How to Find Your Face Shape

Finding your face shape is less about celebrity look-alikes and more about three widths and one length: forehead, cheeks, jaw, and the distance from hairline to chin. A face shape analyzer automates those comparisons; you can also check them in a mirror with a washable marker on the glass.

The five labels this site uses

Oval faces are longer than they are wide, with a jaw that tapers without a sharp corner. Round faces keep length and width close, with a softer chin. Square faces also look balanced in length, but the jaw stays wide and angular. Heart faces carry more width in the upper third and narrow toward the chin. Long faces stretch vertically, sometimes with a high forehead or elongated chin.

Photo habits that keep the label stable

Stand about two feet from the camera. Hold the lens at eye height. Relax your mouth. Pull hair behind your ears if it hides the jaw. Wide-angle selfies taken from above will shorten the jaw and can flip square toward heart or oval toward round.

Then run the face shape analyzer. If two clean photos agree, you have a working label for glasses and haircut conversations. If they disagree, trust the photo with the smallest tilt—not the one that feels most flattering.

Shape is only one layer. When you want score, symmetry, and copy in one place, return to the face analyzer homepage.