Best Haircuts for Your Face Shape – Looksmaxxing Hair Guide

The right haircut can transform your facial perception. The wrong one hides your best features and emphasizes your weaknesses. This guide breaks down the best haircut styles by face shape for maximum looksmaxxing impact.

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How to Determine Your Face Shape

Take a front-facing photo (or use Mogg's AI Face Analyzer for an objective analysis). Measure or visually estimate:

• Forehead width (across, hairline to hairline)
• Cheekbone width (widest part of the face)
• Jaw width (across the jaw, chin area)
• Face length (hairline to chin)

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Square Face Shape

Features: Strong jaw, roughly equal width at forehead, cheekbones, and jaw. Angular.

Goal: Soften angles slightly, add height.

Best haircuts:

• Textured crop — Short sides, textured top, adds height
• Modern quiff — Volume on top softens the squareness
• Undercut with texture — Disconnected look emphasizes jaw

Avoid: Buzz cuts (makes the squareness more severe). Bowl cuts. Cuts with too much width on the sides.

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Oval Face Shape

Features: Face length slightly longer than width, cheekbones are the widest point, forehead slightly wider than jaw. The most balanced shape.

Goal: Maintain balance, anything works.

Best haircuts:

• Literally almost any cut works well
• Slick back — Shows off the face
• Textured fringe — Adds character
• Buzz cut — Oval face with good bone structure wears buzz cuts well

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Round Face Shape

Features: Similar width and length, soft angles, chubby or full cheeks.

Goal: Create the illusion of length and definition.

Best haircuts:

• High fade + height on top — Creates a vertical elongation effect
• Quiff or pompadour — Height adds length
• Textured spikes — Upward volume elongates

Avoid: Cuts with width on the sides (makes face look wider). Short all-around cuts. Fringes that cover the forehead.

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Oblong/Rectangular Face Shape

Features: Long and narrow face, strong chin, forehead and jaw similar width.

Goal: Add width, reduce length.

Best haircuts:

• Medium length with texture — Side volume balances the length
• Fringe — Breaks up the length of the face
• Textured crop with width on sides — Adds perceived width

Avoid: Very tall cuts on top (adds more length). Long hair that hangs straight down.

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Heart / Triangle Face Shape

Features: Wide forehead, narrow jaw, often with a prominent chin.

Goal: Reduce forehead width, add jaw width perception.

Best haircuts:

• Side part — De-emphasizes forehead width
• Textured fringe — Breaks up the forehead
• Medium length with volume below ears — Balances the narrow jaw

Avoid: Very short sides that emphasize the wide forehead. Volume on top.

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Universal Looksmaxxing Hair Rules

Regardless of face shape:

1. Taper/fade the sides — Almost always creates a more polished, masculine look
2. Get a cut every 3–4 weeks — Hair grows fast; clean lines matter
3. Style it — Even the best cut looks bad unstyled. Use a matte clay or paste
4. Tell your barber your face shape — A skilled barber uses this information

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Know Your Face Shape Objectively

Not sure what face shape you have? Run a Mogg face analysis — our AI identifies your facial structure, jawline definition, and cheekbone prominence, giving you the data to make informed decisions about your haircut.

Find out your face shape →