Face Shapes in Men: How To Determine Face Shape.

In my opinion, every man needs to know his face shape when you want to start your grooming journey. Knowing your face shape is of primary importance to every man who wants to look good. This is because you can have several options to groom accordingly.

It helps in selecting the hairstyle that looks best on you, for that matter it is also very helpful in finding the right eyeglasses for your face shape. And one more thing, it also helps in selecting the right beard according to your face shape. These all are important as they accentuate your look.

In this blog post, let’s look at face shapes, how many of them, how to determine your face shape, why you need to know your face shape, and much more.

First off let’s know about what is a face shape?

What is face shape in men:

Face shape means how your face looks or what is the shape of your face. Every man’s face must fall under these 7 face shapes that we’re gonna talk about later on in this blog post. But why are we not putting more emphasis on it?

Simply put, we don’t care about how our face looks, we just go on with the flow and do not follow any routine to look good. But now it’s time to change that and look good by knowing your face shape.

Why you need to know your face shape:

Knowing your face shape is very helpful, it helps in identifying the correct hairstyles that look good on you. And also grow your facial hair that complements your face shape and style your beard accordingly.

It is helpful in selecting the right glasses that flatter your look. It also increases your confidence of yours, which is a by-product of looking good.

Why we won’t get our desired face shape:

have you thought why don’t we ever get our desired face shapes? There are various reasons for this some of them are lifestyle changes, food habits, etc.

Lifestyle changes include the wrong posture during our day-to-day activities. Food habits include eating foods that are too salty or too sugary.

So, first, you need to avoid these lifestyle and food habits as an initial prep for getting the desired face shape.

Now coming to face shapes, men’s face shapes can be categorized into several types, each with distinct characteristics. Here are the 7 most common face shapes:

7 common face shapes in men:

1. Oval: Balanced proportions with a slightly wider forehead and a narrower jawline.
2. Square: Strong jawline and broad forehead. The sides of the face are straight up to the jawline.
3. Rectangle (or Oblong): Longer than it is wide, with a straight jawline and forehead. Features may appear more elongated.
4. Round: Full cheeks and a rounded jawline, with equal width and height. The chin is softer.
5. Diamond: Narrow forehead and jawline with high cheekbones, giving a more angular appearance.
6. Triangle: Narrow forehead and wider jawline, creating a triangular shape.
7. Heart: Wider forehead that tapers down to a narrow chin, often with prominent cheekbones.

Remember these face shapes are approximations they are not perfect shapes as such. But how to determine your face shape, let’s look at it now.

How to determine face shape:

To determine your face shape, follow these steps:

• Gather Your Tools: You’ll need a mirror, a measuring tape or ruler, and possibly a piece of string.
• Measure Your Facial Features:
  1. Forehead: Measure the width of your forehead at its widest point (usually across the brow).
• 1. Cheekbones: Measure the width across your cheekbones, typically just below the eyes.
• 1. Jawline: Measure the width of your jawline at its widest point.

3. Analyze Your Measurements:

1. Compare the widths of your forehead, cheekbones, and jawline.
2. Look at the length of your face relative to its width.

4. How to Identify Your Face Shape:

1. How to identify Oval face shape: For an oval face shape, the forehead is wider than the jawline, face length is greater than the width.
2. How to identify Square face shape: Forehead, cheekbones, and jawline are about the same width, with a strong jawline.
3. How to identify rectangle face shape: Face length is noticeably longer than width, with a straight jawline.
4. How to identify Round face shape: Face length and width are similar, with softer features and a rounded jawline.
5. How to identify Diamond face shape:: Narrow forehead and jawline with wide cheekbones.
6. How to identify Triangle face shape: Narrow forehead with a wider jawline.
7. How to identify Heart face shape:: Wide forehead with a narrow chin.
8. Look in the Mirror: Observing your face without any distractions can help you see its overall shape more clearly.

By combining your measurements and observations, you should be able to pinpoint your face shape!

Now that we have known 7 face shapes, now let us know why we need to know your face shape in the first place. We have seen a glimpse of why we need to know our face shape now it’s time to elaborate.

Knowing your face shape can be beneficial for several reasons:

1. Hairstyle Choices: Different face shapes suit different hairstyles. Understanding your shape helps you choose cuts and styles that enhance your features.
2. Facial Hair: If you’re considering facial hair, knowing your face shape can guide you in selecting styles that balance your proportions.
3. Eyewear Selection: Choosing glasses that complement your face shape can enhance your overall look and make your features stand out.
4. Makeup Application: Knowing your face shape can inform makeup techniques, such as contouring, highlighting, and brow shaping, to create a more flattering appearance.
5. Confidence Boost: When you know what styles suit you best, you can feel more confident in your appearance, leading to greater self-esteem.
6. Personal Style: Understanding your face shape helps you curate a more cohesive personal style that reflects your features and personality.

Overall, it’s a useful tool for enhancing your appearance and expressing your individuality! 

How to complement your face shape:

Let’s just say you did everything right; you identified your face shape and you’ve selected a hairstyle that looks flattering. But have you wondered how to accentuate or complement the face shape?

Well, there are certain ways to actually do this, it can be done by improving your jawline, there are different ways to do this firstly by doing jawline exercises and massaging.

By the way, I’ve written an entire blog post on how to get a chiseled jawline do check it out here. Another way is to choose the correct sunglasses that flatter your face shape.

This is relatively simple just choose frames that complement your face shape. For example, if you have a round face shape choose frames that add structure to it, so opt for frames that are either square.

If you do this, your face appears more structured which complements your face shape.

Conclusion:

This is all about face shapes in men, in this blog post we learned about face shapes, 7 face shapes, how to determine your face shapes, and how to accentuate your face shape.

So, this is about face shapes.