Bluntly cut bangs shorten the appearance of your face, making it look wider than it truly is. They also highlight the fullness of your face, making the roundness of the cheeks and chin more apparent.
A short crop will make your body appear larger by making your head look small. “Hairstyles with sharp lines in them will enhance the body's natural shape,” says Joel Goncalves, Creative Director at John Frieda. That means a longer style but with choppy layers that draw into the cheekbones.
Short hair can be slimming as well, as long as you have tons of texture and fullness, which make your face look smaller in proportion.
Short hair has more natural volume, which makes hair appear thicker. Wash hair daily – The key to styling thin hair is to maximize volume at the roots. However, your scalp's natural oils tend to weigh hair down.
An asymmetrical long bob, or lob, is the absolute best hairstyle if you want to make your face look thinner. Opt for a lob at least three inches below the chin in the front, and angled shorter in the back.
“With round face shapes, you need to create interest and angles in the haircut to elongate the face,” says Dom Seeley, Color Wow's international creative director. “Longer lengths are more suited to this face shape for that reason too, and it's always better to style it in soft waves, adding body and volume.
"With that that in mind, short hairstyles do work well for round faces, but it's all about the cut, length, and styling," he adds. So, whether you want to chop it all off into a pixie or go slow and steady by way of a lob, I've rounded up 17 inspiring styles for you to screenshot right now.
A shorter haircut will help get rid of the weight pulling those limp strands down. If you have thin hair, a blunt cut will feign thickness, and a pixie cut makes those strands feather-light and much more pliable for styling. For thicker fine hair, well-placed long layers give dimension and volume to your bobs and lobs.
However, the sweetest spot for fine or thin hair is shoulder-length or shorter, no matter your age. It removes enough weight to give your mane a boost of fullness and bounce, and it makes it much easier to add volume to the roots.
With curly or wavy hair, going too short may add more width to the cheek area. Short styles that add volume on top can elongate your face. Square Face: You may want to play down a strong, angular jaw. Texture, in the form of curls or choppy ends, does a brilliant job at this.
There's an easy, and we mean easy, way to decide if short hairstyles are in your future. We call it the 2.25 rule. Practically fool proof, this rule states that if the longest part of your chin is less than 2.25 inches from the tip of your earlobe, then short hairstyles are for you.
Most of the weight is going to come from water trapped between your hairs. The longer and wetter your hair, the more weight you'll gain. Even if you have long hair, it's unlikely that it would add more than a few ounces.
FALSE: Cutting your hair only affects the shaft, but not the follicle, which is the part responsible for growth and premature loss. Getting your hair cut may mean you feel like it's falling out less as your split ends will have been removed and your hair will look healthier, but it has no impact on new growth or loss.
In straight type, thin hair was judged most attractive, whereas in wavy type, hair with mean diameter received the highest attractiveness judgments. In conclusion, there was considerable variation in age, health and attractiveness perception of hair with regard to effects of hair diameter, type, and color.
Medium-Length Cut with Long Layers
Hemple says long layers always give off a youthful appearance. She adds that off-center or side parts that "fall naturally in place can make the eyes seem wider to give you a more youthful appearance. "
Of all the short haircuts to consider, the easiest to maintain is actually a textured long bob—also known as a lob. As the style grows out, the long layers won't fall awkwardly and will naturally shift into a mid-length look. "Adding in layers is an easy way to keep a look fresh," says Reed.
Classic layers can keep your hair looking on-trend and stylish, while also flattering the soft angles of round faces. "A medium-length, shaggy hair style accented with side bangs that hit at the cheekbones is a great look for a round face," says Nunzio Saviano, hairstylist and owner of Nunzio Saviano Salon.
Being considered the best haircut for a round face, the A-line bob makes the face look thinner and frames it nicely as the tips draw the eye down and give a slimming effect. The soft curves of this haircut aptly hide the cheeks.
It is believed that the thicker hair will give the illusion of a fuller, more robust figure. This is not always true because sometimes people with long hair can look even skinnier than those with short hair.
A cropped cut can be a way to show the world how strong you are. "A woman with short hair is perceived as confident — not having to hide anything,” says Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, author of “Reading People: How to Understand People and Predict Their Behavior – Anytime, Anyplace.”
All you do is place a pencil under your chin horizontally and hold a ruler under your ear, vertically. If the intersection of the two measures less than 2.25 inches, your face is made for short hair a la Halle Berry or Audrey Hepburn.
Anyone at any age, with any features, and with any style preferences can look good in short hair with enough confidence and the ability to find the right cut for their face, hair texture, and personality.