Would you please consider doing a posts to help with the selection of earrings? I’d like to see information on how to select the best sizes and shapes for my face and hairstyle, as well as what style earrings look good with different outfits; i.e. casual, dressy, sporty. Any other dos and don’ts would be appreciated as well.
When choosing earrings you will want to consider
- Your personality
- Your face shape
- Your hairstyle
- Your style
Beautiful Ayalabar earrings from Origen Imports which have a creative feminine style
Earring Selection Tips
- Longer hair needs a larger earring for them to be noticed if it’s worn down
- Long hair tied up can wear either smaller or larger earrings
- Shorter hair means you can wear either longer or shorter earrings.
- Larger facial features need bigger earrings
- Smaller faces and facial features are best with smaller earrings
- Short necks need earrings that don’t dangle past the bottom of the jaw
- Long necks can wear shoulder dusters
- Wear glasses all the time? You may want to wear slightly smaller earrings if you have a smaller face or features so you don’t look overly cluttered around your face.
Think about balancing your face shape with your earrings
- Longer face, wider earrings.
- Shorter face, longer more narrow earrings.
Examples of Earring Shapes for Different Face Shapes and Jaw Shapes
For Shorter faces shapes – such as round and square or pear shapes
For longer narrower face shapes – such as oblong and rectangle
For a Pointed or Narrow Jaw – heart and diamond
For a wide or square jaw – pear, triangle
Examples of Earrings to Suit Different Personality Dressing Styles
For a more classic or delicate personality style
For a more edgy or creative personality style
For a more dramatic or bold personality style
For a more relaxed and natural personality style
These are just a few styles to help you get a feel for trying different earring styles and shapes.
As ever, you need to take into consideration all the elements of you:
- Face shape
- Personality style preferences
- Facial features
- Hair style
When making your earring selection!
If you’d like my professional opinion on your face shape and features, body shape and colouring, this is all part of my 7 Steps to Style program – find out more about it here.
More Earring Selection Tips
Thank you so much for doing the post in response to my comment! I love your blog, so much good information.
This is great! It’s especially helpful to see a sampling of which styles of earrings read as coordinating with which personality types, since when looking at jewelry, either for myself or for friends, it’s hard to think will this jewelry match with their style.
Hi Imogen,
I can’t see the pictures in this post. Do you know why?
Lee
It could be the browser that you’re looking on. Are you using a phone or computer?
I use a computer. It’s weird – I can see the pictures in most posts but in some I can only see that there is one but I can’t see it, like in this one. I use Mozilla Firefox.
Really don’t know – I use Chrome and can see it – maybe try a different browser!
Thank you for showing the correct shapes of earrings for each face shape. The examples also show how personality affects style choices. Great examples!
I have problems finding earrings because I am severely allergic to nickel. In fact, the one time I wore earrings that weren’t at least 14K gold, I had bought so-called hypoallergenic surgical steel post earrings for my ears to be pierced) I had such an allergic reaction my ears turned black and I nearly had to have them amputated. My solution is to replace all wires on post earrings with 18K gold, or to wear clip or screwback earrings and put moleskin pads on them to prevent them from touching my ear. I would have liked to see some clip/screwback style earrings in these examples. Not everyone has pierced ears or can wear pierced earrings.
I would suggest searching online for similar styles just in screw or clip back earrings – or maybe having some converted.