Welcome back to the Gentleman's Gazette!
In this video, we'll explain how you find the perfect pair of sunglases for your face
shape and your skin tone.
First of all, it's important to understand that there are basically six face shapes.
There's oblong, oval, heart, square, round, and diamond.
To find out what face shape you are, a quick look in the mirror is not enough.
Basically, we try to understand what the outline of your face is, not the actual measurements.
Ideally, what you need to determine your face shape is something to take notes such as your
phone or a pen and paper, and a measuring tape.
Again, the goal of measuring is not to yield precise measurements but simply to get a better
understanding of the proportions between the length and the width of your face.
You can do this on your own when you look in the mirror but ideally, you have someone
else help you because it yields a more accurate measurement.
First, you want to measure the length of your face as an outline.
Second, you want to do the width of the forehead, width of your cheeks, and the width of your
jaw.
All of these measurements should be taken at the widest point in outline so it's important
to keep your measurement flat and not adjusted on your face.
It's important to take note of the measurements so you can reference them and find out what
you are.
OBLONG An oblong face is longer than it is wide.
Your jawline, cheeks, and your forehead are all about the same width.
I'm an oblong.
What works best is larger sunglasses.
What's also good for oblong face shape is a thicker frame.
You should avoid frameless sunglasses as well as small ones.
It simply looks weird on your face and unproportional.
To create a flattering look, we always strive for proportion to even things out.
HEART Your jawline is pointed and your cheeks are
wider and your forehead is even wider, creating kind of an inverted triangle.
By default, this look highlights your eyes.
Now that you wear sunglasses, you cannot see your eyes anymore.
You want sunglasses that point down to accentuate your jawline so you create an harmonious overall
look.
The aviators, in this example, point down and that's exactly what you want with a heart
shaped face.
SQUARE As long as it is wide.
The jawline, cheek, and forehead are all about the same width.
Because of this rather square look, you want to go with sunglasses that have round shapes
because it harmonizes well with your otherwise square lines.
You definitely avoid square sunglasses because otherwise, you'll look like a box.
OVAL Think about it like an egg upside down.
A longer face than it is wide.
Forehead is a little wider and then your jawline is a little slimmer.
If that's you, basically, you have the sunglass jackpot because you can wear any kind of sunglass
and they will all look good on you.
ROUND As long as it is wide with a wide cheekline,
slimmer jawline, and slimmer forehead.
Go for a geomterical pattern or something more square because again, you want to create
that even, balanced effect so if you have a round face, you have the sharper corners
to make you look good.
DIAMOND Wide cheekbones, pointy chin, a slightly slimmer
forehead.
You want something that's not too big and somewhat round.
If you want a pair of wayfarers, skip the big ones and get the slightly smaller version.
SKIN TONE To determine your skin tone, look at the inside
of your forearm.
Go outside because light bulbs or LED have a different color temperature and it impedes
your color perception.
If you have pale skin, your forearm has a bluish and slightly pinkish undertone, you
should go with pastel colored frames or maybe blue.
Other tones are too harsh and simply won't look good on you.
If you have medium colored skin with yellow and green undertones, you want something like
a tortoise shell, brown, amber, or green because it harmonizes best with your skin tone.
If you have pink and blue undertones, it's a cool skin tone and colors like blue, red,
brown, or even green work well for you.
If you have darker skin with a warm yellowish or green undertone, go with metal frames in
dark brown, or cognac, maybe even amber because that's the best color scheme for that skin
tone.
When you have dark skin with a cool undertone, you want strong, dark colors such as black,
dark blue, or dark brown because it creates the best balance between the contrast of your
skin tone and your sunglasses.
Alright, so in order to find the best pair of sunglasses for you, you got to understand
what your face shape is, what works for you.
Once you determine your skin tone, you can really narrow down what type of sunglasses
work for you and it'll be much easier to pick the right ones from the 500 other ones you
find at stores.
I have kind of an oblong face shape so I go with a larger frame that is slightly thicker
and I have this kind of tortoise shell color with the darker lenses and it goes really
well with my overall medium skin tone that is slightly more yellowish and green with
the undertones.