9 Face Shapes for Women and Best Hairstyles for Each
Learn about the 9 different women's face shapes with illustrations. Helpful for choosing hairstyles.
While your face shape doesn’t entirely dictate the hairstyle or cut you get, it is a factor.
This is why we include a menu for face type so you can check out many galleries and hundreds of hairstyles by face shape.
At the end of the day, there are 9 main face shapes. That said, many people have a combination of types; in other words not everyone can be pigeonholed entirely into one shape.
The above illustration showcases all 9 very well.
Below we get into more detail including more illustrations and examples.
Above is an illustration of an oval face accompanied with examples of different hairstyles for an oval face.
Good haircuts/hairstyles:
Waves: Waves provide width to an otherwise narrow face.
Curved bangs: Again, the curve in hair widens the look of the face.
Side sweep: A side-sweep widens the face.
3. Inverted Triangle Face Shape Example
Above is our illustration showcasing an inverted triangle face shape along with how different hairstyles look on this face shape. This shape is similar to the heart-shaped face (except heart-shaped has a widow’s peak), but it’s not as soft. The wider upper facial area is more pronounced.
Characteristics include:
Narrower jaw and chin;
Wider upper face; and
Flattish top of head.
Great hair features/styles:
The goal is to minimize the wider forehead. The following achieves.
Above is an illustration of a diamond face shape along with how different hairstyles and lengths look on this face type.
The diamond shaped face is another longish face type (like oval and oblong shapes). The best hairstyles are those that slightly widen the face. Those include:
Side-sweep;
Medium bangs;
Wavy styles; and/or
Layers.
5. Triangle Face Type Example (#2)
Here’s an example of an upright triangle face shape.
Great hairstyles for this type strive to add width to forehead and slim down the jawline include:
Off-center parts;
Short cuts;
Cuts with plenty of texture;
6. Rectangle Face Type Example
Above is an illustrated example of a woman with a rectangular face type along with examples of how different haircuts look on this shape.
The aim of your hairstyle is to minimize the four corners of your head and reduce appearance of the longer face. These styles include: