Heart vs Diamond
wide forehead, narrow chin · narrow forehead, wide cheekbones, narrow chin
The Quick Difference
How to Tell Them Apart
Both have a narrow chin. The difference is where your face is widest.
- Heart: forehead is widest, tapers to a point at the chin. Often called 'inverted triangle'.
- Diamond: cheekbones are widest. Both forehead AND chin are narrower. Shape resembles a diamond on its side.
Heart celebrity examples
Diamond celebrity examples
Still not sure?
If you're stuck between Heart and Diamond, the easiest way is to scan your face on Glowprint. The app reads your skin tone, undertone, hair, and eye color from a single selfie and tells you for sure in 30 seconds. Free.
Most people get the answer wrong on first guess. The app scans your face and rules out the wrong one in 30 seconds.
- Whether you actually have a Heart or Diamond face shape
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- Personalized contour map based on YOUR scan
- Your closest celebrity lookalikes with match percentage
The fastest way to tell Heart from Diamond
If you only do one test, do this one.
Heart vs Diamond — side by side
The properties that distinguish them, in one view.
| Trait | Heart | Diamond |
|---|---|---|
| Widest point | Forehead | Cheekbones |
| Forehead width | Wide | Narrow |
| Chin | Pointed, narrow | Pointed, narrow |
| Cheekbones | Visible, but forehead is wider | Most prominent feature, widest point |
| Best haircuts | Lobs ending below chin, side-swept bangs | Side-swept layers, curtain bangs, chin-length bobs |
| Glasses | Bottom-heavier frames (aviators) | Cat-eye or oval frames (widen forehead) |
Quick quiz: Heart or Diamond?
Answer all 5 honestly. Pick whichever option fits you better — most answers in column A means Heart, most in column B means Diamond.
Frequently asked questions
Heart and diamond both have pointed chins — how are they different?
The widest part of the face. Heart faces are widest at the forehead. Diamond faces are widest at the cheekbones (with narrow forehead). Look in a mirror and identify which point juts out most.
Is diamond face shape rare?
Yes, relatively. Only about 4-7% of faces are true diamond. It's one of the most distinctive shapes — and considered very photogenic.
Can I have a 'heart-diamond' hybrid?
Some faces are between — a wide forehead AND prominent cheekbones. The face scan measures all three widths to give a precise shape.