Finding your face shape

1 Choose a bathroom with good lighting and make sure you can see your full face.Stand in front of the mirror. You’ll need a tape measure, a piece of paper and a pen to write down your measurements.


2 Start by measuring across the top of your cheekbones. Place the end of your tape measure just past the outer corner of your eye. This is your start point. Then, carefully lay the tape measure in a straight line across the bridge of your nose to just past the outer corner of your other eye. This is your end point of measurement. The tape measure should be resting on the top of the “apples” of your cheeks, or just on top of your cheekbones


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


4 Measure your jaw line next. Measure across the widest part of your jaw.


5 Multiple the number at the end point by two and write down this measurement.


6 Measure your forehead now. Place the start point of the measuring tape on one side of your forehead at the widest point (usually halfway between your eyebrows and your hairline). Run the measuring tape along your forehead until you come to the same point on the opposite side of your head.


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


8 Finally, measure the length of your face. Start at the middle of your hairline. Run the measuring tape down your face, over your nose, to the tip of your chin.


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


10 Determine your face shape

• Round Face - Your face is as wide as it is long. This may vary a little but generally the measurement is close.
• Oblong - Longer than it is wide.
• Heart - Narrow at jaw line, wide at cheekbones/and or forehead.
• Square - your face is about as wide as it is long.
• Diamond - Widest at cheekbones, narrow forehead and jaw line of approximately equal widths.

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