Glasses are an integral part of your style, especially if you need a correction and need to wear them regularly. A wrong model can make your face look disproportionate or inexpressive, but the right one can make you look stylish and fit. Choose glasses that enhance the shape and color of your face, according to your personal style.
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Method 1 of 5: Part 1: Consider the Shape of the Face
Certain frame shapes can make the curves and angles of your face look disproportionate. When you go shopping for a new frame, start by trying out shapes that are probably best suited to enhancing your face.
Step 1. Look for an oval or round frame if you have a square, angular face
Look for a frame with arms positioned in the center or at the top.
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Avoid frames with geometric, square shapes that can accentuate the edges of your face. Also avoid color accents on the bottom of the frame, as these can draw unwanted glances to your chin.
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Step 2. Consider square, rectangular, or geometric frames when they add pointy corners to a rounded, curvy face
Most other frames however enhance this face shape quite well.
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Avoid overly large frames.
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Step 3. Look for tall frames if you have a narrow, oblong face
These help create the illusion of a shorter face. Also consider wide glasses with accentuated rims on top and decorative details in the temples, as these features tend to widen the face.
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Avoid small, short frames that look disproportionate.
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Step 4. Try angular frames that sharpen facial features if you have a round face
Horizontal shapes and rectangles are particularly useful for making the face appear thinner. Also consider frames with temples attached to the top to help create the illusion of face length.
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Avoid small, round frames that look disproportionate and emphasize the curves of the face.
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Step 5. Buy a frame that balances your face if you have a diamond-shaped face
Also look for upturned frames and rimless styles, which show both cheekbones.
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Avoid narrow frames that make the eye line closer than normal.
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Step 6. Balance a heart-shaped face with a heavy frame at the bottom to give width to the lower part of the face
These frames are particularly effective if they have the attachment of the temples at the bottom and round and narrow circles.
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Avoid heavy frames on the top. Also avoid decorated temples, as they tend to accentuate the upper part of the face.
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Step 7. Look for semi-circles and heavy styles at the top if you have a triangle face
These styles balance jaw width by drawing the eye to the upper face.
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Avoid the low set of the temples that widen the jaw line, and narrow frames, because they would often seem disproportionate to your face.
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Method 2 of 5: Part 2: Consider Personality
The glasses can also be used as a fashion statement. Certain frame styles can say a lot about your personality.
Step 1. Create a professional, business-oriented look by choosing traditional oval and rectangular shapes
Step 2. Emphasize the professional look with traditional colors
For men, silver, gunmetal, brown or black frames are fine. For women, brown, gold, silver, burgundy, black or espresso colored frames.
Step 3. Show your creativity or youthful style with original and distinctive designs in sight
Consider larger plastic frames with geometric shapes or frames with lasered designs on the sides of the frame.
Step 4. Consider a less traditional color, such as blue or green, for a fresh and youthful look
Also do not neglect multi-colored models.
Step 5. Use your glasses to show that you are young at heart, if not in age, by choosing frame shapes that tend to lift the face slightly
Men should choose upturned rectangles, while women can consider soft cat's eyes.
Method 3 of 5: Part 3: Consider Color
Establish your own shade and choose an appropriate frame color based on that. For eyewear, each is rated cool-toned (blue-based) or warm-toned (yellow-based).
Step 1. Examine the skin color
Individuals with pink or blue undertones have "cool" skin tones, while individuals with yellow or peach undertones have "warm" skin tones. Olive skin falls in the middle, because it has a mix of yellow and blue undertones.
Step 2. Consider your eye color
Determining the warmth or coolness of your eye color can be difficult, as the spectrum of possible colors covers a wide range.
- If you have blue eyes, determine how close they are to light blue-gray. Most blue eyes are considered to be cool in hue, but if they are close to gray, the hue is warmer. One option is to choose peach or orange glasses that will highlight your eye color.
- If you have brown eyes, determine how close they are to black. Most brown eyes are considered warm-toned, but if they are very dark brown they are often cold-toned.
- If you have green eyes, determine if they are blue-green or yellow-green. The blue-green hue is cool, while the yellow-green hue is warm.
Step 3. Check your hair color
Cool shades include coppery blonde, platinum, blue-black, white, reddish, salt and pepper, and ash brown. Warm ones include golden blonde, black brown, golden brown, carrot, or dusty gray.
Step 4. Average your skin, eye and hair tone to determine your overall hue
If you have more warm tones, the hue is probably warm. If most of the tones are cool, you probably have cool tones.
Step 5. Look for frames that are color coordinated with your natural shade
- Choose gold, copper, camel, khaki, peach, orange, coral, ivory, bright red and tortoise if you have a warm hue.
- Choose silver, black, brown-pink, blue-gray, plum, magenta, pink, jade, blue and dark tortoise if you have a cool shade.
Method 4 of 5: Part 4: General Considerations
Before you go shopping for a new pair of glasses, there are some essential points to consider.
Step 1. Get an eye exam
Before investing in a pair of glasses, you need to have an accurate prescription for your lenses.
Step 2. Buy at inexpensive stores that specialize in eyewear or have an eyeglass section if you need emergency lenses because an old pair has broken or been lost
Step 3. Consider hiring an eye doctor or an optician if you need to invest in a quality pair of glasses
That way you spend a little more, but the quality of the product and service can be worth the higher cost.
Step 4. If you need minimal correction, you can try buying glasses online
Many of the cheap eyewear sellers do not deal with eyeglasses with correction greater than +/- 1.0. If you need a + /-0.5 correction and don't want to pay a high price for glasses, there are many possibilities online.
Method 5 of 5: Part 5: Keeping an Eye on the Budget
You can buy a quality pair of glasses without spending a fortune.
Step 1. Buy only what you need
The lenses have a number of additional features, such as scratch protection and shade shifting to give protection from ultraviolet rays. While many of these features are really useful, others can be completely useless. If you're on a tight budget, skip the extras and choose lenses with basic correction.
Step 2. Avoid designer glasses and big brands if your budget is low and you don't need to chase fashion
Step 3. Get coupons
If you buy glasses in a department store or an optical store chain, you can find coupons.
Step 4. Check medical insurance
Many insurers cover a portion of the cost of the glasses if you buy them in specific places. Depending on your insurance coverage, you may have more choices.
Advice
- Always check yourself in the mirror before choosing a pair of glasses. What you see may be out of focus, but it will always give you a better idea of how they fit on your face, rather than buying them without trying them on.
- If you are nearsighted and the correction is very strong, keep in mind that the larger the frame, the thicker the lenses will be; the radius of the lens is proportional to its thickness at the edges. Consequently, you need suitable frames to cover the thickness of the lenses, unless the fact that they stick out is not a problem for you.
- Try to choose a style that says something about you, an artist may prefer multicolored frames, a football player may prefer white or black frames, and if you prefer frames with neutral colors, try at least to show a little of yourself through the glasses.
- If you have very poor eyesight, you may have a hard time seeing how a pair of glasses fit. If possible, ask a friend or family member with a reliable sense of style to come along with you. Friends will be able to see better and give you their opinion.
