Your face shape can tell you a lot about what style is going to look best on you. Glasses can help emphasize what you like and hide what you don’t. But keep in mind this is just a guideline. If you want to break the rules and try a new style, that’s OK, too.

Characteristics:

• Your face is longer than it is wide
• Your forehead and chin are both in balance and one is not bigger than the other

Most Flattering:

Square, rectangle, aviators

Avoid:

Oversized, narrow frames

Characteristics:

• Your face is as wide as it is long
• Your jaw line is smooth and rounded off, and you don’t have a prominent chin
• Both your forehead and your jawline are fuller than an oval face shape

Most Flattering:

Square, rectangle, geometric, oversized

Avoid:

Browline, small frames

Characteristics:

• Your face is as wide as it is long
  You have a prominent jawline
  You may have prominent cheekbones, but they are not wider than your forehead or jawline

Most Flattering:

Round, cateye

Avoid:

Rectangle, small frames

Characteristics:

• You have high cheekbones that are the widest part of your face
• You have a narrower forehead and an angular jawline

Most Flattering:

Round, oval, cateye, aviator

Avoid:

Rectangle, square

Characteristics:

• Your face is longer than it is wide
• You may have high and wide cheekbones, but your forehead is still wider than the cheekbones and jawline.

Most Flattering:

Rectangle, round

Avoid:

Square, browline, oval