Unlike other face shapes, the square face cannot be complimented with any random hairstyle. You need to pay special attention to a square face in order to style it with the best suited hairdo. According to a recent survey, some of the famous faces in the past and today have square shape and sharp jawline. Here is the entire range of modern and trendy hairstyles that you can carry off with a square face. These hair styles may look complicated and time consuming, but in fact, it is quite simple and easy.


Short hair cant be considered the apt do for a square face. This size of hair can be twisted into rounds around the face or can be sported with slight waves, this will help to buffer your face shape. Vague layers will definitely lighten the effect of a square face and once you height at the top of the head your face will look oblong. The short repeated layers will add volume to the thin hair and provide the required height as well. If you are side parting or center parting your hair, remember to back comb it for gaining the height. Also sweep your fringes to one of the sides to soften the square shape of your face. In case you have decided to go for bob, it is a little speculative. You can pull your vertical fringes to sides and make your face look rounder, when you have got a bob hairstyle. You can also try spikes on top with a sliding band to one of the sides with a really short-layered hairdo. Keira Knightley wears her short hair as mentioned above in a very attractive and smart way.

If your hair is of mid-length and straight, you should avoid center parting or straight fringes. Use some curling tricks which will, for sure, go with the shape of your face. Take some rollers or curling tongs and with their help, contribute soft waves to your hair. You can make out the roundness that these curls will imparted to face. You should avoid straight fringes and instead, opt for some side bangs. Go for diagonal and side parting instead of center parting. Do some back combing with the bangs and hold them to a side very gently above the eyes, this will tease the crown to a height. Also the diagonal parting is helpful in adding height your hair. If your hair is cut into layers, you can try the straight look with side swept bangs as well. The layering technique that is used in cutting your hair will be best suited with hairs pulled straight till tip and holding bang to a side above the eyes, this will give you a mature look. A zig-zag parting will go with straight hair for giving it a good height on the top. Olivia Wilde, a celebrity with a square face who manages her medium size hair in the discussed manner.

You should avoid the long straight center parted hairdos because they will only draw attention to your square jawbone. If you want to keep your hair straight, do some experiment with it. Make long layers to your long straight hair around the face, this will hide the square shape of your face. If you do not want to keep bangs, pull up some hair in front and bring them back with a puff and leave them loose. Apply some hairspray to keep them in place. If you pair the side swept fringes with long layers that begin from the jawline and flow downwards, you will just look fabulous. You can dress your long locks immediately below the jawline for a perfect feminine look and to soften the features, add some frizzy layers around the face. You can make a side parting and use some hair dryer or hair roller before the hair dries for achieving curls and fix them with a hairspray. The waves will look awesome on your face. If you have natural curls, do not disturb them by any chemical treatment and just beautify them with right kind of hairstyle. You should keep the curls at a long length below your jawline, as they make it look smooth. When the curls are kept weighing down the jawline at a distance from the comparatively straight hair on the above and is enhanced with a smooth side swept fringe, a square face receives its best hairstyle. Angelina Jolie wears her long hair similarly which compliments her square face.