Hairstyles for your face shape

The short answer: the goal is to move every shape toward a balanced oval. A long face wants less length and more volume at the sides; a square face wants soft waves that ease the jaw; a round face wants height and length that stretch it. Below, each one.

How to find your shape

Tie your hair back, look in the mirror and notice what is widest: the forehead, the cheekbones or the jaw, and how long the face looks. That gives you the base shape. Most people are a mix, so the rules are a guide, not a law.

Shape	Suits best	Avoid
Round	Height at the crown, layers that lengthen	Very short, rounded cuts
Square	Soft waves, layers around the jaw	Blunt cuts at the jawline
Long	Volume at the sides, bangs, mid length	Very long, flat hair with no volume
Heart-shaped	Volume lower down, length at the jaw	Too much volume at the crown

Bangs and the parting

Bangs are the fastest way to shift the balance: side-swept bangs soften a square face, full bangs shorten a long one. The parting helps too; a side part adds movement to a round face, while a center part lengthens a shorter one.

From the rule to you

Shapes are a starting point, not the end. Your real hair, its texture and your lifestyle matter as much as the shape of your face. Besire reads all of it together and tells you what balances your face and what you can keep up easily at home. For ideas by hair length, see also hairstyles by length, and for the cut itself, haircut and blow-dry. To start, write to us.