22 Haircuts for Round Faces That Add Shape and Length

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Round faces look best with haircuts that add height and length. Long lines, layers that start below the chin and soft face-framing pieces all help.

Stylists quoted by Vogue, Real Simple and Glamour UK agree: avoid blunt, chin-length cuts and flat sides. Here are 22 haircuts for round faces, starting with silver and gray looks for women over 50.

What Flatters a Round Face

LENGTH

Go Below the Chin

A cut that ends below the chin adds length to a round face.

LAYERS

Start Layers Low

Face-framing layers should start at or below the chin. Blow-dry them with a round blowout brush.

HEIGHT

Add Lift on Top

Volume on top makes the face look longer. Try a texturizing volume powder or self-grip rollers.

BANGS

Keep Them Long

Long curtain bangs and side-swept bangs are more flattering than short, blunt ones.

Shop the Key Pieces

• A round blowout brush for face-framing
• A hot air brush for easy volume
• A texturizing volume powder for root lift
• A volume and texture spray for texture
• Self-grip rollers for height
• Jumbo hot rollers for bouncy layers
• A 1-inch flat iron for sleek lobs
• A 1-inch curling wand for soft waves
• A curl defining cream for curls
• A diffuser attachment for curls
• A heat protectant spray before heat
• A purple shampoo for silver hair

1. Silver Pixie With Volume on Top

Look formula: Short sides + lift on top + side-swept fringe

A silver pixie with height on top makes a round face look longer. Cosmopolitan notes that short cuts flatter round faces when they have texture and lift, not flat sides.

Ask for: Short, close sides with longer, textured pieces on top.

Styling: Lift the top with a hair wax stick or a volume and texture spray.

Shop the look: a hair wax stick, a volume and texture spray, a purple shampoo

It is easy to style and great for women going gray.

2. Long Gray Layers

Long gray layers that start below the chin draw the eye down. The face-framing pieces soften the cheeks.

Ask for: Long layers with the shortest pieces at or below the chin.

Styling: Smooth with a round blowout brush and finish with an argan hair oil.

Shop the look: a round blowout brush, an argan hair oil, a purple shampoo

3. Sleek Gray Lob

Look formula: Below-the-chin length + side part + sleek ends

A sleek lob that falls past the jaw adds length to a round face. Real Simple recommends lobs that hit below the chin.

Ask for: A lob just past the chin with a slight angle toward the front.

Styling: Flat iron the ends with a 1-inch flat iron.

Shop the look: a 1-inch flat iron, a heat protectant spray, an anti-humidity smoothing spray

4. Textured Ash Silver Lob

A textured ash silver lob gives movement without width. Choppy ends keep it light around the face.

Ask for: A textured lob with soft, piecey ends.

Styling: Add texture with a volume and texture spray.

Shop the look: a volume and texture spray, a violet toning mask, a 1-inch curling wand

5. Salt-and-Pepper Shag

A salt-and-pepper shag with bangs is modern and youthful. The layers add height at the crown and break up the round shape.

Ask for: Crown layers and long, wispy bangs.

Styling: Rough-dry and add a texturizing volume powder at the roots.

Shop the look: a texturizing volume powder, a volume and texture spray, a purple shampoo

6. Gray-Blended Medium Layers

Medium layers with soft gray blending look natural and flattering. Length past the shoulders helps balance a round face.

Ask for: Medium-length layers and soft gray blending.

Styling: Blow-dry with a hot air brush for body.

Shop the look: a hot air brush, a root cover-up powder, a heat protectant spray

7. Silver Blonde Long Bob

A tousled silver blonde long bob is soft and easy. Messy texture keeps it from looking round and heavy.

Ask for: A long bob with soft texture at the ends.

Styling: Bend the ends with a 1-inch curling wand.

Shop the look: a 1-inch curling wand, a volume and texture spray, a violet toning mask

8. Layered Lob With Curtain Bangs

Look formula: Lob + curtain bangs past the cheekbones

Curtain bangs on a layered lob frame the face and make it look longer. Vogue points to curtain-bang lobs as a flattering choice for round faces.

Ask for: Long curtain bangs that part in the center and sweep past the cheekbones.

Styling: Shape bangs with a round blowout brush.

Shop the look: a round blowout brush, an ionic hair dryer, a volume and texture spray

9. Long Face-Framing Layers

Long face-framing layers create vertical lines around the face. That makes a round face look slimmer.

Ask for: Face-framing layers that start at the chin.

Styling: Blow-dry the front pieces away from your face with a round blowout brush.

Shop the look: a round blowout brush, a heat protectant spray, an argan hair oil

10. Voluminous Long Layers

Voluminous long layers balance a round face with height and length. Big volume at the crown is the key.

Ask for: Long layers with volume at the crown.

Styling: Set with self-grip rollers after blow-drying.

Shop the look: self-grip rollers, a hot air brush, a volumizing foam

11. Long Layered Cut

A long layered cut that starts below the chin is one of the easiest ways to flatter a round face. Glamour UK suggests long, choppy layers with movement.

Ask for: Layers that start below the chin, not at the cheeks.

Styling: Use a volumizing foam for body.

Shop the look: a volumizing foam, a round blowout brush, a heat protectant spray

12. Shoulder-Length Shag

A shoulder-length shag adds texture and lift. It is a good choice for thick hair that tends to look heavy.

Ask for: A shag with crown layers and longer face-framing pieces.

Styling: Scrunch with a volume and texture spray.

Shop the look: a volume and texture spray, a texturizing volume powder, a diffuser attachment

13. Shaggy Layers Before and After

This before and after shows how shaggy layers and curtain bangs change the shape of the face. The layers remove bulk at the sides.

Ask for: Shaggy layers with curtain bangs.

Styling: Style with a hot air brush.

Shop the look: a hot air brush, a volume and texture spray, a heat protectant spray

14. Angled Brunette Bob

Look formula: Short back + longer front + sleek finish

An angled bob that is longer in front makes the face look longer. Keep the back short and the front past the chin.

Ask for: An A-line bob that is longer in the front.

Styling: Smooth with a 1-inch flat iron and an anti-humidity smoothing spray.

Shop the look: a 1-inch flat iron, an anti-humidity smoothing spray, a heat protectant spray

15. Long Feathered Layers

Long feathered layers add soft movement around the face. The feathered pieces open up the face.

Ask for: Long feathered layers that flip away from the face.

Styling: Blow-dry with a round blowout brush.

Shop the look: a round blowout brush, an ionic hair dryer, a heat protectant spray

16. Long Butterfly Layers

Butterfly layers add short layers on top and long layers below. You get volume and length at the same time.

Ask for: Butterfly layers with face-framing pieces.

Styling: Set with jumbo hot rollers.

Shop the look: jumbo hot rollers, a hot air brush, a volume and texture spray

17. Wispy Curtain Bangs

Wispy curtain bangs soften a round face. Keep them long so they sweep down the sides of the face.

Ask for: Long, wispy curtain bangs.

Styling: Blow-dry them with a round blowout brush.

Shop the look: a round blowout brush, dry shampoo, a volume and texture spray

18. Shaggy Mid-Length Layers

Shaggy mid-length layers are easy and modern. The texture adds height and keeps the sides from looking wide.

Ask for: Mid-length shag layers.

Styling: Add a texturizing volume powder at the roots.

Shop the look: a texturizing volume powder, a volume and texture spray, a 1-inch curling wand

19. Wispy Bangs With Glasses

Wispy bangs with mid-length layers look great with glasses. Keep the bangs light so they do not hide your frames.

Ask for: Light, wispy bangs and mid-length layers.

Styling: Refresh bangs with dry shampoo.

Shop the look: dry shampoo, a round blowout brush, a volume and texture spray

20. Curly Lob

A curly lob flatters a round face when the volume sits on top, not at the sides. Ask for layers that remove width.

Ask for: A curly lob with long layers.

Styling: Define curls with a curl defining cream and a diffuser attachment.

Shop the look: a curl defining cream, a diffuser attachment, a detangling leave-in spray

21. Layered Wolf Cut

A layered wolf cut adds lots of texture and height. Long bangs frame the face.

Ask for: A wolf cut with long bangs.

Styling: Rough-dry and add a volume and texture spray.

Shop the look: a volume and texture spray, a texturizing volume powder, an ionic hair dryer

22. Curly Shag With Bangs

A curly shag with bangs looks fun and gives curls shape. The layers stop curls from looking too wide.

Ask for: A curly shag with curly bangs.

Styling: Use a curl defining cream and a diffuser attachment.

Shop the look: a curl defining cream, a diffuser attachment, a detangling leave-in spray

Bring a photo to your stylist and ask where your layers should start. For a round face, the answer is almost always below the chin.