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Your Oblong Face Shape

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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

These famous people have an oblong shape face…
  • Sarah Jessica Parker, Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslett


  • Michael Parkinson, Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe


Your main style aims are…

…To make your face appear shorter and broader.

Hairstyles for Your Oblong Face Shape

Go for…
  • 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

Your best styles have the following characteristics…
  • 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




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