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Styles to Flatter Your
Rectangular Face Shape
Your face shape is obviously longer than it is wide with a square jaw-line. You may also have a square hairline.
(If you are not sure if this is your face shape check here).
Celebrities with a Rectangular Face Shape
These celebrities have your shaped face…- Sandra Bullock, Lucy Liu
- Ted Danson
Your main style aims are…
…To create the illusion of a short, broader face and to soften your jaw-line.
Hairstyles
Go for…- Natural looking styles
- Styles that add width at your temples
- Styles that add width at your cheekbones
- Styles that add a little volume (not too much) at the top of your head
- If you have a high forehead, bangs (a fringe) are good
- Either straight and wispy or swept off to the side and not too thick
- Keep the sides off your face, either swept back or short
- Off center or side parting
- Medium length is good
- Long hair should add width at the neckline
Avoid… - Highly stylised styles such as angular cuts, extremely short styles, severely slicked down
- Volume only on top of your head
- Center parting
- Long straight hair all the same length
- Hair close to the sides of your face
- If you have a high forehead, hair combed straight back
Glasses (Eyeglasses and Sunglasses)
The best glasses for your face shape are…- Frames with depth as well as width
- Frames slightly wider than your face
- Frames with curves rather than sharp angles
- Contrasting color or decoration at the temple
- If your nose is long, a low bridge
Hats
- Hats with full brims
- Uplifted brims
- Avoid high crowns and small brims that make your face look longer
Makeup Tips
Add the appearance of width at your cheekbones and the illusion of a shorter face by…- Applying a slightly darker foundation at your hairline around your forehead and just under and slightly over your jaw
- Applying a slightly darker foundation just under your cheekbones, blend towards the ear
- Applying a blusher on the apple (ball) of your cheekbones and blend upwards towards the outer corner of your eye
Earrings
Your best earrings have more width than depth and soft curves, rather than angles. Such as…- Round buttons
- Tear drops
- Ovals
If you have long hair, drops no longer than your chin and with some width too
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