Styles to Flatter Your Square Face Shape

Your face is almost as wide as it is long and has a broad jaw-line and forehead. You probably also have a square hairline.

Your main style aims are...

...To create the illusion of a longer face and maybe, to soften your jaw-line.

Face Shape Hair Styles

Go for...

• Styles that add height to the top of the head

• Curve and angle hair across the forehead

• An off-center parting

• Soft, layered styles

• Wisps, curls and waves

• Broken and asymmetric styles

• Hair close to ears to emphasize the cheekbones

• Very straight styles

• Styles that add width to your jaw-line

Eyeglasses for Your Face Shape

Your best styles have the following characteristics...

• Narrow oval frames or frames with narrow frames and upward curves to minimize the squareness of your face

• Frames wider than they are deep to make your face appear longer

• Color or decoration on the upper outer corners of the frame

• Frames no wider than the width of your face

Hats

• An irregular brim and a prominent crown will make your face appear longer

• Wear at an angle to soften your face's squareness

Face Shape Makeup Tips

• Minimise and soften your forehead and jaw-line by applying a darker shade of foundation at your temples and jaw

• Apply blush on the apple (ball) of your cheekbone and blend towards the top of your ear. Most of the color should be on the apple of your cheekbone

Earrings

• Wear earrings that are longer than they are wide

Examples of a Square Face Shape

Celebrities with Square Shaped Face

These famous people have this face shape...

More Examples of Square Shape Face

Here are examples of readers with this face shape...

>> Peggy Jo's face shape is square

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