Everyday style
Daily grooming and fashion. 90 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
🇳🇿 New ZealandTā moko
Traditional permanent facial and body markings of the Māori people of New Zealand.Marking
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSindoor
A vermilion powder worn by married Hindu women to mark marital status.Makeup
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
WorldFreckles
Small clusters of concentrated melanin on the skin.Skin · Most faces
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreLipstick
A pigmented cosmetic applied to the lips for colour and texture.Makeup · 1884
WorldDimple
A small natural indentation in the flesh, most notably on the cheek.Skin · Most faces
WorldNasolabial fold
Skin folds running from the nose to the mouth corners.Face shape
WorldWhite roll
The white line bordering the top of the upper lip.Lips
WorldEyelid
A thin fold of skin that covers the eye and keeps it moist.Eyes · Most faces
WorldHooded eyes
An eye shape where excess skin from the brow bone folds over the eyelid crease.Eyes · Most faces
WorldFull beard
A traditional style covering the cheeks, jaw, and chin.Beard · Oval 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
- Tā moko: Gottfried Lindauer, Public domain, source
- Sindoor: Masum-al-hasan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sclera: Jo Naylor, CC BY 2.0, source
- Blushing: Valerie Hinojosa, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Glasses: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Freckles: Loyna, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Kohl: Camila Zanon., CC BY 2.0, source
- Lipstick: Sjr, Public domain, source
- Thanaka: Garonzi Stefania, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dimple: C. Szeto, CC BY 2.0, source
- Nasolabial fold: Mikael Häggström ,, 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