If you have a heart-shaped face, you probably lament your wider forehead or narrower jawline. The truth is, however, that no face shape dooms you to suffer its shortcomings anymore. Not when we can do so much with hair to offset, highlight, and flatter your overall face shape. Embrace your natural look and love your heart-shaped face with these great haircuts and styles to help you look your best.
Is Your Face Heart-Shaped?
First, you need to know what you’re working with. To be sure you have a heart-shaped face, take a look in the mirror. Use a tube of lipstick to outline the shape of your face on your reflection in the mirror. If your face is wider at the forehead and narrow at the chin, it’s heart-shaped. Other features you may have include a pointed chin, prominent cheekbones (good for you!), and a shape that resembles an “inverted triangle,” according to Allure.
Celebrity Inspirations
If you’re looking for ways to flatter your heart-shaped face, what better way than to see what celebrities with your face shape do? Pick up any magazine and look for some top celebs who flatter a heart-shaped face as part of their career. Reese Witherspoon, Katie Holmes, Jennifer Lopez, Rachel Bilson, and Ziyi Zhang all have heart-shaped faces, so you’re in good company! Other celebs with a heart-shaped face include Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Aniston, and Eva Longoria, as well.
Best Looks for Heart-Shaped Faces
When you’re choosing that next haircut, just be careful to avoid styles that do the opposite of flattering your face shape. Avoid any haircuts with short, blunt bangs and harsh or choppy layers. These won’t soften or balance the face; in fact, they’ll do just the opposite!
Choose one of these styles instead:
- Long, side-swept bangs add softness to your look and draw some focus away from a narrow chin while breaking up a wide forehead at the same time. This is a flirty, feminine look that works well.
- A long bob that’s all one length will add femininity to a severe or strong jawline on a heart-shaped face. Keep it long enough to put in a ponytail for your convenience.
- A deep side part pulls the emphasis to your fabulous cheekbones.
- Wispy bands are another softening technique. Keep the bangs around your brows and blend them with wispy layers in the front to help keep that forehead from appearing too wide.
- Loose waves and shoulder-length hair are a perfect combo for keeping you youthful and looking balanced.
- Layers that frame the face can also provide extra width where needed and cut back on width where it’s not.
Play around with a few different styles until you find the one you like the best! Your heart-shaped face will be flattered in no time.
REFERENCES:
- About.com Beauty. Are you round, square, long, heart, or oval?
- Allure. The Top 8 Haircuts for Heart-Shaped Faces.
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