Tips: How to Determine your Face Shape

Most people don’t know the shape of their face, but it is important if you want to find frames that are comfortable and flattering to work out what shape your face is.

With a relatively small amount of effort, you can establish what your face shape is and get the upper hand in selecting the right frames for your face.

The three main criteria to consider when determining your face shape are: length (short or long), your jawline (round, square, pointy) and the widest part (cheeks, jaw or forehead).

Using a tape measure, you can obtain these measurements, but there are easier ways…

How to know your face shape

1. Use a mirror

   • The simplest way to determine your face shape is to stand in front of a mirror with your hair back and, using a non-permanent texter, trace the shape of your face on the mirror. Then step back for the big reveal.

2. Find your celebrity match

   • Have you ever been told you look like a celebrity such as Reese Witherspoon, Angelina Jolie, Danny DeVito or Harry Styles? These are just four celebrities who look very different to each other. Use your celebrity doppelgänger to determine your face shape. Google ‘(square/ round/ etc.) faced celebrities’ to see how you match up.

3. Snap a selfie

   • Pull your hair back for maximum face exposure. Be sure the phone is not too close to your face to distort the angle. Snap a selfie, then, with the phone’s photo markup tool, trace the perimeter of your face. Once you have that you can the determine your face shape.

4. Use a beauty app

   Your face shape is important not only for spectacle frames, but for makeup and hairstyle choices. Although these apps are focussed on hair, the results are suitable for choosing your glasses frames.

   • Find Your Face Shape allows you to scan your face to identify the shape.
   • Hairstyles for your Face Shape offers in-app purchases which you can ignore and just use the face-shape section.

5. Visit an online site

   • What’s my face-shape? has an online quiz that provides instant facial shape analysis.
   • Face Shape Calculator by omni calculator is comprehensive and reliable.

6. Ask an Eyecare Plus optical sales assistant

   Every Eyecare Plus location is staffed with knowledgeable professionals who have helped thousands of people choose the best frames for their face. With their advice, you’ll be able to select the frames that best match your lifestyle and express your personality. Most importantly, they will be the frames that make you look better, feel better – and see better.