Change your style: cut a fringe

What's the best way of transforming your look in an instant? Getting a fringe cut of course! Whatever your face shape, there's a fringe to suit you - and it's a sneaky way of covering up tell-tell ageing signs too.

Long face: long faces can be made to look shorter with a fringe. Try a blunt fringe if you're feeling brave or a softer, eye-lash skimming one for easy styling.

Round face: to create the illusion of a narrower face, try a graduated fringe that goes from a side parting and falls at an angle to below the cheekbone. Or try a fringe that has longer pieces at the sides for a narrower look.

Square face: a soft, graduated fringe will lessen the look of an angled jawline. Avoid sharp, block fringes as they'll only accentuate any squareness.

Oval: this is often considered to be the ideal face shape so most fringe styles will suit you.

Top tips for styling

If your hair has any kind of kink or wave, dampen the base of the fringe and blast it with a nozzle-tipped hairdryer using hot, then cool, air to keep it in place and give it a glossy finish.

When blow-drying, aim the hairdryer from the left, right and straight down to maximise its natural movement. Wrap only the ends around a round brush when blow-drying but not the roots as you'll end up with a high, ‘80s fringe instead!

To set your fringe, spray your hairbrush with hairspray and lightly brush through.

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