Eyeglass Frames for Face Shapes

The type of eyeglass frames you wear, significantly affects your look and the first impression you could make. Contact lenses are preferred by most people nowadays, but eyeglass frames are still in vogue. Eyeglass frames are no longer just a medical necessity, but also a fashion accessory in their own right. The type of eyeglass frames you wear, can tell a lot about you. It can tell whether you are a conservative or a radical, a casual kind of a person or you mean business. Be it your reading glasses or anti-glare glasses for your workplace use, you can choose stylish ones. As they say, one sees the world in a different way, through a new lens. Similarly, eyeglass frames for face shapes of different types, if correctly chosen, can change the way in which the world looks at you! Read more on computer reading glasses.

Being a bespectacled guy, I have gone through my share of badly chosen eyeglass frames, which didn't really suit me at all. It takes a little time and a lot of trial and error, to acquire a taste for fashion and choose the right eyeglass frames according to your face shape and personality. I am writing this article to give you some tips from experience about choosing the right eyeglass frames for different face shapes. It will save you a lot of time and money, unlike me, if you go for the right ones according to your face shape.

Choosing Eyeglass Frames for Different Face Shapes
Correctly choosing eyeglass frames for face shape, is a matter of aesthetics. One can enhance the natural beauty of a face or make up for the shortcomings with a fashion accessory like an eyeglass frame.

There are certain rules of thumb which you can follow according to the face shape of yours. The tips here will save you the trouble of trying out every eyeglass frame in the optician's shop! They will narrow down your search, significantly. Here are the three thumb rules from experienced fashion gurus, which you can follow while choosing eyeglass frames for face shapes.

• Let your eye glasses compliment your best facial features.
• Let the eyeglass frame shape be contrasting to your face shape.
• Let the size of the frame be in scale wise proportion to the size of your face. For example, eyeglass frames for small faces should be small.

Ultimately, the choice depends on what kind of look you want to project. It is not so complicated. To every rule, there are exceptions and I am certainly not the last word when it comes to choosing eyeglass frames. You might as well throw away all aesthetics to the wind and choose what you like. You are free to make your own choice! Still I hope my tips on matching the right face shape with the right eyeglass frames, will help you out! The tips are given according to the seven basic face shapes that are characteristic of the human race. They are oval, round, oblong, base-up triangle, base-down triangle, square and diamond.

Eyeglass Frames for Oval Faces
Out of choosing eyeglass frames for face shapes of different kinds, oval shaped ones are the easiest. People with oval faces are the lucky ones, as oval shaped face is the most well-balanced in proportions. To maintain the natural balance of your oval shaped face, go for a frame, which is wide or wider than the widest part of your face. You could go for walnut-shaped frames which are neither too deep, nor too narrow. Alternatively, you have the luxury of trying out different styles, as your facial shape offers you a wide choice.

Eyeglass Frames for Round Faces
A round face is all curves without angles. You can compensate for inherent roundness of the face, by using rectangular, narrow eyeglass frames, with a clear bridge. They will make your round face look thinner and longer while widening your eyes!

Eyeglass Frames for Oblong Faces
An oblong shaped face is significantly longer than its width. This is often coupled with a longish nose and a long straight cheek line. You could make the face appear more balanced and shorter by wearing frames which are more deep than wide, with contrasting temples or a low bridge which will make the nose appear shorter.

Eyeglass Frames for Base-Up Triangle Faces
These types of faces have a wide top which tapers down to a narrow chin. The width of the top part of the face could be balanced by using frames which are wider at the bottom with light colors or even rimless frames.

Eyeglass Frames for Base-Down Triangle Faces
Opposite to the base up triangles face, a base down triangular face has a wide chin which tapers to a comparatively narrow forehead upwards. To make the forehead appear wider, one could try cat eye shaped eyeglass frames with heavy colors and detailing on the top half.

Eyeglass Frames for Square Faces
A squarish face is typified by a strong jaw line, coupled with a broad forehead. To make the squarish faces look more long and soften its edges, one should try narrow frame styles. Wider frames with less depth and narrow oval shaped eyeglass frames, are best suited for square faces.

Eyeglass Frames for Diamond Faces
Diamond shaped faces are very rare. They are characterized by high and broad cheekbones, which are narrow at the jawline and eye line. For these faces, a wide variety of frames are well suited. Most well suited, eyeglass frames for face shapes of diamond kind are oval, rimless, cat-eye or any frame with detailing and a pronounced brow line.

Different face shape eyeglass frames are now specially manufactured, as frame makers have included that aspect in their designing. Hope these tips on choosing different eyeglass frames has provided you with some expertise, which will save you time and give you the right look!