Face shape detector: find your face shape free

What is face shape?

Face shape is a shorthand description of the outline created by your forehead, cheekbones, jaw and chin. Facemap uses five broad reference families: oval, round, square, heart and oblong. Diamond, triangle, pear and inverted-triangle labels are useful styling terms, but they overlap strongly with those measured families rather than forming clean, universal categories.

How Facemap measures face shape

Facemap corrects the captured face for tilt and camera angle, then compares face length with the widest cheekbone span, temple span and jaw width. Jaw angle helps separate a soft round outline from a more angular square outline. The closest five-shape reference becomes the result.

What the typical range looks like

There is no best, most attractive or most flattering face shape. Shape describes outline, not facial quality. Styling advice works by either echoing that outline or adding contrast, so the most useful result is the one that explains your proportions rather than ranking them.

How to read your result

Facemap shows the underlying measurements alongside the label, so you can see, for example, whether a square classification comes from a wide jaw, a short face length, or both, rather than treating the label as the whole story.

The face shape formula: how we calculate it

Composite of length-to-width and cheek-to-jaw taper. Landmark numbers are MediaPipe Face Landmarker indices, and every distance is normalised to your own face so camera distance and image size cancel out.

0.6 x (face height / face width) + 0.9 x (bigonial / bizygomatic)

Landmarks used

10, 152, 234, 454, 172, 397

Reference target

1.55, a balanced oval

Tolerance band

0.30

Your reading is compared with that published reference on a Gaussian match curve: score = round( 100 x exp( -0.5 x ( (reading - target) / tolerance )^2 ) ), clamped to 1 to 99. Basis for the reference value: weighted blend chosen so oval reads highest and both very long and very square outlines fall away. The headline Attractiveness Score works differently: all readings are corrected for head angle and expression, weighted by confidence and mapped onto a 1 to 100 scale by a model calibrated against a published research set of more than Facemap scans.

Read the full Facemap methodology, including how the 22 measurement categories combine into your Attractiveness Score.

Face shape reference table

How the measured proportions map to five reference shapes.

• OvalGently tapered

  Length exceeds width, with a softer jaw narrower than the upper face

• RoundSoft and compact

  Length and width are closer, with curved cheeks and an open jaw angle

• SquareAngular and compact

  Forehead, cheekbones and jaw read at similar widths with a stronger jaw angle

• HeartTop weighted

  Forehead and cheekbones are wider, narrowing towards the chin

• OblongLong and straight

  Length clearly exceeds width while the sides remain relatively even

How to measure your face shape at home

For a manual face shape test, pull hair away from the temples, face a camera at eye level and use a straight-on photo. Measure each span in the same image so scale cancels out. Compare proportions rather than centimetres.

• /Face length: top of the visible face to the lowest chin point
• /Cheekbone width: the widest horizontal span across the cheeks
• /Forehead width: temple to temple at the upper face
• /Jaw width: corner to corner across the lower face

Face shape chart: oval, round, square, heart and oblong

An oval face is longer than wide and tapers gently. A round face is closer in length and width with curved edges. A square face has similar upper and lower widths with a defined jaw. A heart face narrows from a broader upper face. An oblong face is distinctly longer with straighter sides.

Diamond, triangle, pear and inverted triangle face shapes

Some guides use extra labels. Diamond usually means the cheekbones are widest with a narrower forehead and jaw. Triangle or pear usually means the jaw is wider than the upper face. Inverted triangle overlaps with heart but often describes a straighter, less pointed chin. Facemap reports the closest of five broad families and shows the underlying widths in the full report.

Best hairstyles and haircuts for each face shape

The same principles apply to hairstyles for women and haircuts for men: add volume where you want width, remove it where the outline already dominates, or deliberately echo the natural shape. Hair texture, density, hairline and personal style matter more than gender labels.

• /Oval: most lengths work, so choose around texture, maintenance and features
• /Round: height at the crown, longer layers and off-centre parts can add length
• /Square: soft layers and movement can contrast the jaw, while blunt cuts emphasise it
• /Heart: chin-length volume and side parts can balance a broader upper face
• /Oblong: side volume, waves and fringe lines can reduce the appearance of length

Bangs, curtain bangs, pixie cuts and short hair by face shape

Curtain bangs are adaptable because their shortest point and outer length can be moved. A round face often benefits from a longer, parted curtain shape; an oblong face can take a fuller fringe; a heart face often suits side-swept or cheekbone-length pieces. Pixie cuts and short hair can work on every shape when crown height, side volume and fringe direction are adjusted.

What glasses shape suits my face?

Start with fit: pupils should sit comfortably within the lenses, the bridge should not pinch and the frame should not touch the cheeks. Then choose contrast or harmony. Angular frames can add definition to round faces, curved frames can soften square faces, bottom-weighted frames can balance heart faces, and deeper lenses can visually shorten oblong faces. Oval faces usually have the widest choice.

Sunglasses for round, square, oval, heart and oblong faces

The same frame logic applies to sunglasses, but lens size matters more. A frame near the measured cheekbone width usually looks intentional. Oversized styles can overwhelm a narrow face, while very shallow lenses can make an oblong face appear longer. For a round face, rectangular or geometric sunglasses often provide the clearest contrast.

Makeup placement for your face shape

Face-shape makeup changes where light and shadow draw attention, not the underlying structure. Highlight can bring an area forward and matte contour can visually recede it. Use your actual cheekbone and jaw landmarks rather than copying a generic diagram, blend in natural light and treat face shape as a starting point rather than a rule.

Face shape from a photo: why angle matters

A close camera widens the centre of the face, a low camera can strengthen the jaw and a turned head compresses one side. For a reliable face shape analyzer, use an eye-level front view, neutral expression, even light and visible temples. Facemap takes three guided captures and uses the clearest acceptable frame.

Face shape versus facial ratios and jaw angle

Face shape is a category, while facial width-to-height ratio and gonial angle are continuous measurements. Two people can both be classified as square while having different jaw angles or face lengths. That is why the full report places the shape label beside the measurements that produced it.