Diamond Face Shapes

Last but not least we examine our Diamonds and their natural charisma and charm.

The Diamond Face

Diamond shaped faces are dynamic and faceted with angles and width. They are my charmers, some of the most captivating faces I work on. The diamond gemstone is seen as symbolic of commitment and love. It undergoes periods of severe pressure to become the brilliant stone we wear, building strength and resilience. The diamond shape symbolizes the crown, enlightenment, the highest spiritual level. Perhaps diamond people are similar?

Diamond faces are much like ovals in length but have a more angled top and bottom. In this way they are similar to hearts, however have an angled forehead as well as the more pointed jaw we see in hearts. I find that diamonds are harder to distinguish because of this. Many are mistakenly labeled heart, or oval or oblong. And they can be similar to all of these, however the smaller forehead and jaw/chin are key to observing them.

The essential diamond, a diamond shape with lines for horizontal and vertical symmetry and the gemstone.

A diamond shape is wide in the middle coming to a point at the top and bottom. They are very symmetrical vertically. What I find charming about a diamond face is the width around the eyes. Diamonds seem to have the most intriguing, charming faces because they are widest exactly where we want focus to be in makeup - at the eyes. Diamond faces have the width at the eye and the angles above and below. Structurally they are some of the prettiest faces we see, however they can look gaunt if too contoured.

Some beautiful diamonds: Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez and Halle Berry.

The Basics

The best way to determine face shape is to draw an imaginary line around the edges of a face and examine it. Most people are not perfectly any particular shape, but usually lean towards one more than others. The options are: oval, round, square, heart, oblong or diamond. Diamond faces are longer than they are wide and show the most width at the eyes. Vertically, diamonds tend to be fairly symmetrical. You might see one side that is a bit wider, but it is usually slight. Horizontally they tend to be either smaller in the center eye area or at the jaw/chin.

We measure symmetry by drawing a line down the center of the face and then horizontally drawing two lines, one at the brows and the other at the bottom where the cheekbones lay, close to the top of the lips. Vertical symmetry (photo 1) is determined by how wide each side of the face is and horizontal symmetry (photo 2) is determined by how tall each section of the face is. The more even these measurements, the more symmetrical the face.

Photo 1 shows our diamond shape with vertical line. Photo 2 shows horizontal lines.