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
WorldFreckles
Small clusters of concentrated melanin on the skin.Skin · Most faces
WorldSclera
The tough outer coat that creates the pale background of the eyeball.Eyes · Most faces
WorldBlushing
The involuntary reddening of the face caused by emotional stress.Skin
WorldBeauty mark
A dark facial mark, natural or applied, worn for adornment.Skin · Most faces
WorldWhite roll
The white line bordering the top of the upper lip.Lips
WorldEyebrow
Short terminal hairs above the eye that protect the socket and aid facial expression.Brows
WorldEyelash
Hairs lining the eyelid edges that protect the eye and frame the gaze.Eyes · Most faces
WorldDimple
A small natural indentation in the flesh, most notably on the cheek.Skin · Most faces
WorldLip
Soft, movable tissue forming the visible opening of the mouth in humans and many animals.Lips
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
WorldVermilion border
The sharp line where lip colour meets facial skin.Lips · Most faces
WorldUnibrow
A single eyebrow formed by hair meeting above the nose bridge.Brows · Most faces
WorldUpturned eyes
An eye shape with outer corners that lift upward toward the hairline.Eyes
WorldThin lips
A lip shape with less volume and definition.Lips · Most faces
WorldSquare face shape
A face shape with a broad forehead and jawline of similar width.Face shape
WorldAlmond eyes
Oval eyes with tapered corners and a natural lift.Eyes · Most faces
WorldDownturned eyes
An eye shape where the outer corners angle downward toward the temples.Eyes · Most faces
WorldOblong face shape
A face shape that is longer than it is wide with angular features.Face shape · 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
WorldStraight eyebrows
A brow shape with no lifted arch.Brows · Oblong faces
WorldArched eyebrows
Eyebrows with a lifted peak that add definition and geometry to the face.Brows · Round faces
WorldFull lips
A lip shape with equal volume on top and bottom.Lips · Most faces
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Beauty mark: Ian Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bindi: Vinay Sahay, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Thanaka: Garonzi Stefania, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Eyebrow: Film screenshot, Public domain, source
- Eyelash: Rapidreflex, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dimple: C. Szeto, CC BY 2.0, source
- Lip: PumpkinMan1943, 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
- White roll: Original: Genusfotografen (Tomas Gunnarsson) Modified: Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Unibrow: Z11o22, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Threading: butterbeeee, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Designer stubble: Unknown author, Public domain, source