Everyday style
Daily grooming and fashion. 91 face guides on EveryFaceShape so far.
Everyday style is what people do with their faces most mornings: shave or trim, shape brows, put on glasses, line the eyes with kajal, dab on thanaka, stick on a bindi. It is where face-shape advice is most used, at the barber, the optician and the beauty parlour, and where fashions change fastest.
Grooming
For many men the day starts with a shave or a beard trim; since the 2010s, beards and stubble have been as common as a clean shave in many cities. Brow threading is a regular visit for many women in South Asia and the Middle East. Neighbourhood barbers, from Istanbul to Indian roadside chairs, remain places of talk and news as much as grooming.
Frames and makeup
Glasses are worn every day by a large share of the world's people, and choosing frames is the most common use of face-shape advice. Everyday makeup varies widely by place: kajal and a bindi in India, thanaka in Myanmar, light skincare-first looks in Seoul, lipstick and mascara in many Western cities. Many people wear none.
Famous everyday style face guides
Further reading
WorldSideburns
Facial hair grown on the sides of the face from the hairline.Beard · Most faces
🇦🇺 AustraliaNed Kelly beard
Full beard and moustache style named after an Australian outlaw.Beard · Most faces
WorldChinstrap beard
A narrow line of hair tracing the jaw from ear to ear.Beard · Most faces
WorldVan Dyke beard
A moustache and goatee with shaved cheeks.Beard · Most faces
WorldDesigner stubble
Short beard growth trimmed to 1–3 mm for a rugged look.Beard · Most faces
🇮🇹 ItalyVerdi beard
A full beard paired with a distinct moustache.Beard · Most faces
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bindi: Vinay Sahay, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glasses: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kohl: Camila Zanon., CC BY 2.0, source
- Thanaka: Garonzi Stefania, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sideburns: Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, clipped by ABX, Public domain, source
- Chinstrap beard: B. D. Maxham, Public domain, source
- Van Dyke beard: Didier Descouens, Public domain, source
- Threading: butterbeeee, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Designer stubble: Unknown author, Public domain, source