Hairstyle finder
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Front-facing, hair back from your jaw. Your photo is analysed on your own device - nothing is uploaded unless you later buy the full report, with your consent.
By shape
The six shapes, and where each one sends you
Every shape has one thing the cut is trying to do. Get that right and most of the specific choices follow. Each section below names the aim, the cuts that serve it, and links to the full guide - which carries the upkeep, the fringe question and what to skip.
Oval face
The aim: Nothing needs correcting, so choose on hair texture and how much upkeep you want rather than on shape.
- Long Layers
- Face-Framing Layers
- Curtain Bangs
- Blunt Lob
- Angled Bob
- Shoulder-Length Shag
- Wolf Cut
- Butterfly Cut
- Classic Pixie
- Bixie
- Deep Side Part
Round face
The aim: Draw the eye vertically. Length, height at the crown and off-centre partings lengthen; width at the cheeks does the opposite.
- Long Layers
- Face-Framing Layers
- Curtain Bangs
- Side-Swept Fringe
- Angled Bob
- Wolf Cut
- Butterfly Cut
- Deep Side Part
- Long and Sleek
- Volume at the Crown
Square face
The aim: Soften the corners rather than hide them. Curves, texture and diagonal lines break up the straight edges of the jaw.
- Long Layers
- Face-Framing Layers
- Side-Swept Fringe
- Shoulder-Length Shag
- Wolf Cut
- Butterfly Cut
- Soft Waves
- Deep Side Part
- Volume at the Crown
Heart face
The aim: Balance the top against the bottom - reduce visual width at the forehead, add fullness around the jaw.
- Curtain Bangs
- Side-Swept Fringe
- Blunt Lob
- Chin-Length Bob
- Italian Bob
- Soft Waves
- Deep Side Part
- Long and Sleek
Oblong face
The aim: Interrupt the vertical line. A fringe shortens the face instantly; width at the sides does the rest.
- Face-Framing Layers
- Curtain Bangs
- Full Blunt Fringe
- Chin-Length Bob
- Italian Bob
- Shoulder-Length Shag
- Butterfly Cut
- Soft Waves
Diamond face
The aim: Add width where the face is narrow - forehead and jaw - so the cheekbones read as a highlight rather than the whole story.
- Long Layers
- Curtain Bangs
- Side-Swept Fringe
- Chin-Length Bob
- Italian Bob
- Shoulder-Length Shag
- Soft Waves
- Bixie
In the chair
What to actually say to your stylist
Knowing the cut is only half of it. The usual failure is not a bad recommendation - it is arriving with a name, or a photo of someone whose hair is nothing like yours, and leaving with something neither of you intended. Stylists are solving for the same thing this page is; they just need the brief in their terms.
Lead with the aim, not the name. “I want to break up the width across my cheeks” is a brief. “A butterfly cut” is a label that has meant four different things in three years, and it puts the whole decision on whether you and your stylist happen to define it the same way. Say what you want the cut to do first, then name the cut as an example of it.
Bring your upkeep budget as a number. Say “ten minutes, and I will not use a round brush” rather than “low maintenance”, which every client says and nobody defines. This is the single most useful sentence you can offer, because half the cuts that suit any given face shape are ruled out by it - and it is far better to rule them out in the chair than six weeks later.
Ask what it costs to grow out. Every cut has an awkward stage and they are not equal. A long layered cut drifts back to one length without ever looking wrong; a short fringe and a heavily disconnected cut both go through months where the only options are pins or another appointment. Worth knowing before, not after.
Photos: bring three, and say what you like about each. One photo gets copied, including the parts you did not want. Three, annotated - the length from this one, the fringe from that one, not the colour from any of them - tells a stylist which features are the brief and which are incidental to it.
Why the same cut suits two people differently
Face shape sets the goal; your hair decides which cut can reach it. A shag adds volume at the crown on wavy hair with no effort, and needs styling every morning to do the same on fine straight hair - so it solves a round face for one person and quietly becomes a chore for another. Density works the same way: a cut that reads soft and piecey on thick hair can read thin on fine hair, because the same amount of weight has been removed from much less of it.
Then there is where your hair grows. A cowlick at the front decides whether a fringe is a five-minute job or a permanent argument, and no amount of correct geometry overrules it. This is why every cut in the guides carries an upkeep note as well as a reason - the reason tells you whether it suits your face, and the upkeep tells you whether it suits your hair and your mornings.
FAQ
Common questions
- What haircut suits me if I am between two face shapes?
- Read both sections and act on what they share. Neighbouring shapes usually want the same thing for the same reason - a round and a square face are both as wide as they are long, so both are served by vertical line and undone by a blunt chin-length bob. Where the two lists disagree, follow the one whose description of your jaw matches yours.
- Does hair texture matter more than face shape?
- For whether a specific cut will behave, yes. Face shape tells you what the cut should be doing - adding height, breaking a vertical, softening a corner - and texture decides which cut can actually do it on your head. A shag delivers volume on wavy hair and needs daily work to deliver it on fine straight hair. That is why every cut here carries an upkeep note as well as a reason.
- Do I have to upload a photo to use this haircut finder?
- No. If you already know your face shape, jump straight to its section from the row of shapes above. The photo step exists only because judging your own jaw and forehead is the part people find hard, and when you do use it, the free analysis runs in your browser without uploading anything.
Not sure of your shape? Measure it from a photo. Working on your makeup instead? Find your eye shape.