Heart Shaped Face Guide

Complete guide to styling your heart-shaped face. Discover the best hairstyles, makeup techniques, and beauty tips for your unique face shape.

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Heart Shaped Face Characteristics

Key Features:

  • Wide forehead - the broadest part of your face
  • High, prominent cheekbones
  • Narrow, pointed chin
  • Face width decreases from forehead to chin
  • Often described as an inverted triangle

Styling Goals:

  • Balance the wide forehead
  • Add width to the jawline
  • Highlight your beautiful cheekbones
  • Create harmony between upper and lower face

Best Hairstyles for Heart Shaped Face

Long Layered Waves

Soft layers that add width to the jawline and balance the forehead

Easy

Side-Swept Bangs

Minimize forehead width while adding softness around the face

Medium

Bob with Chin-Length Layers

Creates volume at the jawline to balance the narrow chin

Easy

Pixie Cut with Volume

Short style with volume on top and soft edges around the face

Hard

Low Ponytail with Face-Framing Layers

Elegant style that doesn't emphasize the forehead

Easy

Celebrity Heart Shaped Faces

Reese Witherspoon

Soft layered bob

Scarlett Johansson

Side-swept bangs

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Long waves

Kelly Clarkson

Pixie cut

Tyra Banks

Voluminous curls

Heart Shaped Face Makeup Tips

Forehead

Use bronzer or contouring powder along the hairline to minimize width

Recommended: Matte bronzer, contour powder

Cheeks

Apply blush on the apples of cheeks and blend towards ears

Recommended: Peachy or rosy blush

Chin

Highlight the chin area to add visual weight and balance

Recommended: Light concealer or highlighter

Eyes

Focus on eye makeup to draw attention to the center of the face

Recommended: Neutral eyeshadows, eyeliner

Styles to Avoid

Center parts that emphasize forehead width
Hairstyles pulled straight back
Very short crops without volume
Heavy, blunt bangs
High ponytails or buns

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