Styles to Flatter Your
Inverted Triangle or Heart Face Shape

Your face is wide at the forehead, with high cheek-bones, tapering to a narrow chin and slightly longer than wide. 

The only difference between the heart and inverted triangle face shape is that a heart shape face has a widow’s peak.

Your main style aims are...

...To make your forehead appear narrower and add width at your jaw-line and chin.

Hairstyles for Your Face Shape

Go for…

• Hairstyles that are close to your face above your ears, with soft lines partially covering your ears

• Center parting

• A soft style with light bangs (fringe) covering your forehead

• Soft waves and curly styles

• Styles that add volume at the jaw-line

Avoid…

• Pulling your hair back off your forehead

• Styles that are full at the temples

• Straight bangs (fringe)

• Too much height on top of your head

• A low side parting

Eyeglasses for Your Face Shape

The best glasses for your face shape are...

• Frames that add width below your eyeline

• Round or oval frames with soft curves or an upward sweep

• Low arms

• Light to medium colored frames and rimless styles

Hats

• Look for hats with a prominent crown to make your forehead appear narrower

• Wear a hat on an angle

Makeup

• Apply a slightly darker shade of foundation at the temples to make your forehead appear narrower

• Apply a light shade of foundation on either side of the jaw-line to make your jaw-line appear wider

• Apply blush to the apple (ball) of your cheek and blend towards the center of your ear

Earrings

Add length to your face and width to your jaw-line by choosing the following shapes...

• Drops
• Teardrops
• Rectangles
• Ovals

Examples of an Inverted Triangle or Heart Face Shape

Celebrities with an Inverted Triangle or Heart Shaped Face

These famous people have your shape face...

• The Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines

• Andrew Denton

More Examples of This Face Shape

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