Choose the Hairstyles by Face Shape
Hairstyles by face shape, getting it right
Your hair dresser sees it everyday. A heart face shaped client comes in with a picture of out of a magazine of a great hairstyle on some celebrity with an oval face shape and says “I want the same hairstyle as this picture”. Then the client gets upset when the hair dresser tries to talk her out of it. It’s like putting a square peg in a round hole.
“Hairstyles by
Face Shape”
This weekend I spotted a woman who had a round face shape, she was wearing a chin length triangular hairstyle, wider at the base. That hairstyle made her look like a blimp. I couldn’t help asking myself where is her best girlfriend when you need her?
Any way, listen to your hair dresser when it comes to choosing the most flattering hairstyles by face shape. Thanks to the StarTribune who interviewed hairstyling experts about the subject and gave us this wonderful article.
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How to find a haircut that suits your face shape Thinking of getting a sleek new Sienna Miller haircut this summer? If your face is oblong like Sarah Jessica Parker’s, you might want to reconsider.What’s becoming on a heart-shaped face may not flatter a woman with an oblong or square-shaped face shape. A perfect oval face shape may be able to pull off many different hair lengths and hairstyles, but a soft-featured, round face shape looks most pleasing in longer hair. Knowing the contours of your face shape and what complements it is the key to choosing a haircut that’s not only in style but also looks right on you. “It’s one of the first things we look at,” said Shane, a hair dress and owner of Mask Hair Designs and Day Spa in Minnetonka and Plymouth, Minn. So important is face shape in determining how to cut hair, she says, that many cosmetology schools devote two days to the study of face shapes. Lyndon Barsten, an educator at Aveda Institute in Minneapolis, wrote a chapter on face shapes for a textbook that’s used to train students. In the book, called “Introduction to Styling Hair,” he identifies seven face shapes and advises which hair styles best suit each one. The different shapes, the heart, diamond, round, pear, oval, square and oblong are meant to serve as guidelines, he says, as some people have a combination of face shapes. For example, a person may have an oval forehead and central area where the cheekbones are located, but a square jaw line. A good way to determine your face shape is to pull all your hair back away from your face, look in the mirror and trace your face with a soap bar or lipstick. Many consider the oval face shape ideal because almost any hairstyle and length is flattering. Heart shapes are marked by wider foreheads and a pointed chin. Their most flattering hairstyles include medium to short lengths and wispy bangs. |
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i have a diamond shape small face. i have thick hair and have lot of volume in hair. they are not thiin. please suggest me good hairstyle that i can keeep.
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vikas jjoshi
Comment by vikas — November 21, 2009 @ 3:28 pm
i want to find a new hair style. but my hair is med long, dull, and died. what can i do?
Comment by marina davis — December 8, 2009 @ 6:12 pm