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Knowing your face shape is the first
step
to creating your most beautiful look.
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Are Six Basic Face Shapes |
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Oval |
Round |
Long |
Square |
Heart |
Diamond |
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Find
Your Face Shape
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start by pulling your hair back from your face,
and with no makeup on, look closely in the
mirror.
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The features for each shape to look for are:
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Oval |
Round |
Long |
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forehead is wider than the chin
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prominent cheekbones
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face gracefully tapers to a narrow oval chin
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face is almost as wide as it is long
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face is widest at the cheeks
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forehead, cheekbones and jawline are all about
the same width
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can tend to have a prominent chin
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has an elongated appearance
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Square |
Heart
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Diamond
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forehead, cheekbones and jawline all about the
same width
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squared jawline is the most obvious feature
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similar to oval but the chin tapers to a point.
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not as common as the other face shapes
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typically the face is highly angular
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the forehead is somewhat short
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the face is widest at the temples
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Still not
sure? - A simple test
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- Measure the length
of your face with a ruler. (In this case the total
length of the face is 8).
- Divide the total
length by 3. (In this case 8 divided by 3 is 2.67 or
2 2/3).
- Measure the length
from the bottom of your nose to the bottom of your
chin. (in this case 2 1/3),
- If the last number
(the 2 1/3 number) is larger than the first number
(the 2 2/3) than chances are you have a long face.
- If the last number
is less than the first number than chances are you
have a round face.
- If the last number
is equal to the first number than chances are you
have an oval face
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So now you
know your face shape
now what?
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Eyebrows create
shape illusion the same way stripes going a
certain way on a dress do. They are in a
sense stripes on your face.
They can make a face
look longer, shorter, rounder, softer,
polished or unkempt. |
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- The same rules
apply to eyebrows as putting on a dress.
The goal (for most) is have an hour
glass fiqure.
- The stripes on the
right will make someone look wider
(if that's what they need).
- The stripes on the
left make a person look thinner
(if that's what they need).
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Just like
stripes on a dress, eyebrow shape and length can
influence how people see your overall face shape. Prior
to writing Beautiful Brows, Nancy Parker discovered a
pattern in the faces of women famous for their beauty.
For example, beautiful women with long face shapes all
had flat eyebrow shapes (i.e. no arch at all). These
flat brow shapes have the effect of making a long face
appear shorter – just like horizontal stripes on a dress
can make the body appear wider. After this discovery,
she went on to look at photos of many women known for
their beauty. These photos were categorized by face
shape and more patterns emerged. Click on the links
below to see what these patterns are.
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