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
WorldContouring
A makeup method using darker and lighter shades to sculpt facial features.Makeup
🇦🇹 Austria and 2 moreRimless eyeglasses
Eyewear where lenses attach directly to the bridge and temples without a surrounding frame.Frame · Most faces
🇺🇸 United StatesAviator sunglasses
Teardrop-lensed eyewear designed for pilots and adapted for fashion.Frame · Most faces · 1937
WorldBeauty mark
A dark facial mark, natural or applied, worn for adornment.Skin · Most faces
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreBindi
A coloured dot worn on the forehead in South and Southeast Asia.Adornment · Most faces
WorldNose piercing
A facial adornment involving jewelry inserted into the nose skin or cartilage.Adornment
🇳🇿 New ZealandTā moko
Traditional permanent facial and body markings of the Māori people of New Zealand.Marking
🇮🇳 IndiaTilaka
A traditional Hindu forehead mark applied with paste or ash to signify faith and spiritual identity.Adornment
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSindoor
A vermilion powder worn by married Hindu women to mark marital status.Makeup
WorldBifocals
Eyeglasses with two distinct optical powers for long and short distances.Frame
🇺🇸 United StatesMirrored sunglasses
Sunglasses with a reflective outer coating that reduces glare and light transmission.Frame · Most faces
WorldCheek piercing
A facial piercing through the cheek tissue to create a dimple-like appearance.Adornment
WorldSclera
The tough outer coat that creates the pale background of the eyeball.Eyes · Most faces
WorldMicroblading
A semi-permanent technique for enhancing eyebrow shape and colour using fine hand-drawn strokes.Makeup · 2007
WorldBlushing
The involuntary reddening of the face caused by emotional stress.Skin
🇮🇱 Israel and 2 morePe'ot
Sideburns left uncut above the cheekbone as required by Jewish law.Beard · Most faces
🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePlayoff beard
A superstitious facial hair tradition worn by athletes and fans during postseason competitions.Beard · 1980
WorldScissors-glasses
Eyeglasses with scissoring stems and a ring for a neck chain.Frame · 1750
WorldGoggles
Protective eyewear that encloses the eye area to block debris, water, or chemicals.Frame · Most faces
WorldLip piercing
A body modification that penetrates the lip tissue or surrounding area using jewellery.Adornment
WorldEyebrow piercing
A vertical surface piercing through the eyebrow skin.Adornment
🇨🇳 China and 2 moreSunglasses
Protective eyewear designed to shield eyes from bright sunlight and high-energy visible light.Frame · 1929
WorldCat eye glasses
Eyewear with an upsweep at the outer corners of the frame.Frame · Most faces · 1931
WorldGlasses
Vision eyewear with lenses in a frame for correction, protection, or fashion.Frame · Most faces
🇩🇪 Germany and 2 morePanto glasses
Rounded-oval frames with a flat top edge.Frame · Most faces · 1932
WorldBug-eye glasses
Large-lensed eyewear from the late twentieth centuryFrame · Most faces · 1975
WorldMonroe piercing
Off-centre lip stud mimicking a beauty spotAdornment · Most faces
WorldFreckles
Small clusters of concentrated melanin on the skin.Skin · Most faces
🇬🇧 United KingdomWindsor glasses
Round metal frames with a saddle bridge.Frame · Most faces · 1840
🇮🇳 IndiaUrdhva Pundra
Vertical Vaishnava forehead mark denoting devotion to Vishnu.Adornment · Most faces
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreEye shadow
Cosmetic pigment applied to eyelids to define and accentuate the eyes.Makeup · Most faces · 1910
WorldEyeliner
Cosmetic applied around the eye contours to define shape.Makeup · Most faces
WorldBridge piercing
A surface piercing placed on the nasal bridge between the eyes.Adornment · Most faces · 1980
WorldInuit snow goggles
Traditional Arctic eyewear with narrow slits to prevent snow blindnessFrame · Most faces
🇮🇳 IndiaIndigenous Tattoos of the Indian Subcontinent
Traditional body marking for identity and protection in South Asia.Marking
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreLipstick
A pigmented cosmetic applied to the lips for colour and texture.Makeup · 1884
🇮🇳 IndiaKumkum
Red forehead powder used for religious and social markings in India.Adornment · Most faces
🇺🇸 United StatesBrowline glasses
Eyeglass frames with a bold upper rim resembling eyebrows.Frame · Most faces · 1947
WorldHorn-rimmed glasses
Thick-framed eyewear imitating horn or tortoiseshell.Frame · Most faces · 1917
🇲🇲 MyanmarThanaka
Ground bark paste used as face makeup and sun protection in Myanmar.Makeup · Most faces
🇺🇸 United StatesGrill
Removable dental jewelry worn over teeth for fashion and status.Adornment · 1980
🇬🇧 United KingdomSnooker glasses
Corrective eyewear designed for cue sports to maintain optical alignment while bending.Frame · Most faces · 1938
WorldNasolabial fold
Skin folds running from the nose to the mouth corners.Face shape
WorldWidow's peak
A V-shaped point in the centre of the forehead hairline.Hairline · Most faces
WorldEyelid
A thin fold of skin that covers the eye and keeps it moist.Eyes · Most faces
WorldWhite roll
The white line bordering the top of the upper lip.Lips
WorldSideburns
Facial hair grown on the sides of the face from the hairline.Beard · Most faces
WorldShutter Shades
Sunglasses with horizontal slats instead of lensesFrame · Most faces · 1950
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sunglasses: Rich Niewiroski Jr., CC BY 2.5, source
- Rimless eyeglasses: Document1, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aviator sunglasses: Paul Evans, CC BY 2.0, source
- Beauty mark: Ian Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bindi: Vinay Sahay, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nose piercing: Marie Richie, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tā moko: Gottfried Lindauer, Public domain, source
- Tilaka: Robert Vane Russell (1873-1915), Public domain, source
- Sindoor: Masum-al-hasan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bifocals: Not credited, Public domain, source
- Mirrored sunglasses: Elvert Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cheek piercing: Doct Blake, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sclera: Jo Naylor, CC BY 2.0, source
- Blushing: Valerie Hinojosa, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pe'ot: Andrew Dyer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Scissors-glasses: eeedeeee, Public domain, source
- Goggles: Joe Schneid, Louisville, Kentucky, CC BY 3.0, source
- Lip piercing: Daisy Romwall, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Eyebrow piercing: Jonny, CC BY 3.0, source
- Contouring: Tobias ToMar Maier, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cat eye glasses: Smithsonian Institution, No restrictions, source
- Glasses: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Panto glasses: Kelmaa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bug-eye glasses: Nicki Varkevisser, CC BY 2.0, source
- Monroe piercing: Sara Marx, CC BY 2.0, source
- Freckles: Loyna, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Kohl: Camila Zanon., CC BY 2.0, source
- Windsor glasses: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Urdhva Pundra: Abhisek Sarda, CC BY 2.0, source
- Eye shadow: courtney murray rhodes, CC BY 2.0, source
- Eyeliner: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Bridge piercing: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Inuit snow goggles: McLeod, Public domain, source
- Lipstick: Sjr, Public domain, source
- Kumkum: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Browline glasses: Piercetheorganist at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Horn-rimmed glasses: User:Robin Clement, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thanaka: Garonzi Stefania, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nasolabial fold: Mikael Häggström ,, Public domain, source
- Widow's peak: Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sideburns: Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, clipped by ABX, Public domain, source
- White roll: Original: Genusfotografen (Tomas Gunnarsson) Modified: Own work, 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
- Grill: Bradley G., CC BY 2.0, source
- Snooker glasses: SMcCandlish, CC BY 3.0, source