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
WorldSclera
The tough outer coat that creates the pale background of the eyeball.Eyes · Most faces
WorldEyelash
Hairs lining the eyelid edges that protect the eye and frame the gaze.Eyes · Most faces
WorldEyelid
A thin fold of skin that covers the eye and keeps it moist.Eyes · Most faces
WorldAlmond eyes
Oval eyes with tapered corners and a natural lift.Eyes · Most faces
WorldRound eyes
An eye shape where the width equals the length, creating a circular appearance.Eyes
WorldHooded eyes
An eye shape where excess skin from the brow bone folds over the eyelid crease.Eyes · Most faces
WorldClose-set eyes
A facial feature where the distance between the inner corners of the eyes is less than one eyeball width.Eyes
WorldDownturned eyes
An eye shape where the outer corners angle downward toward the temples.Eyes · Most faces
WorldUpturned eyes
An eye shape with outer corners that lift upward toward the hairline.Eyes
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
- Sclera: Jo Naylor, CC BY 2.0, 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
- Eyelash: Rapidreflex, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Eyelid: Micky Zlimen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Threading: butterbeeee, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Designer stubble: Unknown author, Public domain, source