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Makeup for Your Face Shape
Stop guessing where the contour goes. Upload a selfie: the tool measures your face shape, then draws your makeup face chart on your own photo, with contour, highlight and blush placement for that shape. Switch between a clear chart and a blended preview, and save it for your mirror.
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How it is measured
Your shape is measured. The placement follows it.
The tool reads 478 landmarks from your photo and measures your face shape from five ratios (length to width, jaw, lower jaw, forehead and the jaw angle), exactly like the face shape detector. It then applies the placement makeup artists use for that shape: contour where the face should recede, highlight where it should come forward, blush where it should lift or widen. Every zone is anchored to your own landmarks (cheekbone, temple, jaw corner, chin), so the map follows your face, not a generic drawing.
- Oval
- An oval face is already balanced, so the map only adds definition.
- Round
- The map adds length and angles: shade the sides, light the centre line.
- Square
- The map softens the four corners: forehead corners and jaw corners.
- Heart
- The map narrows the forehead and gives the lower face more presence.
- Diamond
- The map softens wide cheekbones and widens the forehead and chin.
- Oblong
- The map shortens the face: shade the top and bottom, add width across the middle.
Measure it yourself
How to use your makeup map
The chart shows where each product starts. Blending does the rest.
- 1Take the photo straight-on, hair pulled back, in even light, so the outline of your face is visible.
- 2Start with contour: a cream or powder two shades deeper than your skin, on the brown zones. Blend upward and outward so no line is left.
- 3Add highlight on the light zones: a concealer one or two shades lighter than your skin, or a soft highlighter.
- 4Finish with blush on the pink zones, following the direction shown, then blend the edges into the contour and highlight.
- 5Switch to the blended view to see roughly how it sits once worked in, and save the map to check against the mirror.
Skip the ruler: the free tool above does it from one photo in about 30 seconds ↑
What's normal
Contour and blush placement for every face shape
The same placements the tool draws, for all six shapes.
- Oval
- Where to contour: Lightly under the cheekbones, from the ear toward the corner of the mouth, stopping under the outer eye. Leave the forehead and jaw alone.
- Where to put blush: On the apples of the cheeks, blended up along the cheekbone.
- Round
- Where to contour: Along the temples, under the cheekbones angled toward the corner of the mouth, and along the jawline from the ear down.
- Where to put blush: High on the cheekbones, angled up toward the temples. Keep it off the apples, which would add width.
- Square
- Where to contour: On the corners of the forehead and the corners of the jaw, plus lightly under the cheekbones.
- Where to put blush: On the apples of the cheeks, in a round shape, to bring softness to the centre of the face.
- Heart
- Where to contour: Along the temples and the sides of the forehead, lightly under the cheekbones, and a touch on the very tip of the chin.
- Where to put blush: From the apples out toward the ears, kept low on the cheekbone.
- Diamond
- Where to contour: Under the cheekbones only, starting at the ear, just below the widest point of the face.
- Where to put blush: On the apples, blended slightly upward and kept toward the centre of the face.
- Oblong
- Where to contour: Along the hairline at the top of the forehead and under the tip of the chin. Skip the sides of the face.
- Where to put blush: On the apples, blended straight out toward the ears in a horizontal band.
These are makeup-artist conventions, not rules. Use them as a starting point and adjust to your own face.
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FAQ
How do I contour for my face shape?+
Contour goes where you want the face to recede. Round faces: temples, under the cheekbones and along the jaw. Square: forehead corners and jaw corners. Heart: temples and the tip of the chin. Diamond: under the cheekbones only. Oblong: along the hairline and under the chin. Oval: lightly under the cheekbones. Upload a photo to see it drawn on your own face.
Where should I put blush for my face shape?+
Round: high on the cheekbones, angled toward the temples. Square: on the apples, in a round shape. Heart: from the apples out toward the ears, kept low. Diamond: on the apples, toward the centre. Oblong: straight across, from the apples toward the ears. Oval: on the apples, blended up along the cheekbone.
Where does highlight go?+
On the points you want to bring forward. For most shapes that is the centre of the forehead, the bridge of the nose and the centre of the chin. Oblong faces skip the forehead and chin, which would add length, and use the tops of the cheekbones and under the eyes instead.
How does the tool know my face shape?+
It measures it. Five ratios are read from the landmarks on your photo and scored against six shapes: oval, round, square, heart, diamond and oblong. If two shapes score almost the same, the tool says so, and you can switch the map to any shape with one tap.
What is a makeup face chart?+
A drawing of a face with the makeup placement marked on it. Makeup artists use them to plan a look. This tool makes one on your own photo, so the zones sit on your real cheekbones, jaw and forehead.
Does face shape also decide my haircut and glasses?+
It is the usual starting point for both. The hairstyle finder and the glasses guide on this site use the same measured shape to suggest cuts, bangs and frames.
Is my photo uploaded?+
No. The face model runs in your browser, and the photo and the map never leave your device.
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