Round


Your face measures as wide as is long. The shape of your face is…Round


 

The Right Hairstyle For Your Round Face Shape


TheHairStyler.com Hair Feature
By Roy Caccamo, THS Consultant


The object is to add length and avoid width.
 

Hairstyles To Try: Hairstyles with height and fullness at the crown will give the illusion of a narrower face shape, particularly those short in length. Longer hairstyles or ones that are kept close to the cheeks with no width will look better. Middle parts are great for creating the illusion of narrow length. No bangs are the ideal as the focus point becomes the bridge of the nose, creating a more oval shape. If bangs are used they should be swept across, or in the case of solid bangs, only where there is substantial height on the top. Short hairstyles are great and do not suffocate small round faces.
 

Hairstyles To Avoid: Hairstyles that add volume through the sides such as chin length bob cuts, straight or kicking out in design. Side parts and heavy straight across bangs create a wider shorter shape and therefore should be avoided at all costs on hairstyles without any height.

 

Your face is nearly circular with rounded cheeks, full chin and fairly low forehead. You need more length and less width. You can approximate the perfect oval in
many ways.
 

Do…

  • Add height at the crown. Draw attention to the top of your head with high curls, fluffed bangs, whirling activity, a honey bun, a built-up top over flattened sides. Fluffed bangs, however, must end at the hairline or they will lower forehead unbecomingly.

  • Keep hair full and soft above the ears so the illusion of height is further increased.

  • Wear hair sleek and flattened at sides. This elongates roundness. Sophisticated layers brought forward at cheeks and temples also make a round face seem narrower and at the same time the emphasize eyes.

  • Break symmetry with a daring division like an asymmetric wispy bangs, slanted part, fluff worn on one side.

  • Wear hair in generous waves rather than tight curls.


Don’t…

  • Wear a middle part which makes your face seem even rounder.

  • Adopt fussy little details and circular effects which will only emphasize roundness.

  • Wear hair flat on top.

  • Attempt wide, flat bangs.

  • Wear round necklines or button earrings.
     

Makeup…
Brows should be raised as much as possible for a longer, slimmer look. Pluck hairs from underneath brow and form a new brow line on top to blend with your own. Line should end in a definite upsweep.
 

Hair Color…
Used by an expert color artist, haircolor can give the illusion of symmetry to faces cheated by nature. It can make a too round face look longer, make a long face seem shorter. But do not attempt this trick yourself. The effect must be so subtle as to be practically undetectable. Light areas must blend delicately and gradually into dark areas without sharp lines of demarcation. Shadings must be in only one color, from a pale to a dark ash blonde but never, say, from blonde to titian. Elongate the round face by lightening hair at forehead and then shading gradually to a darker crown. Hair at sides is toned to match crown.






Now that you know your face shape and how to choose the right hairstyle, why not take a look throughTheHairStyler.com's hairstyle library? We have 1,000's of different styles for you to choose from which can be viewed on your own photo or on one of our THS models. You can even use our "Find Your Perfect Style" consultation to find the hairstyles that match your face shape!