Round face shape

Face length and width are close, with a soft jaw angle and full cheeks. Styles that add height on top and keep the sides tight will make the face read longer and more angular.

Hairstyles for a round face

Textured Crop

Short, choppy top with a tight taper — the modern default.

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Low Taper with Textured Top

Clean at the neck, volume on top — smart without being severe.

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Mid Fade Pompadour

Serious height at the front, tight at the sides.

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Classic Side Part

A hard-line part, combed over, nothing to argue with.

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Curly Top with Taper

Curl kept long on top, weight removed at the sides.

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High Fade Quiff

Sharp contrast: skin at the sides, a lifted front.

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Slick Back Undercut

Disconnected sides, everything on top swept straight back.

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Curtains

A centre split falling either side of the face.

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Short Afro with Taper

Natural coil kept even on top with a clean tapered edge.

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Ivy League

A crew cut with enough front length to take a part.

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Bald Fade with Line-Up

Skin at the bottom, a razor-sharp frontal line.

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Beard styles for a round face

Short Boxed Beard

Full but close-cropped, with defined cheek and neck lines.

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Heavy Stubble

Three to five millimetres, everywhere, all the time.

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Extended Goatee

Chin and moustache connected, cheeks clean.

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Light Stubble

One to two millimetres — texture, not coverage.

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Van Dyke

A disconnected moustache and chin patch.

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Chin Strap

A narrow band tracing the jawline itself.

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Ducktail

Full at the sides, tapered to a point at the chin.

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Faded Beard

Short beard graded from the sideburn down into the jaw.

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