Style Guide for Heart Face Cuts - Short, Medium & Long

Ever wondered how to balance out your heart face? People with heart-shaped faces, like Reece Witherspoon, have a wide brow area and narrow in at the jaw.

When styling these features you want to work at evening out the widths of your face. Creating the illusion of a softer more oval appearance.

HEART FACE- SHORT LENGTH

THE CUT

A choppy pixie that’s shaped evenly on the sides and nape with short layers on top.

WHY IT WORKS

As an example Hale Berry’s  tousled textured cut is dynamic enough to cancel out a pronounced jawline, while the choppy layers break up a wide forehead.

EXPERT TIP

You need someone that has the experience to know how short to cut your hair type to have the support and structure to look fabulous. To avoid a top-heavy effect that will exaggerate your chin, dense strands need to be textured to create enough space in your hair.

TO STYLE

To bring out and exaggerate your wispy pixie, try Alterna Bamboo Boho Waves $39.95 and Bamboo Uplifting root blast spray $39.95. It's weightless so that your strands stay upright and ensures your style will last the whole day.

                                HEART FACE- MEDIUM LENGTH

THE CUT

A collarbone-length with a sweeping fringe and uniform layers.

WHY IT WORKS

Shoulder-skimming layers draw your eyes away from the chin area and add balance.

EXPERT TIP

This is perfect for hair that has some body, but not coarse or curly variety. "You'll get too much volume up top.

TO STYLE

For this look I strongly recommend the 'Babyliss PRO Rapido' Hair Dryer; a high-performance luxury hair dryer design efficient, high speed drying with maximum airflow,  also minimum weight and low vibrations for effortless and efficient styling.

This Technology ensures a sleek, static- and frizz-free finish for locks that look soft, smooth and glossy.

Available at Tsiknaris Hair $249

HEART FACE- LONG LENGTH   

THE CUT

Long hair with longer layering or fringe.

WHY IT WORKS

"I definitely think for women with heart-shaped faces, going longer is great," "But one thing you want to do is have some layers that break at the cheekbone and the chin to bring some of the attention to that area."

EXPERT TIP

This look is easy to pull off, regardless of texture. If your hair is on the fine or sparse side, keep the layers long and concentrated closer to the ends.

TO STYLE 

Using body building products to create the foundation for your style like Alterna Caviar volume mousse $44.50, and perfect texture spray $39.50. Using these will give you that sexy relaxed movement.

Tsiknaris Hair- Ageing Gracefully With Alterna Haircare

Tsiknaris Hair- Ageing Gracefully With Alterna Haircare

Here at Tsiknaris hair we believe style and beauty can be achieved at any age. Ageing gracefully with Alterna Haircare has been made easy with their versatile and high quality products.  Our products created by Alterna haircare are designed for exactly that. They are created with advanced technology to provide a result that can best be described as ‘Skin care for hair’. Their key ingredients such as caviar extracts, omega 3 fatty acids, and age control complex, will provide you with protection and prevention against the intrinsic chemical & environmental changes contributing to ageing hair.

The older you get the more you will have to look after your hair, as with age, our locks and scalp are affected by a trio of tribulations — mainly dryness, dullness, and thinning. This is caused by years of colouring, styling and blow-drying your hair, not to mention the natural elements of the sun here in Australia….but I’m sure none of us will give up on going to the beach or our regular colour and styling regime any time soon, for the sake of a few more hairs on our head in the future.

There is however, a few simple things you can do to ease the process.

 

1. Look after your hair.

Using the right products can make a huge difference to the health of your hair. Using good, salon quality products recommended by the people who know your hair the best. As a client of Tsiknaris hair, we recommend using Alterna Haircare products as your at home care regime, As these products contain extremely high quality ingredients and are guaranteed to improve the overall health of any hair type. With a range that will cater for anyone the options available for you are able to suit any problem and improve the hair focusing on exactly where the damage has occurred. This will also ensure that your hair is getting all the nutrients that it needs as it ages.

With age, your hair can also become dull and lack shine. Using shine enhancing products such as shine mists, Frizz control micromist, and serum concentrates to finish will help achieve glossy locks. Every time you have a colour refreshed, you should also ask for a colour enhancing or moisture replenishing treatment, this will also help the health of your hair after it has gone through a chemical process and replace the moistures lost through the service, not to mention that if you continue to use these treatment at home it can pro-long the life of you colour (especially blondes & vibrant tones).

2. The right cut can take years off.

Length 

You don’t have to automatically resign yourself to a super short crop. Instead, consider a length anywhere between your collar bone and chin. Hair that hits within those three inches is most flattering, as it can add structure to certain face shapes, elongate the appearance or your neck and jawline, as well as having the potential to soften any obvious signs of aging (fine lines, creasing, or loss of elasticity in the skin around your jaw and neck line).

Layering

Avoid a choppy, overly layered cut if hair is thinning, you’ll just amplify the problem. Often women get lots of layers because they think this adds volume, but layers won’t help if the hair is simply not there. Instead, opt for a cut with long layers and subtle graduation, as for those of you experiencing hair loss or lack of density this will help add fullness and shape to your style.

Styling  

If your face seems more angular these days, soften the edges by wearing gentle waves or curls around your face. If a fuller, round face is the issue, opt for something more sophisticated and — a sleek, straight look is an easy way to instantly counteract heaviness.

Fringe

Side-swept bangs give you a fun, youthful vibe. Plus, they instantly create fullness toward the front of your head, where women tend to lose hair. Go for thicker fringe, wispy can be aging it just looks like hair is thinning, but keep the ends soft and fringy; blunt can be too harsh.

3. Colour Correctly.

Ashy, mousy, or grey shades don’t reflect light well. Brighten your look by adding warm tones, either with all over colour or highlights. Also, because colour swells the hair shaft, your hair will look thicker too.

4. Eat Right.

It may seem unrelated, but what you eat, or don't eat, has a huge impact on the health of your hair, especially as it ages. There are a number of hair super-foods that can nourish your strands and improve your hair's length, shine and thickness. These include salmon; which is loaded with protein and omega-3 fatty acids, dark green vegetables; for vitamins A and C, and nuts; which are a terrific source of zinc. Protein is also essential for healthy hair.