Choosing the best hairstyle for you

Hi Guys and Girls a little write up on Choosing the best hairstyle for you

It can sometimes be hard especially knowing what shape face you have and what styles to avoid and what styles to go for so I have tried to brake it down for you and give you some ideas of face shapes and styles below. Also the age old question of " do you think a fringe will suit me?" 

Knowing your face shape can help you make confident and informed decisions about which hairstyle to choose. To figure it out, pull or comb your hair completely away from your face. Stand in front of a mirror so that you can see your face straight-on, and not at an angle. Use a washable marker, lipstick or anything else that's easily washable, and trace around the edges of your face in the mirror.

Look for ‘round’ facial characteristics. Round faces are characterised by smoothly curved lines and a round chin. The forehead and chin are both a bit wide, with slightly wider cheekbones.

• Cuts that will flatter your features: Long, layered bobs that fall just below your chin, edgy layered bobs, fringe, and layered hair that falls to your shoulders.
• Styles that will flatter your features: Curls or waves created with a curling iron, classic updo's with thick side fringe, and long exaggerated fringes.
• Avoid one length, blunt cuts like the classic bob.

If your face is ‘square:-Square faces feature a wide, angular jaw, wide cheekbones, and a broad forehead.

• Cuts that will flatter your features: Long, sleek cuts with graduated layers that begin at your jawline, angled bobs with longer hair in the front, asymmetrical and textured layers, and fringes that skim past your eye
• Styles that will flatter your features: Experiment with curls. For updos, try pulling your hair back from your face into a sleek ponytail or bun (this will show off your great jawline).
• Steer clear of blunt-cut fringes and one-length bob hairstyles which highlight your angular jaw rather than downplay it.

If your face is oval :-Oval faces are similar in proportion to round faces, but more elongated. The chin and the forehead are about the same width, with slightly wider cheekbones and smooth lines going down to the chin.

• Cuts that will flatter your features: An oval face shape can usually sustain any sort of haircut. Find your best feature and highlight it with your hairstyle. Great bone structure? Consider an angular bob that complements your chin. Amazing eyes? Blunt or side-swept fringes will draw attention there.
• Styles that will flatter your features: Updo styles like the French twist.

Look for features of a ‘heart-shaped’ face. Heart-shaped faces are defined primarily by a pointy, narrow chin and a wide forehead. Cheekbones can be about the same width as the forehead or slightly wider.

• Cuts that will flatter your features: Draw attention away from the chin with side swept fringes or brow-skimming fringes. A short cut is also a good choice. Avoid choppy layers that hit at the chin.
• Styles that will flatter your features: Try a swept-back updo that adds some volume to the top section of your hair.
• Try to avoid a slicked back look that takes away from the volume of your hair.

Consider whether your face is ‘triangle’-shaped. Triangular faces are the exact opposite of heart-shaped faces. This means that they feature a broad, angular jaw that narrows down to a small forehead.

• Cuts that will flatter your features: Get a cut that involves big side-swept fringes that taper down to your jawline. Short haircuts with a lot of volume are ideal for triangular faces. You can also choose a long cut, as long as it hits at your collarbone or lower.
• Styles that will flatter your features: Try a loose ponytail that will allow your hair to play around your face.
• Try to avoid slicked back updos that pull your hair away from from your face.

If you have a ‘diamond’ shaped face:-Diamond faces feature broad cheekbones, set off by a narrow chin and forehead.

• Cuts that will flatter your features: Try some full, straight fringe and a cut that adds width to your chin area, such as a chin-length bob.
• Styles that will flatter your features: Give a high ponytail or bun a try if you have a fringe. 
• Watch out for styles where you part your hair down the middle or add extra height to the top of your head.  
•  Face is ‘long’. Long faces maintain the same proportion throughout the face. This means that your forehead, cheekbones and chin share about the same narrow width.

• Cuts that will flatter your features: Brow-skimming, side swept fringe or chin-length bobs are ideal for creating the illusion of width. Keep haircuts short, never long because they tend to drag down the face.
• Styles that will flatter your features: Curls and waves work well when adding width.
• Pass up extreme styles and cuts that are longer than the collarbone.

Much love D 

Getting Engaged

Hi Guys and Girls,
So decided to give blogging ago, after many years writing for various publications about life style, fashion, hair & beauty I thought I needed a little outlet to write about more open topics.

I wanted my first blog to be about a recent event in my life, I got engaged to my partner Marc after a number of years being together we finally decided to get engaged. WOW no one told me organising an engagement party would be so difficult! Who knew that its like a small wedding! It was only about a week before that it dawned on me that I have only myself to blame for going all out. Marquees, DJ, Bar, loads of food, up lighters and countless decorations. But this has since lead me to think....…A dangerous thing in its self. Why when it comes to weddings and engagement parties do we turn in to obsessive compulsive beings that need to go all out? It took four weeks of planning for a 5 hour party!

For me being a gay man the idea of being able to officiate my relationship with the person I love is a big deal. With recent law changes allowing us to do so it is a big deal in its self. But when it came down to the party just for the engagement I was like a man on mission. Don't get me wrong I loved every minute of it! But come on matching table decorations co-ordinating bar stool covers with high gloss black bars and matching DJ booth even I had enough of my self.

We do party to mark a land mark in our life it could be birthdays, anniversaries, deaths, births or now divorces and we invite our close friends and family. Yet we still feel the need to make it lavish and jaw dropping. I was a groomzilla no question about it and even I am worried what I will be like when it comes to planning the wedding. For me I felt a massive sense of responsibility that people where traveling from afar (Canada, Wales, Brighton) and had arranged hotels near by to join us on our

special so I felt I had to throw a party that was worth the effort they had made. It honestly sent me in to over drive obsessing over a Buffett and I was adamant that I didn't want a sausage roll and cheese and pineapple sticks. But instead I wanted crab cakes, Palma ham and asparagus with fresh made vegetarian dishes ( never ask Greek about vegetarian food). Because we threw the party at our home I  was in a cleaning frenzy for at least two weeks and cleaning things that no one would take any notice of but me.

I could write so much more on becoming a groomzilla but I think the point I'm making is I obsessed so much and got my self so worked up about making things as perfect as I could that I almost forgot to enjoy the process of what was happening making the most of whole experience of organising and executing it all. But I wouldn't have changed our day for anything, being surrounded by family and friends from near and far, so when planning such a massive hopefully one off life time event stop and enjoy it don't get lost in the smallest details of cleaning skirting boards and cleaning your book shelfs just enjoy the time of everything around you.


Much love D