Round faces
As wide as long, with full cheeks and a soft jaw. 1 face guide on EveryFaceShape so far.
A round face is about as wide as it is long, with full cheeks, a soft jawline and few angles. Round faces are common in children everywhere, and many people keep the shape as adults. Stylists who want to add length and angles suggest rectangular frames and beards fuller at the chin; others prefer to keep the softness. Both are matters of taste.
Adding length
Opticians often suggest rectangular, square or wayfarer frames slightly wider than the face, because straight lines add contrast. Upswept cat-eye frames lift the eye line. Barbers suggest a goatee, a Van Dyke or a beard kept short at the sides and longer at the chin, which lengthens the face. A chinstrap can define the jaw. Higher arched brows add length too.
Makeup
Makeup artists may contour below the cheekbones and at the temples and place blush high, sweeping towards the ears. Others lean into a round face's softness with blush on the apples of the cheeks. A round face reads younger in many cultures, and in many places it is simply admired as it is.
Famous round faces face guides
Further reading
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Wayfarer: Starman1984, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cat eye glasses: Smithsonian Institution, No restrictions, source
- Chinstrap beard: B. D. Maxham, Public domain, source
- Goatee: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, source
- Van Dyke beard: Didier Descouens, Public domain, source