Makeup for a diamond-shaped face: difficulties, tricks and features

The diamond-shaped face shape (diamond, brilliant) is characterized by fairly wide and high cheekbones, which are combined with a pointed chin and a conical forehead. The narrowest parts of the diamond type are the forehead and lower jaw. The hairline is usually uneven. The main task for owners of a diamond-shaped type is the visual expansion of the forehead and narrowing of the cheekbones. This will help bring the shape as close as possible to the oval, which is considered to be the standard. This effect can be achieved with the right makeup and hairstyle.

In this article:

» Haircuts and hairstyles for Diamond-shaped faces
» Jewelry for Diamond Face
» Makeup and eyebrow shape for Diamond face shape
» Shape of glasses for Rhombus face shape

Correction scheme for Rhombus face shape

In this book:
principles of rhombus face shape correction
how to choose foundation, powder and blush
rules for applying correction products
expected correction results

Haircuts and hairstyles for Diamond-shaped faces

With the help of a properly chosen hairstyle, the wide cheekbones of the owners of this type can be hidden with hair. Lush curls falling down your cheeks to your shoulders will look very attractive. But you shouldn’t grow long straight hair and comb it behind your ears - this will further widen your cheekbones and highlight facial imperfections. Central partings are also contraindicated - a side parting would be more appropriate.

Hairstyles with volume at the level of the cheekbones should be avoided. But the volume at the height of the top of the ears or chin will be very useful. It will widen a narrow forehead or lower jaw. The most ideal hairstyle is a side parting, medium-length hair and curls at chin level. For medium hair, you can generally choose many hairstyles that widen downwards.

For lovers of short haircuts, lush straight bangs with a semicircular shape are suitable. It will make the forehead wider, rounder and more proportional. It is voluminous bangs that look good; you should not make them flat and too smooth. You can comb your bangs slightly to the side. As an option, a voluminous bob with chin-length side bangs. Another option for a short haircut is a hairstyle with volume on top. Hair can be casually lifted up using styling mousses.

Instructions for choosing hair color to match your eye color

In this book:
What are the different shades of the iris?
choosing a hair color based on your eye color
tone depth scale

"Classic bob" Beckham

The famous singer and mother of many children, Victoria Beckham, has always loved to experiment with her appearance. For several years now, she has not only been considered a “style icon,” but is also rightfully considered one of the pioneers of the fashion for the “classic bob” haircut, with elongated front strands. Curls located at the level of the chin give a woman’s face an elegant, youthful appearance. Sometimes Vicky uses slight waviness in her hair in order to diversify her usual look and make it more delicate.

Jewelry: earrings, pendants, beads, necklace

Those with a diamond-shaped face should choose earrings carefully. The best earrings are earrings with a voluminous lower part or earrings that gradually widen towards the bottom. For example, earrings in the shape of drops, triangles or pears are suitable.

Short and wide earrings will also look good. Slightly elongated rings will also work. You can wear oval earrings, the main thing is to avoid too narrow and long pendants. It is better not to wear stud earrings - they can get lost on your face.

There is no need to be afraid of large and massive pendants if they are triangular in shape. These earrings will add width to the lower part of the face and make it more harmonious and feminine.

As for beads and necklaces, it is better to choose rounded shapes that fit as closely as possible to the neck. This will visually round and soften the contours of the face. Avoid wearing chains with heavy pendants or V-shaped necklaces. This will only emphasize a pointed, narrow chin.

Celebrities with round faces and their hairstyles

Many girls have a complex because of their rounded face shapes; we present to your attention a rating of American celebrities who have turned their round faces not into a complex, but into an advantage.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

For beautiful ladies with a round face, a high-lifted styling is optimal, since it is this that visually elongates the oval of the face. This technique was used by the famous Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. And indeed, her face no longer looks round.

However, the actress also looks great with free-falling strands of hair, because loose hair visually makes the neck slimmer and longer and the face already looks more elongated.

Christina Ricci

A bob haircut with bangs is also suitable for round face types, as short haircuts open up the neck and lengthen the face. Christina Ricci has a slightly elongated oval face due to her sharp chin. However, this type of face shape also suits this haircut perfectly.

In the photograph, due to the hairstyle, the star’s face is completely open and now her cheeks stand out clearly. Therefore, taking into account her triangular face shape, it is obvious that curls that slightly covered her face would look much better.

Drew Barrymore

The profile photo of Drew Barrymore shows a hairstyle called a ponytail. The star had all sorts of hairstyles in her arsenal. Her versatile, charming face suits almost all hairstyles and haircuts. If desired, she can elongate her face by tying her hair up into an updo.

Jennifer Goodwin

For women with a triangular face shape, like Jennifer Goodwin, a short haircut is ideal. The photo shows that with this hairstyle the appearance looks very harmonious, as the sharp chin is visually softened. And in addition, asymmetrical bangs look very attractive.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow has a slightly square face, but this is not very noticeable, since strands of hair smooth out the corners. Women with a square face shape should not wear a hairstyle called a bob. This hairstyle will only emphasize the shape due to the geometric proportions of the straight bangs and highlighting the cheekbones with hair length that reaches the chin.

Kara Tointon

Cara Tointon's face shape is difficult to classify as round, although it is such, since her loose curls cover part of her cheeks, making her face narrower. Another technique for visually transforming a round face into an oval one is long, layered haircuts and hairstyles.

Kate Hudson

The universal face shape is oval. Absolutely any hairstyle and any haircut length will suit this type of face. Kate Hudson belongs to exactly this type - an oval face, slightly narrowed towards the bottom. The main detail of Kate's hairstyle is her long bangs, which emphasize the actress's eyes.

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst's face looks narrower with her layered bob hairstyle. Those with a round face shape are advised to wear airy bangs in several layers. Otherwise, heavy bangs will make the owner look like an angel.

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus managed to attract the attention of others to her intricate hairstyle much more than to her round cheeks. Clearly defined strands make the face look elongated.

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez has a peculiar triangular-rounded face. A characteristic feature was plump cheeks and a narrow lower part of the face. The hairstyle was chosen well, but with a longer bob the star would have looked more perfect.

Makeup and eyebrow shape for Diamond face shape

The main goal of makeup for women with a diamond shape is to narrow the cheekbones and widen the chin, making the face more oval and proportional. To do this you should:

» Apply a dark tone or dark-colored powder to the outer side of the cheekbones, moving from the center of the cheekbones to the top of the ears;
» apply a lighter tone to the chin and forehead, because light shades visually add width;
» Apply blush to the cheekbones, drawing lines up to the middle of the ears;
» use blush that is not too bright, it is better to choose soft shades;
» carefully blend all transitions between tones, powder and blush, making them smooth;
» place a strong emphasis on the eyes and lips, thereby diverting attention from the cheekbones and chin;
» visually expand your lips using light shades of lipstick or gloss;
» make the eyebrows either arched and soft, or with a slight bend, but in no case straight, because they will make the cheekbones even wider.

Tips and secrets for owners of “triangular” facial curves

Say a firm “no” to styles with maximum volume of hair on the back of the head, even partings and hairstyles with open ears.
Thick, voluminous, too short even bangs are prohibited.
Take the bob hairstyle as the basis for the look. Any of the variations of this haircut will hide the imperfections of the curved lines of the face.

On straight, not very long hair, cascade haircuts, the favorite hairstyles of Hollywood stars, look harmonious. Short hair strands should be in line with the chin or cheekbones. The look will be completed by sparse bangs that reach the eyebrows or cover them.

When going out, avoid updos and slicked-back styles.

How to determine your face shape

Let's start, perhaps, with this truth, because this is where many people stop. So, take a measuring tape and a mirror:

Measure the width of your forehead by placing a centimeter in the center. The beginning will be at the bend of the left eyebrow, and the end will be at the right.
The width of the face is measured between the cheekbones. Place a tape measure across your face from one prominent cheekbone to the other.
We determine the length of the jawline by noting the number of centimeters from the tip of the chin to the corner of the jaw. Then we multiply the resulting value by two.
Face length is measured from the top of the forehead at the hairline to the tip of the chin.

You have an oval face if:

its length is 1.5 times its width, the forehead and chin are the same (give or take), the hairline and all corners are smooth and rounded.

Your face is round if:

its length and width are approximately equal, the chin is rounded, but the hairline is arched.

You have a rectangular face if:

the length is much greater than the width, the forehead and chin are approximately equal.

You have a square face if:

the length is more or less equal to the length between the cheekbones, also the jawline and forehead width are the same size.

You have a triangular (heart) face if:

the forehead and cheekbones are wide, the chin is narrow, sharp, the hairline is heart-shaped.

You have a pear-shaped face if:

The jawline is large, but the forehead is small.

You have a diamond-shaped face if:

the distance of the line between the cheekbones is much greater than the lines of the chin and forehead.

Stylists' recommendations

Some advice for chubby girls:

If you want to create curls for long hair, it is better to create volume at the roots using a backcomb or corrugation, and twist the curls starting from the middle of the hair or at the ends. It is important to avoid too much volume in the face, otherwise the face will appear even rounder.
It is better to avoid any symmetry, such as a parting in the middle.
Sticking to asymmetry is ideal. This is a side parting, side bangs, different lengths of hair on the sides.
It is better not to comb the strands back by slicking them. But combed up and a neat bun on top of the head will look quite attractive.
It is not recommended to do very strong curling and spherical hairstyle.

By following these simple tips, you can choose your bangs and become more attractive .

Basic makeup for a round face: photo instructions

How to do the right makeup for a round face? Follow our detailed step-by-step photo instructions!

Apply primer all over your face to make your makeup last longer. We used YSL Beauté Touche Èclat Blur Primer.

Apply foundation (eg L'Oréal Paris Alliance Perfect). You can apply it with your fingers, a damp sponge or a brush - depending on the coverage you want to achieve.

Under the eyes, apply L'Oréal Paris Alliance Perfect Concealer in shade 01 Ivory. Chubby girls are better off drawing attention to their eyes, so this stage of makeup should not be neglected.

Using Maybelline New York Master Precise liquid eyeliner in black, draw thin lines over your eyes.

Create subtle contouring with Maybelline New York Master Contour Stick in 02 Medium. Apply the dark shade along the cheekbones and a little higher, apply the light shade to the back of the nose, the center of the forehead and chin. Your goal, as we discussed above, is to visually elongate your round face.

Apply Maybelline New York Master Strobing Highlighter in 100 Light-Iridescent to cheekbones, under the brow bone, tip of the nose, above the lip and center of the chin.

Apply a light pink pearl shade from the Maybelline New York The Blushed Nudes palette to the entire lid.

In the crease of the eyelid, blend a light brown pearlescent shade from the same palette.

Using a brown shade of eyeshadow with golden shimmer, lightly brush along the lash line of the upper eyelid.

Apply the lightest shade from The Blushed Nudes palette to the inner corner of the eye and add it under the eyebrow.

Line your upper and lower lashes with Lancôme Monsieur Big black mascara.

Paint your lips with Giorgio Armani Lip Maestro lipstick in shade 508. Beautiful everyday makeup for a round face is ready!

Beautiful everyday makeup for a round face is ready!

Video: How to choose a hairstyle for a diamond-shaped face

A diamond-shaped face looks beautiful with any haircut if you choose the right style. To highlight the individual advantages of your appearance and disguise the shortcomings, it is worth considering the design of your hair in all the details. An ideally proportional face tends to be an oval, and a rhombus only needs to be slightly adjusted for the most harmonious effect.

Harmonious lines are not always correct, but this does not prevent them from being attractive and being considered a standard of beauty. External data can be easily corrected using professional secrets. Hairstyles for diamond-shaped faces are a great example of how a complex shape can attract attention and become the basis of the entire look. Thanks to a good choice, you can emphasize the graceful edges of a diamond shape or add soft lines to an oval.