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Katherine Jenkins wears
hair styles well on a round face shape

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Hair styles for round face shapes, a dilemma even for celebrity hairstylistsRound face shapes are the most misunderstood and miss-diagnosed of all face shapes. I’ll bet about 75% of you reading this post, who think you have a round face shape . . . don’t. That’s about the percentage of women who get it wrong in my class, Finding the Right Hairstyle for You!

“I’m ROOUUND!!!” is how the disappointed woman will announce her perceived round face shape. It is said, in such a way, as if having a round face shape is a failure of sorts. How did round face shapes get such a bad rap? (I think because it is wrongly equated with being overweight.) Round face shapes can be the most exquisite and lovely faces of all. Women will quickly mis-diagnose their face shape as round, after a small weight gain, say, or after a long winter of indulging in a multitude of sins. But, a small weight gain usually Hair styles can enhance a round face shapewon’t change an oval face shape to a round face shape. Bone structure is the most important factor in the geometry that makes up our visual face shape.

A weight gain though is all too quick to stare us back in the mirror, everywhere, including on our faces . . . Yikes! So, it’s easy to understand how this kind of misnomer happens. In our own critics eye, we may indeed look more round, when in truth, the weight gain has just made the face shape a fuller oval, heart, rectangle or whatever shape we’ve had since puberty.

Not many people have truly a round face shape. A round face shape is a perfectly symmetrical shape after all. The characteristics that go into making a face appear round are, rounded jaw line, widest part of the face being at the cheeks and ears, a face that is close to being as wide as it is high.

The underlying bone structure may allow for fuller looking cheeks. Also, if the eyes are big and round, this adds to the illusion of looking more round. I am certain some round face shapes can be the most exquisite and lovely faces of all, there are many goregous celebrities with round face shapes. One reason, may be the uniqueness of the round face shape. There just aren’t many people who have round face shapes. Another reason is that a round face shape alludes softness . . . and here’s the proof!

So, what are the best hairstyles for round face shapes? Keep these basic hair design principals in mind:

Try: 

Avoid:

Chin length hair with rounded lines, that mirrors the faces circular shape
• Center parts - which can make the face look too round
• Straight hair - which looks severe
• Straight full bangs
• Fullness at side of ears
• A rounded haircut ending at the chin will certainly add weight to your face shape. Because the widest part of your face is at the cheeks and ears, you need to avoid having the fullness of the cut here as it will make your face appear wider.

Check out for yourself the famous round face shape celebrities listed here by doing a Google image search and see what hair styles celebrities are wearing and have worn. (Keep note in your search what works and what doesn’t work for these face shapes.)  

Even though their face shape can change from, smiling to not smiling and from different camera angles, these are celebrities with round face shape bone structure.

For more information about face shapes visit Visual-Makeover, I have a special section about hair styles for round face shapes.

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