If you have a dominant jaw line with narrowing at the cheek bone and temples, you're a Triangle like Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

Sophie likes to emphasise her angular features with chin-length bobs and feathered shoulder-length styles - more fullness at the temples complements her face-shape beautifully.

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Celebrity face shapes - which styles suit?

By Jessica Hopper

Fancy a new 'do for the coming season - but unsure of which style will suit you? Your face shape is the single most important consideration when sourcing a flattering style, so simply check out your celebrity counterpart and recreate a spot of A-list style...

If your face is only slightly narrower at the jaw line than at the temples, with a gently rounded hairline, then you're Oval, like the lovely Kylie, whoose delicate elfin features and killer cheekbones were flaunted to perfection by this infamous gamine wavy crop.

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If your face is widest at the cheekbones, and narrow equally at the forehead and jaw line, then you're a Diamond, like Kate Bosworth.

Kate's angular-diamond shaped face is perfectly emphasised by these lengthy tousled curls.

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If your face is wide at the temples and hairline, narrowing to a small delicate chin, then you're heart-shaped, like Sophie Dahl.

Flicked-out ends and a sweeping fringe complement Sophie's heart-shaped face. Chin-length or longer styles work well with hearts - avoid shorter styles that emphasize the upper-head.

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If you have a full face with a round chin and hairline, you're Round, like Dawn French.

See how Dawn's full-cheeked, round face is slimmed with sleek, lengthy locks and a sweeping fringe. Avoid chin-length hair and crops.

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If your face is long and slender and about the same width at the forehead and just below your sharp cheekbones, you're an Oblong, like Cate Blanchett.

Soft, wispy bangs and fullness at the sides work wonders. These old-school glamour-puss curls soften Cate's angular features.

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Similarly, an oblong face can be long and slender face with a very narrow chin or a very high forehead, like Kate Hudson.

Kate's long, sultry waves help widen her narrow chin,  balancing out her gorgeous features. Side partings work really well with this shape. 

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If you're oval - you're lucky! The most versatile of face shapes, your 'perfect' well-balanced features mean almost any style will look good you!

Natalie's nicely balanced features and high cheekbones can carry any style, but she looks oh-so stunning with these long, soft, relaxed waves.

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Your best bet are styles that fall right below your chin or add a little volume on top. Soft, graduated layers are also a great bet because they make your face appear slimmer.

Look how these gentle, chin-like curls make Kirsten's round, doll-like face appear slimmer, taking emphasis and weight away from the sides.

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If the vertical length of your face is more than one and a half times the width of the face, you're long, like Jade Jagger.

It can be difficult to attain facial feature balance, but lengthy hair with plenty of oomph helps create more width. Jade's long face is shortened by her long locks worn softly tousled in a side parting.

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Another oval, and another example of how versatile this shape is.

Keira's no stranger to reinvention. She's sported a gamine crop, a chin-length bob and long, tumbling Austen-style locks - and her perfectly oval face looked equally good with all. How annoying!

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This face-shape is has a very prominent, strong jaw-line.

Minnie's square face looks beautiful when worn with her naturally curly hair. See how these larger curls worn shorter around the chin look stunning on her? Curls often work well with squares as it helps provide a nice contrast to the straight lines of the face.

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If your face is has a strong, square jaw line and usually an equally square hairline, then you're a Square, like Renée Zellweger.

Renée's textured long bob helps to balance out her square shaped face.

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Long and slender, with a high forehead and narrow bone structure, Liv Tyler's beautiful elfin face works well with shoulder-length styles.

Too much length only lengthens the face, but Liv's long face, high forehead and well-defined chin are re-balanced with this medium-length style full of big, bouncy curls.

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Only those with perfectly oval faces and symmetrical features should wear their hair shaven or closely cropped.

It may seem extreme, but when it's done right - it's simply stunning, as Natalie Portman demonstrates here.

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