Merging bangs to your current
hairstyle can enhance your facial features and take your overall look to the
next level. However, deciding to rock bangs could mean the difference between
hair gorgeousness and hair faux pas – especially if you don’t know what kind of
bangs style to go for. So before you embrace the “fringe” trend, check out
these tips on how to choose the most suitable bangs for your natural face
shape.
Round Face
What’s not to like about the
youthfulness that a round face can effortlessly emanate? Beauties with round
visages normally have very soft features which is why they are afraid they will
have fuller and more circular faces if they get bangs. Truth be told, angular
bangs can downplay that distinct softness. Worn best by Charlize Theron, Emma
Stone and Cameron Diaz, this style of heavy curtain bangs has a deeply curved
shape that draws people’s attention to one side of the face which creates an
illusion of an angular and elongated face shape. Avoid getting full-fat and
straight cut bangs for it will only make the forehead and cheeks appear wider.
Square Face
Natural square faces are
characterized by naturally fierce asymmetrical features which look very
bold and strong. Women of this particular face shape can sport full and blunt
bangs the same way Jennifer Garner and Nicole Richie can. This thick bangs
style can actually reduce the sharpness of angular hairline and jawbone as long
as the cut won’t go past the outer corner of the eyes. As a guideline, do not
cut the bangs beyond the natural arch of the eyebrows so that the center part
would appear narrow. The length of the bangs should fall barely below the
eyebrows for a more vertically extended appearance.
Heart-Shaped
Typified by a broad forehead, narrow
jawline and pointed chin, the heart-shaped face radiates a sweet and
sophisticated appeal. The purpose of incorporating bangs to the hairstyle of
heart-shaped faces is to tone down the prominence of the pointy chin and to
somehow balance the narrow bottom part of the face with the wider area of the
forehead. Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Love Hewitt are almost always seen
wearing long, layered sideswept bangs to emphasize their peepers and add volume
to their lower cheek areas which results to drawing people’s attention away
from their chin.
Oval Shape
Notice how Olivia Wilde and Zooey
Deschanel have so much fun changing their bangs style every now and then? Well,
let’s just say that oval shaped faces can never go wrong with any bangs style.
Known as the face shape that the majority of people have, the oval countenance
is elongated and can actually wear almost any bangs style known in the
hairstyle industry. The ideal bangs style for this desirable face shape is long
and slightly draping above the eyes. Another bangs style to consider would be a
thick and straight cut in the middle of the forehead which stretches on longer
towards the outer corner of the eyes for a dramatic and classic look.
