Your face shape is the single biggest clue to a haircut that genuinely flatters you. Below are the most flattering hairstyles for the five face shapes — oval, round, square, heart and long — for women and men. Want the shortcut? Trimly's AI reads your face shape from a selfie and shows the looks on your own photo.
Pull your hair back and look straight into a mirror or a front-camera photo. Compare four things: the width of your forehead, your cheekbones, your jaw, and how long your face is from hairline to chin.
Not sure where you land? It's the hardest part to judge on yourself — Trimly measures your proportions from a single selfie and tells you your face shape with a confidence score in seconds.
Oval faces have balanced proportions, so almost anything works — the goal is simply to keep that balance and avoid hiding it.
Go easy on: heavy, face-covering styles that hide your balanced proportions.
Round faces are about as wide as they are long, so the aim is to add height and length and create a few angles.
Go easy on: blunt bobs at the cheeks and very short, rounded cuts that add width.
Square faces have a strong, angular jaw. Soft texture and movement balance those sharp lines beautifully.
Go easy on: heavy blunt bobs at the jaw and very severe straight lines.
Heart faces are widest at the forehead and taper to the chin, so it helps to add a little width and softness around the jaw.
Go easy on: heavy volume at the crown and tight slicked-back styles that widen the forehead.
Long (oblong) faces are longer than they are wide. The goal is to add width at the sides and avoid extra length on top.
Go easy on: long, flat styles and tall volume on top that lengthen the face further.
Reading your own face shape is the hard part. Trimly's AI does it from a selfie, matches the hairstyles that suit you, and renders any look on your own photo. Free on iOS and Android.