Lob + Heart Face: Build Volume Below

A heart face narrows to the chin — a lob with layers and volume at the bottom adds the width that balances a wide forehead.

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Face Shape Guide

Heart face

Wide forehead tapering to a narrow chin

Add Volume Here: Jaw & temples

Width below the cheekbones balances the wider forehead.

Keep It Short Here: Forehead

Volume here accentuates the top-heavy shape — keep it light.

These are starting points — AI try-on shows you the real result on your actual face.

Why It Works

A heart face is wide at the forehead and narrow at the chin, so the balancing goal is to add fullness lower down. A lob hitting at or just below the chin is ideal because that is exactly where a heart face needs visual weight — the length and any volume at the ends widen the narrow lower third. Layers that build body around the jaw and ends that turn outward enhance this, drawing the eye to the chin and away from the broad forehead. A center or soft side part with face-framing pieces softens the forehead at the same time. The cut to avoid is one with all its volume stacked high at the crown, which would broaden the already-wide top.

Step by step

How to Style

  1. 01

    Ask for a lob at or just below chin length with layers concentrated low.

  2. 02

    Have the ends cut to flick or turn outward for chin width.

  3. 03

    Keep the crown relatively flat; the fullness belongs at the bottom.

  4. 04

    Add soft, wispy face-framing pieces; trim every eight to ten weeks.

Pro Tip

Keep the length at or just below the chin with volume low — it adds width at the narrow chin, not the wide forehead.

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On a heart face the lob works when the volume sits low, around the chin. AI try-on lets you preview a chin-length lob with outward-flicking ends against other lengths on your own face before the salon cuts.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

01. What lob length suits a heart-shaped face?

At or just below the chin, where a heart face is narrowest. The length and outward-turning ends add width at the chin to balance the wide forehead.

02. Should a heart face keep volume high or low with a lob?

Low. Volume around the jaw and ends balances the narrow chin, while crown volume broadens the already-wide forehead.

03. Do face-framing pieces help a lob on a heart face?

Yes — soft, wispy face-framing pieces break up the wide forehead while the lower length adds chin width, balancing the heart shape.

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