Wide forehead, narrow chin. A heart-shaped face widens at the forehead and temples, narrows through the cheekbones, and tapers to a pointed or narrow chin — the inverse proportion of a triangle shape. Many heart faces also have a slight widow's peak, which reinforces the forehead's visual width.
Geometry & Proportions
A heart-shaped face widens at the forehead and temples, narrows through the cheekbones, and tapers to a pointed or narrow chin — the inverse proportion of a triangle shape. Many heart faces also have a slight widow's peak, which reinforces the forehead's visual width. Forehead and cheekbones are noticeably wider than the jaw; chin comes to a visible point.
Forehead
The widest point, often broad, sometimes with a widow's peak hairline
Cheekbones
Prominent but narrower than the forehead
Jawline
Tapers inward significantly compared to the forehead
Chin
Narrow and often pointed — the shape's defining lower feature
How to Identify It
Compare forehead width to jaw width. On a heart shape, the forehead reads clearly wider — often by 15% or more — and the chin comes to a visible point rather than a flat or rounded edge.
The Styling Goal
Balance the forehead-to-chin taper by adding volume or width at the jawline and softening or minimizing width at the forehead and temples, which brings the upper and lower face into closer visual proportion.
What to Avoid
Full, swept-back styles that expose the entire forehead, top-heavy volume at the crown, and frames that are noticeably wider than the jaw, all of which exaggerate the existing taper.
How Common Is It
Heart-shaped faces occur in roughly one in nine people.