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Any decent stylist knows that the shape of your face strongly determines the type of hair style that can compliment or badly detract from your natural beauty. Yes I know there are always exceptions to the rule. Even in nature of have the bumble-bee that technically shouldn’t fly or the Duck-billed platypus that according to evolutionists shouldn’t even exist and we in the fashion world have Kate Moss who by all standards, with her wide set, Hammerhead shaped eyes really shouldn’t have a contract but those are exemptions and not the standard.

Now most people can easily look in the mirror and get an idea of their faces shape but what we see is often blurred by what we want and not what we really have. Personally I like exact numbers, remember there are some faces that fall in to two categories and can easily pull of looks from two different categories. So if you want to get technical, here is a little math that can help you find your perfect category.

First off, start by measuring across the top of your cheekbones. Place the end of your tape measure just past the outer corner of your eye. Then lay the tape measure in a straight line across the bridge of your nose just past the outer corner of your other eye. The tape measure should be resting on the top of the top of your cheekbone.

Write down this measurement.
Next, measure your jaw line next. Start on one side of your jaw at the base near your ear. Run the measuring tape along your jaw line to the middle of your chin.

Now, multiple the numbers at the end point by two and write down this measurement.
Then, measure your forehead by placing the starting point of the measuring tape on one side of your forehead at the widest point halfway between your eyebrows and your hairline. Run the measuring tape along your forehead till you come to the same point on the opposite side.

Write down this measurement.
Last, measure the length of your face. Start at the middle of your hairline. Run the measuring tape down your face, over the nose, to the tip of your chin.

Read the number at the end point and write down this measurement.

Ok, here are the results .An oval face is 1.5 times wider than long. A round face is almost equal in width and length. A square face is as wide as it is long, but angular at the top and bottom compared to a round face. A heart shaped face is narrow at the jaw and wide at the cheekbones or forehead, while a diamond shaped face is wide at the cheekbones and narrow at both the forehead and jaw.

Armed with a little more info you might be able to look at styles you normally would have never considered.

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