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
WorldHorn-rimmed glasses
Thick-framed eyewear imitating horn or tortoiseshell.Frame · Most faces · 1917
🇦🇹 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
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaTilaka
A traditional Hindu forehead mark applied with paste or ash to signify faith and spiritual identity.Adornment
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
🇮🇱 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
🇬🇧 United KingdomSnooker glasses
Corrective eyewear designed for cue sports to maintain optical alignment while bending.Frame · Most faces · 1938
🇺🇸 United StatesGrill
Removable dental jewelry worn over teeth for fashion and status.Adornment · 1980
WorldCat eye glasses
Eyewear with an upsweep at the outer corners of the frame.Frame · Most faces · 1931
🇨🇳 China and 2 moreSunglasses
Protective eyewear designed to shield eyes from bright sunlight and high-energy visible light.Frame · 1929
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
🇬🇧 United KingdomWindsor glasses
Round metal frames with a saddle bridge.Frame · Most faces · 1840
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
🇺🇸 United StatesBrowline glasses
Eyeglass frames with a bold upper rim resembling eyebrows.Frame · Most faces · 1947
🇩🇪 GermanyMonocle
A single corrective lens held in the eye socket by one eye.Frame · Most faces · 1830
WorldShutter Shades
Sunglasses with horizontal slats instead of lensesFrame · Most faces · 1950
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreThreading
Hair removal using twisted cotton threadAdornment · Most faces
WorldHalf-rim glasses
Eyewear with a top frame and exposed bottom lenses held by wire.Frame · Oval faces
WorldRound glasses
Circular eyewear frames that soften angular facial features.Frame · Square faces
WorldWraparound sunglasses
Curved frames that wrap around the face for full coverage.Frame · Most faces
WorldGeometric glasses
Angular eyewear styles for a bold fashion statement.Frame · Round faces
WorldRounded eyebrows
An eyebrow shape with a curved peak that follows the eye's contour.Brows · Heart-shaped faces
WorldOversized sunglasses
Large-lens eyewear for sun protection and bold style.Frame · Oval faces · 1970
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
- Bindi: Vinay Sahay, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nose piercing: Marie Richie, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tilaka: Robert Vane Russell (1873-1915), Public domain, 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
- 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
- Cat eye glasses: Smithsonian Institution, No restrictions, source
- Monocle: Sobebunny, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Kohl: Camila Zanon., CC BY 2.0, source
- Windsor glasses: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bridge piercing: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Inuit snow goggles: McLeod, Public domain, 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
- 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