen the top.
• Earrings: Teardrops and chandeliers — wider at the bottom to fill in at the jaw.
• Hats: Medium brims; skip very wide brims that emphasize the forehead.

Is this your face shape?

Pull your hair back and look straight into a mirror or your front camera, head level. Compare three widths: forehead, cheekbones and jawline. Which is widest? Compare length to width: is your face clearly longer than it is wide, or close to equal? Look at your jaw: soft and rounded, or angular with visible corners? Is your chin pointed?

Compare with the other shapes: Oval · Round · Square · Oblong · Rectangle · Diamond · Triangle / Pear

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