If you’ve searched “best haircuts for round faces,” you’re certainly not alone. Those with round faces—where width at cheekbone level is about the same as the face’s length—will know that getting your hairstyle right is key to balancing out and flattering the proportions of the face.
“With round face shapes, you need to create interest and angles in the haircut to elongate the face,” says Dom Seeley, Color Wow’s international creative director. “Longer lengths are more suited to this face shape for that reason too, and it’s always better to style it in soft waves, adding body and volume. This can help open up the cheekbone and jawline area and add width and angles to help offset roundness.”
Hairstylist Frederic Fekkai is also a fan of creating sharpness and angles to soften a rounder face shape, suggesting “longer layers and choppy pixie cuts” as great options. “I love bangs and longer hair to help minimize roundness,” he says. “And a good styling tip is to wear hair swept to the side.” When it comes to bangs, keep them long and loose, rather than ultra short and bluntly cut, as it’s more forgiving on the face.
Clever color placement is another way to add dimension to a haircut while also making layers appear more prominent. “I love to place color around the face—we do it a lot at the salon,” says colorist to the stars Nicola Clarke, who works from John Frieda in London. “It doesn’t necessarily have to be dramatic, just a subtle difference to the overall color will add contrast and give the illusion of texture without layers.” Like turning a light on over your face, it also makes skin look more youthful and luminous.
Take cues from Mila Kunis, Gemma Chan, Kirsten Dunst and Selena Gomez, all of whom offer examples of the best haircuts for round faces, below.
Mila Kunis
John Shearer
Kirsten Dunst
Pascal Le Segretain
Lupita Nyong’o
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Kate Bosworth
Alberto E. Rodriguez
Emma Stone
Pascal Le Segretain
Cameron Diaz
Dave M. Benett
Gemma Chan
Gregg DeGuire
Drew Barrymore
Jason Kempin
Michelle Williams
Bertrand Rindoff Petroff
Selena Gomez
Jesse Grant
Miranda Kerr
Jun Sato
Gabrielle Union
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Chrissy Teigen
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Jennifer Hudson
Aaron J. Thornton
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