Hairstyles for Heart Faces: What Works and Why
A heart-shaped face is widest at the forehead and cheekbones and tapers to a narrow, often pointed chin — sometimes with a widow’s peak completing the heart outline. Styling aims to balance the wider upper face with the delicate lower third, usually by adding volume at chin level.
📸 Check your face shape freeWomen's haircuts for a heart face
Chin-length bob
Adds visual width exactly where the face narrows.
Side-swept bangs
Softens and narrows a wider forehead.
Shoulder-length waves with face-framing layers
Fills in the lower-face taper.
Deep side part
Cuts the forehead’s visual width instantly.
Men's haircuts for a heart face
Medium-length textured top with fuller sides
Avoids exaggerating forehead width.
Fringe-forward crop
Shortens a tall, wide forehead.
Avoid high-volume pompadours
Extra height on top makes the chin look even smaller.
What to avoid
- Slicked-back styles that fully expose a wide forehead
- Choppy chin-length layers that end above the chin point
- Top-heavy, oversized frames
How to brief your stylist or barber
Show this page and say what you want in plain words: the goal for a heart face is to balance the width-to-length ratio — work with your widest point rather than against it.
Not sure you are actually heart? Read the Heart face shape guide, or run one photo through the face shape detector — it runs on your device.
Also see: glasses by face shape and the full hairstyle chart.