<p>We explored how faces and hair influence social judgments of power and warmth by altering 40 photos to display only hair (“Hair-only”), only face (“Face-only”), or both (“Whole Picture”). Across conditions, participants’ (<i>N = </i>195) Face-only judgments strongly correlated with Whole Picture judgments, even when controlling for hair judgments. Although Hair-only judgments did not significantly predict warmth, they were a strong predictor of Whole Picture judgments of power (<i>r</i> = .65, <i>p</i> &lt; .001), even when controlling for Face-Only judgments (<i>β</i> = .56, <i>p</i> &lt; .001). The impact of hair judgments on overall power judgments was greater for male than female targets and judges, suggesting that hair plays a prominent role in males’ perceptions of power and how males are judged with respect to power. In contrast, face rating predominately explained warmth judgments (R² = 0.84, <i>p</i> &lt; .001), and adding hair ratings did not contribute to additional variance (ΔR² &lt; 0.01, <i>p</i> = .68). These findings align with theories of impression formation, which propose that warmth judgments rely on involuntary facial cues, while power judgments incorporate controllable appearance features such as hair.</p>