The best earrings for your face shape

Your face shape largely determines the kinds of earrings that will suit you and those that will not. Some earrings can even help to bring more balance to your face shape. The following is a guide to the best earrings for round, square, long and narrow, oval, diamond and heart shaped faces.

Round

If your face is as wide as it is long and features a rounded chin, the best earrings are long earrings rather than wide earrings. Think narrow drop style earrings. Or alternatively stick to small studs, ideally those in more angular shapes like squares and triangles.

Square

Women with a square face shape are ideally suited to simply studs, or small hoop earrings. Try round diamond studs or pearls. You generally want to avoid drop style earrings as these are likely to draw attention to your square jawline. If you really like drop styles, look for those that may help to soften your strong jawline, for example, feather styles.

Long and narrow

Those with a long and narrow face shape are free to have fun with lots of earring styles as they will help to make their face look shorter and wider. Try oversized or very decorative earrings for the most benefit. For example, try large hoop earrings with decorative beads, or wide style chandelier earrings.

Oval

Oval faces are nicely proportional so you should find that most earring styles will suit you. Just be mindful of styles that are too top or bottom heavy as these may take away from the nice balance of your face.

Diamond

Those with a diamond face shape are widest through the cheeks and taper in quite dramatically at the chin and top of the head. As the ears feature quite predominantly in the same line of sight as the widest point on a diamond's face, it is generally best to keep earrings very low key. Think small studs. Alternatively, look for delicate drop earrings that feature a fine chain and then a more focal bottom. This will add to one of the more narrow points on your face.

Heart shaped

If you have wide cheekbones but a narrow chin, you want to look for earrings that do not add any visual volume to the cheek area. As with a diamond face, you can however select styles that spread out at the chin area as this can make the chin seem less narrow.