A quick question before we start. Do you actually have a round face? Grab a measuring tape and measure the length and the width of your face. If they’re pretty much the same and you don’t have a sharp jawline , you’re one of the people, who have gorgeous round faces, and you actually have a reason to read the following. Ok, now enjoy it!
Basic tips on the most flattering haircuts for women with round faces
Let’s count how many times you looked at the picture of your favorite celebrity, brought it to your hair stylist and demanded to make your hair look just like that. Almost everybody made that mistake. While it’s quite easy to give in the temptation and head to the hair salon to get the trendiest cut of the season or finally get the bangs you’ve always wanted to rock, it’s even easier to feel the consequences of such a spontaneous haircut and regret something so irreversible as blunt bangs, shaved sides or a crazy pixie cut, which take ages to grow out.
Therefore, determining the face shape and basing your hairstyle choice on that factor is highly important if you’d like to get the most suitable haircut that would smoothen out your features and make your face and overall image even more attractive than it is right now.
Regardless of your face shape, there always will be some hairstyles that look awesome on you and some cuts that aren’t that flattering. As the main goal of the haircut is to bring your face closer to what is considered perfect (an oval face shape) and, for that matter, visually conceal and correct the features that appear less attractive, it’s clear that different techniques and hairstyle peculiarities are required to make that work for different people.
Women with rounder faces might want to make their faces seem more narrow and a little bit longer. If you’re one of them, the medium-long hairstyle framing your face and covering its sides concealing the extra wideness will suit you the best. That’s due to the vertical lines that extend the actual length of your face and make it comply with the oval face standards, as well as to the side strands that visually crop the perfect circle of your face and make it seem slimmer.
At the same time, too sleek and straight or extremely voluminous and long hair won’t always complement a round face in the best way. In addition to that, rare women with typical round faces will benefit from a quite short bob or a pixie cut, as those hairstyles will only accentuate their wider features and make them appear even rounder than they actually are.
However, that doesn’t mean that your pretty round face is doomed to the classical medium length cuts with layers and long side swept bangs for the rest of their life. You just need to introduce some changes to the dream haircut regardless of the hair length to adapt it to your face shape, bring some angles to it and provide that desired correction to the fuller features, making them quite flattering and feminine.
The general rules of adapting haircuts to round faces are:
- adding vertical lines to distract from the round features and frame the face
- framing the whole face by making hair hit at least the collarbone
- introducing ends of different lengths
- choosing asymmetrical lines and/or for shorter cuts (bobs, pixies)
- longer bangs instead of shorter and straight ones
- bringing hair to the front instead of sweeping it to the back aiming for a sleek finish
- cutting layers not too short (jawline is perfect)
- avoiding blunt bangs, which accentuate wide cheeks and going for the long side-swept ones that hit below the brows
As Cosmopolitan.com notes, side swept bangs, longer front locks, and slight waves a make bobs, lobs, and other medium length cuts perfect for people with round faces and plum features. Added volume and texture that elongate the head on the top, extended length and sideburns turn pixie cuts into quite flattering hairstyles for those who have circular face shapes as well. And, long hair with natural non-blank texture with or without bangs and layers look just jaw-dropping.
Lastly, remember that your cute round face is almost as perfect as the oval one, as using different hairstyles, you may totally make it look however you want. So, check out a few of my top picks of the best hairstyles for round faces and make your big change.
Top 10 haircuts for round face
- Cute asymmetrical bob – a totally manageable haircut that doesn’t require too much styling effort on day to day basis, suitable for shorter hair, appealing for all kinds of face shapes, but works great on round faces when the hair is long enough to drop a little bit lower than the chin line and elongate the face, hide the roundness of the cheek zone and make you effortlessly trendy at all times.
- Mid-long and long haircuts with layers starting at the jaw line – the no-brainer for women with round faces, the perfect option for those who’d like to slim down their cheeks, show off their gorgeous locks and maybe grow out their bangs.
- Break all the rules- go for a playful pixie, but make it just a little bit shorter and keep your long bangs and sideburns to complement the shape of your face. This hairstyle with some highlights doesn’t know any age limits.
- Angled bob – the way to go if you’d like to remain on a shorter side and try something new, especially when paired with the bold multidimensional color that draws all the attention to it. Again, side parts and longer layers in the front carve a perfect oval out of your cute circle.
- Going for an updo? – don’t forget to let a couple of front curls free to preserve the frame of your face and still keep your hair out of the way for your busy day at work or a long night out. Obviously, those who have the patience to deal with long hair will be rewarded with an endless list of updos they may recreate, but girls with shorter hair have a bunch up their sleeve as well.
- Classy shoulder-length lob – you can never go wrong with it no matter what face shape you have. Round faced ladies will like it for the middle part that doesn’t bring their cheeks out there and the low maintenance this haircut requires.
- Waves to go – style your lob with delicate beachy waves for a special occasion and curl the locks out of your face to correct where needed and let the curls fall at the neck level to avoid adding extra volume to the areas that already have plenty of it.
- Something edgy – an intricate and trendy pixie with a shaved temple and long voluminous side bangs that provide sharper lines and definition to your face.
- Choppy layers and effortless curls – the way to overcome the fact that shorter cuts tend to exaggerate the roundness of the face. With the angles, uneven ends, point cut front edges, some texture at the top of the head and a side part, any bob will make a round-faced woman look amazing.
- Open up the side – regardless of the length, covering one side of your face with more hair and adding some top volume won’t create an illusion that you’re constantly hiding behind your locks while correcting the round features and exposing your natural beauty. As always, pointy angles and big curls starting at the jaw line will complement the look, while the bangs will make you young and playful.
Did you get inspired by any of these? If that’s your time to spice up your hair, don’t be afraid to go for a new look and get in touch with a hairstylist from HireRush.com and get your hair makeover to complement your face and its beautiful features.
