What Is My Face Shape?

“What is my face shape?” is one of the most-searched beauty questions in the world — and for good reason. Your face shape is the single most useful reference point for choosing hairstyles, glasses, beard styles, and makeup. This guide explains exactly how to find yours, whether you want an instant answer from a photo or prefer to measure by hand and work it out yourself.

What “face shape” really means

Your face shape is the overall outline of your face, determined by your bone structure. Almost every face fits into one of seven categories — oval, round, square, oblong, heart, diamond, and triangle — based on the relationship between four key widths and the length of your face. It is not about weight or features like your nose or eyes; it is purely about proportions and the angles of your jaw and chin.

The fastest way: use the AI detector

The quickest and most objective way to answer “what is my face shape” is to let the free face shape detector measure it for you. Start your camera or upload a clear, front-facing photo, and the AI maps 478 facial landmarks to calculate your proportions in seconds. You get your best-match shape plus a confidence score, and because everything runs on your device, your photo never leaves your browser.

How to measure your face shape by hand

Prefer to do it yourself? Grab a soft measuring tape and a mirror, pull your hair back, and take these four measurements. Write each one down — the ratios between them are what reveal your shape.

1. Face length — from the centre of your hairline straight down to the tip of your chin.
2. Forehead width — across the widest part of your forehead, about halfway between eyebrows and hairline.
3. Cheekbone width — from the sharp point below the outer corner of one eye to the same point on the other side.
4. Jaw width — from one corner of your jaw below the ear to the other, following the jawline.

Compare the ratios to identify your shape

Now compare your numbers. If your face is clearly longer than it is wide with balanced, soft features, you are likely oval; very long and narrow points to oblong. If length and width are about equal, you are round (soft jaw) or square (angular jaw). A forehead wider than the jaw that tapers to a point suggests heart; the opposite — a jaw wider than the forehead — points to triangle. And if your cheekbones are the widest part with a narrow forehead and chin, you have the rare diamond shape. Our detector runs this exact comparison automatically, with pixel-level precision.

Tips for the most accurate result

Whichever method you use, accuracy depends on a good starting point. Face straight ahead at eye level, pull hair away from your face and ears, keep a neutral expression, and remove glasses. Avoid selfies taken from below or above and strong side lighting, since both distort the proportions. Many faces also sit genuinely between two shapes — that is completely normal, which is why the detector shows a confidence score alongside your result.