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3 Tips For Picking The Best Glasses For Your Face Shape

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3 Tips For Picking The Best Glasses For Your Face Shape

With so many chic eyeglasses out there, there how are you supposed to know which ones are going to best suit your face shape (and your style)? To make frame finding easier, we asked two industry experts how to pick glasses for your face shape.

How to figure out your face shape

Before choosing the style of glasses you want, "start with determining your face shape," says Tania Fugulin, creative director at Bonlook. "Look at yourself straight in the mirror to establish your key features." An easy hack is to draw an outline around your face in the mirror with lipstick or eyeliner and then choose the shape closest to what you've drawn. The most common face shapes are: oval, round, square and heart-shaped.

Don't be afraid to try everything on

Once you have determined whether you're an oval, square, round or heart-shaped face, get hands on with the styles. "See what shapes and colours you gravitate towards, then try and narrow down [the] based on how they look and make you feel," says Mike Lee, an optical stylist at Bailey Nelson and manager at the Robson Street store in Vancouver.

You do you—regardless of your face shape

Using your face shape is an easy way to select frames that will complement your style, but it's not the be-all and end-all of finding the right frames. "Conventional 'face shape theory' works for some, but sometimes it’s just about what looks good and fits well, no matter [your] face shape," says Lee. "[It] individuality, so choose a beautiful frame that best suits you."

Heart-Shaped Face

Fugulin suggests cat-eye styles for heart-shaped faces like Jennifer Lopez’s. Lee says that oversized, square or rounded glasses tend to look best on heart-shaped faces.

3 Tips For Picking The Best Glasses For Your Face Shape

Bailey Nelson

Shelby Glasses in Crystal, $145, baileynelson.com

Bailey Nelson Shelby Glasses

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Bonlook

Flirt Glasses in Rose, $149, bonlook.com

3 Tips For Picking The Best Glasses For Your Face Shape

Clearly

Kam Dhillon Erin Glasses, $95, clearly.ca

3 Tips For Picking The Best Glasses For Your Face Shape

Oval-Shaped Face

Fugulin believes that oval face shapes like Lupita Nyong’o have the most varied selection of eyewear as all styles suit this face shape, while Lee says oval faces should be wary of selecting frames that are too narrow.

3 Tips For Picking The Best Glasses For Your Face Shape

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Ollie Quinn

Ferrabee Glasses in Black, $155, olliequinn.ca

Ollie Quinn Ferrabee Glasses, how to pick glasses for your face

Zenni Optical

Geometric Glasses 4429821, $35, zennioptical.com

Zenni Optical Geometric Glasses 4429821, how to pick glasses for your face

Warby Parker

Maeve Glasses in Blush Tortoise, $225, warbyparker.com

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Round-Shaped Face

Both Fugulin and Lee say round face shapes like Connie Britton should look for frame styles that are rectangular, angular or square.

3 Tips For Picking The Best Glasses For Your Face Shape

Bailey Nelson

Theodore Half Windsor Glasses in Taupe, $175, baileynelson.com

Bailey Nelson Theodore Half Windsor Glasses, how to pick glasses for your face

Eye Buy Direct

Captain Glasses in Silver, $45, eyebuydirect.com

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Coach

HC6065 Glasses in Pink/Purple, $260, lenscrafters.ca

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Square-Shaped Face

Round styles tend to be the most complementary for square face shapes, like Demi Moore.

3 Tips For Picking The Best Glasses For Your Face Shape

Clearly

Kam Dhillon Empire-50 Glasses in Shiny Rose Gold, $95, clearly.ca

Clearly Kam Dhillon Empire-50 Glasses, how to pick glasses for your face

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Cutler and Gross

Paul Smith Alford Glasses in Honey Turtle, $440, cutlerandgross.com

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