What is the fastest way to find my face shape?

Measure face length (hairline to chin) and width (cheekbone to cheekbone), divide length by width, then check where your face is widest. With our analyzer, a ratio around 1.15 or below suggests round or square; above 1.15 suggests oval, heart, or diamond depending on your widest point.

Can I have more than one face shape?

Yes - most people are blends, like oval with a square jaw. Identify your dominant shape and use its styling advice as your base.

Why do I look different in selfies than in the mirror?

Front cameras are wide-angle lenses. At arm's length they distort facial proportions. Assess your face shape from photos taken further back, at eye level.

What Face Shape Do I Have? Measure & Identify It in 2 Steps

Step 1: Get your two numbers

Everything starts with face length, face width, and their ratio.

Diagram showing how to measure face length from hairline to chin and width across the cheekbones

Your face shape comes down to two measurements. Length: from the middle of your hairline straight down to the tip of your chin. Width: across your face at the widest point of your cheekbones. Divide length by width and you have your face ratio — the single most useful number in this guide.

You can do this with a soft measuring tape and a mirror (keep the tape flat, don't follow the curve of your face), or skip the tape entirely: our free AI analyzer detects your facial landmarks from one front-facing photo and calculates length, width, and ratio in seconds, right in your browser.

Method note: the analyzer measures length from the top of the detected face outline (mid-forehead) to the chin, not from the hairline. A tape measurement from the hairline typically reads about 0.15–0.25 higher — the thresholds in this guide use the analyzer's convention.

Step 2: Follow the two questions

Ratio first, then the widest point — that's the whole method.

Flowchart for identifying face shape from face ratio and widest point

Question 1 — What's your ratio? If it's roughly 1.15 or below, your face is nearly as wide as it is long: round/square territory (for reference, Don Lee measures 1.11 and BTS's JIMIN 1.15 with this tool). If it's above about 1.15, your face is clearly longer than wide: oval, heart, or diamond territory — Cha Eun-woo (1.23) and Kim Soo-hyun (1.28) live here. Above roughly 1.25 with an even outline, the face reads as a longer oval (oblong).

Question 2 — Where are you widest? For the shorter ratios: a soft, curved jawline means round; a flat, angular jawline with a broad forehead means square. For the longer ratios: widest at the forehead with a tapering chin is heart; widest at the cheekbones with a narrow forehead and chin is diamond; width distributed evenly with gentle tapering is oval; and a very long face with fairly straight sides is oblong.

Tie-breaker tip: pull all your hair back and trace your face outline on a mirror selfie with your finger (or a lipstick on the actual mirror — the classic trick). The outline you draw is usually more honest than the one you imagine.

The six shapes at a glance

Shape	Ratio	Key markers	Styling priority
Round	~1.15 or less	soft jaw, full cheeks	add height and vertical lines
Square	~1.15 or less	angular jaw, broad forehead	soften angles with waves — or own them
Oval	~1.15–1.25	balanced, gently tapered	almost anything works
Oblong	~1.25+	long, straight sides	add width, avoid extra height
Heart	~1.15–1.25	wide forehead, pointed chin	volume near the jaw, curtain fringe
Diamond	~1.15–1.25	high cheekbones, narrow forehead & chin	widen forehead and jaw

Ranges use our analyzer's measurement and are calibrated against the celebrity data on this site. Real faces blend categories — that's normal.

Common mistakes when self-identifying

Mistake 1: judging with hair down. Fringes hide the forehead and side layers hide the jaw — the two zones that decide your category. Always assess with hair fully pulled back.

Mistake 2: using a selfie taken at arm's length. Phone front cameras are wide-angle lenses; up close they bulge the center of the face and shrink the edges, making every face look longer and narrower than it is. Stand back, use the rear camera or a timer, and keep the camera at eye level.

Mistake 3: expecting one clean answer. Most people are a blend — "oval with a square jaw" or "round leaning heart." That's fine. Take the styling advice of your dominant shape and borrow from the secondary one where it fits. The measurements are a vocabulary, not a verdict.

What to do with your answer

Once you know your shape, three guides on this site turn it into decisions: hairstyles by face shape covers cuts, partings, and fringes for each category; glasses by face shape applies the same balance logic to frames; and if your goal is a smaller-looking face overall, see how to make your face look smaller.

And if you haven't measured yet — the AI analyzer takes about fifteen seconds, runs entirely in your browser, and gives you the exact numbers this guide is built around.

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FAQ

Measure face length (hairline to chin) and width (cheekbone to cheekbone), divide length by width, then check where your face is widest. Or upload one photo to the free AI analyzer and read the numbers off the result.

Yes — most people are blends, like oval with a square jaw. Identify your dominant shape from the ratio and widest point, use its styling advice as your base, and borrow from the secondary shape where it fits.

Front cameras are wide-angle lenses. At arm's length they enlarge the center of your face and shrink the edges, distorting your apparent shape. Assess your face shape from photos taken further back, at eye level.