by Kimberley Heit

Created on: August 02, 2010

Celebrities typically have multiple professionals who help them work out what looks good on them, so they can be a great source of inspiration. By looking at celebrities who have your face shape, you can help work out what might suit you. This article provides a listing of celebrities that have oval shaped faces.

When looking at celebrity images, take note of their hairstyle, eyebrow shape, the jewelry they wear, and even the neckline style of their clothing. All of these things can influence the proportions of your face shape. If you can get large close up photos you can also see how they utilize blush, highlighter and bronzer to contour their face shape.

By assessing their successes and (sometimes their failures) you can get a good idea of what different looks may flatter you. Best of all, you don’t need to employ an entourage of expensive professional help. It can also serve as a great confidence boost, because you should find that there are lots of women, who are considered attractive, that you share a trait with.

If you have an oval shaped face, you have nicely balanced proportions similar to an egg shape. You can work may different looks, the only thing you want to avoid is anything that would un-balance your face from top to bottom. The following celebrities may provide inspiration for different looks:

Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks can provide great inspiration for make-up looks, because her many years modeling have provided lots of images with both varying moods and levels of formality.

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Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba has been a great chameleon when it comes to changing hairstyles, so photographs of her will show you how lots of different styles look on an oval face. She has worked different, cuts, colors, parts, textures, up, down and half up and down styles.

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Elle Macpherson

Elle Macpherson loves the great outdoors so she is a great hourglass role model for sunglasses selection.

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Britney Spears

Britney Spears has worn her hair in many different styles, from straight to curly, bangs versus no bangs, short including bald, right through to well past her shoulders. The one common denominator is that the styles don’t build volume only at the top or bottom. They are fairly even throughout. For example, if she wears curls they tend to start close to the head and continue to the ends.

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Other celebrities to look up include; Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Sharon stone. You will also find lots of additional celebrity possibilities and images when you Google hairstyles for oval shaped faces.

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