Seven face shapes, drawn to scale.
Every outline below is drawn from measured proportions at the same cheekbone width, so you can see what actually separates the shapes: length, the forehead-to-jaw balance, the cheekbones and the jaw corner.
Check my face shape- OvalLonger than it is wide, widest at the cheekbones, with a jaw that narrows gently to a rounded chin.reads 84% oval
- RoundAbout as wide as it is long, widest at full cheeks, with a soft jaw and a rounded chin.reads 91% round
- SquareLength and width close to equal, with forehead, cheekbones and jaw near the same width and a defined jaw corner.reads 91% square
- OblongClearly longer than it is wide, with forehead, cheekbones and jaw close to the same width.reads 91% oblong
- HeartWidest across the forehead and temples, narrowing to a slimmer jaw and a finer chin.reads 80% heart
- DiamondCheekbones clearly widest, with a narrower forehead and jaw, often ending in a finer chin.reads 76% diamond
- TriangleJaw wider than the forehead, so the face broadens from the temples down to the jawline.reads 69% triangle
Outlines are textbook examples. The percentage is how our engine reads each one, which is the point: even a textbook face is a mix.
The four measurements behind every label
- LW
- Length ÷ width. Face length (hairline to chin) divided by cheekbone width.
- FJ
- Forehead ÷ jaw. Forehead width divided by jaw width at the jaw corners.
- CK
- Cheekbone prominence. Cheekbone width divided by the average of forehead and jaw width.
- ANG
- Jaw angularity. How sharp the jaw corner is, from 0 (curved) to 1 (angular).
Face-shape labels are fuzzy. We score on measurements.
The seven shapes are a stylists' convention, not a validated classification. Charts draw the lines in different places, and judging by eye is unreliable: in one study, visual face-type calls agreed with caliper measurements at a kappa of just 0.19.
The best published face-shape classifier reached about 85% accuracy on noisy photos. So we don't hand you one label. We show your shape as a mix, like 62% oval and 25% oblong, and our scorer never uses the label at all.
Proportions are also only part of the story. Your texture, density and hairline decide what a cut can physically do, so they carry more weight than face geometry.