What Shape Glasses for a Heart-Shaped Face?

Tips And Tricks

Choosing the correct eyeglasses improves your personality plus confidence especially for those with heart shape faces. This specific face type is wored at top of the head and narrow at the bottom of the head giving the appearance of a heart. The selection of such frames takes into account these features and can enhance the appearance and bring out the best features of a face.


What is a Heart-Shaped Face?


While face shape can be defined as inverted triangle, heart shape is different from it. They both have more or less equal forehead which is broad and comes down gradually to the chin, but the face is heart shaped and the curves are not as prominent as those on the angular face. This is defined by a large frontal hair line, marked cheek bones and a small, smooth chin.


Which Glasses Are Appropriate for Women with Heart-Shaped Faces?


Choosing glasses for women with heart shape face the general intention is to proportion the wide part of the face upper part and the small chin. Here are the best options:



Cat-Eye Eyeglasses: That is why cat-eye glasses are perfect for heart-shaped faces because the frames of this shape visually lift the eyes and cheekbones and equal the width of the forehead.

Chandrikar Cat Eye Pink-Floral Glasses

Oval Eyeglasses: Oval frames work perfectly for those who have a heart shaped face since the frames reduce the sharp edges. Such rounded forms suit to minimize the width of the forehead and make the whole facial symmetry restored.

Marcelin Oval Crystal Glasses

● Rimless Eyeglasses: Rimless glasses are not only stylish, they are subtle and most suitable for the heart shaped face. It is due to this that they do not possess the audacity of a frame as this gives a more balanced look.

Dinny Rectangle Silver Rimless Glasses

What Glasses Do Men with Heart-Shaped Face Should Wear?


For men with heart-shaped faces, it is recommended to select frames that create a framework at the lower part of the face compared to the wide forehead. Consider these styles:


Rectangle Glasses: Thus on the heart-shaped face rectangular will suit mostly, round-shaped face for rectangular glasses, oval-shaped face for round glasses and square-shaped face for oval shaped glasses.

rectangle glasses

Aviator Glasses: Flyers for aviators best fit on heart shaped and are currently fashionable and stylish. Because of their tear drops shape they make the cheek area fuller and restrict the width of the chin zone.

aviator glasses

● Browline Glasses: Eyeglasses with rectangular contours known as Browline frames, with wide upper frame and thin lower frame are suitable for men having heart shaped face.

browline glasses

Tips for Choosing Glasses for Heart-Shaped Faces


When choosing a frame for a heart shape face, options should be made in a way that cover the wide forehead and the small base of the face which is the chin. Consider the following:


● Avoid oversized frames: That is why frames that are either large or bulky make the forehead look even wider than it actually is, disrupting the facial harmony.


● Opt for light-colored or neutral frames: Hence, the frames of lighter colors hence least conspicuous are recommended for use by those who have a broad forehead since it reduces its width as opposed to the strong or dark framed glasses.


● Choose frames that are wider at the bottom: These styles which make glasses wider at the bottom should be recommended since they could balance the otherwise small chin hence giving the face a balanced look.


Wrapping Up


Therefore, style selection for most male and female heart-shaped faces depends on narrowing the forehead width against the narrowness of the chin. For women, the ideal frames are cat-eye, oval or rimless; while for the men it is rectangular, aviator, or browline. In any case, the correct choice of glasses will improve the appearance of the face and profile, focusing on the individual characteristics of the woman's appearance.

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