37 Best Hairstyles For Heart-shaped Faces

A heart-shaped face is very similar to a strawberry. The forehead is wide, narrowing down to the cheeks, and thinner at the jawline. However, many incredible hairstyles for heart-shaped faces can transform how you look!

Every hairstyle you pick makes you look different. You can use bangs, layers, feathered tips, and more to slightly change your face shape and accentuate all the facial features. Different haircuts and styles like lobs and half-up hairdos with bangs flatter the facial features while taking the spotlight away from the forehead. You can get some highlights, lowlights, balayage, or ombre that suit your hair texture, style, and preference to amp it up. Heart face shape is also called the inverted-triangle face shape because the forehead is the most prominent part of your face, and the jawline is the narrowest. It’s a wonderful feature to have and we give you plenty of good examples on achieving this look. This article details how you can properly style your hair according to your face shape. Keep scrolling to check out some cool hairstyles to try!

Before You Get Started

• Keep the geometry of the face in mind. Features like a wide forehead, prominent cheekbones, narrow jaw, and pointy chin create sharp angles. Suitable hairstyles for this face need to round out the sharp angles.
• Layers that curve inwards, big curls, and defined waves can help soften the sharpness of a heart-shaped face.
• Tightly pulled-back hair, baby bangs, and choppy pixies do not complement a heart face.

Tips And Tricks For Styling Your Hair For Your Heart-shaped Face

You need to know how to determine your face shape to be sure that you do indeed have a heart-shaped face. Once you confirm that, move on to what you need to keep in mind when picking a suitable hairstyle for you.

• You need to take the attention off your forehead as that makes your face look broad.
• You need to accentuate your cheekbones.
• You need to pick a hairstyle that makes the lower half of your face seem fuller, hence drawing attention to it.
• Bangs are the best way to draw attention away from your forehead. Whether it’s side bangs, swept bangs or just your basic front and center bangs, this is the best go-to hairstyle for heart-shaped faces.

Celebrity hair expert and HairNerd creator, Richard Morrill

says, “Remember to start your bang drying time with the bangs completely wet. Always wet to dry. Never Damp to dry. Especially with cowlicks or curls.”

• Long straight bangs are a great way to add definition to your cheekbones. This bang tends to be more youthful than other types of fringe cuts.

• Side swept bangs look great on heart-shaped faces. Adding softness to the edges of your face and filling in the weight below your cheekbones with your hair is always a winner.

• Heart-shaped faces go really well with long hair. If you’re considering curls, then full curls or waves are the way to go. Frizzy or zig-zag hair is a big NO! Keep your part clean and natural, helping draw attention to your eyes.

• Heavy or mild highlights and lowlights go well with a heart-shaped face and bring the focus to the rest of the face. Having a low taper that starts below the cheekbone can add fullness to a weak chin.

• A middle parting with side bangs is THE hairstyle for all you women with a heart-shaped face. This style in chocolate brown really makes the eyes sparkle and turn every head in the room.

• A complete color job looks nice with heart-shaped faces. Especially having the middle forehead showing due to a side part and perfectly cut checkbone pieces to add striking dimension.

• When coloring your hair, try an ombre. The color should be darker at the roots and lighter at the bottom. With a center part, it gives the lower half of your face a fuller look. The ombre can be in any color combination that you want. Just remember to keep the bulk of your hair below your cheekbone.

• A bob that reaches just below the jawline adds definition to the chin. A textured bob (a bob that is cut at an angle) is a great haircut for heart-shaped faces as well. Don’t stack the haircut too high or you will create too much width in the cheekbone area.

• Soft side swept bangs look stunning on women with a heart-shaped face.

• A fully swept up bun looks gorgeous on long heart-shaped faces.

Now that we know what we need to keep an eye on, let’s take a look at a few celebs with heart-shaped faces whose hairstyles look perfect.

35 Best Hairstyles For Heart-Shaped Faces

• Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney is one of the popular style icons for Gen Z and carries every hairstyle with elegance. This romantic messy braided updo with face-framing locks emphasizes her sharp cheekbones and jawline. The volume and messy braid at the crown give a sweet, youthful appearance.

• Rowan Blanchard

Outgrowing her tightly cropped pixie, Rowan Blanchard sported this sexy look with a styled quiff. The thin face-framing locks over the ears give balance and add a touch of femininity.

• Keri Russel

It is one of the most infamous pixie haircuts in history. This look of Keri Russel in Season 2 of WB’s Felicity was met with uproar. But we simply love the way she carried the hairstyle with grace and confidence.

• Brittany Snow

A pulled-back updo accentuates Brittany Snow’s beautiful facial features. The finger-combed hair and the tousled look add gradient and depth to the hairdo and make her face appear longer and slimmer.

• Vanessa Hudgens

You can ditch your traditional bob hairstyle for this side-parted layered bob. The deep side parting and the bouncy layers emphasize her big bright eyes and soften the pointy look of the heart shape.

• Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon is not only America’s sweetheart but the whole world’s as well. She always sports bangs, with both straight and wavy hair. Bangs look impressive on heart-shaped faces. They divert the attention from your broad forehead and bring attention to the lower half of your face. Elongate when you can. This will help soften any inverted triangle.

Did You Know?

Reese Witherspoon has rocked her heart-shaped face with hairdos including beach waves, old Hollywood curls, retro curled bobs, wispy updos, and playful ponytails.

• Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner is the poster child for brunette hair. Her slender features are highlighted beautifully with those forehead bangs and straight hair. Garner’s cheekbones look well defined here because of her hairstyle. Having your hair move away from your face can change you from a hard shape to a soft shape instantly.

• Halle Berry

Yes! This drop-dead gorgeous Bond heroine has a heart-shaped face. Halle Berry turned heads when she sported this stunning short hairdo. Short spiky hairstyles do her face justice by bringing all the attention to her cheekbones and eyes.

Richard Morrill advises, “Try to keep from stacking the haircut in the back in order to not displace the weight of your hair to be in line with your cheekbones.”

• Claudia Schiffer

Stunning model, actress, and fashion designer, Claudia Schiffer looks beautiful in this long layered hairstyle that accentuates the lower half of her face. The soft waves bring attention to her cheekbones without making her chin look too long. This is a long side-bangs look that really softens the face, making the lips look full.

• Scarlett Johansson

There is no hairstyle that would not look good on this ethereal beauty! But Scarlett Johansson’s short hair updo started a trend that is still breaking records all over the world. This hairstyle looks perfect on her long face as it accentuates her cheekbones and eyes, bringing just the right amount of fullness to her chin.

• Naomi Campbell

Model Naomi Campbell knows what looks good on her. The middle parting, seen in the picture, highlights her chiseled nose, gorgeous eyes, and full lips, and camouflages the width of her forehead.

• Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt knows her hair. She started a trend with her straight-haired look from the movie I know what you did last summer. But that’s not the look we’re talking about today. Jennifer Love Hewitt looks pretty in this low pony that gives her a messy laidback feel. The side swept bangs add definition to her facial features while diverting attention from her wide forehead.

• Audrey Tautou

Actress and model Audrey Tautou pulls off this short wavy hairstyle like a rockstar! With side-swept bangs that make everybody focus all their attention on her eyes and lips, this short hairstyle for heart-shaped faces is one for the books. If you love short hair, then this is the look for you.

• Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes stuns us with this chic, straight, and shiny hairstyle. This is one of the best hairstyles for heart-shaped faces. The long straight hair with the side parting focuses on Katie’s eyes and lips. The eyeliner just adds more definition to the eyes.

• Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria’s hair stole the hearts of many. She looks beautiful with that deep side swept fringe. The spiky outward edges bring the focus to her jawline and high cheekbones.

• Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow has come a long way from simply being known as the wacky free-spirited Phoebe Buffay. She looks absolutely beautiful in this straight side bangs hairdo. The side layers bring out her gorgeous eyes and give her face a fuller feel.

• Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer is a goddess! She even has Bruno Mars singing about her. While she has a lot of hairstyles that we could talk about, this one is my favorite. Her fluffy waves look so brilliant and immediately bring the attention to her eyes, nose, and mouth. The fluffiness of this hairstyle gives definition to her facial structure, highlighting her cheekbones.

• Ashley Judd

The gorgeous Ashley Judd has a more rounded heart-shaped face. The big soft waves at the bottom give her a gentler look while adding definition to the lower half of her face. The straight hair on top along with the side bangs accentuates her cheeks, eyes, and eyebrows. But it is her wide smile that steals hearts!

• Ashley Greene

Ashley Greene turned heads with her playful pixie hairstyle that her character Alice Cullen sported. Everyone wanted that pixie! If you have a heart-shaped face, then try this Bob haircut. Ashley looks stunning and carefree in this hairstyle. The curled bangs divert any attention from the forehead to the lower part of her face.

• Cheryl Cole

Singer Cheryl Cole looks terrific in this slightly poofy messy ponytail with long side bangs. The bangs focus on her cheeks, nose, and mouth and make her forehead seem smaller. The color of her hair complements her eye color well.

• Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow switched her regular straight-haired look for this cool wavy wispy edged look. The full waves bring attention to her cheeks and smile. For shorter hair the textured bob with wispy ends is one of the best hairstyles for heart-shaped faces who are looking for a more modern look. They also grow out well if you wish to keep them longer the way Paltrow does. The waves make her face appear thinner.

“If you have a low growing hairline, add a soft side-swept bang to balance out your cheekbones”, Richard Morrill suggests.

• Mary-Kate Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen looks fabulous in this messy low bun look. This hairstyle also acts as a faux bob. This asymmetrical look gets us to focus on her lips. The face-framing pieces give her face a longer look. This is perfect for women with round or heart-shaped faces

• Nicole Richie Madden

Fashion designer and actress Nicole Richie Madden knows what hairstyles suit her. The shoulder-length angled bob is an excellent hairstyle for round, heart-shaped faces. It draws attention to her lower face and her lovely eyes.

• Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham is a whole new level of sophistication. She looks chic and gorgeous in this textured bob hairstyle. It adds definition to her cheekbones and focuses on her lips and eyes. The side parting makes her forehead look smaller and adds length to her face.

Did You Know?

Victoria Beckham has inspired millions with her different bob hairstyles such as choppy bob, sleek long bob, polished bob, edgy bob, and messy bob.

• Deepika Padukone

Actress Deepika Padukone is the epitome of beauty and elegance. She looks classy in this low pony with a middle parting. The middle parting defines her facial structure well. It highlights her cheekbones and huge eyes. Paired with a sublime lip color to match the dress, this look is sure to turn heads.

• Taylor Swift

Swap out your conventional bob for a chic side-parted layered bob, a style that Taylor Swift has flawlessly embraced. The deep side part and playful layers not only accentuate her captivating eyes but also effortlessly soften the angular edges of her heart-shaped face. The strategic layering adds movement and dimension, elevating the overall look.

• Penelope Cruz

Penelope Cruz, with her heart-shaped face, effortlessly flaunts a timeless, shoulder-length layered hairstyle. The gentle waves and side-swept bangs beautifully complement her facial structure, framing her features with elegance. This classic look accentuates her eyes and softens the angular contours, showcasing Cruz’s innate style and enhancing her natural beauty. Opt for choppy medium hairstyles with various cheek-framing layers to achieve a look similar to hers.

Infographic: Most Suitable Hairstyles For Heart-Shaped Face

The heart-shaped face is one of the easiest face shapes to style. There is a bundle of hairstyles that look amazing on such faces, but if you want to draw more attention to your jaw and cheekbones then check out the below infographic for some of the most suitable hairstyles for heart-shaped faces.

Illustration: StyleCraze Design Team

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you shape your eyebrows for a heart shaped face?

You need to have well-groomed eyebrows for a heart shaped face. The eyebrows should neither be too thin nor too thick to balance the width of the forehead. Shape your eyebrows in a medium arch for best results,

How do you apply makeup to a heart shaped face?

Widen your chin with a bit of concealer, apply just a little vertical swipe of blush, contour with a bit of bronzer, highlight the eyes with a dark eyeliner, and use a lipliner before lipgloss.

Are there any particular haircuts that are suitable for heart-shaped faces with thick hair?

If you have thick hair and a heart-shaped face, consider getting face-framing long layers, a shoulder-length bob, or long loose waves to suit your facial features.

What are some low-maintenance hairstyles for heart-shaped faces?

Some of the low-maintenance hairstyles for heart-shaped faces include side-swept bangs, long beach waves, and shoulder-length bobs.

Are short or long hairstyles better for heart-shaped faces?

Both short and long hairstyles can suit a heart-shaped face. It all comes down to personal preference. A short hairstyle such as a pixie cut draws attention to your eyes and strikes a balance between your forehead and cheekbones, whereas a long hairstyle such as long waves can soften your features and frame your face better.

What hair color works best with a heart-shaped face?

It depends on the skin tone and the maintenance requirements. Generally, a color that is darker toward your chin or highlights your jawline is preferred as it balances your features.

Illustration: Best Hairstyles For Heart-shaped Faces

Image: Stable Diffusion/StyleCraze Design Team

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