| Spring is here with all nature beginning anew. This is the | | | | are the most "perfect" face shape. All hairstyles and |
| time for you to evaluate and rejuvenate your | | | | earring shapes look good on the oval shaped face. All |
| wardrobe and coordinate your jewelry. Never discard | | | | other face shapes try to create the illusion of an oval |
| jewelry as you do clothing. Styles come, go, but | | | | with hairstyle, makeup and jewelry. All shapes of |
| eventually return. Select jewelry styles that flatter you | | | | earrings are flattering to the oval face if you choose |
| even if they are not the current fashion fad. The next | | | | colors that flatter your skin tone, hair, and eyes. |
| season will probably have a fashion fad that is | | | | Round faces should avoid round shaped earrings. |
| flattering to you. | | | | Choose drop or dangle earrings (stick, oval, square, |
| 1. Decide how much you wish to spend. Handmade | | | | spiral or geometric shape) to give a linear shape to the |
| gemstone jewelry made with genuine stones and | | | | face. Avoid circular, tiny stud or button earrings. Circular |
| metals cost very little more than good costume | | | | shapes attract the eye to the circular face and make |
| jewelry. Good selections will appreciate with age. The | | | | it appear rounder since the eye goes round and round. |
| purpose of jewelry is to attract the eye to your face | | | | Heart shaped faces should wear small round drops, |
| which you want people to recognize and remember. | | | | chandeliers, teardrops, hoops, or oversized earrings in |
| You want to create a unique impression by framing | | | | any shape that make the chin appear wider. The eye |
| your face with flattering jewelry. | | | | is drawn to the bottom of the earring across the chin |
| 2. Select stone colors and metals that are flattering to | | | | to the bottom of the other earring thereby making the |
| your skin tone, eye color and hair color. A good mirror | | | | chin appear wider. Avoid very short earrings. |
| available near a window with daylight, and an honest | | | | Rectangular/square faces should select wide spirals, |
| friend are essential for evaluating your face. Have | | | | wide drops and wide oval shapes. Never wear square |
| pieces of warm and cool colored metal jewelry | | | | rectangular or square geometric shapes. Avoid long |
| available. Decide if the warm color of gold, brass, or | | | | dangles if your face is very oblong. Round shapes will |
| copper is more flattering than the cool color of white | | | | carry the eye away from the square shapes of the |
| gold, silver, or pewter. Determine which metal colors | | | | face. |
| flatter your skin tone, hair color and eye color. Choose | | | | 6. Consider your face and body scale in relation to |
| the color groups of gemstones and metals that give | | | | your jewelry. Small delicate faces are overpowered |
| you pizazz. | | | | by large scale earrings. By the same token, very small |
| 3. What outfits -casual, dressy, formal- with | | | | earrings are lost on a large individual. |
| accompanying jewelry will you wear the most? Shiny | | | | 7. Store earrings with matching necklaces in partitioned |
| metals are casual, but burnished metals more dressy. | | | | plastic boxes. These can be found in the craft or |
| Silver is more informal. Gemstones and pearls mix with | | | | fishing section of stores. If the sections in the boxes |
| any metal color. | | | | are too small, the partitions can be removed easily by |
| 4. To assemble your jewelry wardrobe, start with | | | | cutting. Tarnish preventing squares can be added to |
| earrings. To decide the most flattering style of earring | | | | the boxes. Recycle the small moisture absorbing |
| for you, first determine your face shape. Pull your hair | | | | inserts in medicine bottles by putting them in jewelry |
| back completely from your face with a headband or | | | | storage containers or plastic bags with jewelry. It is |
| scarf. Look straight into your reflection in a mirror or | | | | best to keep earrings in small plastic bags to prevent |
| take a picture looking straight into the camera. | | | | scratching the necklaces. Store the boxes in a drawer |
| Determine the shape of your face- oval, round, | | | | (not near light or heat and away from moisture). |
| rectangle/square, heart by following the shape created | | | | Before you have a need, experiment to find suitable |
| by your hairline and jaw line with a magic marker on | | | | jewelry for each outfit. Group matching items together |
| the mirror or on a picture. Knowing your face shape | | | | when you store them. This will save time when |
| will help you select a flattering hairstyle as well as | | | | dressing for an occasion. |
| flattering jewelry. Correctly shaped jewelry can help | | | | Following these simple tips will coordinate your jewelry |
| you create the illusion of a perfectly shaped face. | | | | collection with your clothing wardrobe. |
| 5. General selection rules for face shapes; Oval faces | | | | |