Haircuts for Round Face Shapes

If your hair is especially curly, you can remove some of the bulk that sits next to the face with the use of triangular layers. This requires cutting straight across pieces held up from the crown, and then cutting hair that is held out straight at the sides and back in a downward angle. Doing so will prevent curls from overwhelming the sides of your face.

Play around with a deep or asymmetrical side part to contrast the roundness of your features with angles, making sure to use a pick comb to define part lines into what is often an unruly curl texture. If you wear a deeper part like this, make sure hair is parted as such before you cut, or else you may end up with too-short pieces on one side.

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If you have highly textured hair
If you love to play with extensions, no shape pulls off long, sweeping layers quite like the contours of a round face. To balance the weight of a longer length, short layers should be cut into the crown to add a foundational base and volume at the top. A deep, side part and layers that ripple downward from the cheekbones can add an intriguing angle that brings out the bone structure of your face.

For a short look with natural texture, the top sides of the crown should have slightly longer strands than the sides of the head, in order to streamline the look of the face so that the round shape doesn’t override your features. Medium lengths look best with slimming layers at the sides of the face, so that your eyes and lips are in the spotlight, instead of the bulk of your hair. Refrain from ending your length bluntly at the chin, which will cause your strands to lose its natural wave pattern, and instead conform to the round shape of your face.