Styles to Flatter
Your Oblong Face Shape

Your face is longer than it is wide with a rounded jaw-line. You may also have a rounded hairline.
(If you are not sure if this is your face shape check here).

Celebrities with an Oblong Face Shape

• Sarah Jessica Parker, Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslett



• Michael Parkinson, Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe

Your main style aims are…

Hairstyles for Your Oblong Face Shape

• Styles that add a little height and width at the temples and cheekbones



• Length medium-short to medium long



• Short styles are best when tapered in from the eye-line into the nape of the neck



• Longer hair needs volume in the neck area



• Hair off the sides, either short, or swept back or behind the ears



• Soft, natural look layers



• If your forehead is high, wispy or open bangs (fringe)



• Off center parting

Avoid…

• Long hair all the same length



• Very short hair



• Center parting



• Hair close at temples

Eyeglasses and Sunglasses

• Frames with depth as well as width to make your face appear shorter



• Decorative or contrasting temples



• A low bridge to shorten a long nose

Hats

• Full or upturned brims



• Not too much height in the crown

Makeup Tips

• Apply darker foundation at the hairline around the forehead



• Apply darker foundation over the chin



• Apply darker foundation in the hollows of your cheeks



• Apply blush on the apple (ball) of your cheekbones and blend out towards the top of your ear

Earrings

• Your best earrings have more width than length



• Round, square and fan



• Teardrops



• Small hoops



• Drops no longer than the chin, better with some width