Tips on Choosing Eye Glasses Frames: Find the Right Pair for Your Face

Choosing eye glasses frames that are right for your face is important if you want to look great in your glasses. It is important to take into consideration your face shape, eye brow shape and your coloring before choosing eyeglasses frames.

There are about seven different face shapes. They are round, oval, and oblong, base down triangle, base up triangle, diamond, and square. 

• The round face is free of angles and the width and length are of the same proportions. Choosing eye glasses frames with an angular shape will help to give definition to the face. Narrow frames will help to lengthen the face.

• The oval face is said to be the perfect face shape and finding hairstyles and glasses that look great on this shape face is easy. Choosing eye glasses frames that are wider than the widest part of the face will look great on oval shaped faces.

• The oblong face is longer than it is wide and sometimes comes with a long nose. Oblong face shapes need frames with a depth that goes from top to bottom. Choosing eye glasses frames with a low bridge will help to lengthen the nose. Decoration around the temple area will draw the eye outward thereby making the face seem wider.

• The base-down triangular face is narrower at the top than the bottom. Choosing eye glasses frames with a cat eye shape or more decorated frames will draw the eye upward and make the face seem more balanced.

• The base up triangular face needs frames that are lighter in color, probably even rimless so that the eye is not drawn to the widest area of the face. Choosing eye glasses frames that don't draw the eye to the upper part of the face will balance the width of the top and bottom of the face.

• The diamond shaped face is narrow at the eye and jaw line. Not many people have this face shape. Choosing eye glasses frames that are rimless, oval or cat eye shaped are great for this face shape.

• The square face shape has a strong jaw line with a wide forehead. Choosing eye glasses frames that are narrow and are wider than they are long are best for the square face shape.