Oblong shape, as the name suggests, is where your entire face (and often neck) is long and thin, often with a chin that tends to look pointed. There is very little difference in width between the top, middle or bottom of your face but it is more rounded than the square face.
This shape benefits from a wigs or hairpieces with a low side part, where a sweep of hair is brushed across the forehead adding a look of volume with an asymmetric flow of hair to one side widens your face and reduces length. Straight-falling bangs or bangs blended with the sides of your hair shorten the overall face length. Your best hair length reaches to the middle of the neck. Favor volume with curly or wavy styles that are very becoming, giving you the illusion of balanced width.
Look for wig styles that are short to medium in length with longer top layers such as wedges and graduated bob cuts. Layered styles in medium and longer lengths with wavy and curly textures will flatter the face and neck while obscuring the straight long lines of an oblong face.
Liv Tyler, actress and daughter of Aerosmith rocker, Steven Tyler, is a perfect example of the oblong face shape, done right. Her style, seen above, is multi-length and adds width and fullness at the sides with soft waves, creating the illusion of a more oval shape.
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