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Fcs2-847: Face Shape and Hair Care COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE • UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, LEXINGTON, KY, 40546 FCS2-847 Reali e ty S e - r t ie h s g i e W Becoming Body Wise Face Shape and Hair Care When selecting a hair style, consider the shape of your face. What style will compliment that shape? What attributes do you want to emphasize? Special section on hair removal treatments included. Agriculture and Natural Resources • Family and Consumer Sciences • 4-H Youth Development • Community and Economic Development EXTENSION Face Shapes Hair stylists categorize face shapes as oval, round, rectangular, pear, heart, diamond, or square. Hair styles should balance the face and create pleasing proportions in length and width. Oval shaped faces are 1.5 times Rectangular faces are longer longer than they are wide. Facial than they are wide, with square features are well balanced, with chins and hairlines. The face is chin and forehead in propor- often narrow, and the jaw line is tion. Almost any hair style will usually strong. Hairstyles need compliment an oval face. Avoid to create width. This width can styles that add height to the top be accomplished with bangs, of the head. chin-length bobs, or fringed lay- ers around face. Avoid extremely short or extremely long styles. Take time to select a hair stylist who considers your face shape, personal characteristics, and lifestyle. Oval Rectangular Round faces are as wide as they are long, causing the cheeks to appear full. To create a more Pear-shaped faces have nar- oval shape, the hair style should row foreheads, wide jaw lines, add height to the top of the head and rounded chins. Hair styles while minimizing the width at should add width at the temple the sides. and forehead. Long layers at the crown create a good shape. Avoid short blunt cuts. Round Pear-shaped 2 Heart-shaped faces are wid- Square faces have square jaw References est at the temple and narrowest and hair lines. The face tends Hirsch, L. (2008). Teens health: at the chin. The chin is usually to be fuller on the sides. Hair- hair removal. Retrieved from small and delicate. Hairstyles styles should elongate the face. http://www.kidshealth.org on that create width at the jaw line Wispy layers around the face January 25, 2008. are complimentary. Side sweep- will soften features and reduce Mitchell, J.L. & Fairley, J. ing bangs draw attention to the roundness. Short spiky hair (2008). A Dermatologist eyes and cheekbones. A hair styles and long sleek hair styles comments on hair removal style with light fringe around compliment the square face. methods: Health Links the brow and a strong part work Medical College of Wiscon- well. sin. Retrieved from http:// healthlink.mcw.edu/arti- cle/1031002546.html on July 8, 2008. Nissl, J. (2007). Scalp problems. Retrieved from http://www. revolutionhealth.com/condi- tions/skin/hair-care/scalp/ problems on July 8, 2008. Square Heart-shaped Several internet sites provide Diamond-shaped faces are virtual hair styling for a fee. The wide at the cheekbone and nar- cost varies according to the type row at the forehead, chin, and of service provided. Some sites jaw. Hair styles should create will ask you to describe your width at the forehead while face shape, type of hair, color, minimizing width of the cheek- age and lifestyle while others bones. ask you to upload a photograph of yourself. Many hair stylists are ad- ept at cutting and styling hair becoming to your face shape, playing on your good features. Take time to select a hair stylist who considers your face shape, personal characteristics, and lifestyle. Your stylist can help you decide on the best style for your type and texture of hair; the amount of time you have Diamond-shaped available for styling; and the amount of money you can spend for products and maintenance. 3 Hair Removal Treatments ifferent cultures view body Shaving is inexpensive, and the skin smoother. Hair is slower Dhair in different ways. Re- requires a razor, shaving cream to reappear after waxing and moval of body hair is a personal or gel, and warm water. A closer lighter in color and less notice- choice and does not affect your shave is accomplished when able, compared to shaving. Teens health. your skin is warm and moist being treated for acne, people There are different types of (during or immediately after a who have a sunburn, and those hair growing on our bodies. Vel- shower). Change razors often with sensitive skin should avoid lus is a soft fine hair that grows and use a shaving cream or gel waxing. on our chest, back and face. that is appropriate for your skin Electrolysis is done by a trained The hair on your head is called type. professional and takes sev- terminal hair. It is coarser, Plucking is inexpensive but eral appointments. A needle is darker and longer than vellus. time consuming. Tweezers are inserted into the hair follicle, At puberty, terminal hair begins used to remove individual hairs. killing the root of the hair. It to appear on other parts of the Plucking hairs may cause pain is most effective when used body, such as armpits and pubic and create temporary swelling in small area. It is very time region for females and face, or irritation. consuming and expensive, but it back, legs and chest of males. is appealing because the results Depilatories are creams and If a person has an excessive are permanent for some people. growth of hair on their face or liquids that dissolve hair, allow- body, it may be a medical condi- ing the hair to be washed away. Laser hair removal is done tion called hirsutism (hēr-soo- They can be purchased inexpen- by a trained professional, who tiz-em). sively for home use. Read the directs a light into the hair A variety of hair removal directions and recommended follicle to stop growth. It is a treatments have been intro- use for the product before pur- long-lasting and expensive hair duced in recent years. The chasing. Check to insure that removal process that works best treatments vary in convenience, the product is recommended for on people who are fair skinned. cost, and type. Carefully read the area of your body where you Inflammation and sensitivity to the product label for substances plan to use it. sun can be expected after the laser treatment. that you should avoid, such as Waxing can be done with kits allergins or ingredients that for home use or by profession- Prescription treatments are have caused skin irritations als. A sticky wax is placed on the also available orally and in previously. hairs that are to be removed. A creams for women who are con- strip of cloth is applied over the cerned with facial hair growth. wax. When the cloth is pulled Consult a doctor or derma- away, both hair and dead skin tologist about hair growth and cells are removed. Waxing leaves removal. Prepared by: Kimberly Miller-Spillman, Ph.D. Associate Professor Pam Sigler, M. S. Extension Specialist Weight the Reality Series Editor: Janet Tietyen, Ph.D., R.D., Extension Specialist, Food and Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Illustrated by Rae House. Property of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. Educational programs of Kentucky Cooperative Extension serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, M. Scott Smith, Director, Land Grant Programs, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Lexington, and Kentucky State Uni- versity, Frankfort. Copyright © 2011 for materials developed by University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension. This publication may be reproduced in portions or its entirety for educational or nonprofit purposes only. Permitted users shall give credit to the author(s) and include this copyright notice. Publications are also available on the World Wide Web at www.ca.uky.edu. Issued 6-2011.
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