The best haircuts for 2020 according to the shape of your face

How do I cut it?

Shag, Bowl, Pixie, Bob … The truth is that it costs a little to decide between so many offers. How to choose? To be safe, it is best to focus on the shape of our face. The cut that best suits us will be the one that helps us "balance" our features. Whether you have a round face or if you have it long, oval or square, there is a cut - and several hairstyles - that will enhance your best features and hide those that you do not like so much. How far you want the scissors to go (short, medium length or just the ends), that is already up to you and your hairdresser. Ah! And when in doubt, layered cuts flatter almost everyone.

Haircut for round face: XL mane

If your face is rather round and you do not want to sacrifice your hair, you are in luck, because this year the XL hair will be the main protagonists … and they help to stylize the face ! Take the opportunity to let it grow, because it is worn at chest height and even below it. What do you have half a mane? No problem, if you want to see yourself with long hair, you can resort to extensions, like Jennifer Lopez.

The plus: if you want to go to the last, the hair is worn with broken waves and parted in the middle , like Cara Delevingne.

Haircut for round face: midi mane

A smooth mane at the shoulder height also helps to compensate for a round face, although in the case of Emilia Clarke it would have been better to leave a little more volume on the upper part (a more layered cut, shaggy style) to achieve "lengthening "a little more the face.

The detail: the light points from the middle to the ends, brightening the hair a little more, help to harmonize the face.

Haircut for round face: the mullet

The mullet is one of the most radical cuts for 2020. Short at the front and with longer locks on the sides and the nape , the mullet is an unstructured short popularized in the 70s by rock icon David Bowie. Women with round faces tend to have boyish and sweet features. If you are tired of that angelic image, this is your cut because it prints character and gives a touch of rebellion to your look.

Contraindicated for … long faces or too serious features, it would accentuate them even more and add years to your look.

Haircut for round face: straight with curtain bangs

The straight hair wrapping around the face helps to refine the features, but one of the tricks that never fails is the bangs, because it visually breaks with the "moon face" effect. So that it does not have a too forceful finish, it is better if it is paraded a little and left slightly open in the middle, known as curtain bangs. By parting to the sides, it leaves part of the forehead free, which helps to lengthen the face.

More stylized face: you will achieve this if when you collect your hair, apart from leaving your bangs open, you let a couple of long locks fall on the sides of your face.

Haircut for elongated face: curly bob

At this point in the movie, it sure has not gone unnoticed that curls are super trendy . If you have a long face, it is a great option to visually shorten the face, as it adds volume to the sides. Bella Hadid, who usually wears it straight, has joined the trend with this flattering curly bob. See what change!

Hair with curls and movement: gives a youthful and carefree look.

Haircut for elongated face: pixie

If it already started to emerge last year, in 2020 the pixie is confirmed as one of the most demanded cuts in hairdressing salons. In the case of elongated faces, the key is to make the cut as cranial as possible (no toupees, because they would stylize the face more) and comb it casually forward or slightly to the side, covering the forehead. This visually shortens the features.

The most successful pixies: they are the ones that leave the nape very clean and give prominence to the bangs.

Haircut for Long Face: Wavy Bob with Side Bangs

Singer Taylor Swift has made a plenary session by combining various trends. The sum of all of them help to harmonize her face: the wavy bob (slightly wavy) with a side fringe that covers practically her entire forehead and a color gradient from mid-length to ends.

Mix of textures: another of the trends of the season is to mix different textures in the same hairstyle. Finishing products are used to smooth and fix the sides or upper part of the head and the rest of the hair is allowed to "flow".

Haircut for elongated face: XL mane with curls

Within the reign of curls, there is a trend that gains great strength and it is the leonine manes. Do you have long hair and are you worried about frizz? Well, relax, because now it turns out that it will be "well seen" and it becomes a trend. All you have to do is mark the curl well, creating a few loops somewhat undone. That extra volume will hide your elongated face

Avoid extra straight hair: we mean if you have a long face. A very straight hair close to the face would give you a languid appearance.

Haircut for square face: shag

People with a very wide chin have a rather square face, so they should avoid straight hair and, especially, cuts at the height of the chin. In this case, this very layered shag with the paraded ends helps to soften the hard features of the square faces. According to David Lesur, training director at the David Künzle salons, "it is generally styled with the part in the middle, although it also looks great with all the hair to the side. The shag or shaggy is a very versatile cut that can be worn both in straight hair like curly ".

Easy and comfortable: just a touch of a texturizing finishing product is needed and blow dry upside down for a casual and very chic look.

Haircut for Square Face: Wavy Hair with Flip Side Hair

Out with stiffness! Faced with accentuated features like those of the actress Keira Knightley, the subtlety of a hair below the shoulder (this measure is worn a lot) with barely perceptible broken waves makes the face soften instantly.

The flip side hair: the gesture of pulling all the hair to the side with a slightly hollowed out bangs helps to balance the features. It also helps to place one side of the hair in front of the shoulder and leave the other behind the ear. A very feminine gesture.

Haircut for square face: short hair with undone curl

Waves and bangs (as long as they are not too thick and straight) are good resources to soften a square face. The important thing is that the bob cut, which is very versatile, looks asymmetrical and a bit frayed. The layers help to diminish the geometric effect and the subtle curls add sinuosity.

If your hair is fine: this loose curl will look great on you, because it will not only soften your square face, but it will also give the feeling of hair with more density. Do you want to know more tricks for your hair to gain volume?

Haircut for Square Face: Half-parted Hair

Forget the blunt bangs, which would accentuate your jaw more. Opt for the middle part , as Salma Hayek does, and let the long hair fall "wrapping" the sides of the face to soften the features.

Warm chestnuts : It is an option that also helps soften square faces. Dispense with extreme colors such as jet black, because it makes you age. Do you already know the chocolate cake highlights?

Haircut for oval face: bowl haircut

The oval faces are the great lucky ones, because any type of haircut suits them , being the ones with the most harmonious features … Even the bowl cut, also known as the classic bowl cut, with which we were not surprised. long ago Charlize Theron. It is a rounded cut at the nape of the neck, both in the fringe area and in the back.

Different versions: it is usually done on straight hair and it does not always have to be as marked as the one worn by Zendaya (who remembered Joan of Arc), it can also be with a somewhat more open fringe and without such a forceful effect, as Demi Moore in the mythical Ghost movie .

Haircut for oval face: pixie with toupee

Being very balanced features, if you have an oval face and you like to wear short hair, you can afford a disheveled pixie with a toupee (something that would not be recommended on a long face). It will give you a very casual and "rebellious" air, which you can sweeten by combing it on other occasions with bangs on the forehead. A very versatile short.

Blonde tones: looks great with Nordic blondes or with warmer blondes with slightly darker roots.

Oval face haircut: wet effect or short false

Whether you wear it long or have a short hair, you can "distort" your cut by turning it into a very short and cranial short with a side parting, using the wet effect or wet hair, as Marta Nieto did at Los Goya 2020.

Avoid it: if you have a round or very long face, it would accentuate these features even more. That said, it is an option that works great on oval faces and with which you get a very sophisticated look.

Haircut for oval face: asymmetrical long bob

The advantage of oval faces is that they can play with asymmetrical cuts, as in the case of this stylish long bob. It is great with one side of the hair behind the ear and the other towards the face, "wrapping" the facial oval, so that it is not so static.

Extra long earrings: they cannot be missing among your accessories. They give a lot of play when it comes to "dressing" your hairstyles and they are on trend, like jewel barrettes, which also help to give a touch of class.

And if you just want to give a different air to your look

Don't want to cut your hair, but want to give your hairstyle a different touch? Try playing with bangs, a resource that gives a lot of play and that completely transforms your image. Here are the types of bangs that best fit this spring 2020.