By eye color
How to choose the color of your glasses frame? In order for the accessory to please its owners, it is necessary to take into account the shade of the eyes. Even if the glasses are in harmony with the oval of the face, but do not match the color of the mirror of the soul, then the choice was made completely wrong.
What frame shade is needed:
- For people with green eyes, frames of green, orange, and burgundy shades are best suited;
- For brown-eyed people, it is best to choose lilac, red or coffee frames;
- hazel eye color will go well with an emerald-colored frame;
- For grey-eyed and blue-eyed people, glasses with brown, dark blue and steel frames are suitable.
If you use these tips when choosing frames, you will notice how stylish and good the glasses will look on your face.
Frame color
Image makers, makeup artists, and hairdressers were the first to talk about people’s color types. The now popular theory of 4 color types (spring, summer, winter, autumn) was once proposed by the Hollywood makeup artist and founder of the famous cosmetology company Max Factor. Other classifications are also used to create an image. One way or another, they take into account the color characteristics that predominate in the appearance of a given person: warm or cold, pure or mixed, as well as the depth of contrast (catchy-bright or subdued-soft). The basis is the color of skin, hair, eyes, and sometimes the color of teeth. This principle is often used when choosing frames.
Dark-skinned, dark-haired people suit the most contrasting frames. Various shades of brown suit hot brunettes. The preferred color scheme is: dark brown, silver, gold, dark yellow, tin color. Plastic frames can be black, charcoal black, dark blue, dark red.
Brown-haired women with dark hair are suitable for metal frames in golden and copper shades. For plastic frames: reddish brown, peach, beige colors.
Brown, red and soft green tones are suitable for chestnut- and red-haired people , and in some cases pale colors (khaki, bluish).
For those with fair hair and fair skin, light metal frames (made of titanium, chrome) with gold or silver tones are suitable. Color of plastic frames: white, pink, as well as soft and light shades (for example, peach).
For fair-haired people with blue eyes , both metal frames (gold, silver, pewter shades) and plastic frames - blue, violet, soft white, gray-blue, emerald, blue. Platinum blondes will suit copper, tortoiseshell or black frames.
If you have gray hair , you can choose frames of any color you want, excluding only gray and yellow, which will make your face too faded and add years to your appearance.
If there is a color contrast in your appearance (for example, dark hair and blue eyes), dark, gray, charcoal frames, as well as muted soft ones (graphite and chrome colors), gold, silver, and tin colors will suit you.
The device of glasses
Any standard frame consists of two parts:
- framework, i.e. lens rim and nose bridge;
- temples
The nose bridge is considered the most important part of the frame. It can be bare or with nose pads, which in turn are divided into fixed and movable. It is the correctly selected nose piece that determines how comfortably the glasses will stay in place, without pressing or slipping.
According to their design, frames are divided into:
- rim;
- semi-rimless;
- rimless (without a frame). The lenses are attached to them using screws.
General rules for selecting glasses:
1. Glasses should not completely cover the eyebrows. Otherwise, it feels like you have no eyebrows. And this is not very beautiful.
2. Glasses should not rest on your cheeks. Otherwise, the glasses “go” ahead, and you follow them)))
3. Glasses should not be too wide or narrow (the trends for hyper masks and super narrow ones are a thing of last summer).
If a fragile girl puts on huge glasses, she will appear even smaller, and the glasses will appear even larger. Conversely, girls with a curvy face will add volume to their face by wearing narrow glasses.
4. Glasses should sit exactly on the bridge of the nose (if the temple of the glasses is very high, it will lengthen the nose, and if it is low, it will shorten it). The bow should be proportionate to your nose (a narrow bow will make a large nose look massive, and a small nose that is too wide will make it seem even smaller), otherwise the proportions of the face will be disrupted.
5. Glasses frames should be selected according to the shape of your face.
Rely on the lines in your face. If they are soft and rounded, choose a frame with a smooth shape, rounded, without sharp corners. If, on the contrary, your facial features are sharper and sharper, then it is better to choose strict, laconic frames with angles.
6. Well, and most importantly, do not forget that the main function of glasses is to protect our eyes, and only then beauty.
Therefore, when choosing glasses, pay attention to whether there is protection against UV rays and to what extent. This information is usually found either on a sticker on the lens or on the temple of the glasses. The best protection level is UV400 , so you get 100% protection.
Now that we know the basic rules for choosing glasses, let's consider the selection individually according to face type.
Frame size
The size of the glasses frame depends on the volume of the head and the interpupillary distance. These parameters can be easily determined by visiting an ophthalmologist's office. The first indicator is necessary to ensure correct and comfortable fit of the frame. Lenses are selected based on the interpupillary distance. Just so that the optical center of each of them is directly in front of the pupil.
Accordingly, frames for heavy and thick lenses should be more durable, and people with large heads and wide-set eyes require frames that are slightly larger than usual.
Taking into account the individual characteristics of the face
Fashionable frames should be selected taking into account the following features:
- people with small or short noses should wear glasses under the arch of their eyebrows;
- those with large facial features need to buy accessories that will not rest on the cheeks;
- if the eyes are set too close, the frame should be chosen wide along the outer edges;
- If you have petite facial features, wearing bulky glasses is not recommended; it is better to opt for more elegant models.
Taking into account the individual features of the face, you can choose appropriate accessories and highlight the image.
How to determine face shape
Before choosing this accessory, you need to correctly determine your face shape. Each person has his own individual characteristics. In some cases, the face shape is of a mixed type.
How to choose a frame for glasses? There are two methods: mathematical and visual. The first involves determining the shape of the face using measurements and calculations.
The visual method is quite simple. It can be used to determine the following facial types:
- Oval. The most ideal face shape. It is slightly elongated in length, there are no sharp corners at all.
- Trapeze or pear. In this case, the forehead is narrower than the jaw.
- Circle. The face has approximately the same dimensions in length and width.
- Rhombus. In this situation, the length of the face is greater than its width.
- Triangle or heart. The forehead is wide, the face tapers down to a rounded chin.
- Rectangle. The jaws, forehead and cheekbones are approximately the same width.
- Square. Slightly angular face shape, wider in the jaw area.
- Reverse triangle. The chin is large, a little rough. The forehead is narrowed at the top.
A mathematical method is used to accurately determine the shape of the face using arithmetic. To do this, several measurements are taken. Depending on the ratios of the lines, the shape of the face is determined.
Frame shape
To make the frame look harmonious, it is customary to select it in accordance with the type of face. The classification is based on geometry: the proportions of the face and its shape are taken into account (by analogy with geometric figures).
To determine your face type, you should first look in the mirror. If your hair falls onto your forehead or cheeks, covering them, it is advisable to comb it back - you need to keep your face completely open. Keep your head straight so that your face is parallel to the mirror. It is necessary to determine the width of the forehead and cheekbones, the size of the chin, the size and shape of the lips and nose, the location of the ears, the shape of the eyes and the distance between them. Each of these characteristics that characterize you can be decisive when choosing a frame for glasses.
Universal rules
These recommendations should be used to choose frames for any person, regardless of face shape, eye color and skin type:
- The upper part of the frame should not rise above the eyebrows, and the lower part should not touch the cheeks.
- The frames cannot be tight, otherwise the temples will leave marks on the face.
- The frame should not put pressure on the temples so that wearing glasses is not accompanied by a headache.
- It's best to buy more than one pair of glasses to change your look or replace them if they break or get lost.
- Before purchasing, you need to carefully inspect the frame to ensure there are no deformations, cracks or scratches.
All these subtleties will allow you to easily choose glasses whose frames meet all the necessary requirements.
How to bend the temples of glasses
You can make some adjustments on your own and reduce the temples, getting rid of discomfort.
- If glasses with plastic temples slip off your face, you can warm them up slightly by running them under hot water for a few minutes. The plastic will warm up, after which you can bend the ends inward so that the frame fits more tightly to your ears.
- It will also be convenient to bend the temples, gently heating them with a hair dryer. When the plastic becomes elastic, you need to bend these parts. You need to be careful: even heated plastic is quite fragile. When bending plastic parts, it is important not to melt them.
- If the plastic arms are too tight, warm them up with hot water. Then each of the temples should be carefully bent outward to reduce pressure on the head. With proper manipulation, the pressure on the cheekbones will decrease.
Our salons have a large selection of glasses, and consultants and an ophthalmologist will help you choose the right glasses.
