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Styles to Flatter Your Triangle Face Shape
or Pear Face Shape

triangle face shape male

triangle face shape female

Your face is broad and square at the jaw-line, tapering to a relatively narrow forehead. 

If your jaw-line is rounded, rather than square, you have a pear face shape.

If you are male, you may have a chiselled looking face.



Your main style aims are...

...To minimise your jaw-line and add width at your temples.

Hairstyles for Your Triangle Face Shape

Go for…

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

  • Cover part or all of the ears

  • Keep hair close to the head at the jaw-line

  • Side parting

  • Irregular layers and wispy styles

  • Long bangs (fringe) swept to the side

  • Full and fluffy bangs (fringe)

Avoid...

  • Adding width at the jaw-line

  • Center parting

  • Hair close to the temples

  • Very short on top

Eyeglasses for Your Face Shape

Your best styles have the following characteristics...

  • Frames that have design detail and color at the top of the frame

  • Frames that are heavy at the top

  • Frames with cat-eye or oval shapes

  • Frames slightly wider than your temples

Hats

  • Any style that adds width at the forehead

  • Asymmetric brims and crowns with some height are good to draw attention upwards

Makeup Tips

  • Apply a darker shade of foundation on the chin and jaw areas

  • Apply a lighter shade of foundation at the sides of your forehead

  • Apply blush from the apple (ball) of your cheekbones in a V shape towards your temples

Earrings

  • Wear earrings that are longer than they are wide

  • Avoid triangular shapes

Accessory Magic

Examples of Triangle Shape Face

Celebrities with This Face Shape

Famous people with your face shape include...

  • Billie Piper

  • Minnie Driver

More Examples of Oval Shape Faces

Here are examples of readers with this face shape...

>> This woman has a pear face shape

>> Peggy Jo either has a triangle or a square shaped face

>> This man has a pear face shape


What Shape is my Face?
Virtual Hair Styles

Trying on virtual hairstyles on your face is a great way to choose your next haircut

I've reviewed several online virtual hair styler programs to save you time selecting the one that's right for you. See my virtual hairstyles article and the reviews here.

Try On Virtual Glasses

choosing glasses virtually

Choosing glasses just got a whole lot easier with the 3D webcam mirror from Glasses Direct, which lets you try on eyeglasses virtually.

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