Color & Style Harmony
Styling A Face Shape…Aiming For The Oval
Creating The Illusion With Hair, Make-up and Wardrobe
Hairstyle and make-up are the tools we use to enhance our facial features and a more attractive finished product.
Let’s Start At The Beginning With The Eight Basic Face Shapes:
Diamond, Square, Heart, Triangle, Inverted Triangle, Round, Oblong and Oval.
Oval is considered to be the perfect face shape
Aim For The Oval
Very few have been given this gift of perfection as a birthright. Most of must look to the art of illusion to achieve
that look of perfection (unless we resort to cosmetic surgery). Thank goodness for hairstyle, make-up and
wardrobe.
The television media is a wonderful training ground. Study techniques used to present an appealing face to the
viewing audience. Talk show hosts and news commentators are the best example because their appeal to the
public is the criteria to the staying power of the show. It’s what keeps them listening in!
Oval
Oblong
Round
Square
Heart
Triangular
Diamond
Inverted Triangle
Creating The Perfect Illusion
Three Simple Rules To Achieve The Oval
1. Determine your face shape from the eight basic face shapes. Envision in your minds’ eye an oval
superimposed over your particular face shape.
2. Everything that lies within the oval needs to be highlighted.
3. Everything that lies outside the oval needs to be diminished.
Do It With Hair
Use your hairstyle to help in creating the illusion of the oval. For an example, use your bangs to diminish a high
forehead or else take away the bangs to give the illusion of a higher forehead. You can do the same with the length
of your hair. For those that have an oblong, diamond, heart or inverted triangle, use your hair to frame the jaw
line. This will give the illusion of a rounder face n