Take our free Face Shape Quiz (What is my face shape?) and find out what face shape you have and what hairstyles, jewellery and (sun)glasses will suit you the best based on your face contours and proportions.
There are 10 main face shapes, which are based on the proportions of different face shapes and primarily use face length, face width, forehead width, cheekbone width, and jawline width as a guide:
- Long face shape
- Round face shape
- Heart face shape
- Inverted triangle face shape
- Square face shape
- Rectangle face shape
- Diamond face shape
- Heptagon face shape
- Triangle face shape.
Our Face Shape Quiz will help you find out which features of your face require some balancing work so that you can highlight some features and play down others by using the right hairstyles, more
jewellery (earrings and necklaces) and (sun)glasses to achieve a balanced face shape.
A) My face shape looks slightly longer than it is wide, with soft, rounded features, similar to an oval.
B) My face shape looks considerably longer than it is wide, similar to a slim oval.
C) My face shape looks similar in length and width with soft, rounded features, like a circle.
D) My face shape looks slightly longer than it is wide, with soft, rounded features and a wide forehead, similar to a heart.
E) My face shape looks slightly longer than it is wide with sharp, angular features, and a wide forehead, similar to an inverted triangle.
F) My face shape looks similar in length and width with sharp, angular features, like a square.
G) My face shape looks considerably longer than it is wide, more
B) My face shape looks considerably longer than it is wide, similar to a slim oval.
C) My face shape looks similar in length and width with soft, rounded features, like a circle.
D) My face shape looks slightly longer than it is wide, with soft, rounded features and a wide forehead, similar to a heart.
E) My face shape looks slightly longer than it is wide with sharp, angular features, and a wide forehead, similar to an inverted triangle.
F) My face shape looks similar in length and width with sharp, angular features, like a square.
G) My face shape looks considerably longer than it is wide, more
with sharp, angular features, similar to a rectangle.
H) My face shape looks slightly longer than it is wide with noticeable angular features, similar to a diamond.
I) My face looks slightly longer than it is wide with noticeable angular features, similar to a heptagon.
J) My face shape looks slightly longer than it is wide with sharp, angular features and a prominent jawline, similar to a triangle.
H) My face shape looks slightly longer than it is wide with noticeable angular features, similar to a diamond.
I) My face looks slightly longer than it is wide with noticeable angular features, similar to a heptagon.
J) My face shape looks slightly longer than it is wide with sharp, angular features and a prominent jawline, similar to a triangle.
A) My cheekbones on my proportionate face.
B) My cheekbones, but they are just slightly wider than my forehead and jawline.
C) My rounded cheekbones and midface.
D) My forehead, narrowing down to a soft and delicately rounded, but very defined chin.
E) My forehead, narrowing down to a sharp and angular chin.
F) My forehead, cheekbones and jawline are similar in width, and my face's length and width are nearly equal.
G) My forehead, cheekbones and jawline are roughly the same width.
H) My angular cheekbones, narrowing down towards my chin.
I) My angular cheekbones, narrowing down to slightly strong jaw angles before reaching the chin.
J) My jawline.
B) My cheekbones, but they are just slightly wider than my forehead and jawline.
C) My rounded cheekbones and midface.
D) My forehead, narrowing down to a soft and delicately rounded, but very defined chin.
E) My forehead, narrowing down to a sharp and angular chin.
F) My forehead, cheekbones and jawline are similar in width, and my face's length and width are nearly equal.
G) My forehead, cheekbones and jawline are roughly the same width.
H) My angular cheekbones, narrowing down towards my chin.
I) My angular cheekbones, narrowing down to slightly strong jaw angles before reaching the chin.
J) My jawline.
A) Balanced, but slightly wider than my jawline.
B) High and softly rounded.
C) Wide and softly rounded.
D) Wider than my jawline and cheekbones, and softly rounded.
E) Wider than my jawline and cheekbones, and straight or slightly rounded.
F) Wide and flat, nearly equal to my jawline.
G) High and flat, nearly equal to my jawline.
H) Narrow, starting at the cheekbones, the hairline gradually becomes narrower.
I) Slightly narrow, forming a trapezoid with my wide cheekbones.
J) Narrower than my jawline.
B) High and softly rounded.
C) Wide and softly rounded.
D) Wider than my jawline and cheekbones, and softly rounded.
E) Wider than my jawline and cheekbones, and straight or slightly rounded.
F) Wide and flat, nearly equal to my jawline.
G) High and flat, nearly equal to my jawline.
H) Narrow, starting at the cheekbones, the hairline gradually becomes narrower.
I) Slightly narrow, forming a trapezoid with my wide cheekbones.
J) Narrower than my jawline.
All A) answers: Oval face shape
All B) answers: Long face shape
All C) answers: Round face shape
All D) answers: Heart face shape
All E) answers: Inverted triangle face shape
All F) answers: Square face shape
All G) answers: Rectangle face shape
All H) answers: Diamond face shape
All I) answers: Heptagon face shape
All J) answers: Triangle face shape
Most women will fit into one of these categories, more
All B) answers: Long face shape
All C) answers: Round face shape
All D) answers: Heart face shape
All E) answers: Inverted triangle face shape
All F) answers: Square face shape
All G) answers: Rectangle face shape
All H) answers: Diamond face shape
All I) answers: Heptagon face shape
All J) answers: Triangle face shape
Most women will fit into one of these categories, more
but it is not always the case. You can also have a combined face shape if you don’t fit in any of these categories. If this is your case, don’t worry. You can further identify what characteristics from different face shapes you have and determine how you can personalize your style to balance your unique face.
After discovering what is your face shape, you can also take our Seasonal Colour Analysis Quiz and find out what is your best colour palette.
After discovering what is your face shape, you can also take our Seasonal Colour Analysis Quiz and find out what is your best colour palette.