A number 4 haircut is typically medium length and best trimmed using the 4 clipper guard. It works particularly well as crew or brush haircuts – hairstyles that combine skin fade with longer top hair. However, this type of cut can exaggerate specific face shapes; thus, it is essential to understand what you are getting yourself into before beginning this haircutting journey.
Triangular Face Shape
Triangle faces can be challenging to style due to their narrower forehead and broader chin area, making finding hairstyles that flatter difficult. We minimize any bottom heaviness to be effective while emphasizing our wide and broad jawline.
An elegant style for this face shape creates balance and proportion by layering fullness above the ears without bangs. Pixie cuts or bobs with straight sides and bangs also work perfectly well. Avoid fringes that fall too close to or draw too much attention away from your eyes; these may make the triangle face appear broader and shorter.
Men with this face shape often opt for a stubble or beard style that does not emphasize their narrow foreheads, such as aviator-style glasses or club master sunglasses, which have slim frames to help reduce width at temples and help balance out their face shape.
Diamond Face Shape
A diamond face shape, characterized by narrower features in the chin and forehead before widening into an angular jawline, is more of an angular version of an oval. However, its distinct features often make for refined styling options; therefore, it can accommodate bold styling or accessories if the appropriate haircut is chosen to counterbalance the narrowness of its narrowness.
O’Connor suggests a side part that creates width at the forehead and hairline is ideal for diamond faces, while texturized styles like side-swept curtain bangs or deep-angled pixie cuts can also help soften angles. A rolled shoulder-length bob with long, thin bangs is another excellent style option for diamond faces. It will cover an uneven forehead while drawing attention to your chiseled chin for the appearance of balance and symmetry. To give this style even more impactful texture, use Ouai Dry Texture Foam ($28), creating undulating waves for added dimension and weight to your look.
Triangular Jawline
As its name implies, an open jawline refers to one that is wider than your forehead and cheekbones and tapers down towards a narrow or pointed chin. Your face also tends to be longer vertically than wide, with sides curving out slightly rather than being straight across.
To determine your facial structure, take measurements at its widest point – forehead width at its widest point – then from the top of one eyebrow to the tip of another brow – as an estimate for measuring both eyebrows. Once this measurement has been made, measure the pointiest part of your cheekbone and measure that distance across to the center of your chin (across the cheekbone). Once completed, multiply this figure by two to obtain the length of the jawline.
When choosing number 4 haircuts, beware of styles that create too much volume at the forehead. Instead, side-swept bangs add diagonal direction and frame your face beautifully, while thick quiffs work particularly well on triangular face shapes.
Diamond Chin
Diamond-shaped faces feature narrow foreheads and jawlines with broad cheekbones, creating a diamond face shape. To maximize balance while simultaneously decreasing wider cheekbones, hairstyles for this face type should add width to the chin area and shorten overall length; straight across bangs work particularly well at curtailing long faces, while side parts also focus the eye onto one larger shape that makes your jawline and forehead appear smaller within it. Haircuts like chin-length bob cuts with soft-layered edges or shoulder-length wispies kick-out looks work well regardless of hair texture or type!
Vanessa Hudgens shows us how to wear a chin-length bob for diamond faces by emphasizing her wide cheekbones with a side-swept do that plays into their asymmetry and narrows her forehead. Kourtney Kardashian’s poker-straight bob with full fringe also works beautifully, slimming down her forehead while widening her eyes by drawing attention directly towards her cheekbones.
